Amelia 🏳️⚧️
@thewanderingturkey.com
She/her. Trans lives matter. Black Lives Matter.
No kings.
No kings.
This is why Democrats keep losing.
CNBC: "The Democrats are really not saying anything" on the Israel/Iran strikes. "I mean, Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Schumer, no statements from them."
"I think that silence is deafening for many."
"I think that silence is deafening for many."
June 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is why Democrats keep losing.
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I think it’s good Ernst released that video and I think all our evangelical overlords should make more videos and spend more time publicly shouting their beliefs because once they’re relentlessly laying it on the table the average person might finally start to understand what we’re up against.
May 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I think it’s good Ernst released that video and I think all our evangelical overlords should make more videos and spend more time publicly shouting their beliefs because once they’re relentlessly laying it on the table the average person might finally start to understand what we’re up against.
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Never has any leader had so many people wanting to make the argument that “not wearing any clothes actually makes the emperor better dressed if you think about it.”
May 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Never has any leader had so many people wanting to make the argument that “not wearing any clothes actually makes the emperor better dressed if you think about it.”
As ever, fuck Target.
Target's bold "Pride" collection this year features a colorless hoodie with the words "Out Loud & Proud" written teeny tiny only the string.
May 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As ever, fuck Target.
If these seats were held by younger, healthier Democrats they would have been there today vote against Trump’s Project 2025 Bill today.
Current House breakdown is 220 Republicans to 212 Democrats; the seats of Connolly, Grijalva and Turner are vacant (all died in their 70s due to health reasons within the last three months).
Six members of Congress have died in office over the last 16 months
• Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.
• Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz.
• Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas
• Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J.
• Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas
• Rep. Donald Payne Jr.; D-N.J.
• Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.
• Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz.
• Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas
• Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J.
• Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas
• Rep. Donald Payne Jr.; D-N.J.
May 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If these seats were held by younger, healthier Democrats they would have been there today vote against Trump’s Project 2025 Bill today.
Actually Democrats lost because THEY DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THAT.
They lost because instead of being passionate and channeling righteous indignation at pure evil they tried to make the election about a “strong” economy that was leaving millions behind.
They lost because they refused to FIGHT!
They lost because instead of being passionate and channeling righteous indignation at pure evil they tried to make the election about a “strong” economy that was leaving millions behind.
They lost because they refused to FIGHT!
Haven’t seen this reported yet: in a speech to supporters posted to TikTok last week, NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said he believes that Democrats lost in 2024 because “we’re talking about bathrooms and who’s gonna play in what [sports] team”
May 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Actually Democrats lost because THEY DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THAT.
They lost because instead of being passionate and channeling righteous indignation at pure evil they tried to make the election about a “strong” economy that was leaving millions behind.
They lost because they refused to FIGHT!
They lost because instead of being passionate and channeling righteous indignation at pure evil they tried to make the election about a “strong” economy that was leaving millions behind.
They lost because they refused to FIGHT!
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The state of Georgia is keeping a deceased Black woman’s corpse hooked up to machines against her family’s wishes because she was 9 weeks pregnant and they cannot let them shut off the machines b/c it violates their anti-abortion laws
“ITS TORTURE,” says her family
www.11alive.com/article/news...
“ITS TORTURE,” says her family
www.11alive.com/article/news...
Family says woman declared brain dead but her pregnancy continues under state law
Adriana Smith's been on life support 90+ days with weeks to go in her pregnancy. Her family questions Georgia’s heartbeat law — and why they had no say in her care.
www.11alive.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The state of Georgia is keeping a deceased Black woman’s corpse hooked up to machines against her family’s wishes because she was 9 weeks pregnant and they cannot let them shut off the machines b/c it violates their anti-abortion laws
“ITS TORTURE,” says her family
www.11alive.com/article/news...
“ITS TORTURE,” says her family
www.11alive.com/article/news...
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May 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This.
Voters aren’t stupid.
A good politician should be able to explain how things work—if they can’t then either they don’t understand it themselves or their solution is too complex.
Like when they argue against universal healthcare.
Voters aren’t stupid.
A good politician should be able to explain how things work—if they can’t then either they don’t understand it themselves or their solution is too complex.
Like when they argue against universal healthcare.
The idea that Dems just need to say the magic words in the right order to win is an attempt to put a bandaid on a broken civic system where many voters do not even know how the government or the things they rely on to live work
May 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This.
Voters aren’t stupid.
A good politician should be able to explain how things work—if they can’t then either they don’t understand it themselves or their solution is too complex.
Like when they argue against universal healthcare.
Voters aren’t stupid.
A good politician should be able to explain how things work—if they can’t then either they don’t understand it themselves or their solution is too complex.
Like when they argue against universal healthcare.
Healthcare is a human right.
Mike Johnson: "Medicaid is intended, remember, as a safety net for young pregnant mothers and the elderly and disabled and vulnerable populations, not for young able-bodied men without dependents. Those are the kinds of people we're taking off the program."
May 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Healthcare is a human right.
Wow. I would just quit right now, dude. You are a goddamned embarrassment to journalism.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Wow. I would just quit right now, dude. You are a goddamned embarrassment to journalism.
So the economic see-saw and uncertainty will continue…
China and US agree 90-day pause to trade war initiated by Donald Trump
China and US agree 90-day pause to trade war initiated by Donald Trump
Countries to lower reciprocal tariffs by 115% as US treasury secretary says ‘neither side wants a decoupling’
China and the US have agreed a 90-day pause to the deepening trade war that has threatened to upend the global economy, with reciprocal tariffs to be lowered by 115%.
Speaking to the media after talks in Geneva, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said both sides had shown “great respect” in the negotiations. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
So the economic see-saw and uncertainty will continue…
Awful framing. This is explicitly illegal and is a national security nightmare.
Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves office. The plan — involving possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the U.S. government — raises substantial ethical issues.
Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Awful framing. This is explicitly illegal and is a national security nightmare.
The notion that you can extract a tax anywhere in the supply chain that does not get passed along to the consumer is pure magic.
It is inherently impossible.
No economist who has a valid degree from a real university will endorse otherwise.
Belief in magic over math is insanity.
It is inherently impossible.
No economist who has a valid degree from a real university will endorse otherwise.
Belief in magic over math is insanity.
Bash: "The costs of tariffs are paid by American consumers."
Lutnick: "I disagree with that."
Bash: "Well, okay, most economists disagree with you on that and we have seen it passed off time and time again to the American consumer."
Lutnick: "I disagree with that."
Bash: "Well, okay, most economists disagree with you on that and we have seen it passed off time and time again to the American consumer."
May 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The notion that you can extract a tax anywhere in the supply chain that does not get passed along to the consumer is pure magic.
It is inherently impossible.
No economist who has a valid degree from a real university will endorse otherwise.
Belief in magic over math is insanity.
It is inherently impossible.
No economist who has a valid degree from a real university will endorse otherwise.
Belief in magic over math is insanity.
The fact that this hasn’t happened already is a testament to the way that the non-fascist supermajority in this country views violence, due process, and the value of human life.
It’s only a matter of time before one of these street assaults leads to a shoot out.
And I’m not sure that’s not the administration’s intent
And I’m not sure that’s not the administration’s intent
This is what ICE does: just like they stalked the family’s car and smashed the windows in to kidnap them.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
May 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The fact that this hasn’t happened already is a testament to the way that the non-fascist supermajority in this country views violence, due process, and the value of human life.
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"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...
US military spends eight times more on Viagra than gender-affirming care
In a hearing over the Defense Department's removal of transgender service members, a judge uncovered that the military spends $42 million a year on Viagra.
www.newsweek.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...
Oversight.
May 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Oversight.
Impeach, convict, remove.
Do it now.
Do it before it’s too late, because you can’t vote from a goddamned concentration camp.
Do it now.
Do it before it’s too late, because you can’t vote from a goddamned concentration camp.
May 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
Do it now.
Do it before it’s too late, because you can’t vote from a goddamned concentration camp.
Do it now.
Do it before it’s too late, because you can’t vote from a goddamned concentration camp.
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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
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As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
May 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
It’s clear that Wall Street does not believe anything Trump says, for if they did, our stock markets would be in total free fall.
It’s equally clear that they aren’t pricing in the permanency of damage already done to our foreign market credibility.
It’s equally clear that they aren’t pricing in the permanency of damage already done to our foreign market credibility.
Trump says the U.S. does not care about accessing foreign markets. "We don't care about their market. They want a piece of our market," he says.
The "deal" will be naming the "price that people are going to have to pay to shop in the United States."
The "deal" will be naming the "price that people are going to have to pay to shop in the United States."
May 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s clear that Wall Street does not believe anything Trump says, for if they did, our stock markets would be in total free fall.
It’s equally clear that they aren’t pricing in the permanency of damage already done to our foreign market credibility.
It’s equally clear that they aren’t pricing in the permanency of damage already done to our foreign market credibility.
All clips of this interaction should be bracketed with video of the two times he swore an oath to uphold the constitution.
Trump was asked on Meet the Press if he's obligated to uphold the constitution.
His answer: "I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know"
His answer: "I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know"
Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know'
Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.
www.nbcnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
All clips of this interaction should be bracketed with video of the two times he swore an oath to uphold the constitution.
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We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.
May 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.