Doug Pickard
@trackerdoug.bsky.social
Parrot Head, Zep Head, guitarist, vinyl lover, writer, reader, Democrat, Liberal, Living the life.
Selling out Ukraine, literally. The Orange Jesus has no shame.
Need to repost this all day.
Need to repost this all day.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Selling out Ukraine, literally. The Orange Jesus has no shame.
Need to repost this all day.
Need to repost this all day.
The wheels are coming off for the Orange Jesus support train. Don't expect them to surrender too soon though. It is difficult to defeat loyalty drenched in emotion, and twice as hard to reason against it.
Ask MAGA Thanksgiving guests this: How is your life better? | Opinion
With Thanksgiving, we have reached the season of: 'Oh, we just don't talk about politics.' Don't fall into that trap.
www.usatoday.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The wheels are coming off for the Orange Jesus support train. Don't expect them to surrender too soon though. It is difficult to defeat loyalty drenched in emotion, and twice as hard to reason against it.
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I have friends and family who are loyal Trumpers. I have avoided politics with them with the exception of the last election. I usually respond with "would all this be okay if he were a democrat?". It took my dad 20 years to admit Nixon was wrong. I hope the future holds more healing than division.
Many more are ready to leave MAGA — and I know how hard that is - Salon.com
MAGA is a community united by fear and despair. If your loved one is ready to change, understand that
www.salon.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I have friends and family who are loyal Trumpers. I have avoided politics with them with the exception of the last election. I usually respond with "would all this be okay if he were a democrat?". It took my dad 20 years to admit Nixon was wrong. I hope the future holds more healing than division.
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1) In a long overdue move, the Democratic Party is spending real money, 8 figures to go into the rural space they abandoned to the Republicans 20 years ago. Best of all, there's no sign they're going to give ground on important issues like racism. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Democrats plan a new investment in winning rural voters, who've fled the party
Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — by leaning on an economic message.
www.npr.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
1) In a long overdue move, the Democratic Party is spending real money, 8 figures to go into the rural space they abandoned to the Republicans 20 years ago. Best of all, there's no sign they're going to give ground on important issues like racism. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
I have friends and family who are loyal Trumpers. I have avoided politics with them with the exception of the last election. I usually respond with "would all this be okay if he were a democrat?". It took my dad 20 years to admit Nixon was wrong. I hope the future holds more healing than division.
Many more are ready to leave MAGA — and I know how hard that is - Salon.com
MAGA is a community united by fear and despair. If your loved one is ready to change, understand that
www.salon.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I have friends and family who are loyal Trumpers. I have avoided politics with them with the exception of the last election. I usually respond with "would all this be okay if he were a democrat?". It took my dad 20 years to admit Nixon was wrong. I hope the future holds more healing than division.
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There are high expectations for a record season of consumer spending, but about half the country is cutting back because of the chaos and uncertainty about the economy, higher prices, and the political knee-bending of major retailers and producers to the Orange Reich.
Let's spend like we're broke.
Let's spend like we're broke.
Joy-Ann Reid on Instagram: "Join the campaign! Save your money this holiday season and spend only with companies that respect you and your neighbors and your community. #weaintbuyingit ‼️ @blackvoters...
25K likes, 909 comments - joyannreid on November 17, 2025: "Join the campaign! Save your money this holiday season and spend only with companies that respect you and your neighbors and your community....
www.instagram.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There are high expectations for a record season of consumer spending, but about half the country is cutting back because of the chaos and uncertainty about the economy, higher prices, and the political knee-bending of major retailers and producers to the Orange Reich.
Let's spend like we're broke.
Let's spend like we're broke.
There are high expectations for a record season of consumer spending, but about half the country is cutting back because of the chaos and uncertainty about the economy, higher prices, and the political knee-bending of major retailers and producers to the Orange Reich.
Let's spend like we're broke.
Let's spend like we're broke.
Joy-Ann Reid on Instagram: "Join the campaign! Save your money this holiday season and spend only with companies that respect you and your neighbors and your community. #weaintbuyingit ‼️ @blackvoters...
25K likes, 909 comments - joyannreid on November 17, 2025: "Join the campaign! Save your money this holiday season and spend only with companies that respect you and your neighbors and your community....
www.instagram.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There are high expectations for a record season of consumer spending, but about half the country is cutting back because of the chaos and uncertainty about the economy, higher prices, and the political knee-bending of major retailers and producers to the Orange Reich.
Let's spend like we're broke.
Let's spend like we're broke.
If you want a giant "this can't be happening" comparison, this move by the Orange One will be just as damaging as NAFTA was to American manufacturing in the nineties. No wonder the tech bros bought tickets for the Trump Train.
The surprising issue driving a wedge between Trump and his MAGA base
President Donald Trump’s attempt to block states from regulating AI sparked pushback from Republicans concerned the tech will displace workers and harm kids.
wapo.st
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If you want a giant "this can't be happening" comparison, this move by the Orange One will be just as damaging as NAFTA was to American manufacturing in the nineties. No wonder the tech bros bought tickets for the Trump Train.
I promise you, a trip to Memphis, Beale Street, the Rendezvous BBQ, and a visit to watch the ducks at the Peabody Hotel is a wonderful trip for families and couple getaways. Tack on a visit to Graceland and you are set.
These ducks are local celebrities and walk the red carpet daily
“We’ve got to march with purpose,” duck master Kenon Walker tells the ducks each morning in a pep talk.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I promise you, a trip to Memphis, Beale Street, the Rendezvous BBQ, and a visit to watch the ducks at the Peabody Hotel is a wonderful trip for families and couple getaways. Tack on a visit to Graceland and you are set.
Indecision is a decision. A non-vote is a vote for whatever or whoever. People who do not vote essentially surrender their vote to those who do vote.
That is the most important reason to vote: you are voting for the others who will not or cannot vote. I am proudly voting for...
all of them.
That is the most important reason to vote: you are voting for the others who will not or cannot vote. I am proudly voting for...
all of them.
Do you think every person of voting age should be required to vote by law?
I truly believe the majority of human beings want a better world and aren’t voting for it
I truly believe the majority of human beings want a better world and aren’t voting for it
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Indecision is a decision. A non-vote is a vote for whatever or whoever. People who do not vote essentially surrender their vote to those who do vote.
That is the most important reason to vote: you are voting for the others who will not or cannot vote. I am proudly voting for...
all of them.
That is the most important reason to vote: you are voting for the others who will not or cannot vote. I am proudly voting for...
all of them.
Cool. I have a 30-year-old Yamaha belt driven turntable that still throws out the richest sound on earth.
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Cool. I have a 30-year-old Yamaha belt driven turntable that still throws out the richest sound on earth.
Sometimes I wonder what comes next. Assuming that Trumpism will eventually fade and become a footnote on political movement history, what will the reinvention of the Democratic Party look like and how will the Republican Party shed Trumpism the way Reaganomics faded so quickly.
Read this.
Read this.
Does MAGA Have Ideas?
A new book traces the intellectual origins of Trumpism—straight into the void.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Sometimes I wonder what comes next. Assuming that Trumpism will eventually fade and become a footnote on political movement history, what will the reinvention of the Democratic Party look like and how will the Republican Party shed Trumpism the way Reaganomics faded so quickly.
Read this.
Read this.
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How long before the Orange One starts a war in Venezuela to eliminate the NAZI drug lords who escaped Europe after WWII?
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
How long before the Orange One starts a war in Venezuela to eliminate the NAZI drug lords who escaped Europe after WWII?
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President Nutjob
Trump spreads satirical website's "Obamacare royalties" claim - Salon.com
The president ate the onion.
www.salon.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
President Nutjob
Any northern lights in ohio?
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Any northern lights in ohio?
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Thou shalt remove the Pedophile-In-Chief.
The LORD has spoken!
The LORD has spoken!
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Thou shalt remove the Pedophile-In-Chief.
The LORD has spoken!
The LORD has spoken!
How long before the Orange One starts a war in Venezuela to eliminate the NAZI drug lords who escaped Europe after WWII?
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
How long before the Orange One starts a war in Venezuela to eliminate the NAZI drug lords who escaped Europe after WWII?
President Nutjob
Trump spreads satirical website's "Obamacare royalties" claim - Salon.com
The president ate the onion.
www.salon.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
President Nutjob
Another level of STUPID.
Trump met with ridicule as he doubles down on $2,000 check to 'irresponsible Americans'
In an effort to drum up support for his widely unpopular tariffs as the Supreme Court weighs the legality of them, President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday morning on his previous promises to pay ou...
www.rawstory.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Another level of STUPID.
At some point, states are gonna start sayin', mind your own business.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamp Benefits
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, states are gonna start sayin', mind your own business.
Is this 'silence' money?
"Just throw them some money, they'll shut up."
"Just throw them some money, they'll shut up."
Trump floats giving Americans cash for health care and tariff dividends
Administration officials expressed caution around the ideas, saying there were no formal proposals being sent to Congress and that the president was “brainstorming.”
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Is this 'silence' money?
"Just throw them some money, they'll shut up."
"Just throw them some money, they'll shut up."
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Black Dog.
Rock and Roll
Battle of Evermore
Stairway to Heaven
Misty Mountain Hop
Four Sticks
Going to California
When the Levee Breaks
Rock and Roll
Battle of Evermore
Stairway to Heaven
Misty Mountain Hop
Four Sticks
Going to California
When the Levee Breaks
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Black Dog.
Rock and Roll
Battle of Evermore
Stairway to Heaven
Misty Mountain Hop
Four Sticks
Going to California
When the Levee Breaks
Rock and Roll
Battle of Evermore
Stairway to Heaven
Misty Mountain Hop
Four Sticks
Going to California
When the Levee Breaks
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Democrats need to plan for what's next. At some point, we will have to pivot away from the Orange One (he really is a lame duck president come next fall) and offer the best alternative to MAGA-fied independents who voted for him.
Not empty ideas, but real, affordable solutions to a fairer economy.
Not empty ideas, but real, affordable solutions to a fairer economy.
Opinion | The great GOP migration has begun
The midterms promise a reality check — and growing defections from disastrous MAGA orthodoxy.
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Democrats need to plan for what's next. At some point, we will have to pivot away from the Orange One (he really is a lame duck president come next fall) and offer the best alternative to MAGA-fied independents who voted for him.
Not empty ideas, but real, affordable solutions to a fairer economy.
Not empty ideas, but real, affordable solutions to a fairer economy.