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rooseveltdem.bsky.social
@rooseveltdem.bsky.social
Ohioan, Roosevelt Democrat, Retired SNCO

If you can’t be yourself, be like John Brown.
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This is the time where we’re all supposed to remember the days that “live in infamy.”

Right now, not next cycle, NOW.

Your ancestors (great grandparents) bled for you to not forget.
Liz Cheney a republican had to come up with our
Project 2029 but it’s so good I can get behind it! Cause fighting this fascist president has aged me considerably!
New bumper sticker just dropped:

“Demand rail service so you can use your cell service without causing a funeral service”
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Dems: “We need every single person to pitch in”

Labor: “Can we raise the floor on earnings to open up resources for us to share?”

Dems: “If it weren’t for our extreme far left wing, we would be able to govern”
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
What’s one of the major tenants of fascism? State corporatism? Hmmm
Why is Bill Kristol more on the ball than Chuck Schumer?
Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
December 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Just like the penalty for fleeing and evading isn’t a firing squad
And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Americans unfortunately see tax as a violent action. A root cause: Some have never lived in a truly violent society.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
December 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Time for the country to return to those days economically & philosophically too
Indiana: First Big Ten title in 58 years

Texas Tech: First real conference title in 49 years

Duke: First ACC title in 36 years
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When they say it won’t work here it not an indictment of the policy, it’s an indictment of our “ruling” class.

It won’t work here because this is where the greedy come to feel safe.
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
sToP COmPaRing tHem tO NaZis
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Now that they’ve all moved to Addy Rx they have a completely different view on coke? Convenient.
The right's now hegemonic argument that cocaine is actually a chemical weapon and that mere suspicion of having it on your boat justifies an order to kill everyone aboard is astoundingly insane
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“America First” is just the pustule of American exceptionalism, which is a framework designed to place American labor at odds with international labor.

If you think no where is better than where you’re from, you don’t realize how badly you’re being ripped off.
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
@gabewasylko.com may or may not know that shots like these are what help locals find beauty to persevere. They also help reframe what the outside world has forgotten; NEOhio is beautiful.
I photographed the month of November in Cleveland, Ohio and this is what I got
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The number I want to see is an estimate on how much wealth has been siphoned off the middle class by Welfare Capitalism.
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?

It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.

It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The “moderates” hate reality, hate fact, hate science, hate having to think critically, hate the poors they’re forced to sit next to.
Because a lot of leftists/progressives have pseudo conspiratorial models of reality where they think the only reason Americans live in suburbs is bc GM tore up the streetcar lines in LA etc.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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There aren’t any women who are ages 0-17, only children.
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#Dems just rang the party’s death knell. #unredeemable
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.

The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.

But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
No shit. Now don’t give him a free exit. #M4A #Tricare4All #CHAMPVA4All
The two longest government shutdowns in our nation’s history:

2025
2018

Donald Trump was president both times.
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Make the Dems Roosevelt Again
National Dems: Every Dem I have talked to, (yes, even those here in rural Virginia), is excited about Mamdani's win.

Pay attention.
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Just gonna put it out there before Chuck Schumer floats it: we do not under any circumstances need to use this bump in democrat power to reach across the aisle and meet republicans halfway. They're bleeding; it's time to go for the jugular.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Akron, OH

MfL candidates get BOAT RACED in School Board race.

Open Socialist queer laps opponent for City’s Ward 1 seat
—Dems break GOP's supermajority in MS's Senate.

Still unknown:
—Some school boards I'm watching still counting, tho the right is losing seats.
—Seattle mayor will take a while.
—RCV for Minneapolis mayor tomorrow.

What am I missing that you're watching?

And you can explore on my big board:
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
If Dems were a serious party, they would present #M4A right now.
Tommy has a right to be mad. He deserves better than astronomically high healthcare costs for worse coverage.

It’s time the House showed up to work so we can do better by the millions of people like Tommy.
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM