https://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lhxhkmnkjs2fThe guy barred the Associated Press from an event in the White House because it used words the guy did not like. Does anyone still doubting we are living already in a totalitarian country with the ruler flexing his muscle every day?12 Feb 2025 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhxhkmnkjs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lhbzjptprc27Response of the Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, to the unilateral imposition of a 25% tariffs to imports from Mexico by President Donald Trump. https://youtu.be/3VqALXoOGog?si=rlv0AYEaYpuqrg1-03 Feb 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbzjptprc27https://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lgguv5pztk2yParaphrasing an NPR article: Elora Mukherjee, director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School said the US "is no longer a beacon of freedom, of hope, of protection for refugees and asylum-seekers." I say: Who is organizing the work to dismantle and return the Statue of Liberty?23 Jan 2025 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgguv5pztk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lggtuv5nfc2yFor now, all NIH communications need to be reviewed by a presidential apointee before they are issued. That already has stopped a scientific conference to deal with cancer research. At least we won't need to watch a holocaust movie to learn what fascism is.23 Jan 2025 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggtuv5nfc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lgchqmpgyk2jTrump, a highly vindictive individual, pardoned the rioters. Now, more than ever, he has his own militia, made up of lawless, violent, armed thugs that know they can get away with anything (murder? Yes, of course). Does anyone still think this is NOT going to get really ugly really quickly?22 Jan 2025 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgchqmpgyk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lfxvb6xzhk2iI invited my best friend to the People's March. What's the point - she said - that is not going to stop him from taking office. Her logic is flawless, but deep inside I feel she is wrong. What would you say to her?17 Jan 2025 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxvb6xzhk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lfxup3346c2i"I do believe very strongly that America's democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it … otherwise it is very fragile and it will not be willing to withstand moments of crisis. And today, America's democracy stood," Kamala Harris. But we do have to heed the call!17 Jan 2025 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxup3346c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lfnonmp4is2wHow to prepare for a TikTok ban that will start in a few days? It's a no brainer. Just cancel the largely moronic app, which appears to contain mostly garbage. Life is better when lived outside of a tiny screen that fits in you pocket... really... it is not just a saying.13 Jan 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnonmp4is2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lf6j3xakr22bPeter, from Peter, Paul, and Mary just died. It looks like we, ourselves, now are the ones who have to ring the bell in the morning and in the evening, ringing out danger and ringing out warning to all our brothers and sisters, all over this land.07 Jan 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf6j3xakr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lf6ioxebjk2bZuckerberg used to say that misinformation was a threat to Democracy. Now he says that fact checkers "have destroyed more trust than they've created". I resent having my intelligence insulted in this manner. Don't you?07 Jan 2025 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf6ioxebjk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lf6buvgxrs2hAnother reason to leave Facebook and Instagram. They will be used even more to spread Trump's lies and misiformation. Of course. What does Zuckerberg cares if he already kissed ass and is part of the tight circle. Certainly he does not care about us at all. https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251151/meta-fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg-trump07 Jan 2025 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf6buvgxrs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3leyypwvqbs23From NPR this morning. The answer to the question of this heroic police officer is that he defended our Republic, and we should show him how important his actions were with our actions to defend it too. Trump betrayed you and all of us, but progressive Americans will support you all the way.05 Jan 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3leyypwvqbs23https://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3leug4atec22hNYT 3: The NY Times fake fentanil article could also be part of a campaign to precipitate US military intervention in México after declaring the cartel a terrorist organization; something that President Claudia has rejected but that conservative Mexican oligarchs are promoting.03 Jan 2025 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3leug4atec22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3leuebk6rt22hNYT2: The NY Times is on the payrolof Mexican oligarchs and was just exposed by Claudia Sheimbaum. Don't mess with Claudia, or at least do it well. Cheap paid tricks and lies will not do it. She knows. Oligarchs attacked AMLO all 6 years and will continue through Claudia's term.03 Jan 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3leuebk6rt22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3leudyo2zcc2hNYT 1: The "prestigious" NY Times ran an article with pictures of a fentanil lab in México. President Claudia said it was not credible because the workers were unprotected. The NYT double down on their article and Claudia published a video of unprotected workers fainting while handling fentanil.03 Jan 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3leudyo2zcc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lenn2lsxwc26Raising tariffs is a tax on the middle class. The super-rich will get a tax cut to offset increases in their expenses. Tarif money goes to the government to offset the tax cut. Meanwhile, a deficient educational system prevents Americans from understanding that social democracy is not socialism.01 Jan 2025 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lenn2lsxwc26https://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3leiq2qv3rs24We can use the example of President Carter to show our children, incredulous as they will be, that the presidency was once occupied by men of integrity and honor that placed principle ahead of political calculations.30 Dec 2024 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3leiq2qv3rs24https://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3leiijw3qvk24Trump said he will build the border wall to protect us from "heinous, Nation ending disasters". The thing is, once the wall is built, on what side of the wall will the "nation ending disaster" will be?30 Dec 2024 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3leiijw3qvk24https://bsky.app/profile/kikodlm.bsky.social/post/3lefuiezca22l"The Electoral College is bad for democracy because it removes the ability of U.S. citizens to directly elect their President." Marlowe, Kaitlyn, "The Electoral College is Bad for Democracy" (2020). Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj/239929 Dec 2024 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:z6bfivachm7fms2pitbdarp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lefuiezca22l