"Do not give in to adversity, do not trust in prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases." ~ Seneca
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River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
The trashing of Kamala Harris by Democrats is the most shameful thing I've witnessed as a politics reporter since the trashing of Hillary Clinton in 2016 by many of the same people. It's sickening after witnessing the terrible campaigns in 2000 and 2004 that got none of that.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
Hi friends!
I wanted to give a quick update on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, which we can’t wait to relaunch as the dumbest site on the internet.
Long and short of it: We won the bid and — you're not going to believe it — the previous InfoWars folks aren't taking it well.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
It's disturbing seeing some medical professionals normalize RFK Jr by saying "we have to meet him halfway."
NOPE.
RFK Jr is a charlatan who has deliberately spread disinformation that has killed people.
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
Democrats are happy to feed Republican children if it means every kid eats.
Republicans are happy to starve their own children if it means Democrats' kids starve, too.
And I just don't know how to campaign ourselves out of that kind of self-sabotaging hatred.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
Really I think our best hope at present is in-fighting and power grabs in the GOP and civil servants working against lazy people with little experience.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
Trump is nominating Kimberly Guilfoyle for Surgeon General, because "She's had the most surgery"
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
Dear Merrick Garland,
If you wonder how someone like Matt Gaetz could possibly be Attorney General, the answer is simple:
You did not do your job.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
Trump voters chose him because of the economy and the border.
They didn’t choose him to put an unqualified sycophant as SecDef, a possible Russian agent as DNI, the target of a DOJ investigation as AG, or a vaccine denier as Sec HHS.
The Senate must do its job properly.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
Okay yes a second Trump presidency is terrifying but based on these Trump picks, I think there's a decent chance that stupidity gets in the way of the fascism. I think that's our hope: crippling idiocy.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
WATCH this guy explain to MAGA, raw and uncut, what is about to happen to them because of how they voted.
🔥🔥This is AWESOME.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
DO NOT LEAVE TWITTER: There will come a day we leave but go start your other accounts and wait for the signal to leave this shithole to the klansmen and racists.
For now: Hold Fast.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
Chin up, team. Take some time. Take care of yourself. Take care of your loved ones. Take care of your community.
There are a million ways to make a difference—get back in the fight when you’re ready.
And know that, whenever you are ready, I’ll be ready to get back in with you.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
The worst thing we can do right now is disengage.
I get that people are pissed, hurt, confused, etc. and that’s fine. Take the time you need to process. After that, dust yourself off and get back to work.
This shit will suck, but we WILL have midterms, and we need to win them.
River Rat @riverent.bsky.social retweeted
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
