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Pissed Off Optimist

@georgeaye.bsky.social
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Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Greater Good Studio. Burmese. Raised in the UK. Living in Chicago since 2001.

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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
“Law-abiding migrants sent to foreign prisons. Sweeping tariffs disrupting global markets. Students detained for protest. Violent insurrectionists pardoned. Tens of thousands of federal workers fired. The supreme court ignored.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump 100 days: Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidency
The president has begun his second term at a whirlwind pace, slashing the government, upending international alliances, challenging the rule of law and ordering mass deportations
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🎉🎉🎉 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
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Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, Despite Elon Musk’s Millions
Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel for a State Supreme Court seat in a race that shattered spending records and maintained a liberal majority on the court.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
“Of course they’re planning overseas bombings in a group chat. Because the stupidity of this White House outpaces any attempt at parody; and because these guys are exactly as dumb in real life as they look on television.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What the accidentally leaked war group chat reveals about the Trump administration | Moira Donegan
Thanks to the Signal leaks, we can see how the administration acts when they think they are in private. It’s not a pretty sight
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
What a bunch of fucking morons. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
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Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in Group Chat With Atlantic Journalist
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“But happiness for us is maybe being content.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
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Americans Are Unhappier Than Ever. Solo Dining May Be a Sign.
The United States slipped to its lowest ranking ever in the World Happiness Report, in part because more Americans are eating alone. Once again, the Finns came out on top.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
There’s nothing better than walking through Brooklyn listening to Gangstarr
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
No better way to roll into New York than bump to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… on my AirPods. It might be my favorite Wu Tang album of all time.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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Opinion | A Day of American Infamy
A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What an embarrassing, ugly, and crude display of belligerence. Everything that we were warned about is happening. Ukraine is getting sold out right in front of our eyes. youtu.be/v_kTNIYsFnQ?...
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Full argument: Trump-Zelensky White House meeting descends into shouting match
YouTube video by The Telegraph
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
As the saying goes, "Give me your tired, your poor, your millionaires..." He's just out here casually selling citizenships. NBD. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
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Trump Plans ‘Gold Card’ Alternative to Green Cards for ‘High Level People’
President Trump said the cards would have “a higher level of sophistication” than green cards and cost applicants about $5 million.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 no idea where this originally came from, but it’s perfect
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
What a piece of shit. He's such a terrible man child. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Elon Musk admits email to government workers was a ruse
Department of Government Efficiency head says he wants to test whether federal employees are ‘capable of replying to an email’
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
He nails it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/02/2025
Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
goddamn, I needed that! youtu.be/hS66O1C7Gp4?...
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Gov. Pritzker SLAMS Trump and Musk in closing remarks of State of the State address
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
youtu.be/jrE0DOEcbRE?... Thank god for saying it out loud.
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Ongoing Coup | Attorney General Kris Mayes
YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The complete dismantling of our government in real time
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
No fucking shit Sherlock www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
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Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say
Law professors have long debated what the term means. But now many have concluded that the nation faces a reckoning as President Trump tests the boundaries of executive power.
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Monday thought:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/02/2025
Jeffries: "It's unfortunate that many of our Republican colleagues are determined to stand up a shadow government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, and for the billionaires that will stick it to the American people. That's what's driving much of the behavior on the other side of the aisle."
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“It appears as if there is an unelected billionaire more or less running the federal government right now, who none of us voted for, who seems to be breaking both [the] law and potentially the constitution all over the place,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘It’s been madness’: US federal workers reeling over Trump-Musk takeover
Office of personnel management workers say anxiety is palpable amid intimidation and threat of dismissal
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“Taking a Gatling gun approach to governing, firing shots in all directions at the same time, Mr. Trump has left virtually no corner of Washington untouched as he seeks to tear down the old apparatus and refashion it to his liking.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
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How Trump Is Reshaping U.S. Government, Just 2 Weeks Into His Presidency
The new president has left virtually no corner of the nation’s capital untouched in a wide-ranging effort to tear down the federal government and refashion it to his liking.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The 👀’s says so much
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
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jenna ruddock @ruddock.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
FFS
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2025
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Fuck me that was fast. Trump is firing up detention camps. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...
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Trump Says U.S. Will Hold Migrants at Guantánamo Bay
The president suggested 30,000 migrants could be housed on the base. It is unclear how the plan will take shape.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
“From pausing research on cures for childhood cancer to halting food assistance, safety from domestic violence and closing suicide hotlines, …“This order could decimate thousands of organizations and leave neighbors without the services they need.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...
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White House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and Grants
The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#parenting question: are you a “snacks” family or an “ingredients” family? We’ve been the latter for years and my kids have finally had enough. We’re caving in and starting to keep more snacks around. It’s past 10pm on a Sunday, and I am starting to see the benefits.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25/01/2025
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
We’re watching the mechanical dismantling of our government in front of our eyes www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
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Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
In light of all the recent billionaires lining up to support today’s current MAGA-branded fascist regime, here’s an article on the German industrialists that supported or directly benefited from the Nazis, that have so effectively whitewashed their past. www.theguardian.com/books/2022/m...
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‘People should be more aware’: the business dynasties who benefited from Nazis
In his new book Nazi Billionaires, David de Jong explores the damning history of companies who have refused to examine their murky history with Hitler
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
JFC
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2025
AOC: "I want folks at home to look at what members of Congress are invested in private prisons companies, and look at the votes on this bill. It is atrocious that people are lining their pockets with private prison profits in the name of a horrific tragedy."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2025
"What’s happening here is the creeping oligarchy of companies and capital aligning around an authoritarian president, with everyone fully aware that sucking up to him personally, ideally along with staggering sums of cash, is the only way to evade scrutiny."
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How TikTok is burnishing Trump's strongman image
If you kiss the ring hard enough, laws disappear.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The sheer volume of fuckery in one day is staggering. I don't even have to mention his name and you know exactly who I mean.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. Just as the latest avian bird flu starts to show up. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
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Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization
Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
My only plan today is to sit next to a fireplace. I am turning into a cat.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
In Chicago and it’s one of the coldest days I can remember. It’s 1°F/-18°C today. Grateful that the schools are closed today.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
If you’re not interested in getting distracted by all the TikTok nonsense, or Trump’s inauguration, here’s a story that can’t get enough attention. The Tulsa Race Massacre remains an almost completely forgotten part of American history. www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01...
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More Than a Century After the Tulsa Race Massacre, One Question Endures: What Is Justice?
Survivors of the 1921 massacre and their descendants contemplate the meaning of reparations in today’s Tulsa, Okla.
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Noooooooooooo! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/m...
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David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78
A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” considered his masterwork. He brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”
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Pissed Off Optimist @georgeaye.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
As my wife and I prepare to get our soon-to-be 14 year her own phone, we heard a great parenting tip: keep the phone out of reach overnight. It’ll limit the impact of the phone on her night schedule and sleep.
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