Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I’m sorry (?) to report that this is real, and as good a lineup as the current president could scrape from the bottom of the state fair entertainment circuit to perform at the nation’s 250th. My wife and I were on the Mall fifty years ago & wanted to recreate it, but no way. Hard pass this year! 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026TX Republicans just handed Democrats a $100 million windfall, big enough to make Don Jr. proud. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said it best: “To call Paxton ethically challenged is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder.” From MS NOW, just now….. 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Stand back and stand by! Donnie’s got another full diaper load‼️👇🏼 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026It was never about the color of the suit. It was the color or the man in the suit. Performative proto-MAGAt behavior. 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Swalwell. Fetterman. I want to believe, but I need more coverage about Platner and anyone else not “maxxx-vetted” yet. He joined Marines out of high school. So maybe more coverage of his years from 2005 through 2018, when he was a marine and soldier in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and with Blackwater? 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I can smell the Truth Social reaction from here: “WHY pay for *TRANS*lation of stupid “languages” that many people are saying No One has ever even heard of before? USA‼️USA‼️USA‼️USA‼️” 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026“It helped that the U.S. Justice Department had conducted its own investigation and in 2022 concluded that Lafarge had paid terrorist organizations; Lafarge agreed to pay a $778 million fine, without a trial.” Guilty enough to voluntarily pay $778 million, but DOJ wouldn’t even take case to trial⁉️ 001
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Stunning Verdict Rewrites Rules of Corporate Morality First time a corporation has been found criminally liable for enabling terrorism. Court concluded that a huge cement maker paid millions to Islamic State in Syria to facilitate the company’s operations there. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality 100
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Here a grandmother is forced to do a gig job with no job security because she can’t afford to retire? What are we celebrating here? 1709186484331
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Is tRump setting JD up with an undeniable record of failure, with an eye on proactively taking out his own heir-apparent⁉️ Then, with JD and Little Marco sidelined by tRump’s own failures, “Hey ya got no choice left but to keep me in office in 2028!” 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Authoritarianism can be defeated ‼️ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...nytimes.comHungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán has lost. Magyar went from complete political obscurity just two years ago to defeating one of Europe’s most entrenched authoritarian-leaning leaders. Orbán had systematically reshaped Hungary’s institutions, media, and electoral system to his advantage over 16 years — and still lost. 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán has lost. Magyar went from complete political obscurity just two years ago to defeating one of Europe’s most entrenched authoritarian-leaning leaders. Orbán had systematically reshaped Hungary’s institutions, media, and electoral system to his advantage over 16 years — and still lost. 010
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán has lost. Magyar went from complete political obscurity just two years ago to defeating one of Europe’s most entrenched authoritarian-leaning leaders. Orbán had systematically reshaped Hungary’s institutions, media, and electoral system to his advantage over 16 years — and still lost. 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán has lost. Magyar went from complete political obscurity just two years ago to defeating one of Europe’s most entrenched authoritarian-leaning leaders. Orbán had systematically reshaped Hungary’s institutions, media, and electoral system to his advantage over 16 years — and still lost. 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán has lost. Magyar went from complete political obscurity just two years ago to defeating one of Europe’s most entrenched authoritarian-leaning leaders. Orbán had systematically reshaped Hungary’s institutions, media, and electoral system to his advantage over 16 years — and still lost. 010
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán has lost. Magyar went from complete political obscurity just two years ago to defeating one of Europe’s most entrenched authoritarian-leaning leaders. Orbán had systematically reshaped Hungary’s institutions, media, and electoral system to his advantage over 16 years — and still lost. 011
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026“…… some of the words recorded in print for the first time in 1972 include: animatronic, beer pong, bird flu, habanero, garage band, glam rock, lowrider, page-turner, sound bite, spaghetti strap, veggie burger, women’s studies and yard sale. Far out!” apple.news/AbPtylwQVQKe...apple.newsZiggy Stardust and Hacky Sack: What life was like the last time we went to the moon — NPRThe Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin. 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Robert De Niro was in the same courtroom as the president for birthright citizenship arguments. Hollywood Legend Watched Trump Being Humiliated at SCOTUS - The Daily Beast 000
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 26/03/2026James Talarico: The most revolutionary teaching in my religion is the teaching to love your enemy. If you’re going to stand up to entrenched power, you're going to get some opponents — but the revolutionary part is that you are called to love your enemies just as you love yourself. 1112832
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 26/03/2026So, he could have been paying the TSA pawns this whole time? 000
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026JUST IN: Democrats tonight have flipped a GOP-held state House seat in Florida. And not just any seat: This is the district that contains Mar-a-Lago. (It voted for Trump by 11% in 2024). That's right: Trump will now be represented by a Democrat, Emily Gregory, in Tallahassee. 18096952425
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026maybe an outlier but trend is ouch 1111518
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24/03/2026Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ivan Ehlers. 204546966
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 10/02/2026A federal court just upheld California’s law REQUIRING federal agents to identify themselves. California will keep standing up for civil rights and our democracy. 396145253187
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceOakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026There are nine other Republican women in the Senate besides Lummis. I can’t see how any of them can stand back from this issue now. The Family Portrait: The head of the family mob, his consigliere Susie Wiles, and ten blatantly, viciously lying Republican senators. TELL THE TRUTH NOW‼️ 001
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Is this the sound of the Republican’s monumental Dam of Willful Ignorance cracking open 🤞🏼⁉️ 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026A bare majority—just 51 percent—of Americans now favors government requirements for vaccines, down from 81 percent in 1991 and 62 percent in 2019. 📌 Most of the slippage has been among conservatives ⚰️ and studies suggest that political ideology is perhaps the biggest predictor of vaccine rejection🤔 110
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Operating on tRumpist social theory favoring “survival of the fittest”, I say go for it‼️ Tell ignorant followers that they don’t need no stinkin’ vaccines. Couple that with their view that NO ONE deserves assistance for healthcare. Future with fewer deplorables? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...nytimes.comRejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional 002
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Another brick in the wall isolating Tesla away from the global market. As American buyers recoil in horror from Elon’s self-shit and celebrate Tesla’s self-engineered demise, at least as a car company. Many Chinese EVs are already technologically better and cheaper than Teslas. Stupid Musk/tRump. 011
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Does anyone think that Western-friendly, independent but tiny Moldova would last more than 15 minutes after any Russian-accommodative “peace” is imposed on Ukraine? Hell, a third of Moldova (so-called “Transnistria) is already occupied and under the control of the New Russian Empire. 010
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026These little beauties have allowed German renters who pay their own electric bills to generate significant ongoing savings. And at an affordable upfront cost for millions of apartment dwellers. Here’s hoping U.S. government and power utilities don’t strangle this baby in the crib. 010
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Macron dines as a gentleman at the grownups’ table while Donnie plays with his junk food at the kids’ table. 010
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceWomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 17/01/2026#Epstein #EpsteinFiles 272148715113
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Another brick in the wall isolating Tesla away from the global market. As American buyers recoil in horror from Elon’s self-shit and celebrate Tesla’s self-engineered demise, at least as a car company. Many Chinese EVs are already technologically better and cheaper than Teslas. Profoundly stupid. 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Essentially, a private security force. Like in shithole countries with dictatorial El Presidentes and other warlords with private militias to deal with their dirtiest “security problems”. 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026And I say, go for it Donnie! I want you to finish your reconstruction of the GQP in your image. Make it fully the reactionary, anti-humanitarian, soul-crushing, society-destroying fascist entity that the MAGAts desperately believe is their only salvation. Then we’ll vote on it in 2026 and 2028😀‼️ 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026We hold this truth to be self-evident…… 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Go Donnie go!! Deport farm workers. Let meatpacking plants close for lack of workers. Tariff-tax imports of all inputs used for farm feed & fertilizer, and all materials used in making farm machinery, and for constructing farm buildings. Wait till midterms, ask voters about their economic health. 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Go Donnie go!! Deport farm workers. Let meatpacking plants close for lack of workers. Tariff-tax imports of all inputs used for farm feed & fertilizer, and all materials used in making farm machinery, and for constructing farm buildings. Wait till midterms, ask voters about their economic health. 010
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Evil dipshits en regalia: Desperately craving and seeking both self-validation and legitimacy in the eyes of the very mainstream media and society they simultaneously seek to destroy. Like tRump trying to lie, cheat, and claw his way into Manhattan high society, while always at its fringe. SAD‼️ 041
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 21/12/2025“Also, please: Pay no attention to the 34,000 VA employees being fired this very merry Christmas! Thank for your attention to this matter.” 000
Oakland By Choice @norcalkindaguy.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Every possible legal weapon must now be targeted on these utter scumbags irretrievably dedicated to the institutions of tRump idolatry and pedophilia. 064
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceKierán Suckling @kieransuckling.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Lawsuit filed! “Blotting out the majesty of America’s national parks with a closeup of his own face is Trump’s crassest, most ego-driven action yet. The national parks are not a personal branding opportunity. They’re the pride and joy of the American people" biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...biologicaldiversity.orgLawsuit Filed to Strike Trump’s Face From National Parks PassCenter for Biological Diversity: 'National Parks Are Not a Personal Branding Opportunity. They're the Pride and Joy of the American People.' 18132
Reposted by Oakland By ChoiceJules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 15/12/2025“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people." -Rob Reiner🕊️ 8404237