tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 10hAwesome! It works in reverse too; after a 25 year delay my mom finished her masters... 3 months before me! Then started the teaching career she always dreamed of. Sometimes a little push is a good thing. 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 11hMusk's DOGE cuts to USAID is resulting in estimates from 500k to 1.8m global deaths PER YEAR. What sociopath would enact such a thing to "save" a few bucks already allocated, build-out & proven? Musk is a soulless genocidal mass murderer. 110
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It's more fine-grained. To defend against future demagoguery we need to get it right: 1. Demagogue - malignant narcissist 2. Opportunistic sociopath grifters - Cabinet members, RFK Jr., Guilfoyle, Fox News 3. True believer acolytes - Levitt, Zacharia, Harp 4. Soulless sycophants - MAGA voters 011
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 14/10/2026This is the anti-democratic authoritarian Big Lie that undermines democracy and free & fair elections everywhere. It requires a concerted societal commitment to overcome. protectdemocracy.org/work/what-is...protectdemocracy.orgWhat is the Big Lie? - Protect DemocracyThe Big Lie is the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump and that the Republicans who affirmed Biden’s victory were part of a conspiracy to defeat their own party’s president... 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Literally how I met my chatty wife. 36 years on I don't shush her anymore, and may she never stop talking! 151
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Cancel homeowners insurance, auto insurance, health insurance. My house hasn't burned to the ground, I haven't crashed my car, I haven't been sick or injured. Yet... RFK Jr's not an idiot, he's a sociopath who plays one in Trump's cabinet. RFK Jr. profits from anti-vaxers & dismantling HHS/CDC. 010
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Untrue. Congress ceded increasing executive power to the Presidency over many years, since even before 9/11. Should have rescinded, never did. Google: Summarize as short list executive power ceded to the president GOP Congress always had the power to rescind executive authority. THEY CHOSE NOT TO. 100
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 14/10/2026My mom's church job was to look up numbers coded on a survey against a list of parishioners names. For a supposedly anonymous church survey. They barely even tried to hide the dishonesty. If your church wants you to lie, cheat, steal, or abuse people there's something wrong with it. 010
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Needs some time, but will get there due to aging populations. Cellphones, PCs, color TVs were unaffordable at first, now everyone has them. Universal healthcare would be a huge step forward; money for R&D and therapy, instead of pharma / UnitedHealthcare CEO / investor profit. 010
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Like everything else Trump attempts in random unplanned frustration this will backfire, badly. Minnesotans have a long history of inviting, welcoming and supporting immigrants and are fed up w/ Trump/MAGA/ICE racist bullying. I predict Omar gets a pre-election polls bump up. 1183
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 11/10/2026GOP jumped on the Trump bandwagon in droves. Somehow thought Nov 3 would never come. 020
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Seeks to incite a Russian apartment bombing or Reichstag fire moment to declare martial law & seize control. From the Putin & Hitler playbook. Iran bombing LA would be a win for Trump, zero price to pay. Quite the step up from shooting someone on 5th Avenue, such a quaint notion now. 020
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Censure, impeach, convict. To make this happen, retake the Senate. 010
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Both awesome and ordinary at the same time. Humans just wanna be human, and that includes helping anyone & everyone where & when we can. Plus we need him to play ball... :-) 040
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We have Nov to look forward to, they have a freak-out. My empathy's dedicated elsewhere. The present daily unraveling, dissembling & rat flight is the source of some minor amusement though. 030
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Transparent bullshit. They made their billions IN & BECAUSE of California. Asked to pay a minimal amount, below even the ordinary citizen's tax rate? Have a fit shows everyone you're a greedy sociopath. Musk, Ellison, Brin... Others simply pay & move on. No noteriety, as they're just normal humans. 001
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Jesus Christ. Something is seriously wrong with these people. I don't want to wish ill on well-meaning people but these are not. We fought a world war to defeat fascists, they are the enemy. What part of this is unclear? They know we can see them, right? i0.wp.com/thethielensi... 020
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Damn. Tammy 2028. Hillary & Kamala were ohhh-kayyy, but what we need is less "play nice" and more Fuck That Shit. 001
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why grifters & propagandists are winning: 1) A lie travels halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on. This was known pre-internet! 2) Bullshit asymmetry: A falsehood takes just one sentence to state. Disproving it requires facts, context, data, and patience. 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026East End Boys / West End Girls, Opportunities - still on my playlist. 020
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Awww. Someone's gonna repo their giant rolling coal trucks. Anyhow... 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Orange felon's voice is grating, like torture. I've been enjoying the peace the last few days. Looking forward to the day in the near future when I won't even have to see him or think about him. 010
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026CVS-Aetna is another; CVS acquired Aetna, so the only pharmacy I can get prescriptions is CVS, even though CostCo or Mark Cuban's Cost Plus is less expensive. Literally a captive audience. 030
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And who the hell do you expect to be sniping from there? Washington DC is not awash with foreign invaders, just American citizens protesting fascism. Trump's like a 6yo playing army guys... 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Modern public bathrooms have floor to ceiling privacy stalls. No one needs to care who goes where. 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ah, the fascist lament begins, only when the end is in sight. Eyes wide open, you chose, celebrated & supported this abhorrent criminal. His own family condemned him, but you were "smarter" than everyone who warned you to steer clear. 020
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Not on my midterms bingo card: Karl 'technically not a war criminal' Rove seeks Dem assist to kick the nuts out of the GOP. It's an old compromise, but it checks out. <throws up a bit in my mouth> 0110
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Yes but it's not just Trump, he couldn't do it w/o the GOP-controlled Congress & Senate support. Hold GOP reps accountable. GOP-controlled Congress could revoke executive powers ceded to the presidency. They haven't and Congress won't, until GOP sycophants are voted out of office. 071
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ok, but welfare protection for Monsanto, Big Ag and deregulation of FDA food safety protections are not good. "Self-regulation" is toxic to the food supply. Regulations level the playing field, protect consumers, producers AND the environment. No competitive differentiation b/c everyone complies. 010
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Norway isn't socialist—it's a social democracy with regulated capitalism. Capitalism drives its jobs, growth, taxes, and Sovereign Wealth Fund. Socialists keep stealing credit and hiding their real goal of ending capitalism, because there is no socialist success story. 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Slow motion train wreck by grifting incompetents. No matter what anyone says, that's the real Lake America, right there in full effect. Enjoying all the efficiencies of Gov't as a business without those burdensome regulations & oversight? 001
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 06/09/2026No one is forced to go to WNBA games, just as no one is forced to go to pro bowling or golf. Don't like it? Don't go. 100% RW culture warriors grasping anything to distract from the most corrupt, failed President* and administration in history. Measles, war, prices? Hey, lookit those trans people! 030
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Immediately rescind all congressional executive powers that have been ceded to the presidency. 061
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 05/09/2026You're promoting something you don't know what it is. Socialism is about abolishing capitalism, the economic system that runs the successful Norwegian economy. What does the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund invest in? Stocks of capitalist companies. Socialists are lying, why? Question assumptions. 110
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Alaska did this in 1976 for the Prudhoe Bay oilfield. Universal income, compatible w/ democracy & capitalism. Nordic social democracies prove socialism isn't needed to have strong social programs, universal healthcare & free education. Socialists who lie & steal credit need to be called out. 110
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Norway is a social democracy, absolutely not socialist. Socialists are purposely lying about this for publicity. Very annoying. 130
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This president is bad, some presidents are good. Social democracy, i.e. the Nordic model is better. Religion in politics and government is bad. 130
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I assisted elders through aging, injuries, convalescence and passing; Mitch is either deceased or permanently incapacitated. These are now GOP DELAY and STONEWALL tactics. Testing the degree of GOP suppression of investigative journalism. Rating: 1/10 of the Watergate era, with scandals at 20x. 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"Peace by capitulating to us treasonous fascists." 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Capitalism is a powerful engine that will consume all resources, maim & kill, make a toxic mess and tear itself apart. We don't abandon & revert to the pre-engine world, we harness & regulate. Jets, rockets, race car engines are regulated: fuel, air, temperature, rpms, oil pressure, emissions, etc. 010
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The GOP thinks they're the government, but dumbasses are all lame ducks. We the People are the real Gov't and reports of our death are greatly exaggerated. We're down but we get back up again. It's the GOP and their Project 2025 fascist coup attempt that's dying in a noisy slow motion train wreck. 000
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Imagine: liberal policies, universal healthcare, living wages and a strong social safety net are all good for business, whoda thunk? 030
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026US Media largely captured by sycophant corporations & oligarchs. Independent investigative journalism is dead, litigated out of existence or on life-support. Note: liberal British news corp providing US govt watchdog service. DOJ similarly captured, nothing will happen until Trump's out of power. 071
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026And the GOP-controlled Congress could stop him any time. Narrator: They won't. 020
tarms24.bsky.social @tarms24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Pathological grifting sociopath says what, now? RFK Jr. is bringing back all the Medieval plagues: measles, black plague, tuberculosis, typhoid, polio, COVID-26... GOP-controlled congress continues to enable, hopes no one notices while his quack HHS anti-vax fixation disables & kills Americans. 000
