So here's me stressing about getting everything done by deadlines, then someone asks me to do another week's virtual mission to a Pacific nation and I agree. #ownworstenemy

Their own worst enemies (not while I'm alive): people whose lives would have been much better if they'd kept their opinions to themselves:
1. Elon Musk
2. JK Rowling
3.

[these are the first that jump to my mind; please help flesh out this list]

#OwnWorstEnemy
#NotWhileImAlive

Video Schumer announces he'll vote to keep government open, likely avoiding shutdown

In remarks on the Senate floor, Chuck Schumer announced Thursday night that he plans to vote to keep the government open.

ABC News

⬆️ >> #ElectedDemocrats are their #ownWorstEnemy.

Why stop at "elected" #Democrats, when #enshittification is a balm for other Democrats too?

"Trump finds unexpected ally in auto union leader over tariffs"

#UnitedAutomobileWorkers (#UAW) President #ShawnFain supports #Trump #Tariffs after campaigning for #KamalaHarris last November at the #DemocraticNationalConvention (#DNC)…

Speaking of #Harris, I don't know where she disappeared after collecting SO MUCH MONEY!

https://www.europesays.com/1902642/

Trump finds unexpected ally in auto union leader over tariffs

United Automobile Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC)

EUROPE SAYS

⬆️ @bluerootsradio

>> Some #Democrats Endorse Bill Allowing #ElonMusk to #CreateHisOwnCurrency #Crypto #DOGE

#ElectedDemocrats are their #ownWorstEnemy.

Next step will be to endorse a bill seceding from the #UnitedStates, allowing #Musk to #CreateHisOwnCountry.

🀑 Next step after that for these "Democrats" will be to join the King's court as jesters 🀑

⬆️ @GreenFire

>> You can add #GavinNewsom to the list of #Democrats starting their #MAGA grift.

My God!

Exhibits that elected leaders (not the electorate) are Democrats'#ownWorstEnemy keep rolling in relentlessly. This is not a one-off phenomenon.

Chaneling one's ire on the electorate rather than the elected who fail to perform given a chance seems wrongheaded.

via @motherjonesmag https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/gavin-newsoms-maga-drift-is-here/

Gavin Newsom's MAGA drift is here

In suggesting that Democrats were wrong about trans athletes and cozying up to MAGA favorites, Newsom's presidential ambitions are more craven than ever.

Mother Jones

⬆️ @GreenFire

Yes, and I agree with you but only up to a point.

I am saying that sometimes #Democrats are their #ownWorstEnemy.

In the real world, it is #survivalOfTheFittest, not the crudest, meanest, or most virtuous.

Democrats seem unable to #AcknowledgeTheProblem that our survival is at stake. Moral absolutism is not going to help us survive.

Instead of #virtueSignaling, censuring and forcing party members to resign, we need to #GoBallistic and fight like out survival depends on that.

⬆️ @GreenFire

#Democrats are their #ownWorstEnemy. When elected reps attack other elected reps, they don't need help of #leftists.

https://mstdn.social/@JaniceOCG/114128272060256994

Remember when #Boebert and #Greene yelled at #Biden?

Remember when Democrats forced #AlFranken to resign over a prank photo?

When Democrats learn to fight back and play by the same rules, there might be some hope.

When They Go Low, #GoBallistic.
Stop #virtueSignaling

OUR COMMON GROUND (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Call these Dems about their vote to try & humiliate #AlGreen. They don't deserve to be in office on the Dem ticket. And, they were certainly willing to condemn a Black man for a reason. Decorum more important than #Democracy Ami Bera (202)225-5716 Ed Case (202)225-2726 Jim Costa (202)225-3341 Laura Gillen (202)225-5516 Jim Himes (202)225-5541 Chrissy Houlahan (202)225-4315 Marcy Kaptur (202)225-4146 Jared Moskowitz (202)225-3001 Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (202)225-3536 Tom Suozzi (202)225-3335

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"I've got a room full of popcorn and trail mix." - BARBARA, Own Worst Enemy, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #OwnWorstEnemy #NationalTrailMixDay #Barbara

#Biden is alienating #progressives yet again β€” but he may have no choice.

Progressives are their #ownWorstEnemy.

And Biden's.

After #Election2024, they can be happy that they taught Biden (later #Harris) a lesson

They can be happy that, under Trump, they precipitated even harsher immigration policies than the ones they don't like from Biden

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/04/politics/biden-progressives-immigration/index.html

Biden is alienating progressives yet again β€” but he may have no choice

Joe Biden is pushing progressives who are already sour on his presidency to the limit with a tough new executive action barring most asylum applications from migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally.

CNN