RJ

@RJA@progressivecafe.social
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Gay, economist, Democrat,  hockey 🏒 player, minor league guitarist. #BlackLivesMatter​

I legitimately not only remember people deadass telling us “you’re overreacting” about the danger of Trump being elected again, but I can read the old posts.

Yeah. we were not.

I heard "both sides are the same" as an excuse and that it was stupid to "trust any politician" as another.

It all lead to the same outcome of Trump being elected.

Don’t let your country be overrun by social media bots and morons.

All the Planned Parenthood clinics in my area and closing at least temporarily because Donald Trump defunded them.

So if you continue to go on about how both parties are the same, I will continue to tell you you’re a non-useful idiot.

Pittsburgh-area Planned Parenthood clinics are closing this month due to staffing shortage:
https://www.wesa.fm/health-science-tech/2026-01-07/pittsburgh-planned-parenthood-closing-staffing-shortage

Pittsburgh-area Planned Parenthood clinics are closing this month due to staffing shortage

Planned Parenthood has confirmed that its Downtown Pittsburgh location will close Jan. 23 and its Greensburg location will close Saturday. The Bridgeville clinic closed its doors in December. It’s unclear how long the clinics will remain closed.

WESA
The strategy of giving Trump and Republicans total control of the government and hoping Democrats would clean up the mess later was a poor strategy, for whoever decided to encourage that.

During the first Trump administration people were afraid to go outside because of COVID.

Now they're afraid to go outside because of the Trump administration.

Some differences between the parties for ya.

Not surprised because corporations along with billionaires bought the election and now the EPA works for them, not us.

Please bother to vote properly this year unless air pollution is a pro for you.

The EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules:
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/13/nx-s1-5675307/epa-air-regulations-health-benefits

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris invested money into America that created hundreds of thousands of jobs through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Trump hasn’t done shit for anyone except himself.

U.S. Has Lost Manufacturing Jobs Every Month Since ‘Liberation Day’:
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-01-09-2026/card/u-s-has-lost-manufacturing-jobs-every-month-since-liberation-day--zSktO9HE1fJuovugQy8V

Well, that list would include Utah, Louisiana, Georgia, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, so good luck I guess.

I told people not to vote for this guy and not to sit it out and let him get elected or throw their vote away on the Green Party who nominated the same person three times in 4 Presidential elections.

Trump vows to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities and states:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/13/trump-withhold-funds-sanctuary-cities-states-immigration/88164480007/

Trump vows to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities and states

President Trump said his administration starting Feb. 1 will withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities and states that have sanctuary cities.

USA TODAY

Democrats blocked this rotten Republican bill (and got some Republican House members to join them) designed to allow employers to not pay overtime to workers if they classified work hours as “education” or “training.”

People keep saying that Democrats need to be doing stuff like this but I don’t see any of them talking about it. Maybe those people should pay more attention.

GOP defections sink labor bill to ease overtime rules:
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/13/congress/gop-defections-labor-bill-overtime-rules-00725803

Some people seem to get really mad when you say “Kamala wouldn’t have done this.”

But, Kamala wouldn’t have done this.

Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act to put down protests in Minneapolis:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-threatens-to-use-insurrection-act-to-put-down-protests-in-minneapolis

Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act to put down protests in Minneapolis

President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the rarely used federal law to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.

PBS News

Two things can be true.

It’s possible both to despise Maduro for what he has done to Venezuela AND to oppose an illegal and unconstitutional invasion of a sovereign country to seize control of its oil reserves or try to falsely demonstrate superiority by use of force or try and distract Americans from the economy or the Epstein files or all of that put together.

What an absolute clown show of a country we are. We don't hold any moral superiority anywhere.