Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> </p><p>>> One thing to keep in mind in terms of shutdown or dirty CR is that our courts will shut down if the government shuts down I hope you are all aware of.</p><p>Yes, and the courts are already under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> control — any doubt about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> need to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fight</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fightBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fightBack</span></a>. </p><p>There is going to be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a> anyway — <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>-inflicted or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a>-inflicted.</p><p>"MOVE FAST and BREAK THINGS" because the other side is breaking things faster, and you can't stop them. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoBallistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoBallistic</span></a>.</p>
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alexlubertozzi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexlubertozzi</span></a></span> </p><p>>> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are shutting down the government department by department. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appeasement</span></a> never produces the desired result. If they are shutting things down piecemeal anyway, grow a spine. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoBallistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoBallistic</span></a> </p><p>There you go…</p><p>"Elon Musk has wanted a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> shutdown in part because it would make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers… not about saving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a>… but destroying a liberal power base”</p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cdarwin</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-has-wanted-the-government-shut-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/elon-musk-has-</span><span class="invisible">wanted-the-government-shut-down/</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> >> Senate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> are facing a political dilemma over whether to support it & hand <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> wide leeway to continue his assault on federal programs & workers, or oppose it & risk being blamed for a govt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shutdown</span></a>.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alexlubertozzi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexlubertozzi</span></a></span> >> Dems shouldn’t collaborate with these <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> fuckers. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are shutting down the government department by department. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appeasement</span></a> never produces the desired result. If they are shutting things down piecemeal anyway, grow a spine. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoBallistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoBallistic</span></a>.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> </p><p>Yes, and I agree with you but only up to a point.</p><p>I am saying that sometimes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> are their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ownWorstEnemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ownWorstEnemy</span></a>.</p><p>In the real world, it is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/survivalOfTheFittest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survivalOfTheFittest</span></a>, not the crudest, meanest, or most virtuous.</p><p>Democrats seem unable to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcknowledgeTheProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcknowledgeTheProblem</span></a> that our survival is at stake. Moral absolutism is not going to help us survive.</p><p>Instead of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a>, censuring and forcing party members to resign, we need to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoBallistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoBallistic</span></a> and fight like out survival depends on that.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> are their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ownWorstEnemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ownWorstEnemy</span></a>. When elected reps attack other elected reps, they don't need help of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftists</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/@JaniceOCG/114128272060256994" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@JaniceOCG/114128</span><span class="invisible">272060256994</span></a></p><p>Remember when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boebert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boebert</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greene</span></a> yelled at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>?</p><p>Remember when Democrats forced <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlFranken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlFranken</span></a> to resign over a prank photo?</p><p>When Democrats learn to fight back and play by the same rules, there might be some hope.</p><p>When They Go Low, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoBallistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoBallistic</span></a>.<br>Stop <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@michaelmagras" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>michaelmagras</span></a></span> </p><p>>> Remember when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MTG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MTG</span></a> Marjorie Taylor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greene</span></a> and Lauren <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boebert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boebert</span></a> stood and heckled Joe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>? …<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlGreen</span></a> did what needed to be done last night, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> had him thrown out. I say it all the time: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are playing two completely different games. Play their game, fellow Democrats, and fight back.</p><p>When They Go Low, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoBallistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoBallistic</span></a>!<br>Stop <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a>.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shoq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shoq</span></a></span> </p><p>>> If TWO <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> presidents (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>) — both of whom knew about Trump's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> connections — did nothing to save us, there is really nothing left that Democrats as a political party have to offer us.</p><p>The mantra should have been "When They Go Low…" … We <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoBallistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoBallistic</span></a> — right from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> years.</p><p>When <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> got a chance, he had bipartisan public support after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a>.</p><p>Yet, he chose <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> as his AG and THEN cut off his balls 😡 </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/president-elect-biden-wary-trump-focused-investigations-sources-say-n1247959" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d</span><span class="invisible">epartment/president-elect-biden-wary-trump-focused-investigations-sources-say-n1247959</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bluerootsradio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bluerootsradio</span></a></span> </p><p>>> The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> campaign is fighting on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s level – and it’s working</p><p>The new mantra is "When They Go Low, We <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoBallistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoBallistic</span></a>!"</p><p>That's the only way to keep Trump on the defensive.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarrisWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz</span></a> campaign statements calling out Trump's lies & misdeeds are also very effective in showing the campaign is fighting back instead of being cowed down.</p><p>That instills confidence in people who want to support <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> but were previously turned off by apathy</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.social/@KamalaHarrisWin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KamalaHarrisWin</span></a></span></p>
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