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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>"…clear indication that leaders from disparate factions of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> party are increasingly willing to put aside ideological differences in favor of a more … confrontational approach to the second <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. And it’s a sign that Democratic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> will perhaps be less driven this midterm cycle by the ideological purity tests that have gripped the party in the past, looking instead for leaders who they view as fighting against Trump."</p><p>Screw <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/some-weird-alliances-breaking-democrats-conor-lamb-fetterman-ocasio-aoc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/some-weird-al</span><span class="invisible">liances-breaking-democrats-conor-lamb-fetterman-ocasio-aoc</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://talkedabout.social/@AlliFlowers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AlliFlowers</span></a></span> </p><p>Oh, come on! We all know the real reason.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> did not have the "power" to fire <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dejoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dejoy</span></a> because it is the Board's prerogative, not the President's, and influencing the Board would have turned Biden into a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> and sullied his legacy 🙄</p><p><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/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span></p><p>This is now beyond <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a>, spinelessness, and wobbly knees. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> LEADERS are now supporting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> full bore. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChuckSchumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChuckSchumer</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdamSchiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamSchiff</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnFetterman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnFetterman</span></a> — whole lot now serving the opposition, not their constituents.</p><p>It's disingenuous to shift blame from fascist-adjacent Democratic leaders to the Democratic electorate because that sounds exactly like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a> propaganda</p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/paleofuture.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paleofuture.bsky.social</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/post/3ll2ctoaxts2r" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4usms</span><span class="invisible">erhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/post/3ll2ctoaxts2r</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@dcdeejay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dcdeejay</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@augieray" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>augieray</span></a></span></p><p>&gt;&gt; It's a self-sustaining mirage.</p><p>The mirage is not just the result of Right making themselves seem inevitable, invulnerable &amp; ubiquitous, but also Left making themselves invisible and inconsequential.</p><p>Just like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a>, there is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> cult too.</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a> could do no wrong" is the new "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> could do no wrong" — despite Schumer's YES vote on the cloture for CR and Biden's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> and his subsequent kneecapping.</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://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> </p><p>I paid attention, and complained about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> in choosing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> ever since. You obviously didn't read reports of how Biden knee-capped Garland, despite link above 🙄 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> made a mistake letting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a> go. Biden repeated by saying he preferred <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unity</span></a> over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigation</span></a>. </p><p>Don't even get me started on how they did a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prettyPlease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prettyPlease</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classifiedDocuments</span></a> case, and once they had an airtight case, went to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> instead of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>, where the crime was committed</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>You seem to be going around in circles — castigating me for blaming the electorate, when I didn't, while you yourself blame the electorate, even though it is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/other" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>other</span></a> segment.</p><p>The electorate put its faith in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> leaders, who then failed to keep us safe from foreign predators even when they knew what was happening — They certainly knew more than we did.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> had bipartisan support after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a>, but he wasted that opportunity <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a>.</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://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; They were not doing what they should've been doing BEFORE, and they're not doing it NOW, election results notwithstanding.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> knew about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> problems before any of us did, but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MichelleObama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichelleObama</span></a> led with "When They Go Low, We Go High" BS. That was not middle school where we teach kids not to snitch on each other. This was the nation's survival at stake.</p><p>I know you don't even want me to get started on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> and his subsequent AG appointment 🙂</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>&gt;&gt; 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>&gt;&gt; I can’t believe how many of you still think “the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>” can or will do jack about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></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>In the existential struggle between the two parties, Democrats chose <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> on their way to oblivion, and now, EVERYONE will have to fend for themselves, laws be damned</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@LoranJohnHayden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LoranJohnHayden</span></a></span> <br>&gt;&gt; When they ignore the laws it is past time to take the law into your own hands…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Toodles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toodles</span></a> are another manifestation of this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vigilantejustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vigilantejustice</span></a> — misusing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReplyGuy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReplyGuy</span></a> when one is merely "annoyed" rather than harassed, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tonePolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tonePolicing</span></a>, and otherwise going on a daily rampage to fragment the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>. </p><p>Even people who went <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedHealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedHealthCare</span></a> CEO went silent on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mangione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mangione</span></a> after reading the room. </p><p>Would <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrenchRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchRevolution</span></a> have happened with Toodles?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@newrepublic/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>newrepublic</span></a></span></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>&gt;&gt; [Translation of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@homohortus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>homohortus</span></a></span>] US involvement in Syria raises many questions. By supporting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a> and arming regimes like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a>, US is reinforcing a complex geopolitical dynamic. The alliance with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTS</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> may be a chess game in which the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kurds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kurds</span></a> are the main victims. Do US interests really align with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>’s or is this a blow against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>?</p><p>In global politics, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent allies. Also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VirtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VirtueSignaling</span></a> is futile</p><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>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RealJournalism</span></a></span></p><p>&gt;&gt; What dirt does <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> have on Fetterman?</p><p>"That <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fetterman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fetterman</span></a> even suggests that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> weaponized the judiciary against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> cements my belief that…"</p><p>Oh, don't even bother to finish that sentence.</p><p>All that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> was for naught, as the carefully curated image that both Biden and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> cultivated in the last ~4 years are crushed and trampled on by a member of the President's own party.</p><p>Would hurt less if Biden actually went after Trump instead of going easy 😞</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://awscommunity.social/@dashrb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dashrb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RealJournalism</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VirtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VirtueSignaling</span></a> stops at home.</p><p>To clarify, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a>'s decision to pardon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HunterBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HunterBiden</span></a> is correct.</p><p>Also on the list should be preemptive pardons for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LizCheney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LizCheney</span></a>, and members of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jan6Committee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6Committee</span></a>, at the very least.</p><p>Not appointing an aggressive AG and affording <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> full power to go after the insurrectionists and the masterminds behind the insurrection will remain the single biggest failure of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, no matter his other accomplishments.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://awscommunity.social/@dashrb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dashrb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RealJournalism</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VirtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VirtueSignaling</span></a> stops at home.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span></p><p>&gt;&gt; Criminal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> nominates monstrous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaetz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaetz</span></a> to oversee criminal justice in America.</p><p>We can call it Trump's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/viceSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viceSignaling</span></a>, which is the exact opposite of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> that had led him to make <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> "whole" by appointing him as AG because <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> had stolen the latter's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> seat.</p><p>Now Trump signals to his constituents that rape — whether statutory with underage kids, or otherwise — is just fine, and the DOJ won't prosecute them. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YourBodyMyChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YourBodyMyChoice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YBMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YBMC</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> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KathyLK</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; Oh, and then there's this: As I've said MANY times before, why is DeJoy still on DeJob? </p><p>Because <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> has no magic wand, he brought rainbows and sunshine to an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> gun fight.</p><p>This isn't "whining."</p><p>This is acknowledging a problem so that it can be fixed in the future. </p><p>You cannot fix a problem if you keep denying it, keep others from discussing it, and keep attacking them personally</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>&gt;&gt; Trump won because we didn't tout Biden's accomplishments enough.</p><p>"In what will be a generous gift to his successor, … Biden beat inflation, brought down gas prices, created millions of jobs, spurred strong growth, boosted retirement savings and revived American manufacturing — just in time for Donald Trump to take credit for all of it."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s legacy will be not what he did, but what he FAILED to do — Rein in a treasonous monster.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-trump-presidency-accomplishments-rcna179235" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/biden-trump-presidency-accomplishments-rcna179235</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>It is easy and cheap to make false accusations on others.</p><p>ALL of my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> posts are tagged thus. And the ones critical of that one fatal flaw are tagged <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtueSignaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtueSignaling</span></a> .</p><p>You have made false public ad-hominem attacks on me in the past, but I did not rebuke you publicly then.</p><p>Find my posts "attacking him for most of his administration instead of supporting him." </p><p>Take this as a challenge and stop accusing people with your nonsense. </p><p>As I said, not everybody is in a cult.</p>