#democrats

[grayheartart]

[your-resident-boat-person]

Speaking as a person with a degree in criminology, crime prevention is one million percent more effective than reactionary measures. If we took the polices budget, cut it in half, and invested that money into programs that made it so people didn't need to commit crimes (like the aforementioned drug abuse and mental health services) the crime rate would genuinely plummet. Even if every cop in the country was instantly vaporized. They don't invest in preventative measures like this because prisoners are effectively slaves who work for pennies per hour, and we make way more money putting them away than rehabilitating them. The system is also designed in a way to make people repeat offenders. It's generational too. If I remember correctly, having any living family member with a criminal history makes you 75% more likely to become one yourself. The system is designed in a way to manufacture as many criminals as possible. People are forced into situations where they either have to commit crimes, or can't stop themselves from committing crimes. Whenever the Republicans whine about high crime rates, know that their party is the one responsible. They're the ones consistently opposing rehabilitation programs and preventative measures. Historically, its the liberal politicians and democrats trying to put those systems in place, but they routinely fail. Most people not educated on this subject assume that deterrents like prison and fines is the best way to fight crime, and that if you're not locking people up with harsh sentences, we simply live in a more dangerous society. Factually, in the system as it exists now, deterrents (and especially the death penalty) are functionally useless. I can get into why of people what to know, but my phone is almost dead.

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS 

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS 

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS

[mysharona1987]

[thashining]

What the media won't show

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

Any issue the Left wants to talk about has to be reframed or terms conflated so that it conforms to their political bias.

Trump wants to deport illegal immigrants, the left will just say “immigrants”. They blur the distinction.

Any run of the mill semi auto rifle becomes an automatic, high powered, military grade, or assault rifle.

Defunding the department of education becomes eliminating all education.

It’s all lies.

[saywhat-politics]

April 19 (UPI) -- The Republican House Oversight Committee chairman has denied requests by two Democrats to check on a Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador, though the GOP has sent their own delegations to tour the notorious prison he is at.

Rep. James Comer of Kentucky sent letters to two House members telling them they can "spend your own money" to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported March 15.

Reps. Robert Garcia of California and Maxwell Frost of Florida wrote to Comer on Tuesday "requesting authorization" for an official trip. They said also want to check on others held there and invited Republicans to make the trip to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca.

The congressmen sought Congressional Member Delegations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection detention site. The Democrats noted official trips afford them more oversight and security resources.

[ladybugmania]

The Lunatics’ Parade: 2025 — Twilight of the Absurd

In the House once bright, now dimmed with decay,

The Lunatics gathered at the end of the day.

Trump sat high on a throne of skulls,

Drinking Diet Coke from patriotic hulls.

He growled, “I’m chosen, I walk with the stars!”

Then misread the map and invaded Mars.

His cabinet danced to a banshee choir,

The smoke smelled like steak and executive fire.

JD Vance, Vice King of Hillbilly Hell,

Chanted slogans that rang like a Liberty Bell,

Cracked, confused, and wrapped in a flag,

Waving a torch while dragging a bag.

Rubio, the Floridian fish,

Spoke fluent evasion and granted no wish.

At State, he served diplomacy fried,

With a side of “thoughts and prayers” deep-fried.

Pete Hegseth, in camo and rage,

Declared war on books, and peace on the page.

With a bayonet pen and a helmet of lies,

He saluted the mirror with blood in his eyes.

Pam Bondi, Attorney of Doom,

Summoned subpoenas like witches in gloom.

She cross-examined ghosts and grilled thin air,

Then charged the moon with improper care.

Scott Bessent, at Treasury's gate,

Laughed while tossing coins into fate.

“Who needs math?” he asked the void.

As the dollar collapsed and Wall Street enjoyed.

Linda McMahon, the duchess of schools,

Taught “Critical Wrestling Theory” in pools.

Kids tapped out before they could read,

As she body-slammed teachers for sport and for creed.

RFK Jr., czar of the sick,

Fed vaccines to frogs with a mercury stick.

He cured the flu with lavender tears,

And called science a hoax for 73 years.

Tulsi, now whisperer of state secrets grim,

Broadcast mind-rays through every gym.

She blinked twice and satellites fell.

Then blamed it all on a gender reveal.

Duffy, Transport, paved the sky,

With TikTok lanes and jetpack pie.

No roads, no rules, just viral speed.

“Crash responsibly!” his only creed.

Brooke Rollins, in fields of ash,

Grew mutant corn with campaign cash.

Each stalk saluted, each ear did weep,

For deregulated soil that’ll never sleep.

Howard Lutnick, selling fate,

Traded ethics at a discount rate.

Commerce turned into a feast,

Where corporations dined on the Middle East.

Kristi Noem, Homeland’s queen,

Patrolled the plains with a killing machine.

She hunted threats both foreign and mild.

And shot her own shadow, then blamed a child.

Lee Zeldin, the smog baron bold,

Bottled fresh air and sold it as gold.

The EPA now stood for Everything Pollutes Always,

And rain came down in three-headed grays.

Kelly Loeffler, Small Biz, ran a scheme,

Where lemonade stands paid in Bitcoin dreams.

She smiled while taxing charity jars,

And built a Starbucks on Venus and Mars.

Ratcliffe, at CIA, watched with glee,

As pigeons turned spies for a nominal fee.

He tapped into dreams and rewrote the past.

Then tweeted classified info… fast.

Elon and Vivek, efficiency beasts,

Replaced Congress with AI priests.

The algorithms wept, the servers bled.

And democracy was quietly pronounced dead.

Stephen Miller, the hollow-eyed ghoul,

Wrote policies using virgin fossil fuel.

He whispered fear into the law,

And shaped it sharp with his demonic claw.

Susie Wiles, behind the veil,

Pulled strings like a sorceress pale.

Each move she made, a shadow would shift,

And the Earth would tilt, and the tides would lift.

And then she came, Marjorie Greene,

On a chariot made from a gym machine.

Draped in flags and CrossFit glory, Screaming,

“Demons run Congress! This is God’s story!”

She tossed books into holy flame,

While claiming Bigfoot knew her name. Laser-eyed and

Bible-armed, She stormed the stage, unvaccinated and charmed.

Last, Karoline Leavitt, voice of the throne,

Spoke in riddles, her heart a stone.

“Truth is treason,” she hissed with grace,

As her smile cracked wide across her face.

She briefed the press with puppets and flame,

Then blamed “the woke” for losing the game.

So Trump and his gang of Lunatics marched, flags aflame,

Waltzing through history with no sense of shame.

The night was their kingdom, the facts were all gone,

And satire died with the morning dawn.

So here’s to the cabinet, wild and unchained,

A circus of chaos, darkly ordained.

The nation watches, hands on their heads,

As the Lunatics’ Parade paints the town red.

The end.

[mr-camhed]

Welcome to another episode of "Blame it all on Russia so we can pretend this is just an isolated incident that can be resolved by dissolving the Republicans instead of the inevitable downfall of Capitalism and Neoliberal 'Democracy' "

Russia isn't destroying US Democracy, Russia tried to join US Democracy until it realized that the west want them to all f*cking die in economic ruination and war because anywhere but USA being stable and safe is Considered a "threat of Democracy". The International rise of Conservatism and right wing policies are evident if you aren't living under the sand or in a complete blue MAGA Delusion.

Rachel Maddow looks at a string of peculiar behaviors by Donald Trump, and his administration's policies, and wonders — since those policies are bad for the U.S., who are they good for? The obvious answer: Putin The obvious conclusion: Trump is a traitor.

[tmninjagirl]

pretty much

[political-us]

[my-midlife-crisis]

MAGA says Kamala Harris had done nothing as VICE PRESIDENT and is inexperienced.

But I'm sure they just weren't paying attention.

Anyways, here are the things she HAS DONE:

Legislative and Policy Leadership

Set a new record for the most tie-breaking Senate votes cast by a VP in history

Expanded the Child Tax Credit to cut child poverty in half

Provided $450 billion in relief to 6 million small businesses

Sponsored legislation to expand and strengthen Social Security

Led the push for the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act, federal worker unionization, and overtime pay for farm workers

Healthcare and Public Health

Led the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis

Created the first-ever federal health and safety requirements for maternal emergency services in hospitals

Extended postpartum Medicaid coverage from 2 to 12 months to provide lifesaving coverage in 46 states

Connected 38,000 people to free 24/7 support with the new National Maternal Mental Health Hotline

Shut down scam healthcare websites

Sued drug companies for unlawful drug pricing and marketing tactics

Allowed Medicare to negotiate lower drug costs, expected to save taxpayers $6 billion

Capped the cost of insulin to $35/month for seniors

Voted against Trump’s budget cuts to Medicare and Medicaid

Reproductive Rights

Stood up for reproductive rights during Trump’s Supreme Court nominees’ confirmation hearings

Launched a national reproductive rights tour, becoming the first VP to visit a reproductive health clinic

Climate and Energy

Invested $370 billion to combat climate change and expand energy production

Economic Justice and Consumer Protection

Won $20 billion settlement for homeowners during the foreclosure crisis

Took on for-profit colleges that scammed Americans

Took on big corporations that took advantage of working people

Introduced a student loan forgiveness program for mental health professionals

Won settlements from companies that underpaid workers and violated labor laws

Announced administration’s plans to remove medical debt from credit reports

Protected seniors from fraud and abuse

Gun Violence Prevention

Oversees the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Stopped nearly 30,000 firearms sales to convicted domestic abusers

Closed the gun show loophole to ensure sellers conduct background checks

Led the fight to pass a red flag law

Global Leadership and Diplomacy

Strengthened global alliances by meeting with more than 150 world leaders

Kept Americans safe while serving on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Judiciary and Legal Leadership

Oversaw the country’s largest state justice department

Prosecuted transnational gangs, the drug cartels and human traffickers

Presided over the vote to confirm Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Voted to confirm more women and people of color to make the judiciary look more like America

Officiated some of the nation’s first same-sex marriages

Well MAGA, what have you done lately?

[mysharona1987]

So that’s what it’s short for!

[eugenedebs1920]

Americas least f*ckable man, a man with a face even his mother can’t love, a guy who has only had sex through financial compensation given to the participant, Pee-Wee German himself, is calling for reparations from asylum seekers and those who immigrated to America in search for a better life.

This guys integrity equals that of DM’s he receives on his Aryan assholes dating sight, none.

We’re all sorry you never got laid in high school and that no one is interested in f*cking a hate filled racist suffering from male pattern baldness, who’s dialogues consist of how much he loathes brown skin, and how many time have you read Mein Kampf, seriously! Have you no decency sir!?

I say this as a man who sees the potential in the United States, a man who believes in the good of the American people and America as a global power, but….

If we’re talking reparations why not start with the obvious one, Americas original sin, the source of the financial bounty in the beginning of this nation? Settling the unpaid labor to black Americans whose families were stolen from Africa and forced to provide free labor to wealthy plantation owners?

There’s more awful undertakings that the United States has been involved in within the last hundred years.

How bout reparations to Nicaragua? Mexico? Haiti? Cuba? Vietnam? Laos? Cambodia? Iraq? Columbia? How bout paying back the taxes contributed by undocumented peoples whose families see no benefits from their contribution to social security, Medicare/medicaid? How bout providing free healthcare to veterans exposed to toxic substances while serving their country.

Steven Miller is a fascist, white supremest prick, and in control of far too much policy and power. Gotta keep an eye on this f*ckin guy!

[mtnman451]

What a JOKE this post is.

If they were really concerned about suicide rates maybe they'd treat their underlying Mental Illness before they let them mutilate their bodies because of it.

[itsallpoliticsstupid]

Well it's definitely been a week hasn't it?

BLUE ORIGIN 'Space' Flight

We had the outrageous show of wealth with the 11 women being launched to the edge of space in what looked like a flying vibrating wand. Apparently this was supposed to 'inspire' women. What women were they going to inspire? Those that could pay through the nose to go on a ride like this?

I have no issue with people spending their wealth in this way if they want, but don't sit here and pretend like it's inspiring to women around the world. Especially at a time when DEI initiatives are being removes and threatening women from STEM positions who have worked their own lives to become experts in their field.

It's tone deaf to act like you've achieved something by going in a rocket piloted from the ground for a little 11 minute joyride (I'm looking at you Gayle King. Also, no I haven't been to space, because I can't afford it!)

JD Vance and the Pope

Do I need to say more? The Pope met JD Vance and then one day later died. It seemed that even he couldn't cope with the idea of continuing with that lot in charge over in America.

Pete Hegseth - The most incompetent man in America?

Rumours have begun that the White House is currently looking for a new Defense Secretary. It's really saying something when you are so incompetent that even Donald Trump is looking to get rid of you.

Oh well, I'm sure he can go back to his life as a journalist and serve the Presidency there. Equally as damaging, but hopefully no longer able to access state secrets.