The only speech Trump brought back was hate speech

Trump, who has ejected the Associated Press from White House events because they won't call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America & who today called for criminalizing student speech at protests claims to have brought back free speech in America

— Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) March 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

Exactly--stop legitimizing them

Jim Acosta: I think the AP should consider whether or not to sue the administration… and the rest of the press corps should start seriously considering whether it’s worth sending everyone into the Oval Office, onto Air Force One, or into the briefing room.

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) February 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

Stand up to the mother fucker, cowards

This means nothing. Useless. Empty words, zero action. Boycott his events. Refuse to cover his photo ops and propaganda signings. He’s addicted to coverage and hates being ignored. Until you band together and do something, these statements are utterly pointless & pathetic.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) February 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

And also flat out fascism

This is a flat-out, clear-cut violation of the First Amendment.

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— George Conway (@gtconway.bsky.social) February 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

If anything, conservatism is the exact opposite of freedom

What? Since when is using the word "freedom" co-opting conservative language? Freedom isn't conservative. https://t.co/vfvKIEnUAL

— digby (@digby56) September 24, 2022

Republican = Traitor

Peace,

emaycee

 

And the horse you rode in on

Seems one Stephen Olemacher of the Associated Press has thrown a pity party for America's wealthy with this piece on how much those poor folks have to pay in taxes compared to thirty years ago.  As is often the case with pieces written by folks who work for the Asshat Press, Olemacher fails to provide the contexts of a) the percentage of this country's wealth they own, b) the percentage of their salaries vis-a-vis the rest of us poor bastards, and c) the current percentage of their taxes as compared to the historical mean.

I write this conclusion for posterity only because I'll probably be gone when the economic revolution finally comes to America (and it will come--I work with many staunch republicans, all of whom realize that something's fucked up economically with America and it's only a matter of time before they realize that the problem isn't the government, but corporate America and the wealthy and join the rest of us who already realize that economically, the dice are loaded), but when the revolutions's leaders, tired of watching their children starve, begin executing the rich that they be reminded to execute their enablers, too.

Peace,
emaycee

Another reason not to privatize Social Security

Disclaimer:  I was once an employee at a division of Sears Holding Corp.

The claim in the title of this business page piece--"Sears Turnaround Push Paying Off Despite Ongoing Sales Slide"--based on the information contained there is just a bit specious to say the least.  The writers note that net sales at Sears were down 2.6% for the quarter, while its sister division, Kmart was down 4.7%.  The company lost $132 million or $1.25 per share, compared to last year when it lost $146 million or $1.32 per share.  This article came the same week that Sears competitors Target and Home Depot adjusted their yearly outlooks upward based on their reported sales, and Wal-Mart posted a solid increase.

Can anyone explain to me how in the fuck this shows Sears "turnaround push" is paying off?  The company absolutely got its ass kicked again--no sales and no profits--and that constitutes good news?  This is just another in a long line of reasons why Social Security should never be privatized--we cannot depend on the media to play it straight and give us the truthful information we need to make informed decisions (and God knows Wall Street and Corporate America won't).  The plain truth of the matter is that Sears Holding Corp. continues to fail like it has for at least the last ten years and there is no sign whatsoever that it is headed in a profitable direction anytime soon.

By the way, the non-statistical remainder of the piece was basically puff that could have been written (and may have been) by a Sears flunky in their communications department.

Just more hard hitting journalism from the Associated Press.

Peace,
emaycee