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Doug Holland

@ DougHolland @lemmy.world

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Old, cranky, & woke but needs a nap.

Words, not video. Links, not screenshots.

No DMs please, and no AI, no BS, no ads, no Substack, no justice, no peace.

Publishes itsdougholland.com and SeattleSoon.com. 

  • JB Pritzker’s ‘mad as hell’ moment marks a turning point for Dems

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  • Thanks for this. I'm a few thousand miles from Illinois, so my Pritzker awareness isn't robust, but with what you've written and quoted here, I'm moving him to my list of good guy Democratic politicians.

    There are 9, now including Pritzker.

  • Republicans vote against move to stop ICE deporting US citizens

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  • Most Americans are, as you estimate, center-to-right, but that's because America has no political party of the left, so lefty ideas are simply unknown to 90% of us. When genuine leftyism is spoken aloud by candidates who actually believe what they're saying — AOC or Sanders and very few others — it's very nearly undefeated.

    America is center-to-right the same way someone who's never eaten kiwi fruit thinks kiwi fruit looks icky. Give 'em a bite of kiwi, though, and they'll be kooky for kiwi for life.

  • Republicans vote against move to stop ICE deporting US citizens

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  • I simply cannot bear to watch the debates, ever. Not for decades now. Even the alleged 'highlights' are unendurable. The questions are imbecilic, the answers are rarely even answers, and by unanimous agreement of everyone involved, the questions that matter most are not allowed to be asked.

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  • My brother just had his prostate removed, can't eat or leave his apartment for a week, and he'll probably never have a full-on erection again. My wife had to do dialysis three days a week, which left her weak and ruined after every session. A friend of mine is in pain 24/7, and has been for decades.

    I am the luckiest fucker on earth, to have good health, and I've never done a damned thing to deserve it. For 50 years I ate almost nothing but crap food, and I'm flabby and never exercise.

    Ain't no justice in this life. Ain't much life if you don't have your health.

  • Arrest Of Elon Musk For Felony Vote Buying Demanded In Wisconsin

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  • Also blasts, blisters, bombshell, claps back, epic self-own, goes viral, melts down, mind-blowing, mocks, rages, rips, scoop, shocking, skewers, slams, staggering, stuns, and trolls.

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  • What is it lacking?

    Plush carpet and air conditioning. No, it's working fine — fun for me, and a handful of others don't seem to mind.

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  • That's what I've been doing for a year or so...

  • Substack open source rival Ghost is now connected to the fediverse

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  • Medium has a paywall, which tends to keep me away, but Substack pays Nazis to post there. This makes the Substack platform distasteful for those who dislike fascists.

  • There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.

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  • 25th Amendment, babe.

  • US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order

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  • Exactly and it's astounding — no Dems have filed impeachment papers against Trump in 2025. Al Green has said he will, but he hasn't yet, so the total is still zero. Infuriating.

  • Trump voter shocked after immigrant wife detained: 'I didn’t know how it was going down'

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  • Stop saying 'detained'. The word is imprisoned.

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  • It's not for me, but it sounds cool for those active on both sites.

  • DNC Announces New Leaders—Except They’re Not All That New at All

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  • Exacatactly.

    I can only speak for myself, but there's nothing the Democratic Party could do to make amends for doing nothing since the election.

    If voting is allowed again — which seems an increasingly large 'if' — I'll vote for a candidate who speaks to me, but never again for a Democrat just because they're less awful than the Republican.

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  • In addition to being cruel and stupid, much or most of what Musk and Trump are doing is illegal and/or unConstitutional. Yet no Republicans and only about three Democrats in Congress are willing to say so. This happy bipartisanship will doubtless continue after Trump drops the pretense, dissolves Congress, and cancels future elections.

    If nothing stops him now, what would stop him then?

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  • I've never noticed that pattern.

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  • What, you think he's going to ease up?

  • Disney Introduces Christian Character After Ditching Transgender Story

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  • It's Newsweek.

  • Democrats Appear Paralyzed. Bernie Sanders Is Not.

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  • “Look, I know I’m too old to be president. I’ll be managing things a bit like Trump is now — heavy delegation to people I trust. The main differences is my people aren’t bloody evil. And I’ll have AOC as my VP.”

    I'd vote for that.

    If there's an election.

  • Rachel Maddow’s ‘decorative’ presidency slam blisters Trump

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  • Added 'blister' to my list of headline action! verbs! only bullshit sites use.

    backlash, blasts, blisters, bombshell, calls out, claps back, goes viral, melts down, mind-blowing, mocks, rages, rips, scoop, skewers, slams, stuns, trolls, weighs in...

    Any others?