Aaron Gray
@asquaredgray.bsky.social
Product builder. Progressive capitalist (market economy, regs to level playing field, taxes for robust social services). Dad to 2 ungovernable women. Believer in expansion of inclusion.
DTW➡️PDX➡️FDT
Throw the sandwich.
Also @adventurequota.bsky.social
DTW➡️PDX➡️FDT
Throw the sandwich.
Also @adventurequota.bsky.social
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Aaron Gray
@asquaredgray.bsky.social
· Mar 1
I’ve had a generalized pit in my stomach since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.
The use of the word Homeland instead of Domestic told us everything we needed to know about where Republicans were going. Everything happening now flows from our acceptance of that word.
The use of the word Homeland instead of Domestic told us everything we needed to know about where Republicans were going. Everything happening now flows from our acceptance of that word.
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Tonight Democrats proved that old quip.
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.
We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.
We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Tonight Democrats proved that old quip.
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.
We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.
We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
I don’t think I will ever give money to a Democrat again.
We need a new left party.
We need a new left party.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I don’t think I will ever give money to a Democrat again.
We need a new left party.
We need a new left party.
On a coffee cart near me.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
On a coffee cart near me.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Current status: pining to drive the van into the desert and just park for a few weeks.
Also current status: cannot drive due to lingering concussion symptoms
Also current status: cannot drive due to lingering concussion symptoms
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Current status: pining to drive the van into the desert and just park for a few weeks.
Also current status: cannot drive due to lingering concussion symptoms
Also current status: cannot drive due to lingering concussion symptoms
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
Those kg4’s are <chef’s kiss>.
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Those kg4’s are <chef’s kiss>.
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Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
Despite the wins yesterday, the Democratic Party is dead. I’m sick of the mealy mouthed messaging and utter lack of leadership. We need a new bold party to replace the democratic party. Not a third party. A replacement.
It’s happened before (whigs/republicans). Maybe the time is right.
It’s happened before (whigs/republicans). Maybe the time is right.
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Despite the wins yesterday, the Democratic Party is dead. I’m sick of the mealy mouthed messaging and utter lack of leadership. We need a new bold party to replace the democratic party. Not a third party. A replacement.
It’s happened before (whigs/republicans). Maybe the time is right.
It’s happened before (whigs/republicans). Maybe the time is right.
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
Cookbooks are art.
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Cookbooks are art.
Yep. The goons are pawns in the plan but aren’t smart enough to realize it.
Sooner or later, someone is going to respond to one of these ICE goons by returning the violence and it's not going to end well -- not for the goon, not for the victim, not for any of us.
November 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yep. The goons are pawns in the plan but aren’t smart enough to realize it.
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The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.
If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.
So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”
Because that IS what they are going to say.
If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.
So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”
Because that IS what they are going to say.
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.
If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.
So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”
Because that IS what they are going to say.
If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.
So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”
Because that IS what they are going to say.
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From MeidasTouch Legal AF: The Convicted FElon DOJ is now deleting court documents on J6 terrorists who have been in trouble with law repeatedly. The DOJ was caught when a judge noticed a document missing on a J6'er, who wanted to bomb Obama's home & was convicted for it. I bet these are ICE now.
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
From MeidasTouch Legal AF: The Convicted FElon DOJ is now deleting court documents on J6 terrorists who have been in trouble with law repeatedly. The DOJ was caught when a judge noticed a document missing on a J6'er, who wanted to bomb Obama's home & was convicted for it. I bet these are ICE now.
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This bathroom looks like the set for an unpleasant scene in a Ingmar Bergman film where the storyboard just says GRETEL CONFRONTS ALIENATION
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This bathroom looks like the set for an unpleasant scene in a Ingmar Bergman film where the storyboard just says GRETEL CONFRONTS ALIENATION
We elected a real estate flipper to be president.
We are in a serious govt shutdown, but instead of negotiating, Trump posted several pics of his WH bathroom remodel today and now this. He is currently headed to Palm Beach for another golf weekend.
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We elected a real estate flipper to be president.
You can still look up who owns the domain with a whois look up.
As the White House east wing undergoes demolition, ballroom contractors are shunning attention by changing their websites to say "Undergoing Routine Maintenance" or "This Site Is Under Construction." www.cbsnews.com/news/some-wh...
Some White House ballroom contractors go underground
Some firms involved in the White House ballroom project appear to be trying to lower their online profiles.
www.cbsnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
You can still look up who owns the domain with a whois look up.
Libertarian: I do what I want, fuck you
Republican: I’m on the side of power and want to see you crushed
Democrats: Let’s have a big tent and try not to offend anyone! Let’s meet people where they are!
Me: 😑
Republican: I’m on the side of power and want to see you crushed
Democrats: Let’s have a big tent and try not to offend anyone! Let’s meet people where they are!
Me: 😑
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Libertarian: I do what I want, fuck you
Republican: I’m on the side of power and want to see you crushed
Democrats: Let’s have a big tent and try not to offend anyone! Let’s meet people where they are!
Me: 😑
Republican: I’m on the side of power and want to see you crushed
Democrats: Let’s have a big tent and try not to offend anyone! Let’s meet people where they are!
Me: 😑
He’ll come after Wi-Fi next. Watch.
RFK Jr. directs CDC to study alleged harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4hxHgEh
RFK Jr. directs CDC to study alleged harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reports
U.S. health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff to probe the potential harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
reut.rs
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
He’ll come after Wi-Fi next. Watch.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.