Trump wants to control elections

President Trump and his allies have taken a series of highly partisan official actions that threaten to hobble Democrats’ ability to compete in elections for years to come. Here's how.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-03-19T15:51:17.736Z

Trump's plans to transform elections are becoming clear. “There’s a way in which it’s not just an aggrandizement of presidential power but a way to perpetuate presidential power,” Tara Malloy of @campaignlegal.org said.

— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2025-03-19T21:30:05.001Z

Republicans undermine the will of voters

They reduced the power of Democratic governors in Wisconsin and North Carolina

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Across the country, Republican lawmakers have been working to undermine or altogether undo the will of the voters by making it harder to pass amendments & laws through citizens-led initiatives. http://www.propublica.org/article/red-…

— (@tmel1219.bsky.social) 2025-05-30T17:26:46.582Z

Administrative burdens: policymaking by other means

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) 2025-05-31T01:06:20.152Z

Trumps tariffs are bad for farmers

I’m not sympathetic to anyone who voted for Trump.

“Farm country voted overwhelmingly to unleash a new trade war. And now these same farmers want taxpayers to finance another round of bailouts to protect them from the consequences of their own votes.”Jessica Riedl explains: thedispatch.com/article/farm…

— The Dispatch (@thedispatchmedia.bsky.social) 2025-05-30T18:39:06.226Z

‘This wasn’t supposed to happen.’”Large dairy farms pay so low that migrants live in trailers on the farms in freezing Vermont while working 12hr/days, 6 days/wk. They continue to support Trump? Proves that exploitative racist bosses are stupid bosses too.www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/22/m…

— Linda Patch 💙🌊🐶 (@lindapatch.bsky.social) 2025-05-25T14:59:58.047Z

US farmers are in ‘full-blown crisis’ as Chinese orders for pork and soybeans plunge amid Trump tariff war with China.Last week China cancelled 12,000 tons of pork and dropped soybean orders to just 1,800 tons from 72,800 tons previously.#MomSky#Voices4Victoryshare.newsbreak.com/cul2sqml?s=i16

— Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 (@zen4ever2us.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T21:04:47.744Z

Donald Trump said his tariffs would help our farmers.But the real cost of his self-inflicted tax will hit them hard, potentially putting many just one crop away from bankruptcy.How American can that be?

— Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) 2025-04-08T17:05:27.248Z

Trump and many close to him are antisemitic

Donald Trump is dismantling higher education under the pretext of fighting antisemitism while continuing to stock his administration with antisemites. The hypocrisy is boundless. And it only makes Jews less safe.

— Andrew Weinstein (@andrewjweinstein.com) 2025-05-30T17:53:43.378Z

He's. A. Full on. Nazi.

— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) 2025-03-14T02:12:25.661Z

Under Rubio’s new vetting-for-antisemitism policy, several Trump aides — including Hegseth’s press secretary — would not be eligible for visas. http://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n…

— Eric Columbus (@ericcolumbus.bsky.social) 2025-05-30T14:33:04.210Z

Donald Trump pardoned the “Camp Auschwitz” guy, dined with Holocaust deniers, and said, “any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion.” He doesn’t care about fighting antisemitism. He’s using it as an opportunity to dismantle higher education and further his authoritarian agenda.

— Andrew Weinstein (@andrewjweinstein.com) 2025-05-26T17:13:03.989Z

Blue states subsidize red states

🤔 What if the “Donor States” that contribute more $ to the federal gov than they get back for programs, services, contracts, and aid, demand new trade terms from Trump? 😁1 New Jersey2 Massachusetts3 New York4 Connecticut5 California6 Illinois7 Washington8 Colorado9 Minnesota10 Utah

— VivianOfTheSierras (@vivianofthesierras.bsky.social) 2025-05-14T03:54:59.609Z

REPUBLICAN MATH…Red states slash taxes, cut services because of less revenue than blue states like California have to make up for their shortfall.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-04-26T01:36:13.441Z

Wow. All but five states have lower GDP than the San Francisco Bay Area.

— DrDinD.bsky.social (@drdind.bsky.social) 2025-03-19T20:30:08.351Z

Most & Least Federally Dependent States in 2025wallethub.com/edu/states-m…

— Ed Hirsch (@edhirsch.bsky.social) 2025-07-10T01:42:36.933Z

If blue states kept their money, they would be fine or even better off. Red states would be in deep financial trouble.Example: California is the fourth largest economy on Earth. It grows over one third of America’s vegetables and two thirds of its fruits and nuts.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-07-06T12:52:07.518Z

In 2023, NY contributed $89 billion more to the federal government than we received. Undocumented immigrants in NYC contributed $3 billion. So in theory we could just stop giving Republicans federal subsidies and pay for that marginal $18 billion in infrastructure directly and have a big surplus.

— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers.bsky.social) 2025-10-05T23:04:21.232Z

Great new song by Fishbone

Fishbone has a great new song mocking Trump supporters. All Trump supporters are racists or willing to tolerate racism which is just as bad. The song has curse words so it’s NSFW.

They posted a parody of a Trump rant on Instagram. It sure sounds like him:

The song is on their upcoming album available directly from the Fishbone store.

I first learned about Fishbone in 1988 when they backed Little Richard on a cover of Rock Island Line. It’s on a tribute album to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. I then got Fishbone’s fine album Truth and Soul.