Category Archives: Democracy

Open Thread | Why the Ratings Have Plummeted for the MSM

Posted on November 18, 2024 by rikyrah

Saw stories last week that the ratings are down for cable since the election. I know that I haven’t watched since Monday before election night. Haven’t gone back. Why? Because they are a large part of why we are here … Continue reading →

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Well….The Next President is

Posted on November 6, 2024 by rikyrah

I woke up to them declaring Trump as the winner.😠😠😠 ………. The Vice President: Symone D. Sanders Townsend (@SymoneDSanders) posted at 0:51 PM on Wed, Nov 06, 2024: Kamala Harris was the nominee in large part thanks to Joe Biden. … Continue reading →

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TODAY IS ELECTION DAY. WE WILL ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Posted on November 5, 2024 by rikyrah

Sigh…… Vice President Kamala Harris was given 100 days to save Democracy in America. However this turns out, she’s done a remarkable job. She has nothing to be ashamed of in the least. She put it all out there, and … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | I Have Been Trying To Find The Words…

Posted on November 1, 2024 by rikyrah

And, I just can’t. 🤔🤔 Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) posted at 8:10 PM on Tue, Oct 29, 2024: New on @MSNBC: Vice President Harris plans to spend election night in Washington, D.C., at her alma mater, Howard University. (https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1851431351695573320?t=wyj4l3lOTkKwE8ZR-9ALqw&s=03)

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Open Thread | The State of the Race and What the Vice President Faces

Posted on October 17, 2024 by rikyrah

Love this new picture of the Vice President: I said, looking back at the 2016 Election, that the thing I underestimated was the level of true misogyny against Hillary Clinton. I didn’t grasp it…in its totality. And, I vowed never … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Tonight Is The Presidential Debate

Posted on September 10, 2024 by rikyrah

Where there are no expectations for The Orange Menace… And, the Vice President is expected to be perfect. The double standard is maddening.😠😠 Of course, the MSM is not expected to fact check him😒😒 Because…why would we expect them to … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Former Vice President Dick Cheney Will Be Voting For Vice President Harris

Posted on September 9, 2024 by rikyrah

Yeah…if you had told 2004 me that in 2024, I would be voting for the same candidate for President as Dick Cheney…. It would have been a rumble, right on the spot…. But, that is where we are…

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Vice President Harris Accepts the Democratic Party’s Nomination for President

Posted on August 23, 2024 by rikyrah

This picture captures the moment: This little black girl. In her pigtails. Watching the person who could become the first Black Woman President of the United States. When I say, all in my feels? Takes me back to this picture. … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | What the Supreme Court Has Been Up To

Posted on June 28, 2024 by rikyrah

Lips so pursed: NOW, it’s criminal to be homeless. https://bsky.app/profile/taniel.bsky.social/post/3kvyiw65tnx2w The Grants Pass case, SCOTUS’ first big homelessness case in a while, dropped. 6-3 conservative majority. “Held: The enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Still Don’t Think The Courts Matter?

Posted on June 5, 2024 by rikyrah

The 2016 Election will haunt us FOR DECADES. When we told you that The Courts were at stake. Some of you arrogantly took to purse your lips that you ‘ couldn’t be scared into voting for Hillary by using the … Continue reading →

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