
Bluesky Lib Defiant
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Bluesky Lib Defiant
@BlueskyDefiant
#VoteBlueNoMatterWho #NeoliberalSupremacy 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🇮🇱🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🇫🇷🏳️ I DON'T LIKE RUSSIA! FOR REASONS!












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BREAKING: The US 30Y Note Yield rises to 5.18%, its highest level since July 2007.


The 10 year yield has gone straight vertical to multi year highs. Do we make it to 5%? 💀


This is a canary in the coal mine. The heavy-handed hegemony of the tech industry, AI and social media platforms will be a large issue in November and front-and-center in '28. politico.com/news/2026/02/0…

MAGA is More Liberal Than the 1990s Clinton Democrats 1. Healthcare and Gender Issues (Sanctity of Life) •Clinton 90s: Focused on traditional coverage expansions (CHIP for children) without federal push for taxpayer-funded gender procedures. No Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: The initial “Big Beautiful Bill”/omnibus proposals included language allowing Medicaid funding for gender-affirming care for adults (later walked back under pressure). No nationwide ban on early-term abortion or morning-after pills at the federal level. Funding for organizations involved in abortion has continued in some budget deals. Comparison: Clinton era had stricter limits on expanding coverage into gender-related procedures than the initial MAGA-backed legislation. Many evangelicals who prioritize life from conception have accepted these compromises for political power. 2. Deficit, Government Spending, and Limited Government •Clinton 90s: Achieved balanced federal budgets in 1998–2001, passed welfare reform (PRWORA 1996) that dramatically cut rolls, and showed fiscal restraint rhetoric with actual surpluses. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: Record deficits, continued entitlement expansion, corporate bailouts, and no serious entitlement reform. Government waste and spending have grown. Comparison: Clinton era demonstrated more fiscal discipline and spending restraint than current MAGA governance. Conservatives who once prioritized limited government have accepted expanded spending. 3. Criminal Justice, Drugs, and Leniency •Clinton 90s: Passed the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (largest crime bill in history), added death penalty offenses, “three strikes” provisions, expanded prisons, and maintained “tough on drugs” policies with the 100:1 crack-powder disparity. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: Signed the First Step Act (2018) reducing sentences for some federal drug offenders and expanding early release. Continued federal rescheduling discussions for marijuana and some leniency signals at the state level. Comparison: Clinton era was significantly tougher on crime and drugs than the sentencing reforms and leniency trends under MAGA. Conservatives who once emphasized law and order have accepted more lenient policies. 4. LGBT Issues and Traditional Marriage •Clinton 90s: Signed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (1993) as a compromise and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA, 1996) defining marriage as one man and one woman for federal purposes. Opposed same-sex marriage publicly. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: Accepted gay marriage as settled law, used rainbow flags at rallies, appointed openly gay officials (e.g., Richard Grenell), and showed broader tolerance of LGBT issues in the party. Prominent openly gay figures (Scott Presler, Kenneth Mehlman, Richard Grenell) hold significant visibility and influence. Comparison: Clinton era maintained more traditional restrictions on open homosexuality in the military and federal marriage definitions than current MAGA acceptance. Many evangelicals who once emphasized traditional marriage have set aside those concerns for political loyalty. 5. Immigration and Border Enforcement •Clinton 90s: Signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (1996), increased border agents, and supported welfare reform restricting benefits for immigrants. •MAGA/Trump 2025–2026: Mass deportation numbers remain far below campaign promises. Border wall construction is limited and symbolic. High border encounters continue, and some legal immigration pathways have expanded. Comparison: Clinton era had more concrete enforcement legislation than the current gap between rhetoric and results. Conservatives who prioritized border security have accepted the gap.








Trump reportedly paused additional strikes on Iran partly over Pentagon concerns that Tehran was becoming more effective at tracking U.S. air operations and improving its air defenses - NYT








