#Moderate Republicans

[themoderatespeaks]

Call to action in America tomorrow

My fellow moderates.

Independent voters.

People who rarely vote, who aren't into politics, live and let live, mind thine own business.

Libertarians, vaguely liberal Democrats, moderate Republicans who prefer to stay on the sidelines, whoever you are.

We are famous for being a little more distant, a little more reserved, and a lot slower to put ourselves out there. We live for nuance. For slow, careful study of a few select issues within the broader context of history. We are the objective observers (or we try to be). Our role is to be the voice of reason between warring echo chambers, when we're not plugging our ears and just trying to live our lives.

For some of us, our distance is about personality and sensitivity. Some of us keep our heads down because of fear or trauma. Many of us can do this because of our privileged lives. And sometimes we're just plain lazy, bored, or too busy to be even remotely involved.

But we are still a vital part of the political ecosystem here in America. The luxury to not be involved in politics is part of the American dream for so many people. They wish they had the option of not really paying attention or taking a stand or being blissfully ignorant of the headlines. We do not apologize for our privilege; it's just simply part of who we are. A tool to be used for good.

And now it is time for us to act.

It is time for us to come out of the woodworks, into the light, to make our voice heard. Our message is a simple one, spoken yesterday by U.S. Senator Adam Schiff after U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a federal press briefing. Despite his nonresistance, he was driven onto his knees, handcuffed, and shoved down onto his face. The message:

This is not who we are.

So please, if at all possible, find a way to show up to a No Kings protest tomorrow. And find other ways to get involved too. This is all hands on deck. This is not a drill.

Our president is driving this country off a cliff into authoritarianism. And believe me: as a moderate, I do not use that word lightly. It is time for the quieter Americans to make our voices heard. Tomorrow. June 14, 2025.

Zoom in on the map here to find a protest. Be safe and good luck. I know this is a scary step. But we have to take it. Inaction is no longer an option.

[ttiot]

As Trump is making back room deals (property is most likely involved) in Israel, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Greenland, Putin now will be emboldened and will not have the US opposition. Putin wants the USSR back under Russian control.

Make mo mistake, the working class will be expected to die so Trump and his republican project 2025 can be slave owners.

“Wake up. Time to die.” — from Blade Runner

[themoderatespeaks]

Moderate Republicans, please do the right thing here. Whether or not you, personally, are pleased with the verdicts resulting from a stacked Supreme Court, please remember that having a stacked Supreme Court is not a feature of a healthy republic—stacked in either direction. If Trump wins, this court has the potential to become insanely stacked for decades to come.

Checks and balances should not become a relic of the past. I don't need to explain to you what could happen if unbridled power is given to any branch of the federal government. And if we have an insanely stacked Supreme Court plus even a tenth of Project 2025 implemented? (You know, that thing that Trump "knows nothing"* about?) During the presidency of a man who is already worshipped as no populist has been in this country ever before?

Please do the right thing, even if you have sacrifice your own discomfort on a few issues. Keeping this country in the lane of "republic" is issue No. 1.

You are free-thinking moderate Republicans, not Trump sycophants. You don't have to change your ticket or change your mind on a single issue to do this. Just, for the love of God, please do the right thing.

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*Please refer to the "Know Nothings," a.k.a. the American Party from 1844–1860. I think you'll find several disturbingly familiar themes, especially re: xenophobia.

When you see the news about all of the heinous Supreme Court decisions that were just made please remember that every single one is a direct result of the fact that Donald Trump was the president from 2016-2020 and Hillary Clinton was not. And there are two conservative justices who will likely retire as soon as a second Trump term begins so he can appoint younger people and enshrine conservatism on the court for another 50+ years. So. Please vote. It will at least give us a fighting chance to get our rights back sooner

[still-searching-for-something]

[yourapple56-blog]

This is very sad, when moderate Republicans are betrayed by their own...

[ttiot]

Even as many of Trump republican executive actions are being blocked in the courts, damage is still being done. Musk has accessed your financial information he has no right to have. Documents are being destroyed and can’t be replaced.

Moderate republicans you know this is wrong. Only you can stop it. Even if it requires impeachment and removal from office.

We need Tim Walz energy.

Trump is a buffoon. He governs like a rapist. He thinks it's his government, his military.

It's OUR government. OUR military.

There needs to be pre-emotive and immediate pushback on all Trump actions.

Moet Trump executive orders are illegal. He starts from an illegal position, hoping to get a fraction of his ask.

Get the legal action going immediately.

[progressivemillennial]

I was touring apartments in the Chicago area earlier this year, and a lot of them were the same places I looked into back in 2010. In every case, the rents had at least doubled.

As an example, I lived in a one bedroom apartment with a $795 monthly rent in a nice suburb in 2010. Now, just 15 years later, the rent for the exact same apartment is almost $1,700.

Back in 2010, I was able to afford that price in spite of having car and school loans to pay and an entry-level salary in higher education. Could someone with an entry-level salary--which has not doubled--afford that rent now? Only if they didn't want to eat.

The path we are on as a nation is not sustainable. Cutting programs for the poor and giving tax cuts to the wealthy while boosting military spending will not make it easier to live in America. Conversely, tinkering with Obamacare and promoting the status quo will only allow pressing problems to fester.

Bold reform is needed to address the urgent problems our society faces if we want to stem the suffering and precarity people are facing daily.

[warrioroflight5000]

[vintageseawitch]

this cannot be said enough: even if you voted for trump in both 2016 & 2020, but you're voting for Harris/Walz this year, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME HERE. we need all the help we can get. if you've voted Republican for MULTIPLE decades but you plan on voting for Harris/Walz this year, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME HERE.

centrists, moderates, libertarians, liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, even if you consider yourself far left, no matter how you politically identify but plan to make sure trump doesn't win: YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME HERE.

PLEASE DON'T BE AN ERNST THÄLMANN. DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT PROJECT 2025/AGENDA 47. you're ALL welcome here if you want to fight for our democracy. check your voter registration status often (as many times as possible) & vote early if you can. talk to friends, make a day of it. LET'S DO THIS!!

[thawragiya]

“That's why we told you to vote for Kamala! She would have been better for Palestine!”

Oh I'm sorry. Did I hallucinate the hundreds of posts with thousands of notes framing the palestinians being genocided as the trolley problem, and painting Kamala as the “99% Hitler” and the lesser evil™ because like trump AND biden, she'd also let the palestinians die but she might turn out to be better when it came to other stuff? Did no one else see that shit? Just me? Okay.

[themoderatespeaks]

It's shameful how silent the moderate Republican blogs are right now.

Why is it so hard for you to stand up and criticize the government you elected?

Nobody's asking you for any giant confessions of regret. We just want you to speak out against the worst actions being taken by Trump. At the very least, you could denounce his deplorable rhetoric about immigrants? The way he is destroying America's reputation on the world stage? Express some modicum of compassion for everyone who is being targeted right now?

It's not that hard. You're the Republicans who aren't supposed to be brainwashed by MAGA.

Do better. Do something to make these people fear accountability.

[braindeadingifs]

#normalize lovingly gazing at your partner when they aren't looking and avoiding their gaze when they look back at you

BRAINDEAD | 1.08

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[thekimspoblog]

There are few people I despise more than the "Never-Trump"-er.

You prioritized a stupid-ass religion. That's right; I said it; Christianity is stupid, and you're stupid for believing in it.

You spent years trying to strip women of their reproductive rights.

Donald Trump sicking his mob on you for being too moderate is precisely what you deserved. He is the only logical conclusion of the policies you support, and I'd honestly respect you more if you could just slap on a viking helmet with the rest of your ilk, you two-faced weasel.

And now you have the balls to get up here and whine about how your party needs to return to the center and to decency?

Every remotely reasonable policy has come from the progressive side. "Tradition" has never been the moral choice.

The Republicans have functionally been a terrorist sect for decades. Last time I checked, I wasn't supposed to negotiate with you.

You don't deserve a platform; you deserve to be kissing my shoes, begging for forgiveness that you didn't jump ship back in the 80's.

Honestly? If there's even a CHANCE of the Dems moving an inch to the right to court your vote, I'd rather you not vote at all.

You are incapable of learning from your failures, and once the orange man is gone, it's going to be right back to business as usual building your theocratic capitalistic patriarchy... just quietly and politely this time.

Go die in a ditch.

[2mo3cm-man]

General Reminder:

Do mot engage with MAGAs, Trumpers, Republicans, and “moderate” conservatives. They no longer argue in good faith, if indeed they ever did. Do not debate. Do not engage. Do not interact in any way, even to dunk on them. That’s what screenshots are for. There is nothing to be gained. They need us to react to them for engagement; we need nothing from them. Block and move on.

[alliluyevas]

Pack of loud obnoxious Republican staffers on the metro. Typical.

[qqueenofhades]

Since the freedom caucus successfully bullied the RNC into nominating a far-right candidate, why don't the moderate Republicans just vote for Jeffries?

I need everyone to understand there ARE no moderate Republicans. They will go down with the flaming MAGA lunatic ship rather than work with Democrats ever, on anything. That's just how it is. They may play moderate on cable news, but that's the truth.