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No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings
June 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
Restoring Sanity
Restoring Sanity
We will prevail. We need to talk like it.
open.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Restoring Sanity
Some excellent points. Yes I'm using an unhealthy tool to discuss the unhealth of using the tool. "
Borrow now, pay later; that has become the American way.
But now the bill is coming due."
Borrow now, pay later; that has become the American way.
But now the bill is coming due."
It’s time to stop hacking humanity
From cradle to grave, surrogacy to smartphones to gender surgery to euthanasia, Americans are using technology to shortcut human nature — and shortchange ourselves. Here is a new agenda for turning te...
www.thenewatlantis.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Some excellent points. Yes I'm using an unhealthy tool to discuss the unhealth of using the tool. "
Borrow now, pay later; that has become the American way.
But now the bill is coming due."
Borrow now, pay later; that has become the American way.
But now the bill is coming due."
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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
February 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
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"Adding a giant dose of class war to tax policy certainly would have upset that tradition, but there was nothing but political will standing in the way of Democratic leaders insisting it be done, whatever the consequences for the professional prestige of their most senior staffers."
A Real Post-Neoliberal Agenda - Boston Review
Bidenomics foundered on ten years of Democratic reluctance to declare war on inequality.
www.bostonreview.net
February 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Adding a giant dose of class war to tax policy certainly would have upset that tradition, but there was nothing but political will standing in the way of Democratic leaders insisting it be done, whatever the consequences for the professional prestige of their most senior staffers."
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Op ed by Tressie McMillan Cottem in the NYT: “Chaos wants to shut down thinking and feeling by trapping us in the emotional state of its choosing…So what do we do about it?... acknowledge that the chaos is smoke, but the heist is the fire." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Opinion | Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work.
Everything is content.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Op ed by Tressie McMillan Cottem in the NYT: “Chaos wants to shut down thinking and feeling by trapping us in the emotional state of its choosing…So what do we do about it?... acknowledge that the chaos is smoke, but the heist is the fire." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
February 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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February 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Like many animals that can fly, the #SuperbOwl has gyro-stabilized neck movements to allow it to maintain focus on prey in flight. They're not unique in this, but they are superb!
This little guy is in a rescue for head trauma from a car strike. You can see the pupils don't match (anisocoria).
This little guy is in a rescue for head trauma from a car strike. You can see the pupils don't match (anisocoria).
a gif from gifsboom.net shows an owl in a blue shirt
Alt: I think this might be a whet owl, a tiny own with a very intense expression. An arm in a blue jacket rotates him in multiple dimensions, against a green leafy background, but his intense glare always faces the camera.
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Like many animals that can fly, the #SuperbOwl has gyro-stabilized neck movements to allow it to maintain focus on prey in flight. They're not unique in this, but they are superb!
This little guy is in a rescue for head trauma from a car strike. You can see the pupils don't match (anisocoria).
This little guy is in a rescue for head trauma from a car strike. You can see the pupils don't match (anisocoria).
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This may be the reason. It’s a possibility that they may want the money to go to private, Christian, and charter schools.
February 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This may be the reason. It’s a possibility that they may want the money to go to private, Christian, and charter schools.
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Good time for a reminder:
February 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Good time for a reminder:
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Over 100 ICE agents spent 5 hrs in Chicago last week, arresting only 2.
In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)
In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)
February 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Over 100 ICE agents spent 5 hrs in Chicago last week, arresting only 2.
In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)
In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)
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We stay on that other hellsite so we can translate Marsha for the people
February 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We stay on that other hellsite so we can translate Marsha for the people
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Trump is cutting BILLIONS in biomedical research funding — which will have a large impact on Tennessee, including and especially Williamson County.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Trump is cutting BILLIONS in biomedical research funding — which will have a large impact on Tennessee, including and especially Williamson County.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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Vandy alone losing hundreds of Millions thanks to this Trump move…
February 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Vandy alone losing hundreds of Millions thanks to this Trump move…