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The world feels crazy right now, but we won’t lose hope. We will get through this, together.
September 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The world feels crazy right now, but we won’t lose hope. We will get through this, together.
As true today as they were in the 1930s
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
As true today as they were in the 1930s
Worth a read
I cannot emphasize enough how much these are the same.
Aleksandr “Putin’s Brain” Dugin, 2022 // Donald Trump, last night
Aleksandr “Putin’s Brain” Dugin, 2022 // Donald Trump, last night
June 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Worth a read
When Bernie Sanders is speaking for the middle, the right has gone extreme
March 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
When Bernie Sanders is speaking for the middle, the right has gone extreme
True words
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
True words
Facts are important
This is an excellent and timely factsheet on Ukraine, U.S. v. European security assistance, and other misunderstood or lied about aspects of the war, by our friends at @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. I'll summarize a few main points below, with additional sources of my own:
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f...
understandingwar.org
February 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Facts are important
This needs to be said DAILY!!
We have Mitch McConnell to thank for this nightmare (& ourselves for not voting both when we knew there was an open SCOTUS seat & again knowing about Project 2025/Jan 6, 2021)
We have Mitch McConnell to thank for this nightmare (& ourselves for not voting both when we knew there was an open SCOTUS seat & again knowing about Project 2025/Jan 6, 2021)
Impeachment is a dead letter with the current GOP. The Founders thought Congress would defend its imperatives.
January 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This needs to be said DAILY!!
We have Mitch McConnell to thank for this nightmare (& ourselves for not voting both when we knew there was an open SCOTUS seat & again knowing about Project 2025/Jan 6, 2021)
We have Mitch McConnell to thank for this nightmare (& ourselves for not voting both when we knew there was an open SCOTUS seat & again knowing about Project 2025/Jan 6, 2021)
This question should have been answered when he made fun of a handicapped reporter. But here we are, another low....
January 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This question should have been answered when he made fun of a handicapped reporter. But here we are, another low....
Important for all states!
Please pay attention to this case being argued in the 4th Circuit tomorrow. It could determine whether the GOP succeeds in stealing a NC Supreme Court seat by disenfranchising 60,000 voters.
Follow @democracydocket.com for full coverage of this critical case.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Follow @democracydocket.com for full coverage of this critical case.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
4th Circuit To Weigh Whether NC Supreme Court Election Challenge Should Proceed in State or Federal Court
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Important for all states!
Quite sad
America deserves better, get it together GOP Senators, or do you have no principles left?
America deserves better, get it together GOP Senators, or do you have no principles left?
THIS is who Republicans confirmed tonight to oversee the most powerful military in the world:
• A Drunkard
• An Accused Rapist
• An Unqualified Degenerate
• A White Nationalist
• A Fox News Personality
They chose the safety of their seats over the safety of our nation.
#Hegseth
• A Drunkard
• An Accused Rapist
• An Unqualified Degenerate
• A White Nationalist
• A Fox News Personality
They chose the safety of their seats over the safety of our nation.
#Hegseth
It's a HELL NO on Hegseth!
Call, write, or use Resistbot to contact your Senators. Tell them that Pete Hegseth is extraordinarily unfit to lead the Department of Defense!
Here's what I said to mine:
Call, write, or use Resistbot to contact your Senators. Tell them that Pete Hegseth is extraordinarily unfit to lead the Department of Defense!
Here's what I said to mine:
January 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Quite sad
America deserves better, get it together GOP Senators, or do you have no principles left?
America deserves better, get it together GOP Senators, or do you have no principles left?
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🧵 👋 I'm a political scientist who wrote a book about the recent collapse of two democracies (Egypt & Tunisia).
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
January 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🧵 👋 I'm a political scientist who wrote a book about the recent collapse of two democracies (Egypt & Tunisia).
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for:
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:
Looking forward to Yhe Contrarian!
I’m really delighted to be one of the contributors to the pro-democracy new media group, The Contrarian. More news about this coming later today!
The Contrarian masthead already the strongest pro-democracy group in the country, probably stronger than all of legacy media combined. Check it out (and it’s already growing beyond this):
Contributors include: Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Andrew Weissmann, Andy Borowitz, Asha Rangappa, Barb McQuade,
Contributors include: Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Andrew Weissmann, Andy Borowitz, Asha Rangappa, Barb McQuade,
January 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Looking forward to Yhe Contrarian!
Important point!
January 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Important point!
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Had some groceries delivered. Reminded myself to grab them right away because there are bagels in there, and sometimes squirrels eat the bagels if I'm not quick. Went out there, one paper bag was labeled BREAD. Very quickly felt my brain go, "Well, jeez, don't write it on the bag."
December 18, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Had some groceries delivered. Reminded myself to grab them right away because there are bagels in there, and sometimes squirrels eat the bagels if I'm not quick. Went out there, one paper bag was labeled BREAD. Very quickly felt my brain go, "Well, jeez, don't write it on the bag."