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Bullies are cowards, episode 334934
January 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Bullies are cowards, episode 334934
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Die Zeit, a prominent German publication, titles its article: 'A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute.'
January 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Die Zeit, a prominent German publication, titles its article: 'A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute.'
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By the way, my take on this is that if you don’t know where to start, seek out local DSA, NAACP, and Black Lives Matter chapters. They might not be the right home for you, but they give you an opportunity to meet people and start figuring things out.
I want people to stop posting vague advice like “build community”
A lot of people don’t know how to start. Post practical things like “here’s a list of mutual aid groups to connect with” or something
A lot of people don’t know how to start. Post practical things like “here’s a list of mutual aid groups to connect with” or something
January 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
By the way, my take on this is that if you don’t know where to start, seek out local DSA, NAACP, and Black Lives Matter chapters. They might not be the right home for you, but they give you an opportunity to meet people and start figuring things out.
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Respectfully (and I genuinely mean this), I’ve never heard a single regular person ask for “bipartisanship.” That’s inside nonsense.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
It is time to look to the future.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
January 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Respectfully (and I genuinely mean this), I’ve never heard a single regular person ask for “bipartisanship.” That’s inside nonsense.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
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I worked on the Hill when the Dems first took Congress in 2006, then Obama won in 2008
Some Rs (mostly moderates) were terrified of the new Obama coalition
Many were open to collaboration
But then McConnell positioned the entire party as stark opposition
Worked pretty well for him politically
Some Rs (mostly moderates) were terrified of the new Obama coalition
Many were open to collaboration
But then McConnell positioned the entire party as stark opposition
Worked pretty well for him politically
All Dems have to do is concede nothing. They can offer votes for real Republican concessions—abolition of the debt limit, congressional tariff review, DREAM Act etc., no GOP riders—but not a single vote for GOP-only bills simply to save Republicans from themselves.
December 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I worked on the Hill when the Dems first took Congress in 2006, then Obama won in 2008
Some Rs (mostly moderates) were terrified of the new Obama coalition
Many were open to collaboration
But then McConnell positioned the entire party as stark opposition
Worked pretty well for him politically
Some Rs (mostly moderates) were terrified of the new Obama coalition
Many were open to collaboration
But then McConnell positioned the entire party as stark opposition
Worked pretty well for him politically
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Arguably the most glaring flaw of capitalism is sometimes some really stupid people make it really big, and then everyone assumes because they are rich they must be smart.
November 22, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Arguably the most glaring flaw of capitalism is sometimes some really stupid people make it really big, and then everyone assumes because they are rich they must be smart.
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finally: a transformative policy position that fuses the best ideas of left AND right - universal basic qualified immunity
September 16, 2024 at 8:26 AM
finally: a transformative policy position that fuses the best ideas of left AND right - universal basic qualified immunity
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Amazon, Trader Joe’s, and SpaceX are all fighting in court to have the NLRB declared unconstitutional.
All three companies have a disgraceful history of worker abuse and union busting.
They can’t stop workers from organizing, so now they want to destroy the whole system.
All three companies have a disgraceful history of worker abuse and union busting.
They can’t stop workers from organizing, so now they want to destroy the whole system.
February 22, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Amazon, Trader Joe’s, and SpaceX are all fighting in court to have the NLRB declared unconstitutional.
All three companies have a disgraceful history of worker abuse and union busting.
They can’t stop workers from organizing, so now they want to destroy the whole system.
All three companies have a disgraceful history of worker abuse and union busting.
They can’t stop workers from organizing, so now they want to destroy the whole system.
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Gonna say this one last time: there is no such thing as a digital public square.
It is a myth, a narrative about what social media platforms should be and how we should participate in them, that has been cooked up by a bunch of assholes who do not want to be held accountable for their bullshit.
It is a myth, a narrative about what social media platforms should be and how we should participate in them, that has been cooked up by a bunch of assholes who do not want to be held accountable for their bullshit.
December 8, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Gonna say this one last time: there is no such thing as a digital public square.
It is a myth, a narrative about what social media platforms should be and how we should participate in them, that has been cooked up by a bunch of assholes who do not want to be held accountable for their bullshit.
It is a myth, a narrative about what social media platforms should be and how we should participate in them, that has been cooked up by a bunch of assholes who do not want to be held accountable for their bullshit.
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Perhaps it was a mistake to let the head of the UAE’s state-owned oil company run the UN’s climate conference
December 4, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Perhaps it was a mistake to let the head of the UAE’s state-owned oil company run the UN’s climate conference
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“Leaders of the Republican Party of Texas voted against barring the party from associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers”
Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating wit…
Some members of the committee said such a ban, proposed two months after a prominent conservative activist was caught meeting with a famous white supremacist, might be a “slippery slope” or too va...
www.texastribune.org
December 2, 2023 at 10:08 PM
“Leaders of the Republican Party of Texas voted against barring the party from associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers”
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A vibrant queer life will always require certain guaranteed rights that dictators will not abide: Freedom of expression and association, freedom from religion, bodily autonomy. These are anathema to the reactionary mind, particularly when paired with an expansive vision of community and democracy
December 2, 2023 at 5:30 PM
A vibrant queer life will always require certain guaranteed rights that dictators will not abide: Freedom of expression and association, freedom from religion, bodily autonomy. These are anathema to the reactionary mind, particularly when paired with an expansive vision of community and democracy
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New Orleans is flooded today because Governor-Elect Jeff Landry refuses to stop blocking the funds needed to make repairs due to local politicians not prosecuting women for abortions.
wordinblack.com/2023/11/loui...
wordinblack.com/2023/11/loui...
Louisiana's New Governor Put Abortion Politics Over Fixing Pipes
Jeff Landry won't give New Orleans public funds to fix its water system after officials refused to prosecute people seeking an abortion.
wordinblack.com
December 2, 2023 at 6:39 PM
New Orleans is flooded today because Governor-Elect Jeff Landry refuses to stop blocking the funds needed to make repairs due to local politicians not prosecuting women for abortions.
wordinblack.com/2023/11/loui...
wordinblack.com/2023/11/loui...
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There’s no take backs on fascism. There’s no easy undo button. You don’t get a do-over on both-sidesing the big ol whoopsie of mass suppression and cruelty. Not adequately portraying the threat is both awfully short sighted and almost always viewed as complicity in the eyes of history.
December 2, 2023 at 4:20 PM
There’s no take backs on fascism. There’s no easy undo button. You don’t get a do-over on both-sidesing the big ol whoopsie of mass suppression and cruelty. Not adequately portraying the threat is both awfully short sighted and almost always viewed as complicity in the eyes of history.
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i understand why it's difficult to get rid of him, it would be worthwhile to ask members of congress why they've allowed us to be put in this difficult position rather than just let them complain about how hard it will be to get out of it.
Lawmakers increasingly worry that Elon Musk is an unreliable partner, but it may not be easy to disentangle federal agencies from his sprawling tech empire.
The U.S. government gives billions to Musk’s companies. It can’t quit him.
Some lawmakers say the government should reevaluate its relationship with Elon Musk and his firms, which agencies support with billions of dollars in contracts.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2023 at 8:51 PM
i understand why it's difficult to get rid of him, it would be worthwhile to ask members of congress why they've allowed us to be put in this difficult position rather than just let them complain about how hard it will be to get out of it.
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please boycott whatever crummy reality or dance competition or whatever show george santos shows up on in a year
December 2, 2023 at 12:52 AM
please boycott whatever crummy reality or dance competition or whatever show george santos shows up on in a year
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+1 for The San Antonio Express News lmao
December 1, 2023 at 1:40 AM
+1 for The San Antonio Express News lmao
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How could we have know, it's not like <holds hand to ear> just in, I'm being told that literally every expert on transportation infrastructure said Musk's tunnels project was "a horrible, expensive, counterproductive idea" and "a ruse to undermine genuine non-car transit projects."
so cool watching the press realize fifteen years late that a good 70% of Musk's empire is either nonsense or outright fraud
There’s trouble below at Elon Musk’s Boring Co.
Shelved projects, slow progress, and politics seem to have dulled Elon Musk's tunneling dreams at the Boring Company.
finance.yahoo.com
November 29, 2023 at 4:07 PM
How could we have know, it's not like <holds hand to ear> just in, I'm being told that literally every expert on transportation infrastructure said Musk's tunnels project was "a horrible, expensive, counterproductive idea" and "a ruse to undermine genuine non-car transit projects."
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In honour of all the skeets about my old workplace, here's the comic I wrote when I got home from the most useless meeting I have ever attended.
November 29, 2023 at 3:29 PM
In honour of all the skeets about my old workplace, here's the comic I wrote when I got home from the most useless meeting I have ever attended.