Alex Marten 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇾
banner
amarten.bsky.social
Alex Marten 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇾
@amarten.bsky.social
Nobel Prize Literature Svetlana Alexievich: Democracy is in retreat because we have convinced ourselves that we are too small to effect change, we have to convince ourselves of the contrary, each of us has to find this strength, this ability to resist.
The third podcast is the economic analysis of the impact of diversity on performance. I thought it was facsinating series:

freakonomics.com/podcast/what...
freakonomics.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Great point!
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Great idea! But, the commission can only be appointed by Congress. Of course, not this rubber-stamp congress.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Republican Party stands for:

Allowing the president to do whatever the hell he wants

Funding a paramilitary force - ICE

Lowering taxes on billionaires and corporations

Censorship of comedians, journalist, and reports

Controlling Universities hiring practices

Everything authoritarian
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“It’s important to continue to make people aware of how important those family protections are for so many people,” said Jennifer Levi, a lawyer who worked on some of the nation’s first cases, on the right to same-sex marriage. “We have certainly seen the court shift its position in other contexts.”
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“It’s important to continue to make people aware of how important those family protections are for so many people,” said Jennifer Levi, a lawyer who worked on some of the nation’s first same-sex marriage cases... “We have certainly seen the court shift its position in other contexts.”
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I advocate for a new Constitutional Convention to ensure that we NEVER allow one person to exploit and subvert our democracy.

We absolutely need to get rid of Presidential pardons.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Having graduate from A&M, it wouldn't be a bit surprising.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you like owls, this will blow you way:

radiolab.org/podcast/quan...
Quantum Birds
How birds bend space and time.
radiolab.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Monte Mader weilds the bible like a sword.

Wickedly brilliant!
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
That is wonderful! I mirror my personal behavior to align with values that I feel are important which is why I support DEI.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
8.2 Million, but who's counting?
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
At least 2 are retiring and the others aren't up for reelection until after 2028.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is a crisis of the right.

"Since Carlson posted his interview with Fuentes less than two weeks ago on X, it has racked up almost 18 million views. On YouTube it has 5.6 million views."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
Opinion | Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like?
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Great point.
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
There is a reason that individuals who suffer from dementia shouldn't be allow to make important financial decisions.
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We double our monthly donations Feed More VA.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social had to share EJ Dionne Jr. op/Ed. See what you think.

#shared

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Capitalism, pure and simple. Note that domestic goods still hold a slight advantage on price than imports.
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM