If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Senators from states where Trump’s Gestapo have killed people should publicly commit to rejecting unanimous consent in the senate until the House holds public hearings on what happened and the people responsible resign.

This needs to happen, and the only way it happens is if we're prepared to treat as null and void the inevitable blanket pardons. A coherent account of how and why they're invalid, and the political will to do what it takes to make that stick.

(9/10) I’m posting about this to raise awareness of the fact that the US Department of Defense, over bipartisan opposition, appears to be attempting to stop or reverse any effort that has been made to rectify the dangerous situation that existed before the tragic collision.

Don't say "it will die in the senate"

Say "I will kill it in the senate"

And then call them. It takes so few calls, comparatively, to make it feel like a wave crashing over them. We need to be the wave, again and again.

Thank you for speaking up, Dr. Gunter. I have a medically complex child; RSV is the #1 virus that wrecks havoc on our kiddos in childhood, resulting in prolonged hospital stays and even death. These therapies are literal lifelines for young children, and it is unconscionable to remove access.

The fact that he refers to it as a "DEIA" initiative is the giveaway. Everyone else drops the "A" but not this administration because they can push eugenics and bigotry openly without much pushback.

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.

Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.

ICYMI: this is very obviously a crisis every bit as emergent - and indivisible from - climate breakdown.

“Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case," Jeffries said at a press conference Monday.

Okay but why not…….. try anyway?

Run as a Dem. Get a bestie to run as a second Rep with an anti-hate, very NOT alt-right platform that offers conservatives an alternative to maga. Get another bestie to run as an indie. Make it a loud race. Spoil the previously option-less with an abundance of options. Make them sit up and listen.

Mr Measured just ran in here to tell me he saw a video that said all the little girls dressed as Rumi, Mira, and Zoey on Halloween last week sealed the honmoon so things can get better now so if you need me I’ll be sobbing in a corner 😭

I firmly believe, with every single atom of my being, that instead of amplifying unreliable information that discourages helping, our focus as 42 million Americans face hunger must be on providing factual information that enables people to help.

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obligatory origins repost.