"The president of the United States is choosing to escalate a conflict between the federal government and the state of Illinois into, also, a state-on-state conflict."

It isn't what it kind of sounds like, yet, but it's pointing in that direction. @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Here’s some dog content to temporarily distract you from the mess happening in the world

If you’re a Trekkie, you just get it. 🖖

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.

Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

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Bernie Blasts Trump For Moving Inauguration Inside: “Wear Some Fucking Mittens”

"Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. " -- Iris Murdoch

Built by Jimmy Carter ❤️

Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot