I'm attending National Day Laborer Organizing Network's event, “Día De Los Muertos - Community Vigil Against Racial Profiling in Altadena” - s www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

"In an authoritarian context, all journalism will tend toward propaganda unless it is explicitly formulated as anti-authoritarian. Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians."

And it just happens that the Sunday Mass reading last Sunday was the parable of the Good Samaritan, which begins with the question "Who is my neighbor?" www.thebulwark.com/p/a-religiou...

Overnight in Minnesota two lawmakers and their spouses were shot in a politically motivated assassination. One of the lawmakers and her husband have died.

@timmiller.bsky.social reacts now to this horrific news.

It's happening. www.ft.com/content/ff04...

This is fascism.

This is a short interview with Jen Rubin from the Contrarian.

I’d love it if you could listen and share. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating

🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants.

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Fun fact: When you see the "R" next to the names of people like Mike Johnson, Tommy Tuberville and Lindsey Graham, it stands for "Russia."
#ItsACoup

I would like so-called Democratic organizations to STOP sending me texts with exaggerated leads asking for my opinion but really wanting donations WHICH THEY WILL USE TO CONTINUE THEIR FLAT-FOOTED WEAK RESPONSES TO THE OLIGARCHS! Want my money? Grow a pair and show what you are doing to FIGHT!🤬

The promise of the internet was that the dissemination of primary source material would create a high-info, high-trust society.

Instead, we've regressed and become a society that relies more heavily on folklore.

I wrote a long, high-concept piece about this. 1/10 www.thebulwark.com/p/american-f...

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"In free-wheeling conversations, the SpinCo boss has indicated to people that he does not want bomb throwing from hosts and commentators which might unnecessarily alienate Republicans and spawn bad press, I’m told."

Very important. Please read.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/find...

This, this, a thousand times this.

Not sure why pardoning turkeys is necessary. Merrick Garland never charged them with anything.
#EpicFailure

More MSM malarkey. And in blue California!

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