Mark Roschy
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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
February 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
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Reposted by Mark Roschy
My latest piece at @thenation.com takes issue with the conventional wisdom that the Dems don't know how to fight Musk's GOP brownshirts effectively. They know how. We know this because they've been waging that kind of ruthless fight against the left for 25 years. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Why Democrats Won’t Throw a Real Punch
Faced with existential threats from the right, the Democratic leadership remains timid; faced with demands for justice from the left, it goes on the attack.
www.thenation.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My latest piece at @thenation.com takes issue with the conventional wisdom that the Dems don't know how to fight Musk's GOP brownshirts effectively. They know how. We know this because they've been waging that kind of ruthless fight against the left for 25 years. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Reposted by Mark Roschy
They are laying off 1 in 5 of the people who manage the Pacific Northwest power grid—even though tax dollars don’t pay for it. (We do, through our utility rates, which aren’t going down.)
www.latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a...
www.latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a...
Trump and Musk are playing ‘Russian roulette’ with the Northwest power grid
“It is clear that these impacts are all top down from the Trump-Musk team,” says former BPA administrator.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
They are laying off 1 in 5 of the people who manage the Pacific Northwest power grid—even though tax dollars don’t pay for it. (We do, through our utility rates, which aren’t going down.)
www.latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a...
www.latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a...
No one likes bureaucracy, it is the lowest hanging fruit for disdain, but it serves the average citizen every day. Who does it not serve? The wealthy. Bureaucracy prevents Space X from spilling fuel and poisoning people's drinking water, Amazon from abusing workers, and Meta from abusing your data
February 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
No one likes bureaucracy, it is the lowest hanging fruit for disdain, but it serves the average citizen every day. Who does it not serve? The wealthy. Bureaucracy prevents Space X from spilling fuel and poisoning people's drinking water, Amazon from abusing workers, and Meta from abusing your data
Neko Case & Cheryl Waters @ Town Hall!
February 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Neko Case & Cheryl Waters @ Town Hall!
The Logic of Destruction
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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February 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The Logic of Destruction
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Great & scary column
February 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Great & scary column
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it begins
If there is any doubt that tariffs are passed through to consumers, the cost of propane to heat my house just went up by the amount of the tariff
February 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
it begins
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Senator Padilla is demanding answers from Trump re US Army Corp of Engineers’ reckless release of huge amounts of water in Central CA today, with only 1 hour’s notice to those downstream, endangering communities with near flooding #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Padilla Demands Answers from Trump Administration After Army Corps Orders Central Valley Dams Open to Dangerous Flood Levels - Senator Alex Padilla
Administration ordered two dams in Tulare County open without adequate notification to local officials, threatening Central Valley communities WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Ca...
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February 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Senator Padilla is demanding answers from Trump re US Army Corp of Engineers’ reckless release of huge amounts of water in Central CA today, with only 1 hour’s notice to those downstream, endangering communities with near flooding #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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"When you are selecting not only for loyalty, but defining that loyalty to mean affirming morally odious values and factually absurd premises, you are reducing your hiring pool to the shallowest part," Jonathan Chait writes:
Trump’s War on Meritocracy
The president who blames every problem on DEI is staffing the government with underqualified loyalists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"When you are selecting not only for loyalty, but defining that loyalty to mean affirming morally odious values and factually absurd premises, you are reducing your hiring pool to the shallowest part," Jonathan Chait writes:
January 29, 2025
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January 29, 2025
In a conversation with Greg Sargent of the New Republic published today, writer Amanda Marcotte called out an important moment in White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s first press conference ...
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January 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
January 29, 2025
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The same people wailing about DEI literally can’t spell their own job title.
January 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The same people wailing about DEI literally can’t spell their own job title.
The American Country is in a Dark place. Here is a Dark Americana Country Playlist that I made for you.
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Dark Americana Country
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January 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The American Country is in a Dark place. Here is a Dark Americana Country Playlist that I made for you.
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January 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Another beautiful winter day.
January 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Another beautiful winter day.
Beautiful winter day!
January 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Beautiful winter day!