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Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe
We shall stand around and sort of disapprove mildly, someday
I know that I do believe
We shall stand around and sort of disapprove mildly, someday
House Democrats sing “We Shall Overcome” following Rep. Al Green’s censure:
March 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe
We shall stand around and sort of disapprove mildly, someday
I know that I do believe
We shall stand around and sort of disapprove mildly, someday
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::taps sign::
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: an administration (and its supporters) who believe that they are not limited by the rule of law have no moral or philosophical claim to the protection of the rule of law. “The law is whatever we say it is” warrants the same in response.
February 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
::taps sign::
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Watching conservatives go from "If you don't want to go to jail, don't break the law" to "The laws don't apply to us or our god king" in the span of nine years has been a wild ride.
February 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Watching conservatives go from "If you don't want to go to jail, don't break the law" to "The laws don't apply to us or our god king" in the span of nine years has been a wild ride.
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My Washington Post op-ed is up. You'll never guess what it's about. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Yes, it’s okay to compare Trump to Hitler. Don’t let me stop you.
My very minor status as an authority on Hitler comparisons stems from having coined “Godwin’s Law” more than three decades ago.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2023 at 8:17 PM
My Washington Post op-ed is up. You'll never guess what it's about. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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I think I can say with a clean conscience I’m not a shameless biden shill but to me the main reason you vote for him is the opportunity to vote for somebody better in 2028 will not exist if he loses
Trump is already laying the groundwork to coopt the military for domestic use if he wins next year.
How Trump Is Laying The Groundwork For A Coopted Military, Now And In 2025
It received little attention, but back in March 2023, Donald Trump had...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2023 at 5:18 PM
I think I can say with a clean conscience I’m not a shameless biden shill but to me the main reason you vote for him is the opportunity to vote for somebody better in 2028 will not exist if he loses
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Also remember, kids:
Fascism is NOT consistent AT ALL. The only goal is for the select to amass as much power as possible and they will break any rule (yes, even their own) to get there.
Stop looking for rationality within fascism. It doesn't exist.
Fascism is NOT consistent AT ALL. The only goal is for the select to amass as much power as possible and they will break any rule (yes, even their own) to get there.
Stop looking for rationality within fascism. It doesn't exist.
December 17, 2023 at 8:01 PM
Also remember, kids:
Fascism is NOT consistent AT ALL. The only goal is for the select to amass as much power as possible and they will break any rule (yes, even their own) to get there.
Stop looking for rationality within fascism. It doesn't exist.
Fascism is NOT consistent AT ALL. The only goal is for the select to amass as much power as possible and they will break any rule (yes, even their own) to get there.
Stop looking for rationality within fascism. It doesn't exist.
When people say that the USA is a racist country many people (esp. white folks) take offense, but not me; I nod and say: yes, clearly. Because even the freeways we drive on in 2023 have racist impact, every single day, even when well-intentioned folks drive on them.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
December 17, 2023 at 8:40 PM
When people say that the USA is a racist country many people (esp. white folks) take offense, but not me; I nod and say: yes, clearly. Because even the freeways we drive on in 2023 have racist impact, every single day, even when well-intentioned folks drive on them.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
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There's an old joke about an engineer waiting his turn at the guillotine who, after a series of condemned men before him have been pardoned and set free because the blade keeps jamming on the way down, says "Hold on! I've spotted the problem."
December 8, 2023 at 9:44 PM
There's an old joke about an engineer waiting his turn at the guillotine who, after a series of condemned men before him have been pardoned and set free because the blade keeps jamming on the way down, says "Hold on! I've spotted the problem."
So it's Guillotines today?
The guillotines start 1 minute 17 seconds in, along with the music of Francis Poulenc as sung by Jessye Norman inter alia:
youtu.be/QbRpYJsqhpE?...
The guillotines start 1 minute 17 seconds in, along with the music of Francis Poulenc as sung by Jessye Norman inter alia:
youtu.be/QbRpYJsqhpE?...
December 8, 2023 at 11:19 PM
So it's Guillotines today?
The guillotines start 1 minute 17 seconds in, along with the music of Francis Poulenc as sung by Jessye Norman inter alia:
youtu.be/QbRpYJsqhpE?...
The guillotines start 1 minute 17 seconds in, along with the music of Francis Poulenc as sung by Jessye Norman inter alia:
youtu.be/QbRpYJsqhpE?...
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“Possible first amendment activity” is such an unsettlingly dystopian phrase
December 8, 2023 at 9:29 PM
“Possible first amendment activity” is such an unsettlingly dystopian phrase
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The actual trolley problem.
December 8, 2023 at 9:39 PM
The actual trolley problem.
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There is so much cruelty happening right now that the choice to make a lead poisoning medication so absurdly expensive that even hospitals can't afford it barely makes any ripples.
www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/h...
www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/h...
Cost of lead poisoning drug jumps from $3,500 to $32,000, making it hard for hospitals to stock | CN...
In August, the US Food and Drug Administration greenlit a new maker of an old drug used for the most severe cases of lead poisoning, ending a shortage and stopping the need for importation of the medi...
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2023 at 5:36 PM
There is so much cruelty happening right now that the choice to make a lead poisoning medication so absurdly expensive that even hospitals can't afford it barely makes any ripples.
www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/h...
www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/h...
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Bringing the Santa tweet into its new loving home
December 8, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Bringing the Santa tweet into its new loving home
Kinzinger:"Every democracy in my mind needs a liberal or a progressive movement and a conservative movement... that push and pull is what actually makes a country advance at the right speed...I'll continue to fight for the GOP but that doesn't mean I'm voting GOP."
www.cbsnews.com/news/republi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/republi...
December 8, 2023 at 11:00 PM
Kinzinger:"Every democracy in my mind needs a liberal or a progressive movement and a conservative movement... that push and pull is what actually makes a country advance at the right speed...I'll continue to fight for the GOP but that doesn't mean I'm voting GOP."
www.cbsnews.com/news/republi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/republi...
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Fellas, is it gay to survive a car wreck?
September 3, 2023 at 2:26 PM
Fellas, is it gay to survive a car wreck?
If nothing else, the Burning Man situation has uncovered a rich vein of accounts specializing in the kind of snarky schadenfreude that is my guilty pleasure.
My Blue Sky feed is finally worth reading.
My Blue Sky feed is finally worth reading.
September 3, 2023 at 6:11 PM
If nothing else, the Burning Man situation has uncovered a rich vein of accounts specializing in the kind of snarky schadenfreude that is my guilty pleasure.
My Blue Sky feed is finally worth reading.
My Blue Sky feed is finally worth reading.
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It's easy to laugh now but the situation at Burning Man is going to deliver so much generative disruption down the line. They're going to invent cannibalism and create an app for it called Eatr. Multiple companies that market sharpened sticks will get eight-figure venture investment.
September 2, 2023 at 10:04 PM
It's easy to laugh now but the situation at Burning Man is going to deliver so much generative disruption down the line. They're going to invent cannibalism and create an app for it called Eatr. Multiple companies that market sharpened sticks will get eight-figure venture investment.
It's like the 1970s/1980s high school writing assignment about choosing which people get to come into your nuclear fallout shelter when "The Day After" arrives, and what *you* bring to the table.
were you stranded at Burning Man, what skills would you bring to the feral horde
September 3, 2023 at 5:55 PM
It's like the 1970s/1980s high school writing assignment about choosing which people get to come into your nuclear fallout shelter when "The Day After" arrives, and what *you* bring to the table.
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i think it’s really rad that Mother Nature is finding more and more ways to lure billionaires out of their lairs with the promise of Epic Fun™️ only to crush them under the ocean or drown them in mud and shit
September 3, 2023 at 1:02 PM
i think it’s really rad that Mother Nature is finding more and more ways to lure billionaires out of their lairs with the promise of Epic Fun™️ only to crush them under the ocean or drown them in mud and shit
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SAG just announced a strike vote for the actors in the video game industry.
UAW could walk out in two weeks, with 150,000 workers shutting down the big U.S car makers.
Unions are surging and workers are winning big. This Labor Day feels different.
www.jphilll.com/p/this-labor...
UAW could walk out in two weeks, with 150,000 workers shutting down the big U.S car makers.
Unions are surging and workers are winning big. This Labor Day feels different.
www.jphilll.com/p/this-labor...
This Labor Day is for Laborers
Union wins keep coming — let's keep the worker momentum surging
www.jphilll.com
September 3, 2023 at 1:06 PM
SAG just announced a strike vote for the actors in the video game industry.
UAW could walk out in two weeks, with 150,000 workers shutting down the big U.S car makers.
Unions are surging and workers are winning big. This Labor Day feels different.
www.jphilll.com/p/this-labor...
UAW could walk out in two weeks, with 150,000 workers shutting down the big U.S car makers.
Unions are surging and workers are winning big. This Labor Day feels different.
www.jphilll.com/p/this-labor...