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North America in three quotes by heads of state.
May 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
North America in three quotes by heads of state.
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JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS
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Love this essay/manifesto by @anandwrites.bsky.social "Because having, and nurturing, in your life a sphere for joy and connection and community and love and food and music and human difference and living and letting live is everything they are not and is everything they are trying to take away."
The opposite of fascism
Living well and fighting back in a time of terrors
the.ink
March 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Love this essay/manifesto by @anandwrites.bsky.social "Because having, and nurturing, in your life a sphere for joy and connection and community and love and food and music and human difference and living and letting live is everything they are not and is everything they are trying to take away."
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Good time to follow Erica Chenoweth
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
March 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Good time to follow Erica Chenoweth
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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Curious that all the places Trump wants to annex would be geographically convenient for a Russian partner in annexation.
March 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Curious that all the places Trump wants to annex would be geographically convenient for a Russian partner in annexation.
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This is fantastic, and @indivisible.org has a lot in the works about recreating that town hall vibe from 2017 (including what to do when your MOC refuses to hold one because they can't look constituents in the eye and defend slashing their healthcare to pay for tax cuts for billionaires).
We can still stop the GOP from destroying Medicaid
But it's going to a national pushback that scares Republicans more than Trump.
What you need to know about this fight that truly just began last night, informed by the awesome @bbkogan.bsky.social's monster thread.
But it's going to a national pushback that scares Republicans more than Trump.
What you need to know about this fight that truly just began last night, informed by the awesome @bbkogan.bsky.social's monster thread.
We can still stop the GOP from destroying Medicaid
But it's going to a national pushback that scares Republicans more than Trump.
Tuesday night, House Republicans took a big step toward destroying Medicaid and then lying to blame the millions who wi...
thelastbillionaires.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is fantastic, and @indivisible.org has a lot in the works about recreating that town hall vibe from 2017 (including what to do when your MOC refuses to hold one because they can't look constituents in the eye and defend slashing their healthcare to pay for tax cuts for billionaires).