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He/Him, NorCal lifer Dad of daughters, dog lover, Justice enthusiast, beer drinker, likes bikes Democracy might be terrible , but it is better than the alternatives!
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I will gently say, as a person with a fair amount of political organizing experience, that yelling at people in positions of power and authority is actually the opposite of learned helplessness

submitted 11 hours ago • 5 comments

Civics 101: presidents are not kings…

submitted 10 hours ago • 235 comments

This shit needs to stop. These guys going to destroy every wild space they don’t want to buy for their private residences. Despite what the ignorant say, wild spaces provide more to humans and all else than oil ever will — in terms of ecosystem services alone.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Live on 93-North. 📹: @haileyjade617

submitted 1 day ago • 199 comments

‘under the thumb of a real “sleazebag” named Leonard Leo’

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

vocal opposition to democratic gerontocracy is nifty because it serves a constructive purpose — passing the torch — and a political one: signaling independence from The Democrats.

submitted 1 day ago • 174 comments

I would legit die for this woman.

submitted 1 day ago • 169 comments

these numbers are a decent indication that the whole "the left is ostracizing young men" thing is, if not entirely fictional, at least very overblown

submitted 2 days ago • 94 comments

Elon Musk gets to drain government coffers via SpaceX because George W Bush decided to privatize space flight and Obama made it a priority to facilitate privatizing space Billionaires are policy failures and he is a very specific kind of policy failure

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

submitted 3 days ago • 708 comments

This is a pretty big change to how the entire nonconsensual AI-generated content ecosystem works. I don't think this would have happened without our reporting or support from our subscribers www.404media.co/civitai-ban-...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

This pinche liar should have no aural or visual peace while in public places.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Sadly I did not know this for the first 55 years of my life. They do not teach you this. This is absolutely true. And we should honor all of them this Memorial Day and always 

submitted 4 days ago • 452 comments

Watched a documentary on the Vietnam War over the weekend. We haven’t learned anything. Not a damn thing. The right wingers are still lying and corrupt. The left is still doing useless ineffective politics. The military industrial complex is a shit show. Nothing is different.

submitted 4 days ago • 19 comments

Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes

submitted 4 days ago • 52 comments

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle. If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

submitted 34 days ago • 54 comments

No Latino is safe.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

A $30,000 a month townhouse in deep blue Nolita might seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the cries of a terrified Italian tourist bound with electrical tape, you can hear whispers that DEI is the reason a decent chainsaw costs $600.

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments