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@nytimes.com , @washingtonpost.com , @cnn.com , are you on this story?

Hi @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, @cnn.com , et. al. : you could have and should have impressed upon the public the domestic terror threat that charismatic Christianity poses when J6 happened. Are you going to look the other way again? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Atlanta, GA. Let’s do this. #nokings

Do attend this. If you're thinking about what to ask, consider asking whether Senate Dems will begin a daily opposition briefing to the press, to educate citizens about what harm the Rs have caused that day. There's a small groundswell of support for this idea, and you can help grow it.

My observed three stages of almost every right-wing harmful act: 1. "I didn't do it". 2. "OK I did it, but it wasn't so bad." (or: "It was a joke".) 3. "Yes I did it, and it was AWESOME". We're in stage 1 of Musk's Nazi salute. What's the over/under of his reaching Stage 3 by the end of the week?

What's worrisome about Musk's buffoonery is its loudness. It robs our attention from the harm that quieter oligarchs may be doing right now.

I think the most important things are 1) Donate to & support local immigrant led groups. They have relationships and trust w/in immigrant community 2) If you want to volunteer/take action do so in relationship to those groups. Following the lead of immigrant communities is essential in this moment.

A contrary opinion to that of many pundits: many MAGA voters will never regret their vote, because: 1. Sunken cost. Many will not want to admit error, even to themselves. 2. R voters have been voting against their health, wealth, and safety for *decades*, if it means others suffer worse.

"One major problem happening across the US is this pervasive isolation that makes doom-scrolling and rage-bait enticing for the simple chemical reaction is produces. Let’s retrain our brains. Joy may have lost this election, but it doesn’t have to be absent from our real and precious lives."

Christian Right Lobbies To Overturn Second Law Of Thermodynamics theonion.com/christian-ri...