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jamelle is correct

submitted 8 days ago • 1330 comments

We are nearing a precipice.

submitted 7 days ago • 2076 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 8 days ago • 1910 comments

TRUMP AND MUSK TO AMERICA: DROP DEAD.

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

Hell, yes.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

So Trump sending US troops to take over Gaza so Junior can build hotels make US the invader and will inspire terrorists. He’s setting up a state of emergency to suspend 2026 elections.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

"given the damage Donald Trump and shadow president Elon Musk have already inflicted on the federal government in general and airline safety system in particular, it would be quite the coincidence if their actions had nothing to do with it." prospect.org/infrastructu...

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

Measles in TX. www.statesman.com/story/news/h...

submitted 25 days ago • 60 comments

He attacked soldiers whose families are right now just mourning their loss. The Commander in Chief smearing these warriors who did incredibly dangerous work that not one person in his family has ever done. What a disgusting man.

submitted 24 days ago • 145 comments

Could not be more eloquent.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Yeah, this was a common experience for everyone applying to the Ivies: Send in an application that consists only of your name You can ask around. Perfectly normal and—above all—merit-based. Probably just the same for, say, Ketanji Brown Jackson when she applied to Harvard. Or Ruben Gallego /sarc

submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

If you are OK with Trump turning Guantanamo into a concentration camp, you are a nazi. If you are OK with Trump turning Guantanamo into a concentration camp and offended that I said that makes you a nazi, you are an offended nazi. Either way. You're still a nazi.

submitted 24 days ago • 67 comments

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

submitted 25 days ago • 1264 comments

Seriously. This executive order is a lot of bluster without any substance.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

With the RFK hearings, I thought a trip back five years to my novella about disease, quarantine, and coming to grips with notions of life and love. "The Longbourn Quarantine" is 38,000 word Pride & Prejudice variation #KindleUnlimited #kindle #JaneAusten #Austenesque www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHBR7GB...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

1. Trump's immigration crackdown is premised on the idea that the US is experiencing a massive surge in violent crime According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities THIS IS A LIE New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels

submitted 26 days ago • 131 comments

Happy #PrideAndPrejudice Day! 1st published #OTD 1813 #JaneAusten Jane Austen

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

@ocasio-cortez.house.gov

submitted 26 days ago • 638 comments

Check out my musings on language in the latest edition of Austenesque Thoughts. Oh, also an excerpt from my current Work-in-Progress. #JaneAusten #Austenesque austenesque.substack.com/p/musings-on...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Working on getting those prices down I see.

submitted 27 days ago • 2304 comments

Trump's allies in the press want you to help you obey in advance by just accepting the premise that Trump can overturn the US Constitution by fiat.

submitted 34 days ago • 9 comments

Listen up.

submitted 35 days ago • 738 comments

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

submitted 35 days ago • 1199 comments

Today is my turn at the best place of everything #Austenesque the Always Austen blog. Today I consider the idea that authors are working to create active readers and deeply involve them in the process of engaging with the story. alwaysausten.com/2025/01/17/a...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Where is Captain Obvious?

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Sharp pencil. Great point.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Nuff said

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

WaPo really keeping things in perspective. (Michelle Obama, spouse of a former prez, last in office eight years ago, is the one who is "breaking tradition" here? Neither Trump even showed up for Biden's inauguration, to say nothing of Jan 6. The piece does mention this, six grafs down.)

submitted 40 days ago • 146 comments

The microwave died last night (no popcorn for you), so we decided to replace it and the stove. Delivery 2/4-ish. My wife asked are we okay with Trump & etc. on our purchase. Associate said…”Feb 4 is okay. If your delivery was further out, cannot guarantee price or delivery.” Feel a crash a’comin’

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

‘Nuff said.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

I don't know if the LA fire department is properly funded or not but the claim that the city cut its budget last year — which is circulating widely on the right — is false. As Politico notes, the budget actually INCREASED by $50 million. A portion of the funding was approved in a separate bill.

submitted 45 days ago • 447 comments

If you are looking for authors who write Austenesque fiction, this is a perfect place to begin!

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

submitted 45 days ago • 333 comments

NEW: Trump and Alito, two men who disdain ethical constraints, chatted on Tuesday. The next day, Trump asked the Supreme Court to stop his New York criminal sentencing — and to give presidents-elect complete immunity. Overnight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-and-...

submitted 45 days ago • 21 comments

"Workers at a new electric vehicle battery plant in Kentucky filed a petition with the NLRB requesting an election to join the UAW... The UAW that a supermajority of workers have backed the organizing effort, citing the need for improved safety protections as well as better pay and benefits."

submitted 45 days ago • 4 comments

Well, Heather cast the deciding vote. Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-and-...

submitted 45 days ago • 21 comments

Trump working to prevent California fires.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Have to ask Musk and DOGE.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

“Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex: you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.” James Baldwin

submitted 49 days ago • 64 comments

Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it! After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻

submitted 49 days ago • 262 comments

Nuff said.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments