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I think this is the right sentiment about a lot of things but not about inflation. The levels that followed the pandemic were enough to crush incumbents, and did all over the world.

Write new worlds. Write beautiful places. Write angry people. Write imaginary beasts, futile quests, broken hearts, lifelong injustices, mysteries, love affairs, lost children, newfound purpose. Write anything that allows you to escape or heal or vent or rage or explore or reconcile. Write 🖤

I don't care if you're a "liberal" or a "leftist", we have more important things to deal with than which lunch table you sit at.

Too many strategies to fight the far right are dead on arrival because they either assume a no-longer-existing normative consensus or call upon (right-wing) elites to go against their own ideals and interests.

heartened by a lot of US advice going around now about how *not* to bootlick. I spent a lot of time in a retail job figuring out how to work to rule and slow down or destroy bad policies and it’s not only effective but deeply enjoyable if you do it right

Writing tip: If you don’t remember what tense you’re in, it’s time to take a break before you invent a new one. #writer #booksky #author #5amwritersclub

"In a mass email sent to federal employees just before 8:30 p.m. — almost exactly 24 hours after an air crash in Washington that killed 67 people — the Office of Personnel Management encouraged F.A.A. workers, including air traffic controllers, to look for new jobs outside of government."

Judge AliKhan will allow the public to dial into the hearing on the motion for a temporary restraining order on the federal funding freeze on FEB 3 at 11:00am. Here's the number: 833-990-9400 (Meeting ID: 715234770), and more details in the screenshot below. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583...

The current political situation in the US feels a lot like the bit in Gremlins where the horrible chaotic nihilist monsters are running riot and destroying the town, but it's worth remembering that the next bit is where people start stuffing them in blenders and microwaves and what have you

Tip to those in leadership positions: If someone comes asking for you to do more to protect/help themselves, their kids, vulnerable or marginalized residents, don’t tell them what you’ve already done, just listen to what they’re asking for.

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Maybe if we start calling our body parts gun-sounding names like “revulva” or “shooterus” the GOP will stop trying to regulate them.

Even the Republicans know. He's gotta go.

youtu.be/mL0crkf5Dzw?... Important message from Bernie Sanders today. He provides a phone number 202-224-2131 for the Capitol Switchboard.

Is there a word for when a bunch of private citizens following orders from an unelected billionaire occupy government buildings and cut off communications

The job of congress isn't to come on here and tell us stuff, that's the media's job. Your job is to tell us what you're going to DO about it.

Kaine: "He let Musk force the resignation of the FAA administrator. He disbanded an aviation safety committee... he's got an OMB director who's pushing a hiring freeze & saying 'I want to traumatize the federal workforce'"... he's got an anti-safety agenda..that's why he went the race-baiting route"

#StillWithHer #StillKHive Still a #JoyfullWarrior

Kamala Harris may have spent a billion dollars to lose the popular vote to the least popular presidential candidate in American history, but at least she has replaced Hillary Clinton in the “she was right about everything” lib posts #StillWithHer

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

A List of Government Web Pages That Have Gone Dark to Comply With Trump Orders: U.S. government websites have gone dark as agencies scrambled to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders declaring his administration would recognize only two genders and ordering an end to diversity,…

Pay attention Don't distract from this....

TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky #StateMediaCensorship

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