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Professor of Spanish and Intercultural Communication, Psycholinguist, Scientific Realist, Secular Humanist, Singer
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The main difference between Democrats and Republicans is their interpretation of “oversight.” Democrats take the meaning as a derivation of “oversee.” Republicans take it as a derivation of “overlook.”

After years of cheering on Trump’s war against “government workers,” his own diehard supporters are now realizing that means them too.

Preserving digital archives is a crucial weapon in discrediting and defeating authoritarian regimes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/24/r...

Preserving digital archives is a crucial weapon in discrediting and defeating authoritarian regimes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/24/r...

This is AMAZING news! Fuck Amazon www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

So tired of this idea that billionaires are our "betters" whose opinion is super important because they have a lot of money. It's bullshit. They're mostly greedy sociopaths who have no problem destroying people who get in their way. That doesn't make your opinion one to be valued, in my opinion.

It’s a very common question these days in light of all these attacks upon our Republic: Is somebody doing something?! The good news is, they are. I break it down and discuss the four kinds of responses that are happening today. Link in the replies.

Vance calls professors the enemy. Authoritarian much?https://fb.watch/xvO4QjbGNg/

www.axios.com/2025/01/31/d...

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This Is Who Should Foot the Bill for the Los Angeles Fires www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...

Trump is so blinded by hatred for California that he’s considering eliminating an agency that overwhelmingly helps red states.

Sounds fair to me!

Usually in movies, she ends up dead.

Regular people to their kids: "This is America. If you work hard you can be anything you want. Even the President." Billionaires to their kids: "This is America. If you stay rich you can buy anything you want. Even the President."

Trump alone didn't beat the justice system. He had help. It took Oligarchs relentlessly amplifying his lies on their media platforms. Ethically compromised members of the Supreme Court. 70+ million willing to vote for a convicted felon. There's a lot to fix. But it can be fixed. It must.

"Who's a good boi?"

Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀

Probably the only time I was grateful for a MTG tweet.

I see what he did there.

MSNBC put together a collection of videos showing Republicans flipping their position on Trump