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Came from the "other site." Starting over... #Democrat #ProDemocracy #prowomen'srights #leftX
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I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Ever since the disastrous Citizens United ruling, outside spending on federal elections has skyrocketed. Big money corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top.

Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?

In a little known fact, many of the subsidies that drive the Affordable Care Act are set to expire at the end of 2025. Republicans have already signaled they will not extend them. That means millions of Trump supporters are now on track to lose their health insurance. Whoops.

From Tristen Snell In December 2017, Congress voted on a bill to combat human sex trafficking. The bill passed the Senate unanimously. The bill passed the House, 418 to 1. The 1 "no" vote was Matt Gaetz.

Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me. I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc

He should. They should. But they won’t. The Democratic Party and much of the media has already implicitly—even explicitly—capitulated to fascism by refusing to make the hard choice to do everything within their power to oppose it. It’s cowardice and normopathy and sanewashing up and down the line.

Malcolm Nance is on bsky.