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Performative utterances & political commentary. I value rational discourse; I sing the body electric; I post about music I love and music I produce. Also, too, Denver Nuggets obsessive. Links to my musical endeavors: https://linktr.ee/longplaya
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Jeffries: hey the GOP controls the government, absolutely nothing i can do, gonna work on my personal book tour Sanders: brb i am going to personally barnstorm strategic GOP house districts and try to peel off 2 votes so we can block Trump's cuts to Medicaid www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

submitted 6 hours ago • 122 comments

Modern-Day Peaceful Protest… TikTokers are hunting Cybertrucks—pulling up behind them and projecting anti-Elon Musk messages onto the tailgate. What’s genius: the driver has zero rear visibility & zero idea. The Cybertruck Hunters account launched a week ago and already dropped a dozen videos.

submitted 1 day ago • 238 comments

Something that's maddening about the cases involving DOGE access to our most sensitive private data and the irreparable harm standard is that the ACCESS ITSELF is the irreparable harm, and some judges just aren't getting that. (Some are, e.g., storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...)

submitted 15 hours ago • 27 comments

We're gonna look back at the media covering up Trump's senility in the runup to the 2024 election as one of the most successful propaganda campaigns of the last century. Will be a defining feature of his presidency and get worse as the term goes on.

submitted 2 hours ago • 24 comments

I hate that 49.8% fucked around and 100% has to find out.

submitted 1 hour ago • 2 comments

CALIFORNIA: Rep. @JayObernolte (R) becomes the latest to hear from the people 🇺🇸 🔥 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGZ0d7B...

submitted 2 hours ago • 69 comments

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

submitted 14 hours ago • 175 comments

A beautiful song played by a beautiful soul: youtu.be/xBW3R4eeo-M #MusicianSky #Music

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submitted 3 hours ago • 53 comments

A good read for this moment. newrepublic.com/article/1916...

submitted 8 hours ago • 4 comments

Seems bad

submitted 13 hours ago • 43 comments

When the GOP says they are cutting Mandatory spending they are saying they are cutting Medicare and Social Security. Examples of mandatory spending: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Interest on the federal debt. That’s our money!!! They are stealing!!!

submitted 13 hours ago • 36 comments

I think it’s important to note that the people showing up for these are kind of average regular folks. They’re just… your neighbors. But with a sign lol. That allows for the creation of a powerful social norm that encourages broader participation and allows us to see it as the normal thing one does.

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

Seen today in Lower Manhattan...

submitted 13 hours ago • 137 comments

Maybe this is partially wishful thinking but I think Trump is engineering a major disaster for himself in the Pentagon

submitted 13 hours ago • 34 comments

i don't know a ton of Troops, but the ones I know are mad. there's certainly a massive right wing radicalization problem with The Troops but it's still a pretty substantial minority.

submitted 13 hours ago • 5 comments

"Only 34% approve of what Musk is doing Only 26% are OK with him shutting down govt programs And a whopping 63% don’t like Musk’s marauders gaining access to federal government databases containing Social Security, Medicare and tax information" www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...

submitted 14 hours ago • 17 comments

Repealing Section 230 with an autocrat in power will not hold tech accountable, it will suppress speech and force platforms to silence users who say things the regime doesn’t like.

submitted 15 hours ago • 5 comments

Jordan Peterson is another example of what I call a competency cosplayer. Informed people immediately identity him as an intellectual fraud, but uninformed people can fancy him an intellectual who flatters their unexamined prejudices.

submitted 17 hours ago • 9 comments

"You must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your religion? Will it be because you look different or think differently? Where does it end?" - Maine Gov. Janet Mills

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.

submitted 16 hours ago • 579 comments

ThRead:

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

It's been so run through pop culture as to seem almost corny, but I need you all to understand with the deepest seriousness available to you that the "First they came for..." thing was to prepare you for this exact moment

submitted 16 hours ago • 9 comments

COMMENTARY: When government shuts out journalists and the public we serve, it's not a sign of strength. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oldZ...

submitted 1 day ago • 46 comments

Some thoughts on this, in no particular order. 1.) The Ukrainians were initially willing to give some level of mineral rights to the US for support; the Trump administration instead pushed for a massive grab of those rights and tried to force Zelenskyy into it with a late-night "sign this" move.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

submitted 16 hours ago • 233 comments