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Avast!! What new fuckery’s afoot?!?

90 years ago America First promoted Nazi ideology. Today America First promotes Russian oligarch and American Broligarch ideology. Enough said?

I used to think that alignment of agendas was universally good. Then I saw that the MAGA aligns with the Kremlin. Go figure.

So the spike in egg prices is because Easter???

The mere discussion of foregoing vaccines resulted in our body politic being infected by a South African virus. Elon Musk May Now Control Fate of SpaceX Regulators at FAA www.propublica.org/article/elon...

For those who need to provide a reminder of the link between bilateral aid and the US domestic economy to our isolationist associates. Even though these acts of explanation may feel like proffering academic detail to a goldfish. gamma.app/docs/USAID-T...

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Not with a bang but with a whimper. Now I get it

So, if they could do it legal, is there a theory beyond oppressive bullying as to why they didn’t? open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Sewer Rat meet Muskrat. Muskrat meet Sewer Rat. www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/04/s...

“Apathy is fascisms lube” - John Fugelsang

Concentration camps starting up

Shocking!!!! DOJ should…. never mind….. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

It’s time to have a serious discussion about casting pearls before swine.

Why did Trump announce a trade war against the District of Columbia? Can he even do that?

We now know who amongst Boebert, Mace or Green becomes the first Capitol bathroom vigilante. Democracy is safe for another day!

Deleting all Meta (FB, Messenger, Instagram & WhatsApp) and moving to Signal for social media. Zuckerberg’s capitulation is probably the best thing to ever happen to Signal. What platform do you use for pictures?

Someone gave a speech with the theme of expansionism and, within the same space, actually said “[American] manifest destiny.” And it seems bizarrely acceptable. WTF?!?

Pondering the relationship between social justice art and prison. Starting with Beethoven’s Fidelio, what are the significant points of intersection?