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jamie252.bsky.social
"Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease, and for them to bag and barn up the treasures of the Earth from others, that these may beg or starve in a fruitful land; or was it made to preserve all her children?"
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America's best idea: National parks. America's worst idea: Electing a President whose number one priority was staying out of jail.

submitted 12 hours ago • 6 comments

Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

submitted 2 days ago • 828 comments

*Takes her climate hat off, taps mike* Should Democrats moderate or should they move "left" as a response to authoritarian takeover? Well, first of all Democrats have to block the state capture happening right in front of our eyes, if there's going to be a "long term" for which to strategize! 🧵

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

There's a few interesting numbers in this poll, but the headline is job approval of Congressional Dems is 49 disapprove, 40 approve *among Democrats.* If you're still pitching the "Bluesky isn't real life, Normal Democrats aren't mad at leadership," it may be time to reassess.

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

In this Indiana diner, everyone has three questions: How's the breaded tenderloin? Is the quarry hiring? And when will the feds finally put an end to congestion pricing in Manhattan?

submitted 3 days ago • 47 comments

📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

submitted 3 days ago • 570 comments

The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place): 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

submitted 3 days ago • 111 comments