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Baker, dog walker, reader, typist, lawyer 'Hot as the Devil's fart.' Hillary Mantel 'Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government it when it deserves it.' Mark Twain (apocryphally)
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the reason to systematically primary safe seat Dems in 2026 and 2028 is because they don't have the guts to do what needs to be done in 2029 even if they get the spine to do what needs to be done when under crushing pressure in 2025

submitted 10 days ago • 38 comments

An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

submitted 15 days ago • 587 comments

I feel like I'm losing my mind. NY times describes a proposed military invasion, occupation and forced transfer of population as "takeover plan." This is nauseating. It's illiterate. Accurate headline. "Trump's Gaza Invasion is Reviled and Rejected Everywhere, Except in GOP"

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Primary Every Democrat newrepublic.com/article/1909... via @newrepublic.com

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

written in 2016, has improved with age 1. believe autocrat 2. don't be confused by small signs of normalcy 3. institutions won't save you 4. be outraged 5. don't make compromises 6. remember the future www.nybooks.com/online/2016/...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Zuck didn't read 1984. He complains, fed govt censored and oppressed like Big Brother in the novel. yet today, Mark chooses which (mis)info circulates. Some days he auctions info environ to highest bidder. Other days, his News Feed curates highest-visible stories. Mark's Platform is the Party.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Just spoke with former Officer Mike Fanone about the Biden pardon that covers him and other officers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee. “This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”

submitted 34 days ago • 73 comments