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UPDATE: The charges against her have been dropped “in the interest of justice” (she bit one of the brownshirts that assaulted her) and the private security firm has lost their license to operate. I hope she sues them into oblivion.

submitted 116 days ago • 1621 comments

Reading Peter Ames Carlin's "The Name of this Band is R.E.M." won't make you feel better about EVERYTHING, but it'll come pretty close.

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Substitute “Biden” for “Trump” and half the country would be screaming for the Twenty-fifth Amendment to be applied

submitted 136 days ago • 1 comment

Random songs that popped up during my drive to work: "Get Together" - The Youngbloods; "Smokin'" - Nas; "Risingson (Otherside) - Massive Attack; "Setting Sun" - Swervedriver.

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump fired the head of TSA. He illegally fired the entire Aviation Security Advisory Committee mandated by Congress. And he put a hiring freeze on FAA air traffic controllers. The buck stops with him.

submitted 142 days ago • 272 comments

Don’t let anyone tell you this guy is popular or that the country is trending his way. Just isn’t true. Never was.

submitted 142 days ago • 181 comments

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 142 days ago • 3728 comments

It took one week to get Trump voters to go from “eggs need to be cheaper” to “let seniors starve”.

submitted 143 days ago • 381 comments

Undocumented immigrants are not criminals. When you are in the U.S. without documentation, that’s a civil violation, not a crime. Whereas, Donald Trump committed 34 felonies, making him a criminal. Hope that helps.

submitted 145 days ago • 1 comment

Do one thing every day. Avoid exhaustion by being intentional. My State Senator, Rusty Black, sent out his newsletter saying he is working to overturn the will of voters on the abortion amendment. I responded to him. It took about two minutes. Work intentionally. Don’t get worn down.

submitted 147 days ago • 110 comments

I've had it. I'm canceling my Netflix subscription unless they bring back "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

This week's Internet winner goes to...

submitted 148 days ago • 461 comments

If everything else seems dark, look around… you may be the light -Rumi

submitted 148 days ago • 20 comments

Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025

submitted 152 days ago • 868 comments

If you’re upset about Michelle Obama’s decision not to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, wait until I tell you about the time Donald Trump refused to accept the results of the election he lost, plotted a coup & incited an insurrection before deciding not to attend Joe Biden’s.

submitted 157 days ago • 805 comments

Maybe we shouldn’t trust the guys who can’t spell Military

submitted 157 days ago • 95 comments

The following songs popped up on my playlist during the drive to work this morning: “On the Level” Mac DeMarco “King of Silence” Cibo Matto “Matamoros” Afghan Whigs “On Your Own Again” Scott Walker “Goodbye Horses” Q Lazzarus “Generalities” Marc Jordan

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My mom gave us all American flags for Christmas because “you need to be more patriotic!”

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If a church doesn’t have a food pantry or a soup kitchen or a closet full of clothes and blankets open to the public or isn’t showing up at natural disasters to help, why does that church have a tax-exempt status?

submitted 183 days ago • 957 comments

Wham did not have to go so hard on “Last Christmas”

submitted 185 days ago • 387 comments

✅Guns should be locked up separate from ammo. ✅Universal background checks. ✅Close the gun show and private sale loopholes. None of these things impact responsible gun owners. Signed, A responsible gun owner

submitted 187 days ago • 101 comments

Hey corporate media, Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.

submitted 186 days ago • 665 comments

If you ask me, Luigi Mangione should be held to the same high, stringent standards that Kyle Rittenhouse was held to.

submitted 189 days ago • 0 comments

Leaving this here for folks that think the GOP is “good” for the economy! Per Simon Rosenberg’s simondwc.bsky.social Hopium Chronicles: “Since 1989 52 million jobs have been created in America. 50 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic Presidents. Essentially all of them, over 36 years”!

submitted 192 days ago • 279 comments

Predatory Capitalism is: Healthcare for profit. Education for profit. Housing for profit. Prisons for profit. Utilities for profit. Food for profit. War for profit. We must find the courage & compassion to evolve beyond this neverending cycle of greed & suffering.

submitted 192 days ago • 26 comments

NOBODY KNOWS just how many Americans per year are killed off by health insurance companies delaying and denying coverage because they DON’T SHARE THE DATA.

submitted 193 days ago • 354 comments