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"Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger!“ - Hume

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‘Charisma is always the product of a tumultuous context, and it is misleading to personalize what is a sociopolitical phenomenon.. ..the .. personality’s power rests on an ability to express the .. thoughts and emotions of his community during any given crisis’ www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

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We found the real one!

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Gulf of Distraction

submitted 10 days ago • 792 comments

The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

submitted 13 days ago • 179 comments

I needed this reminder today. Doomscrolling only helps fascism. New plan: check in with the news, then go do some democracy offline. 🥄 www.404media.co/email/343266...

submitted 16 days ago • 20 comments

Can Elon Musk sue Americans for refusing to buy his cars? This Federalist Society judge thinks so.

submitted 18 days ago • 40 comments

You can tell by how fast they're canceling your policies.

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Chuck Schumer when the KitKat bar gets stuck in the vending machine

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"here’s what I believe happened: In the process of accumulating enormous wealth, the tech-oligarchs created the conditions for their loss of social power and, when they realized this, they got a big dose of class consciousness and turned furiously reactionary."

submitted 18 days ago • 38 comments

so i guess student loans are the only thing a president isnt allowed to unilaterally dismantle?

submitted 18 days ago • 15 comments

Can the Department of Transportation condition federal highway money on local and state cooperation with immigration enforcement? Today’s “One First” provides an overview of the relationship between spending conditions, “anti-commandeering,” and #SCOTUS: www.stevevladeck.com/p/121-spendi...

submitted 19 days ago • 45 comments

How to Help China Win Cold War 2.0: (1) pick fights with allies, (2) impose tariffs, threaten to seize property & bully countries in the developing world; (3) cut off foreign aid (4) abandon democracy promotion; (5) purge expert national security officials, (6) foster divisions in American society.

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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all

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"At 9:21 a.m. on Monday, E.P.A. employees received another email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...

submitted 19 days ago • 67 comments

‘Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die.’ poets.org/poem/septemb...

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This is not true, and it’s very important to understand that it’s not true because it lessens the difficulty of what was achieved and the effort it took to achieve it. Have you ever seen how many exhibits were involved in the litigation of Brown v Board? Over 1000. Change was a push, not a gift.

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One interesting rhetorical takeaway from Trumpism is that hyperbole is a useful strategy if you don't want to be held accountable for your words and actions. Use hyperbole enough and no one will believe anything you say or don't say. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Every time I remember Stephen Miller designed this rush of orders to burn me out specifically I get a new burst of energy from the spite alone. The very thought of my exhaustion giving him an ounce of joy makes me want to burst through walls

submitted 21 days ago • 139 comments

I've had close interactions with teachers, professors, firefighters, cops, elected officials, security wonks, political activists, preachers, social workers, wine moms, soccer moms, little league dads, and some famous people... ... gotta say the ones that rank the highest are librarians.

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A Bishop Called For Mercy And A Congressman Called For Her To Be Deported. Here’s Why Criticism Of The Congressman Is Bad For Free Speech And Civil Society. Today in WaPo by Megan McArdle

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