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Flying over Milwaukee

submitted 4 days ago • 76 comments

That is TWENTY THOUSAND more people than anticipated !!! 🥳🏆

submitted 9 days ago • 52 comments

The Democratic nomination to whomever first calls for and organizes a General Strike to demand impeachment. It’s past time. #Resist

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

"Well, I—for one—am touched by this act of generosity. Perhaps one day, all of humanity will know the saying 'Be welcoming of Greeks bearing gifts.''"

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

THIS: the.ink/p/the-opposi... HT: @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

It's past time to re-up this: theoatmeal.com/comics/belie...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

I wrote about leaders who don't (or won't) lead, the death of a political order unsuited for these dark times, what the new one should look like, and the importance of playing to win. New visions for a new and better America: Solidarity, leadership, reframing. www.the-reframe.com/the-beached-...

submitted 15 days ago • 15 comments

“I love being a socialist because I love society, and I love society because I love people, and I know that society is composed of people, not bosses and billionaires and bigots. I like things that are built to help people, they like things that are built to make a buck they don't need.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

From @theathletic.bsky.social: Ted Lasso, the comedy series following an American soccer coach at a fictional English Premier League club, will return for a fourth season. “Ted’s coaching a women’s team.” nyti.ms/4iSspnq

submitted 17 days ago • 32 comments

Last week, we ran a story about the superintendent of a tiny charter school district in Texas who has earned up to $870k. Hours later, lawmakers and charter leaders called for the district’s board to lower his “outrageous” pay. The three board members said “No.” www.propublica.org/article/salv...

submitted 17 days ago • 16 comments

More of this please

submitted 18 days ago • 254 comments

Decades from now, the Covid-19 pandemic will be visible in the data of nearly anything measurable today: an unmistakable spike, dip or jolt that officially began for Americans five years ago this week. These charts capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work and more.

submitted 19 days ago • 14 comments

Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state, let's begin succession movements in the northern states to join Canada. Were Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and/or Michigan to secede, I would move there in a Canadian minute. #Resist

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

God what a turn on. wapo.st/3DN0oia

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Tracy Morgan to Star as Former Football Pro in NBC Comedy Pilot From Tina Fey

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

from senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social chris murphy's recent floor speech, via @davidcorn.bsky.social ... link.motherjones.com/public/38940...

submitted 19 days ago • 574 comments

per week... #usa #classwar #americannightmare

submitted 19 days ago • 292 comments

"L'etat, c'est Trump" seems to be the order of the day with the deluge of Federal firings. And we rehired him. #Resist

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

@chrislhayes.bsky.social 's new release #TheSirensCall" is the must read of our current moment. In it, he chronicles how the war on Attention began, how it's come to master our political and economic moment, and where we might look for solutions. It's utterly readable. #Resist

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

"We all know Columbia is American antisemitism’s ground zero. It couldn’t be bothered to appoint a Jewish member of its Board of Trustees until 1784 and has only been led by Jewish presidents for a mere thirty-four of the past forty-five years." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/as-...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

There don't need to be any caveats after "Free Mahmoud Khalil." There doesn't need to be a comma-but after "Mahmoud Khalil should not be deported." We can really just oppose the disappearing of political dissidents, without "even though I disagree with..." or "despite my problems with his work..."

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submitted 20 days ago • 58 comments

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

submitted 21 days ago • 193 comments

Until and unless the Republic is formally dissolved, we do have recourse to a Constitutional solution to our current crisis-- the Congressional trial and conviction of the President. #16People #Resistance

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment