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If you're looking for a TikTok alternative, Clapper seems to be mostly functionally equivalent. What's missing is the shop and a few other features, but it's newer, and I'm sure it will grow. And I think it's based in Carrollton, Texas.

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I hope the "sentencing" results in something more substantial than four years of community service.

I, and many of my friends, have identified that we're introverts. Here's an interesting talk about introversion's place in society. www.ted.com/talks/susan_...

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Trump wants to turn the FBI into something so draconian that the political press many not grasp it until it’s too late. And Republicans are already giving themselves cover to go along with all of it.

www.sciencealert.com/the-opposite...

People not elected to government should not have the power to reshape the government, especially people whose obscene wealth depends on the government functioning a certain way. This is not a hot take. It's just plain common sense.

This should be a default question for journalists to address in any story about anti-DEI, anti-“woke” stuff: what evidence is there that this particular effort isn’t just segregation by other means?

So, we’re going to ask Tulsi Gabbard all about her support for Bashar al-Assad, right? She’s not going to cruise through confirmation without the world knowing why the hell she ever backed him, right?

Its not just that Trump has loyalty tests: you have to be willing to say that there was nothing wrong with January 6, and that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. You have to commit to conspiracy theories to work in Trump’s government. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/u...

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“The lie that the [2020] election was stolen is still being disseminated,” said U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

The relationship between churches and billionaires. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYSGUtPT/ The ultimate power play. #politics #venting #sociologist

Ever wonder why the Republican Party and Christianity go hand-in-hand? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYA45AX7/ #Christianity #Republican #Democrat #Politics #Truth #Facts #tiktok

How did someone like Lauren Boebert get into politics? The system is set up to reward the loudest and the most polarizing. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYUxKrr8/

*sigh*

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

if you follow me you are probably already sick of me talking about this but it's amazing the extent to which dem electeds and especially normie dem voters still do not understand this!

I agree with this gentleman.

What can Americans learn from Yoon Suk Yeol's less-than-a-day dictatorship? snyder.substack.com/p/dictators-...

💪 Together, we can make a difference! Propaganda is everywhere. Verify the facts and share responsibly. Resources here can help you get better at verification and can help you help others, too. www.poynter.org/mediawise/pr...

It’s kind of incredible how long we’ve been forced to accept social media platforms that are openly hostile to their own users, suppress political content, and throttle third party links.

Facebook wouldn't post this. But there's an urgent need for stronger encryption methods. www.thebrighterside.news/post/for-the...