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Trees, numbers, wires, stories, moons near and far, humanist Pagan, blue voter, married, Wisconsinite. Makes sparky rocks think.
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Reminder: "supporting the troops" does not mean "supporting those who put them in harm's way". If "supporting the troops" doesn't include fully funding veterans' benefits + doing the utmost to prevent conflict through statecraft & humanitarian aid, that's no support at all.

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As a Gen-Xer who voted Nader in 2000 and was horrified to see the US lurch into war in Iraq under false pretenses, I'm having serious deja vu. Those of you who didn't want Kamala Harris: this is why I agitated for *everyone* on the left to vote for her. I remember what it cost us last time.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

First thing I thought...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

From Minas Tirith to Minas Morgul, Competing Visions for Middle-earth Take to the Streets

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

This is so much funnier when you realize that the city he's talking about becoming a "failed third world nation" here is *Santa Monica*

submitted 19 days ago • 209 comments

Today, with the House having passed a garbage spending bill, would have been a terrific day for a Democratic-led shadow government to hit every news outlet.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Surely nobody had *this* on their Trump II bingo card, did they?

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

submitted 74 days ago • 1847 comments

Abolish ICE, that misbegotten creature of the Patriot Act. Bury every stone from every building, and salt the earth where they stood. (1/4)

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

Erstwhile WI Supreme Court Justice Gableman agrees to give up his law license over 2020 Trump election misdeeds: apnews.com/article/gabl...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

I was told there would be no gender ideology

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It is still very weird to me that there are people who were like “nah, he’s not going to do this exact thing he keeps saying he’s going to do that is contained in a 900+ page manifesto that he and his friends have been working on for four years.”

submitted 85 days ago • 157 comments

I'm pleased that this seems to work consistently.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Wrote about how the camps will come for the rest of us www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 91 days ago • 8 comments

The moment when I regret getting irritated at the cable management and ripping it all apart.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

You hope your email finds me well. I hope your email doesn't find me. We are not the same.

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Becoming a “thank you for your service” guy for a car dealership is the logical endpoint of American conservatism

submitted 96 days ago • 327 comments

The key takeaway from today's executive town hall: "Be the toaster, not the toast". I wonder if he had to go to LinkedIn to find that piece of...wisdom?

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

For the record: I like Canada, and I like Canadians. I think of Canada like a classmate that made better choices than my household did. Exhibit A: Trump talking about Canada like it's the 51st state.

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

What. The. Actual. F. I guess Republicans in Congress are okay with this? “Senior described Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

submitted 106 days ago • 50 comments

My most profuse apologies for this.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife. Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped. We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil

submitted 110 days ago • 444 comments