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submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

“It has become ever more apparent that to our president the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals. In this courtroom, and under my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow.” -Judge John Coughenour, stopping Trump’s birthright citizenship ban Damn right.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t see any evidence to suggest that the greed of the ultra-rich has any limits. They won’t stop until we stop them.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

I completely understand that you can’t fight to preserve democracy using undemocratic means. Totally get it, and glad our transfer of power was peaceful this time. All of that said, did it have to happen on Jan 6? Feels like our noses are being rubbed in it. This sucks.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

I cannot recommend On Tyranny by #timothysnyder enough. There is a thunderbolt of insight on every single page. The qualifying question for admission to to the #bluesky community ought to be “Have you read this book?”

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

A genuinely good man, who cared about people, and worked his ass off to make things better. America didn’t give him enough credit.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

If anyone needs a sign from on high that MAGA-world is lying to us (and always was), here you go.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

👏👏👏👏👏 - well done, Costco. Proud to be a member.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 58 days ago • 8 comments

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 64 days ago • 973 comments

Watch him cling to her hand. It’s really hard to wrap your head around this and not cry.

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

It still is real today

submitted 95 days ago • 58 comments

OhpleaseOhpleaseOhplease let this be a place for us to see what friends and family are up to and hear what intelligent people think of the world, and not a medical waste dumpster burning in the middle of an alligator ranch.

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments