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submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

There's a phrase that I think encapsulates: lack of competent civics education; lack of skills of discourse and critical thinking; and insisting on rightness over accuracy. It's this: "weaponized performative ignorance"–exploitation of which is the fuel for oligarchs and autocrats.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

When deeply held religious beliefs become … « flexible. » Moral high ground? I think not.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

This is the budget resolution that Republicans have voted for. Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.

submitted 64 days ago • 110 comments

I am not sure that AI can « aspire » to anything, since aspiration implies consciousness. The article is, nonetheless, fascinating!

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.

submitted 64 days ago • 402 comments

Let’s be clear—none of these folks suddenly went left. They’re just pissed at the right. If the market swings back in their favor, they’ll be right back on the Trump train. For them, this was never about morals, character, or humanity. It’s always been about one thing: money. Grifters gonna grift!

submitted 65 days ago • 15 comments

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submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

I keep asking myself about the automatic assumption that whatever the government spends is too much. What if the government isn’t overspending? What if it is under-collecting? No budget has a limitless capacity for cuts. DOGE failed to find fat. Maybe it is time for a wealth tax, after all.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

A clear indicator of the impact of Saturday’s protests can be observed in the uncharacteristic lack of direct response from the President, himself. It kind of seems like an attempt to make them disappear from the news cycle ASAP. The silence is deafening. The momentum is palpable. Onward!

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

And then there’s this… youtu.be/6JoJ2HnMt6Q?...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

So, here’s thing: Woody Guthrie wrote a song about Donald Trump’s father, called, « Old Man Trump. » It was about Fred Trump’s racist and discriminatory rental housing policies. Woody is still teaching. Get. To. That. youtu.be/SuuYHCtO9nI?...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

@rbreich.bsky.social So, now, he thinks he can demand that companies in other countries cease DEI practices! www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio...

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Cool and fascinating story!

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

This version, too. youtu.be/uM4zzIIlibw?...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

On my daily playlists. youtu.be/8v-bsi5dyOE?...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

"The court's opinion is long, but its premise is simple. In the self-evident truth that 'all people are created equal,' all means all. Nothing more. And certainly nothing less." www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-b...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Bop. Of. The. Day. youtu.be/4ycFfioIey4?...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Strong men. Actual alphas. Good men. People in these categories are not bullies. They do not target the weak among their community for harassment. They do not want people to be afraid. They support, encourage, and inspire others to do their best. Their decisions inspire.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Tonight is a night for celebration and for yearning, for hoping and for mourning. It''s giving youtu.be/pLaChLkIY_g?...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments