Bradly Mason

Articles like this are why I LOVE Commonweal Magazine. "Capitalism is not a “system of natural liberty,” a trucking-and-bartering passion that simply follows the grain of the universe. It arose within history, and, presumably, it will end within history." www.commonwealmagazine.org/pulling-brake

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That Trump's attacks on Ilhan Omar are so successful among Republicans truly exposes who they are. She is the embodiment of everything they hate: immigrant, dark skin, Muslim, and Left (i.e., foreign, black, jihadi, communist). She's already guilty via identity. They don't need to know the facts.

If Republicans still defend the Confederacy and its "heroes" and symbols, but have now CLEARLY rejected "states' rights," I wonder what it was they ACTUALLY liked about the Confederacy all along, hmmmmmmm.

Sad to say, but Ukraine should have kept their nukes and never trusted the USA.

So, Trump either abandoned our ally (by official agreements) Ukraine because they were blowing up Russian diesel (making Trump look bad at the pumps) or by blowing up a Russian bot farm (making Trump look bad because less fake news). Either way, screw him. (Or, both, of course, but same conclusion.)

Some ICE agents gearing up for a raid, for their Dear Leader:

When you hear the phrase, "state sponsored terrorism," what comes to mind first? ICE or IDF?

As a very conservative Christian (now Catholic), it has become the most disturbing thing in my life to realize that conservative Christians are literally the most destructive and evil force I've ever seen in American politics. It's so disturbing, TBH.

Stunned at the number of "Christians" who think they have to support the modern state of Israel, and its fascist leadership, as they systematically murder thousands, just because their theology is embarrassing 20th century trash.

Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case.

Doug Eddings is toast, hahaha! Dude was WAY too committed to the bit!

I'm curious what the 4D chess is, that Trump is supposedly playing, praising Russia, China, and North Korea while viciously attacking Canada and other close allies. Just seems like dictatorship-envy to me.

Fetterman text to aide: “Why do I have to keep having to meet with [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia]?” Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.” Fetterman: “Well I’m not.” @wsj.com #PAsen www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Again, Christian Nationalism is just another ethno-nationalism, wherein the ethnos is "Christian" (of course, as defined by those seeking to gain political power). Anytime you declare a specific identity or ideology as definitive of the "real" members of a nation or society, you're doing a Hitler.

If it wasn't for decades of economic gaslighting, "poor Republican" would be considered an oxymoron.

Why does no one wonder why Rand Paul plays libertarian lite all day every day, but his state is like the third in the nation for taking more federal money than they contribute? Where are the hearings on that bullshit canard? He's a fraud through and through.

What many are learning is there's no such thing as political democracy without economic democracy.

Maybe if we could get evangelicals and Republicans to think of every human being as a zygote, they could actually become pro-life. So sick of seeing them celebrate death all day every day, ugh.

Jordan Peterson is a complete joke, ugh

I swear many evangelicals are more passionate about the existence of hell than they are of heaven. So long as the "bad guys" suffer for all eternity, after like 12 minutes on earth, they are happy with God. It's their favorite.

@kkdumez.bsky.social putting into eloquent words what I've been sensing the last couple issues of Christianity Today.

So, have Republicans completely abandoned States' Rights at this point? If so, they are getting closer to being the party of Lincoln, hahahaha

"Christian Nationalism" is just linguistic cover for Mammon Nationalism, America's true god.

I swear, if they make this guy into some kinda hero I'm gonna lose it, ugh

Sorry, but one of the most important sentences in history, true or false: "It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social existence determines their consciousness."

Republicans used to oppose totalitarianism (at least in words), and they bowed to Trump. Hypocrites, all of them.

So, we tried the anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-woman, anti-brown military, and your Fox News host got a draw, at best. Can we get past MAGA's identity politics now??

Gave my (other) old man a haircut (maybe even a manscape), and he's looking PRETTY

Why every election I gotta deal with numbnuts showing me empty red land after an election? Yeah, we know, those heavily populated Blue areas also pay for those twelve hillbillies in the giant Red areas! STFU

As a Californian, fuck Trump. This is so evil. We need to kick the Feds out of this state and quit paying all the nation's bills, especially the bills of all you poor, backward MAGA states dependent on OUR tax dollars. Ugh. apnews.com/article/cali...

It's not so much that Trump is too far right, too conservative, wastes our money, is an asshole, etc. We can debate and vote on that stuff. It's that he's an authoritarian with no regard for our law, our democracy, or our system of government. We should all hate totalitarianism.

If we all just decided to vote against pedo protectors, the Republican Party would be dead.

"Trump is not only the most corrupt U.S. president; he is more corrupt than all other corrupt presidents, including Richard Nixon, by orders of magnitude." www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-editor...

"No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." (Matt 6:24) This is political.

I don't want to have anything to do with the "god" of our Founders, to be honest, yikes.

As seen at church today:

Same, brother!

yeah man, we’re all just dummies who don’t understand that you’re just judicial monks operating in a sphere of pure law [puts finger to ear] what’s this, clarence thomas gave another speech blaming progressives for hitler?

Even when Republicans talk about "affordability," they still just mean, "racist brown people are taking my money."

All these "evangelicals" went absolutely crazy over "CRITICAL RACE THEORY!!!" and guess what, assholes, everything CRT said would happen ABSOLUTELY IS happening! So over y'all fake Christians.

I wrote this some years ago, seems quite relevant given recent (absolutely abhorrent) SCOTUS decision: alsoacarpenter.com/2021/06/23/a...

Apparently the "Jesus" MAGA follows loves earthly empire, war, racism, misogyny, bigotry, hatred of the poor, lying, adultery, rape, social darwinism, terrorizing the sojourner, etc. Some of us prefer to call that one "The Devil."

🚨BREAKING: According to exclusive research by Democracy Docket, the Supreme Court’s ruling will likely derail at least 28 pro-voting lawsuits that aim to stop state legislatures from drawing electoral maps that dilute the voting power of racial minorities. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A Supreme Court so fundamentally hostile to the rights of minority voters places the Court at odds with democracy itself. This is the legacy of Chief Justice John Roberts. I opposed his nomination back in 2005, and I stand by that.

The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.

Hey, I've been 86'd multiple times, yet somehow I'm still alive, hahaha! These people are dopes.

I'd say the Voting Rights Act is officially dead after this completely idiotic SCOTUS ruling, ugh.

Looks like the gun worshipers are sad about guns again.

(getting dressed up in a tuxedo to go see an 80-year old racist insult comic who is also a serial sex offender and also responsible for the deaths of innocents across the globe) I'm a journamalist!