Hartman

Hartman

@mhartman.bsky.social

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If you’re looking for no content, you’ve come to the right place. (“Oh yes, I’m fine. Everything’s just wonderful. I’m having the time of my life.”🎶)

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I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.

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When we formed the Black Lives Matter movement white people projected immediately, assuming our thesis was “ONLY Black Lives Matter.” It’s projection b/c that’s what white people would and have meant. When we say Black Lives Matter, we’re insisting Black Lives Matter—just like all other lives.

I think it’s weird to be so scared of weird.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes.bsky.social

JD Vance on his kids and his new chicken coop: “They love chickens, like almost weirdly. Like, I am worried they’re going to be like weird chicken people now because they obsessively want to …sit in the chicken coop and it stinks and there’s poop everywhere.”

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Mamdani: "Solidarity with a government that is committing genocide is a very different thing than a question of solidarity with people of a specific faith. I'm proud to be a mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in this country."

I would like to emphasize that this very legitimate political/human rights statement does not have anything to do with religion. This is an issue we have with the actions of a government of a nation. And I have real issues with it and with how the world is responding.

Alicia@aliciablackgirl.bsky.social

Israel orders evacuation of 24 towns and villages in Lebanon Simply disgusting, land theft & genocide Israel is no longer part of the civilized world.. The inhumanity that breeds from extreme arrogance and self-righteousness.. All financed by U.S. taxpayers' money and backed by the U.S. military.

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They’re packaging it like this so it looks like a shallow trend, but Gen Z has gone through two financial crises, a pandemic, rising fascism, active shooter drills since they were toddlers, and are now being told by the oligarchy they’re to be replaced by robots. Socialism is the logical conclusion.

The Economist@economist.com

The next generation of illiberal leftism is gaining ground. It is time to fight back econ.st/3RPYFPV

Another indicator that this all started with Reagan.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

American workers just took home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer.

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"We're having scandals like this every week—literally every week, and sometimes daily. There are no words to really describe the depth of the depravity, the mendacity and the corruption that we're seeing from this administration."

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#Poetry #Painting #Summer our worlds could end at any time. Yet here we are, doing laundry, making dinner, making poetry, making the mindful choices, living in every moment, because it is this moment Jo Walton 🎨 Susan Abbott

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today I learned that the James Talarico "six genders" thing refers to him listing six different combinations of X and Y chromosomes (XX, XY, X, XXY, XYY, XXXY) that occur regularly. that isn't even lefty in any way, that's just a factually true statement!

Come on. This is the post of a raving lunatic. The fact that this isn’t immediately triggering removal from office is evidence that we’re in an abusive relationship with our government.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

Trump on Iran deal:

Timely, as I was just scrolling calmly through the most horrific series of news posts, remembering a time when I would call my representatives over so much less. Seems quaint now.

Steve Schmidt@thewarningses.bsky.social

The most frightening thing Donald Trump has done isn’t his corruption — though it’s immense. The most dangerous thing Trump has accomplished is teaching millions of Americans to stop being shocked. Subscribe to The Warning at steveschmidt.substack.com. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-numbin...

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Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

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In 1982 Margaret Thatcher cutoff weapons to Israel because they invaded Lebanon. Today Israel are invading Lebanon and instead of banning weapons to Israel they are trying to ban Palestine marches.

We spend a trillion dollars every year on INTEREST on the federal debt — that skyrocketed not because we increased spending but because we CUT INCOME.

On a conference call and one of my coworkers just apologized for missing a call yesterday because it was “at a point in the funeral where I just couldn’t step away” Y’all. This is business. You’re taking it way too seriously.

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The Montana Plan offers a practical, lawful solution to tackle one of the biggest issues underlying everything else we care about: reclaiming democratic control and putting power back in the hands of regular people, not special interests.

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WE NEED TO KEEP CALLING THIS OUT BECAUSE IT MATTERS: California is the 4th largest economy on Earth, and the most populous state in the country. This isn’t a place for amateurs. Becerra has the experience for a state this big, this complex, and this consequential. 🧵

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The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009. "My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead." "My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."

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KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.

LEBANON MATTERS. If you think you don’t know anyone with ties to Lebanon, you are wrong. Lebanese assimilate wherever they go. They are doctors, bankers, entertainers, restaurateurs from a multi-religious country of mountains and beaches, casinos, art, universities, farms. They deserve our support.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't. We never made that promise, we never indicated that was gonna be the case."

It is time to clarify that opposing Israel is opposing a STATE, *NOT A RELIGION*. I join many Jews condemning the genocidal actions of Netanyahu.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

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Replying to @bungdan.bsky.social

"Mr. President, you've turned the Strait of Hormuz into a more expensive, more volatile Suez Canal controlled by a man whose family you murdered."

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I just called my rep and reminded him that the minority leader can introduce articles of impeachment as a privileged resolution. “Hi I’m calling to insist that Rep (so and so) along with Minority Leader Jeffries introduce articles of impeachment as a privileged resolution today.”