It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
My genuine best advice for anyone who wants a window into a specific school’s sexual violence response is to ask if they have an ATIXA membership.
ATIXA is a consulting group that sells a lot of schools their sexual violence materials.
The moment a drone or missile whistles nearby, 🇺🇦 women instantly become a shield for their children—covering them with their bodies, holding them tightly, covering their eyes and ears, comforting them. Every Ukrainian mother, sister, & grandmother is always ready to become a shelter.
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Latest WSJ poll:
"63% want to pause AI development
61% want a billionaire wealth tax
59% want Medicare for All
57% want a $20 minimum wage
58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel"
This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk that Rolling Stone called “a nonfiction horror movie” following its film festival debut earlier this month.
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Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
Ted didn’t notice the name of the account who posted this Dolly clip he retweeted until it was much too late. He finally deleted it after he was made aware.
There is a term for what Trump is doing to America: It’s called RAPE—a concept Trump is vey familiar with
He grabs without consent, takes what he wants, ignores laws and norms, accepts no responsibility for his actions and, like most rapists, is getting away with it
Trump is raping America
Susan Collins pulls into town in a bus full of her supporters; then they all get off the bus; and then she addresses the folks who were on the bus with her as if they were regular Mainers; and legacy media covers this, pretending it isn't deeply bizarre. (Notice the guys with cameras.) #MEpolitics
Something telling:
Blanche said the DOJ is working so the "Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state"—making clear they never saw Dobbs as giving abortion 'back to the states', but a tool to ban abortion nationwide
Call Sen. Mitch McConnell's office today and demand he appear on camera – conscious, alert and oriented x 4, and answer questions on camera. If he won't or can't, demand his resignation.
202-224-2541 (DC)
859-224-8286 (Lexington, KY)
606-864-2026 (London, KY)
502-582-6304 (Louisville, KY)
Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work.
He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children.
The Dollar Store diet is a poverty tax: dollar stores sell smaller package sizes that actually cost more per ounce than a supermarket, so the poorest shoppers pay the highest unit prices for their food.
ICE shoots protester in stomach with "less than lethal" bullets—had to be rushed to hospital.
Agent leans out of moving car to shoot with one hand—while driving with other.
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RESPECT
Every politician should be doing this.
Mayor Coffman has spent every Friday night since February sleeping at Aurora, Colorado’s homeless center, serving breakfast in the morning, and learning firsthand what works and what doesn’t.
It’s apparent that the MAGA strategy is just spout any self serving lie you want, it will be parroted by MSM with little pushback, and a segment of the population will swallow it. It works incredibly well and until there’s actual resistance they’ll do it no matter how far fetched it is.
Elias: The fact that the New York Times thinks there’s a middle ground here… Here’s my message: I don’t compromise with Republicans because there is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist, and they are trying to burn down democracy.
If you shop at Hobby Lobby, your money is going to end civil rights for LGBT people.
Everyone can do what they want with their money, but don't call yourself an ally.
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
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“In this country, we have no ‘other people.’ We are American people, all of us.”
This 1940s film warning against bigotry and fascism is more relevant now than ever.
I think the reason I've been a little ambiently mad all day is because January 6th rioters are statistically the most likely group of pedophiles in the world and they clubbed a guy to death and they're going to be rich from the tax money that I give to the country I live in.