John Brown

I used to think, if we could get everyone to see the *patterns* in reactionary lies & manipulations, the way they're always the same, we'd be better at guarding against them. But I've lost that faith. On some level people *want* to shut their frontal cortexes down & wallow in monkey-brain shit.

IMHO the taxonomy of right-wing beliefs is: 1) Dipshits who "don't like politics" meaning they don't think at all, just herd behavior 2) Dullards soaked in propaganda who believe they're thinking 3) Downright malicious people who just want to cause harm. Material grievances are tangential at best.

May 2025, Hasan Piker: “Antisemitism is a canary in the coal mine of fascism. One of the oldest bigotries that has caused (Jews) a tremendous amount of pain… this is why I’m terrified of the conflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism — Tying valid criticisms of 🇮🇱 to Judaism is a cynical ploy.”

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BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

Astra Taylor and I wrote this book together because facing the monsters alone is just too scary. When we face them with friends, however, we don’t just get scared–we get mad, we get motivated, and we get organized.

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

www.commondreams.org/news/corpora... Researchers found prior authorization—which allows insurers to overrule physicians and deny coverage—acts as a “corporate care veto” that drains tens of billions of dollars each year that could go toward patients.

hey look the bros are ok with universal healthcare now

Pope Leo in Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “An urgent change of perspective is needed: the focus of the debate must shift from the mere management of migration to the full and immediate protection of human rights…” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.

"I'm Not Political" Just Means "I Support The Status Quo" Politics is pervading every aspect of our experience of life on this planet. Our only volition is in what we choose to do about this inescapable reality. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/im-not-pol...

WISCONSIN: “We’ve been told doing better isn’t possible. That’s bullshit. All we need to do is fight together.” 💪🏽 @francescahongwi.bsky.social

here are the greatest presidents that Democratic Party elites and pundits confidently told Democratic primary voters they had to support because they were the most electable candidates

Now listening youtube.com/playlist?lis...

America's founders lived through a period with a higher share of immigrants than at any point after in US history. In 1776, when they complained about the king obstructing immigration and naturalization laws, the foreign-born share was likely over 20% www.cato.org/blog/founder...

“How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal… division is the oldest trick in politics.” Zohran rings in America’s birthday by reminding us our story is one of welcoming immigrants, not excluding everyone who doesn’t look like us. 🇺🇸 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaVzyL0...

I like my chances against Mike Rogers😊

🚨NEW: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social responds to Dem powerbrokers saying it’s too dangerous for him to be Dems’ Senate nominee: “If you’re Schumer, I’m dangerous. If you’re AIPAC, I’m dangerous. If you’re a corporate PAC, I’m dangerous. If you’re Blue Cross Blue Shield’s CEO, I’m pretty damn dangerous.”

It almost goes without saying that the Democrats will try to do the centrist thing in 2026 and 2028. Whether the party can steer a furious and increasingly radicalized electorate toward the imaginary politics we call centrism is ... uncertain. badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-...

“The way society treats migrants, reveals whether its sense of justice is driven by fear or by the spirit of fraternity.” - Pope Leo in #MagnificaHumanitas

i cant believe tom steyer is the first dem politician (that ive seen) to proudly and forcefully make this correct and obvious counter argument to the bigotry but im glad he did

"It is only the high-minded to whom equality is really agreeable....Strong and durable attachments to superiors or inferiors are far more common and are possible to the vulgarest natures." J.S Mill

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NPR ON GAZA: “This all used to be homes. Many collapsed into mass graves… more than 73,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes — thousands more still believed to be in the rubble.”

Nobody gets community noted quite like Junior

The Pope in Naples: “There is no peace without justice, and justice is not complete without charity…Welcoming migrants and refugees is not an emergency response but an opportunity for encounter and mutual enrichment.”

30 percent of Americans are against [squints at notes] the Pope urging peace

Never a better time to subscribe to Jacobin

Correct.

Pope Leo: “I think it’s very important to understand that the unity or division of the Church should not revolve around sexual matters. We tend to think that when the Church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual.”

Unlike some, I don't find this to be a hard question.

Real “you can’t fire me, I quit!” energy

Pope Leo: “This is un acceptable. There are certainly questions of international law but even more than this a question of morality for the good of people. Attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law, but it is also a sign of the hatred and division that we are capable of.”

www.cato.org/blog/one-yea...

BREAKING: Iran President Pezeshkian releases a lengthy public letter addressed to the American people ahead of Trump's address, defending its actions, denying it poses a threat, and blaming the U.S. for escalating conflict—while warning that continued attacks will deepen instability and resentment.

If you need to start buying energy from the country you are at war with that means you are currently losing the war

Nobody under the age of 31 has ever seen a presidential election ballot without Trump as the GOP nominee. A decade and counting in which the only people who became Republicans came into it knowing full well that's what it meant. No small part of why the second term is more extreme than the first.

WATCH: This is STILL one of the toughest truths for some to accept, but one of the most IMPORTANT — car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtowns and urban areas! Watch this excellent video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.

It's kind of funny how Hayek's (mostly correct) argument against central planning because concentrating that much economic power in one place inevitably lead to totalitarian behavior is also a pretty strong argument against like, extreme concentrations of wealth and market power

Democrats should boycott the State of the Union and send Epstein survivors and people illegally detained by ICE in their place.

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

2028 will be here before you know it, and the Democrats’ options are looking pretty terrible. But all they need is a semi-normal person who understands the real problems facing the country. It might be time to consider an unorthodox option. www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-migh...

Bovino: “ICE are the victims”