maybe time for a Sorry to Bother You rewatch

What undermines direct action, besides fear foremost, is (1) cynicism - this won't do anything & (2) system justification - "the pendulum will swing back" "things will right themselves"

As real world wins against authoritarianism (abroad & our own history) show, it nearly always requires sustained non-violent collective action - in other words, we need people to alter their behavior & that comes of them believing conditions are altered & won't right themselves via usual means.

What does it tell voters, who have said unequivocally we want fighters, that you sit & silently witness your own humiliation? If you will not fight for yourselves, are we to believe you will for us?

In our extensive research on activation - who is activated (beyond voting), activatable, repulsed by regime but won't do direct action - a critical dimension is NOT mere disapproval but whether they view regime as break in normalcy vs just a bad regular right wing gov't in a democracy.

"more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice"

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

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This isn’t getting enough attention for me

As my disordered sleeping has pushed me to stay awake later and later into the morning I have to come to realize that some of you get up waaay to fucking early.

I am tired of Go Fund Me’s Im tired of them because most of them are for things that should be taken care of Why are you go funding chemo when companies that make nothing have billions ?

On the ideals of the Olympics, the fiction of hockey romance, and the real world: defector.com/the-u-s-hock...

Why is Ilhan the only Democratic rep who was shouting about this?

I didn't go to bed until 5:00 a.m. last night, between the dog having an accident, the state of our Union, my broken heart, and my pmdd it took melatonin and finishing a cozy romance book to settle down.

The people deserve more than silent opposition. Situations like this are why why I say Democrats are not doing enough.

2026 white supremacy is 1776 white supremacy.

Cartoon by Nick Anderson

One of the best parts of the SOTU. Classic.

We don't accept sorry we demand seppuku

Tune in to @CSPAN around 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET to listen to Congressman Al Green with a powerful message you don’t want to miss. www.cspan.org

We are a few thousand subscribers away from being a bigger print newspaper than the Washington Post. We are a mere flurry away from humiliating one of the two Big Space Perverts. Ask not how a Space Pervert can dominate you. Ask how you can dominate a Space Pervert. Subscribe below.

Breathless in Bed - 🎨 @ghostlygirl.bsky.social

The fact that all the men at the top are evil and miserable should really make everyone think twice about what success is lol

The State of the Union: the president is a corrupt demented sex criminal who tried to overthrow the constitution.

God, they fucked this guy

also worth reading for an account as to what it's like to have that condition. I was vaguely aware of it but a random near uncontrollable compulsion to say or do the worst thing your brain can imagine sounds fuckin terrible

The problem with the whole 'post a woman author you've read 5 books by' is how many women don't get a second book, let alone five. Anyway, carry on.

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

I learned something! Thank you Mr Garcia

The massive cuts he "touts" are only for the richest among us. The "Big Ugly Bill" doubled & even tripled the cost of health care for millions of Americans to finance the tax cuts for billionaires. U.S. billionaires got $1.5 T richer during Trump’s first year back in office #sotu #sotu2026

This is a very very very obvious point to make but shops and movie rental places and record stores are all more fun than buying things online

not watching trump delivering the state of the union, but I am morally certain that his performance very accurately reflects the state of our union.

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"Why do ladies love gay smut" is probably an easier question to ask than "why has Hollywood ignored this potential highly lucrative market for so long," because one puts the onus on those wacky horny ladies and the other puts the onus on people paid millions to know this stuff

You know, I think the president of the United States might be really fucking racist.

Millions of Americans are losing their healthcare because the president has chosen to pad the pockets of his billionaire friends. You're not going to hear any of that in that speech tonight. - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Our education systems and unions are being targeted because they threaten authoritarian power. They want us fighting each other so we don't pay attention to what they're stealing from us. - @repsummerlee.bsky.social

When Trump points fingers at immigrants or trans kids or protesters or journalists, he's trying to ensure we never point the finger where it belongs: At billionaires and corporations looting our economy, robbing our people, & buying our democracy. - @repsummerlee.bsky.social

Trump and the Republicans have made this country sicker, poorer, and less secure. The poorest of our country are trying to figure out how to make ends meet and how to pay for that grocery bill because they needed more for their billionaire friends. - @gallego.senate.gov

"Right after he was sworn in, Donald Trump began his unlawful assault on hardworking federal employees. He brought in Elon Musk, who took out his chainsaw. Not to make government more efficient, but to rig the government in favor of billionaires like him." - @vanhollen.senate.gov

At the People's SOTU, Iowan Jill Kordick shares her story of going without health care because of Trump's ACA cuts. Across the country, people like Jill are suffering without the care they need. All so Trump can give tax cuts to billionaires.

NOTE: If you hear the N-word during tonight's State of the Union, it's either because someone in the audience has Tourette's or the president is speaking

BREAKING: Al Green was just kicked out of the SOTU for the second year in a row to chants of USA. He carried a sign that read “black people aren’t apes”. Man I love this guy.

Lisa Phillips, Annie Farmer and Teresa Helm, some of the many Epstein survivors are in the audience seated together. Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna are seated next to each other in a rare show of bipartisanship. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

From the New Republic: newrepublic.com/post/182389/...

I spoke with Aliya Rahman, the autistic woman whom ICE ripped out of her car, about her experience of being in a viral video, what she experienced in detention and why she thinks we might be in bigger trouble in the future. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I’m raising rent relief funds for Minneapolis immigrant families affected by ICE. Donations are down, but ICE is very much still here and there’s still so much need. Can you help? V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater We keep us housed 💛 Please share and help if you can! Thank you!

I was just served this Bullwark video from 1 day ago asking why @keithellison.bsky.social hasn't indicted yet. I am a lawyer who has written about this, so let me help out: AG Ellison has extremely limited criminal authority that does not include charges that would apply to the ICE murderers 🧵

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