It continues "But it is said that the Chinaman is a heathen &that he will introduce his heathen rites &superstitions here. This is the last objection which should come from those who profess the all-conquering power of the Christian religion. If that religion cannot stand contact w/the Chinese..."

Like, honestly. If you're coming to DC, are you trying to visit the huge number of amazing (and often free!) museums? See the historic sites? Or are you trying to "experience DC like a local?" 🙄

My hot take is that going somewhere and being a tourist is *the best*! -Hang out in paradise at a resort? Don't mind if I do! -Walk or taxi to nearby highly rated restaurants? So enjoyable and delicious! -Fun, new experiences with a local flair? Absolutely!

COUSIN! I laughed out loud.

This is it. I couldn't find the words, let alone so succinctly. 🎯

Phenomenal story, well told. I can't believe they haven't made it into a movie.

Tax cuts for the prison owners too!

Wait. Goats are literally part of our wildfire prevention strategy. I had no idea and I searched it up. Amazing.

What a great tribute. So many stories to hear, so little time. 😭 youtu.be/d8nTVhmlUjk?...

Really interesting thread. One of those things that you begin to see everywhere. The villainous, able-bodied worker, lazing about rather than being grateful to scratch and claw for their meager existence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasant...

Interesting. Especially for history nerds like me.

One of my favorite things to track while watching the cavs is that Jarrett Allen looks like he's playing in slides.

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

Happy Easter. Let's talk, for a second, about Barabbas:

I love paying TurboTax a few hundred bucks every year to figure out how much money I owe the government, which the government already knows, but won't tell me because TurboTax pays legislators to keep the government from telling me. 😻

A very succinct explanation of why DOGE isn’t actually cutting the size of government at all. youtu.be/KpNg98tezbE?...

3yrs later & still relevant. It's a long, difficult, but worthwhile read. There are a lot of staggering statistics and quotes, so rather than picking one I'll just note that funding and staffing the IRS is vital to being able to collect taxes from the wealthy. www.propublica.org/article/the-...

This is gonna stick with me for a while. "We threw out a hundred years of anti-corruption reforms overnight..."

When you're trying to appear above board, maybe don't assume the Mr. Burns pose.

Perfect. And I even forgot to check/add water, but the level stayed above the rice so I didn't even notice. "Cook rice like pasta." 🤯

Doris Burke is a treasure. Send.

Democrats need to stop politicizing the multiple plane crashes that occurred immediately after Trump fired the head of the FAA.

Since it's been in the news again, this article/study is from 10 years ago: "The US is an oligarchy, not a democracy." www.bbc.com/news/blogs-e...

A thread 🧵 worth reading.

This article is 10 years old but still seems timely. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

It's cool how we have legal limits on contributions, but we just ... ignore them thanks to the Supreme Court. "Next Wed. Mr. Trump is set to hold a 'candlelight dinner' at his Mar-a-Lago club for donors who give or raise $924,600. Those who contribute $250,000 can join a private round table."

The year is 2032. My day is mainly spent staring at my phone dismissing notifications. I dare not look away or I might fall behind and be overwhelmed. I might miss something important...

@paulisci.bsky.social you have any threads about blaming immigrants for everything?

Perfect 🤌

"Time is a flat circle"

"We want to take this country back to the 1960s" "Oh, so you want the highest income brackets to be taxed at 70 to 90%?" "No!" "You want well-funded public universities?" "Absolutely not!" "You want high union membership?" "LOL. No." "Then what do you want?" "Oh, you know what we want."

What's the phrase? Those who know history are doomed to uhh watch people learn by repeating the mistakes of past...? 🧐🤔

Super excited about starting a new week of “is this shit for real”

Looking for other Cavs & Cleveland fans to follow so I'm not tempted to go back to the bad place to read reaction. Reskeet and lets follow each other.

Yep. I’m writing about the Mississippi Freedom Summer right now, when elite white college students from the North were recruited for voter registration drives in Mississippi, where many were arrested and four were killed.

Something to really think about. 👇

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