How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example). 1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company. 2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly. 🧵

Remember: fascism thrives on apathy. The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up. Don’t give them want they want. Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.

Bob Kennedy shouldn’t be allowed even near HHS this is ridiculous. Tell your Senator to oppose this madman.

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Reminder: When you invest in the American people, the middle class expands, and the economy grows. When you cut taxes on the rich, the rich get richer, and the gains don’t trickle down. It’s that simple.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Nov. 16, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“A politician’s face grows to fit his ideological mask. And fascists are defined less by political beliefs than by the way they do politics: by trafficking in fear and hatred of the other, affirming the supremacy of us over them.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...

"President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of potential candidates for administration jobs" www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/p...

Public health experts and scientists say RFK could do "infinite" damage if he's appointed to lead HHS. It's not just vaccines or fluoride: it's Medicaid and Medicare funding, drug development, cancer research, funding for Indian Health Service... it's endless. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Update: His health guy doesn't believe in medical science. His law guy is a sex trafficker. His intelligence gal is a Russian asset. You're all caught up.

Each of Trump's proposed appointments is a surprise. It is comforting to think that he is simply a vengeful old man, lashing out. This is unlikely. He and Musk and Putin have been talking for years. And the whole idea was that this time he had a plan. snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...

In the next two months, Senate Democrats can... -Fill 47 judicial vacancies -Ensure a Dem majority on the NLRB -Appoint key regulators to the SEC and FDIC to protect the American people from financial fraud -Reappoint FTC Chair Lina Khan Democrats need to act. Now.

The only Palestinian American member of Congress has called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to resign after he refused to hold Israel accountable for failing to allow U.S. aid into Gaza.

This is only reason why RFK Jr is being put in charge of public health in the US. Trump was desperate to get him to drop out and endorse him. That’s why American health is in the hands of a kooky conspiracy theorist with a background even worse than Gaetz.

Every American who believes in freedom of expression should be ready to remind them of the liberties that they seem so eager to infringe upon. They are still subject to the will of the people, no matter how much they wish they could silence us. Our voices, raised together, are unstoppable.

~~ 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕰𝖑𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖍 ~~ 𝔗𝔥𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔤𝔲𝔢’𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔫𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔟𝔬𝔯’𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔢𝔯

Searched for 2 hours and this is the only glimmer of hope I could find in US politics at the moment. www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...

Donald Trump has started filling out his incoming administration, announcing a raft of unconventional picks.

Forced birth in a country with: —No universal healthcare —No universal childcare —No paid family & medical leave —One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations This isn't about "life." It's about control.

Well this is most pleasing, well done. I see we’re working through @timothysnyder.bsky.social #OnTyranny

The GOP loves blaming the deficit on Social Security and Medicare. But the real culprit is giveaways to corporations and the rich. If not for the regressive tax cuts under Bush and Trump, we would have a stable debt-to-GDP ratio. That's one thing the GOP will never tell you.

Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.

Just in case I forgot to post Daniel Hunter's fantastic guide here. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...