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In case you need a positive reminder: How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"AI is running only slightly ahead of child molesters in the public imagination."

Reporting is not stalking. Nor is it harassment. Sigh. Idjits.

Decent albeit humorous overview of the 2028 political candidates for President:

I'd like to remind everyone that Amazon is not actually the cheapest seller anymore. One of the Christmas presents I got my son was a Nerf Dog gun that shoots Tennis balls. $19.99 at Menards and $34.99 at Amazon. So not only is Amazon owned by a Trump loving fascist but its more expensive too.

Good. Leave. This nicely shows the loyalty of the "billionaire class". For all the arguments on how California provides a unique place to create companies that couldn't exist anywhere else (Google, Apple, Facebook, Palantir), the gratefulness of their billionaire founders is pathetic.

Nothing shows Hoosier Hospitality more than a state Senator posting pictures of him beating up Santa Claus. Really? How fricking tone deaf do you have to be? Another great job from the idiot republicans that run this state.

What is it for? It is to REWARD all the tech firms selling this crap. It isn't because it has been tested and proven to work. "Federal records show that ICE has increased its spending on surveillance technology, looking to spend more than $300 million under Trump for ..."

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Great listen on the lever about the need for meaningful work and making moral choices with Rutger Bregman. As someone who completely changed his life around moral choices in 2025, I can state that I've never been happier. Moral choices and meaningful work feel good.

This seems bad. pennygem.ruckusfactory.com/nebraska-s-5...

How do you just “uncover” over a million Epstein documents out of nowhere like they were misplaced in a desk drawer? You don’t, and when accountability gets slow-walked like this, it usually means the same powerful people involved have enough power to force the DOJ to delay it.

I finally finished this Christmas morning and I think there is only one problem. The author portrays FB as "careless". Looking from a 2025 lens, I wonder if Myanmar / Rohingya was simply a trial run for Trump. Maybe not careless but intentional ... Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays Everyone! Yeah the fascists are still in charge but it is ok to take a few days and step back. Even for protestors, self care is a thing.

Incompetence is the theme of the Trump administration after all ...

T-shirts are one of the best weapons an activist has. The right slogan on your shirt helps you find your community and sparks conversation. The advent of cold weather and jackets breaks that. Here was my solution today.

Absolutely brilliant. Recommended. Happy Holidays!!!

How NOT SHOCKING that a Trump judicial appointment for INDIANA is actually a eugenicist, against sex out of marriage, profoundly anti trans, thinks disabled people shouldn't be allowed to marry and other madness but also wants ys to believe that it won't impact his rulings.

This is a great overview of all the issues with Sam Altman, the con man behind OpenAI. As a software engineer and startup person for almost 40 years, I agree with their perspective.

If you want to feel good during the holidays this year, may I suggest that you donate to your any mutual aid folks you know. Trust me it will make you feel good. So many people need some help in 2025. "I wept because I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet". (Next post for why the quote)

My theory is that she was targeted and provoked to get this result -- a judge with a felony charge so she is forced off the bench.

If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara. Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.

Good god. If you are a woman and have a Bankof America account then you have only one option: CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT TODAY NOW

ICE whistles work.

Today’s the day. Release the unredacted Epstein Files.

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Living for the day when that vile gargoyle's name is crowbarred off the building.

Climate activists aren’t backing down. They've won in court already (Held v Montana) & now they're going after Trump (Lighthiser v Trump). Let's make sure to support them in their fight to enforce climate protections and challenge fossil fuel decisions. #WayToFightFriday

We aren't getting the Epstein Files today. Color me fucking surprised.

You just can't make this stuff up. Does no one at the White House know that the Hunger Games is a dystopian tale which leads to the downfall of a regime? Course they don't -- no one in this administration can read...

The Boston Iced Tea Party -- Brilliant!!!

Now it makes sense: "Judge Dugan faces up to five years in prison and, as a person who has been convicted of a felony, she is likely ineligible to continue to hold office as a judge in Wisconsin, according to the State Constitution." This lets them get a left leaning judge off the court.

Since Trump is now promoting the Artemis lunar mission as an official White House objective, let me point out just how bad this project is. IT IS FUCKING TERRIBLE -- AND I'M A DAMN SPACE NUT AND SCIENCE FICTION LOVER. I want to go back but this sucks But Idlewords says it so much better than I do:

Agreed. No contact is a very, very hard thing. We do it for a reason.

Finally someone said it !!!

This is a huge mistake that will only fracture the party more. Have the dems learned nothing from the Epstein files? Hiding information isn't the answer in 2025 (or ever).

So Trump's $1,776 "Warrior Dividend" - how is this legal? That money was allocated for a specific purpose -- housing. And now it is a check to individuals???

You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls

“the administration has begun a sweeping, ideologically driven campaign to treat left-leaning Americans as a domestic terrorist threat.” www.defiance.news/p/have-you-c...

So Hard To Lie, When We Always Bring In The Receipts...

David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov. He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.

TLDR: Trusting people with money not only improves their mental health but makes them trust the system. As someone who grew up in a family small business and seeing what an impact trusting someone to be a cashier had on them, I don't doubt this at all. UBI is the only path forward in our society.

Wow. When you think Trump can't be more petty, he doubles down:

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No affordability crisis my ass. I just drove to get McDonalds breakfast for my son and 1 meal (2 sausage burrito) with a large orange juice, a caramel frappe and an extra sandwich (sausage McMuffin). $17.30. $17.30 for 1 person's McDonald's breakfast. The Affordability Crisis is real.

Looks we got a war!!!

"All that it takes for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing". We all know that quote. And Harvard has chosen to teach their students to do nothing. I'm sorry but Larry Summers being associated with Epstein is more important than breaking a rule in 2025 about not making a video.

Dear Harvard, Wow. You truly are the stupidest institution of higher education. Instead of APPLAUDING the students who sought to speak truth to power, you are instead investigating them to side with someone affiliated with Epstein. You sicken and disgust me. Scott Johnson