This is truly the worst case for the GOP It would be one thing if it was a wonky special with great D turnout This shows that Indies are swinging HARD against the GOP

The GOP really don't like self-government

We should have made the end of the Civil War a national holiday and celebration on par with July 4

When we do Woke 2 we’re naming everything after Black people, Civil War heroes, and John Brown

Honestly, fuck putting it back the way it was. Make it better “The Kennedy-Malcolm X Center for the Performing Arts”

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

The comments on this video are all over it lmao. It happens at 0:33 seconds, you can hear it, the woman in green immediately notices, and they end this event in an EMERGENCY. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...

Finally, some sunlight in these dark fucking times

For all the “there won’t be an election in 2026” doomers… …Texas is controlled by some of the least scrupulous state officials. And a Dem just won an election that the GOP was terrified to lose. Elections still matter.

lol good luck with your Trump-friendly gerrymander this November, Texas GOP.

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

if we can get people negatively polarized against the entire Republican party and its messaging...hoo boy

“Jeffrey Epstein was running 'the world's largest honeytrap operation' on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates, intelligence sources believe. The files include 1,056 documents naming Russian President Vladimir Putin and 9,629 referring to Moscow.” - Daily Mail

The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it

Two things can be true: we’re a competitive authoritarian state with all sorts of efforts to put a thumb on the scale of who has power AND we have sufficiently free and sufficiently fair elections that every month we see the party in power lose.

The “Where are the protests?” lament after Trump’s inauguration was always based on a (willful) misperception. Over the past year, protests have been far more numerous, more geographically widespread, and more sustained than what we saw in 2017, for instance.

There's a rot -- a eugenicist, transhumanist, techno-optimist, new-atheist rot -- in elite institutions that connects Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Silicon Valley, CBS, Palantir, and ICE. It sweeps in Epstein, Bannon, Thiel, JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Joe Rogan, and all these other IDW / NeoRX creeps.

If we trace the major members of the anti-woke backlash in the New York media class through the Epstein files what you find is that they mainly were concerned that they couldn’t openly be eugenicist nor openly argue that their better genes meant they should get to rape all the kids they could.

Taylor Rehmet, a Democrat (& @runforsomething.net candidate!) flipped a state senate district in Texas that Trump had won by 17 points. Expand your imagination. When great candidates rooted in community step up to lead, anything is possible.

40 or so years of neoliberal governments have taught us at least two things. First, that hollowing out our public life and institutions only enables corruption and fascism. Second, that ‘the market’ is a source of no kind of moral value whatsoever.

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

I've been beating the same drum the whole time: — Style is a form of social language — You should buy less, buy better, and save up for purchases — Learn to spot quality — Trousers often look better with a higher rise (written when slim fit, low rise pants were all the rage in 2011)

Qanon never stopped any CSAM production, never saved any kids, but did help keep a guy in power who probably raped kids with his best friend The World's Most Famous Pedophile. So, in the end, I guess the real Qanon was the friends they met along the way, on the CSAM enthusiast website.

remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened

A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today. Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

It makes you sound crazy to say this out loud, but it's becoming increasingly clear that the United States government has been effectively toppled by a group of overt pedophiles

one set of rules for the rich and powerful, one set of rules for the rest of us and their set of rules is "do whatever you want, never face any consequences"

For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again

Resistance needs joy to endure In this case, joy looks like holographic sparkles

why do cool people die young and bad people live to be 100

Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it

One of the best things my mom did was instill a love of reading and make buying a book or going to the library a treat

-Leave Minneapolis, stop terrorizing -End arrests without warrants -stay away from schools/churches -hold the shooters accountable -leave citizens alone -take off masks -make detention facilities humane -impeach Noem

I have some thoughts about people saying that they won't shop at small business who aren't participating in the "general strike" today. I say this as someone who loves shopping locally and small who is also not allowed to strike as a public employee. Mainly: there is a lot of performative action.

Parking is stored in the balls. #Omaha

Protest them in the streets. Fight them at the ballot boxes. Take them to court. Battle them on TV and in social media spaces. Regular people are waking up and agreeing with us. Now is the time to press our advantage and make every GOPer complicit in this mess pay for it at the polls.

Yes I know we need to fight back everyday (please see my day job) but I refuse to pretend like this group of bumbling chucklefucks in the Trump administration are evil geniuses playing 7D chess as opposed to a collection of Gob Bluth’s who accidentally found themselves running the Banana Stand.

My song of resistance for the people of Minneapolis - St Paul is now available to stream on these platforms bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes

Also on the home page is another great example of the problem of giving pride of place to Trump’s supposed pov. First, how do the Times reporters know what he “sees“? Second, this is a plainly corrupt bribe by Bezos and framing it as “Trump sees…Others See” amounts to irrresponsible both sidesing.

Th DC t-shirt men will beat you to it They are truly undefeated

Read the whole quote. He sounds like a clown. It’s not difficult. “Every country in the world has immigration enforcement. We always will have it. Nothing says it has to look like this, and if it means starting from square one, I welcome it.” But he’s a goddamn clown.

Mayor Bowser declares “the snow won,” nothing can be done until spring

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every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

5 jobs I’ve had Campaign manager(political campaigns) Assistant Director(higher ed) Substitute teacher Waiter Parking enforcement

The world would be a better place if we launched everyone working at an AI startup into the sun

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.