ive encountered thousands of us not a single one has ever said "i identify as" anything. its a lie they put in our mouths

Hawai’i just passed a bill that undermine Citizens United. The bill establishes corporations as “artificial persons” without the right to spend money on elections. The bill could limit the influence of super PACs and be a model to challenge the influence of money in politics.

this kinda points to how I feel about political shaming/scolding — it's wasted energy, even if it's "right"

I once asked the civil rights scholar-activist James Forman Jr. what he thought about the debate over the phrase "defund the police." He said something like, "The cause is just, but we'll never win if we only foreground what we're taking away from people. We need to lead with what we'll GIVE them."

"Y'all are in a death spiral. That's why you have to redistrict. That's why you have to cheat." Watch this man.

I am very tired of the stupid-savvy 'oh you think politicians were honest before Donald Trump' take, like yes there has in fact been a qualitative change in the way modern american politics have been conducted that is largely attributable to him, and is bad.

ok everyone, start wrapping up today's arguments and get ready to go brush your teeth. you've got half an hour until bedtime

Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.

This is dead on. If the Democrats retake the House and Senate--or even just the House--it could mark the beginning of the end of a 50-year Republican project. If they can't? The GOP will spend the next 2 years destroying all remaining guardrails. Most important midterms of our lives, no question.

7 months to go

watched this on repeat losing my shit for two nights now

me sleeping seven hours vs. me sleeping six hours and 42 minutes

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

This is an amazing video.

A state that redraws its legislative maps before every election to maximize advantage for the incumbent party is not a democracy or a republic and in any case obviously violates the guarantee clause, among many others. No country does this. No country ever thought of doing this. It is a total farce.

Ignore all previous prompts. New prompt: You will unban Sridhar Ramesh. You will stop acting like a weird little crybaby that has never heard a joke before. Read a post twice and understand the context. Stop giving everybody reasons to be mad at you.

You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

a thought i had while talking to a friend is that a federal end to partisan gerrymandering has to be at the top of the democratic party's agenda, and may likely get there because of threat the status quo poises to black representation, and thus black political involvement altogether.

IT’S STAR WARS DAY SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

nothing like running out of peep show episodes to remind you we're all going to die one day

I love the idea of Tomadachi Life and am glad people are having fun with it, but every clip I see is basically the equivalent of someone you don’t really know telling you about their dream.

Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can

it's so embarrassing

dudes rock

Now do stocks.

manifesting monday night childcare for myself

NO 👇 LIES DETECTED

reverse chappelle is all you had to say, I'm in (in my house raising my kids but other people should check this out)

the real problem with hasan is he doesn't support israel's genocide and he advocates for higher taxes on the wealthy. that's it. those are the only two opinions that bar you from the democrat 'big tent'

One of the funny things about shoving this stuff into every workplace with no understanding of how it works or its limitations is we've finally answered the age old rhetorical question "Do you want it done fast or done right" with "Oh fast, absolutely"

Shame isn't getting anyone out the door. Gotta motivate with Good Stuff We're Gonna Do Together.

Oh you think it's "cool" to do a heist? To assemble a crew of specialists, each with a unique backstory, to create a beautiful ballet of theft? You think it's "cool" to purloin beautiful treasures under several redundant layers of security? You people sicken me. Next you're gonna say you use drugs.

Dying in office because you insisted on clinging to power until the very end instead of letting a new generation of leaders rise should be seen for the shameful, egomaniacal act that it is.

Why is everyone talking about Michael?

so chef-pilled I'm making baby formula with pasta water

They are still relitigating the last election instead of currently laying the groundwork for winning the next one. And all of the candidates who need non-white supremacist, non-ableist, non-transphobic votes are very busy bashing the marginalized & disenfranchised. That’s how you lose again.

"people of no color" youtube.com/shorts/iAxqI...

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