25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

"Don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! ... Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!" From Charlie Chaplin's final speech in "The Great Dictator." youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20?...

The greatest crime in history: The Damning Records the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You to See

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.

Elon Musk's DOGE goons work for Russia. "Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.

Once you realize that Trump and all the MAGA Republicans are working for Russia and Saudi Arabia, not America, everything they do makes sense.

A "climate breakdown." “...our increasing fossil-fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are driving us toward a climate catastrophe. We fear the danger of climate breakdown.” yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/10/the-...

This is the most important story in the United States right now. www.wired.com/story/treasu...

The planet is on track for its warmest year on record, for the second year in a row. New from @drjeffmasters.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/nove...

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"2024 will surpass the remarkable record annual temperatures set just last year, one of the clearest markers of the unfolding planetary climate catastrophe." www.scientificamerican.com/article/2024...

I heard this is a good place to talk about taxing the rich, breaking up big tech, and ending Washington corruption.

ACA has been the greatest windfall for medical and prescription suppliers. What they will support is the privatization of Medicare/Medicaid. The entirety of government resources and treasure will be privatized as the only way to "save" it. And we're being set up to welcome it.

Hey, @jay.bsky.team, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the first individual on Bluesky with 1,000,000 followers. @aoc.bsky.social | Top 500 Bluesky Users: vqv.app

More like destiny than coincidence.