Progressive Stoic
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Stoics believe that society gradually matures into a more perfect form & that, being dependent on social institutions, you should take some responsibility for them to that end.
Follow virtue
Set progressive goals
Act justly & courageously
Fate permitting
Follow virtue
Set progressive goals
Act justly & courageously
Fate permitting
It's called the 3.5% rule. Remember? 13 million people protested in the US on 6/14/25 (3.7% of US population). It then became impossible for the #MAGA government to withstand the swing back to blue. This will happen again during the midterms. It's science. #BlueWave www.reuters.com/world/us/ele...
Elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia offer early test of Trump's agenda
Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will choose their next governors in a pair of races that will serve as an early gauge of the American electorate's response to President Donald Trump's norm-shattering nine months in office.
www.reuters.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's called the 3.5% rule. Remember? 13 million people protested in the US on 6/14/25 (3.7% of US population). It then became impossible for the #MAGA government to withstand the swing back to blue. This will happen again during the midterms. It's science. #BlueWave www.reuters.com/world/us/ele...
We don't let them get to us. We #resist peacefully. "If your body was turned over to just anyone, you would doubtless take exception. Why aren't you ashamed that you have made your mind vulnerable to anyone who happens to criticize you so that it automatically becomes confused and upset?" #Epictetus
October 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We don't let them get to us. We #resist peacefully. "If your body was turned over to just anyone, you would doubtless take exception. Why aren't you ashamed that you have made your mind vulnerable to anyone who happens to criticize you so that it automatically becomes confused and upset?" #Epictetus
October 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Don't be discouraged by what's happening. The gradual development of a better society isn't steady. Never has been. There will be dips, like now. Keep pushing. #RESIST. The #Trump era will end, but not without people like us finding the #courage to stand together against it.
October 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Justice means treating everyone, despite their stature, with fairness. Pedophiles don't do that. People who protect #pedophiles don't do that. The head of the Department of JUSTICE doesn't do that. We must take matters into our own hands. We demand justice and truth. We demand the #EpsteinFiles.
October 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Justice means treating everyone, despite their stature, with fairness. Pedophiles don't do that. People who protect #pedophiles don't do that. The head of the Department of JUSTICE doesn't do that. We must take matters into our own hands. We demand justice and truth. We demand the #EpsteinFiles.
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#FactCheck Friday: #Tylenol use during pregnancy increases children's risk of #autism. FALSE. Many studies, including a matched sibling comparison of millions of children, have shown no such association from #acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
September 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#FactCheck Friday: #Tylenol use during pregnancy increases children's risk of #autism. FALSE. Many studies, including a matched sibling comparison of millions of children, have shown no such association from #acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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“Toughing it out” is not protective.
Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn
Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause.
www.wired.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Toughing it out” is not protective.
#Republicans, stop letting history repeat itself. This is #Authoritarianism. It may feel good for you to have such power, for now. But it will end poorly, for everyone.
September 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#Republicans, stop letting history repeat itself. This is #Authoritarianism. It may feel good for you to have such power, for now. But it will end poorly, for everyone.
Make no mistake. This isn't about #ABC pulling #JimmyKimmel after comments about #CharlieKirk. This is about ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel after threats from the #Trump #FCC chair.
We're not moving toward #authoritarianism. We're in it.
What's in your control? #Boycott.
apnews.com/article/jimm...
We're not moving toward #authoritarianism. We're in it.
What's in your control? #Boycott.
apnews.com/article/jimm...
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death
ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing.
apnews.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Make no mistake. This isn't about #ABC pulling #JimmyKimmel after comments about #CharlieKirk. This is about ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel after threats from the #Trump #FCC chair.
We're not moving toward #authoritarianism. We're in it.
What's in your control? #Boycott.
apnews.com/article/jimm...
We're not moving toward #authoritarianism. We're in it.
What's in your control? #Boycott.
apnews.com/article/jimm...
We don't support what happened to Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk supported what happened to Charlie Kirk.
#GunViolence #2ndAmendment #CharlieKirk
#GunViolence #2ndAmendment #CharlieKirk
September 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We don't support what happened to Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk supported what happened to Charlie Kirk.
#GunViolence #2ndAmendment #CharlieKirk
#GunViolence #2ndAmendment #CharlieKirk
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RIP Charlie Kirk. May all who mourn find solace in knowing that he believed gun deaths were “worth it,” “prudent,” and “rational.”
Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment”
www.mediamatters.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
RIP Charlie Kirk. May all who mourn find solace in knowing that he believed gun deaths were “worth it,” “prudent,” and “rational.”
In a few weeks, the government's funding will run out. #Democrats, find #courage. Don't fund Trump's #authoritarian takeover. Shut the government down. Steal the spotlight. Give the people instructions, leadership, hope, real reasons to #RESIST.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-0...
#GovernmentShutDown
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#GovernmentShutDown
Stop Acting Like This is Normal | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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September 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In a few weeks, the government's funding will run out. #Democrats, find #courage. Don't fund Trump's #authoritarian takeover. Shut the government down. Steal the spotlight. Give the people instructions, leadership, hope, real reasons to #RESIST.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-0...
#GovernmentShutDown
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#GovernmentShutDown
Use reason. Like Trump's invasion of LA, this is all a distraction. He wants the public eye turned away from something. Can you guess what it is?
Stay strong, #Chicago. We stand with you. We can also do 2 things at once: release the #EpsteinFiles!
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Stay strong, #Chicago. We stand with you. We can also do 2 things at once: release the #EpsteinFiles!
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Trump warns of ‘Chipocalypse’ as peaceful crowd protests planned federal deployment
"'I love the smell of deportations in the morning,'" President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social in a meme referencing the Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now." Demonstrators rally near Great Lakes bas...
www.wbez.org
September 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Use reason. Like Trump's invasion of LA, this is all a distraction. He wants the public eye turned away from something. Can you guess what it is?
Stay strong, #Chicago. We stand with you. We can also do 2 things at once: release the #EpsteinFiles!
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Stay strong, #Chicago. We stand with you. We can also do 2 things at once: release the #EpsteinFiles!
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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#FactCheck Friday: #RFKJr claimed nobody knows how many Americans died from COVID-19 because of a lack of government data. TRUE. He did in fact claim this. However, both the #CDC and #WHO have ascertained that 1.2 million Americans have died from #COVID. apnews.com/article/rfk-...
Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers
Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan questioning over recent changes to health agencies, vaccine approvals and other priorities at a contentious three-hour Senate hearing.
apnews.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#FactCheck Friday: #RFKJr claimed nobody knows how many Americans died from COVID-19 because of a lack of government data. TRUE. He did in fact claim this. However, both the #CDC and #WHO have ascertained that 1.2 million Americans have died from #COVID. apnews.com/article/rfk-...
Do the right thing, both morally and physically, under all circumstances. That's called #courage. Over 1,000 #HHS staff members demonstrated it yesterday calling for the resignation of #RFKJr. Now, show courage yourself. Contact your representatives and demand RFKJr's resignation. www.savehhs.org
Save HHS | Support Public Health – Take Action Now
Join us in supporting public health workers and advocating for safer workplaces after the CDC attack. Stand with us to protect American public health and HHS employees.
www.savehhs.org
September 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Do the right thing, both morally and physically, under all circumstances. That's called #courage. Over 1,000 #HHS staff members demonstrated it yesterday calling for the resignation of #RFKJr. Now, show courage yourself. Contact your representatives and demand RFKJr's resignation. www.savehhs.org
Remember that you're an actor in a play, the nature of which is up to the director to decide. If he wants the play to be short it'll be short. If long it'll be long. But in that time take some responsibility. Contact your representatives. Reinstate the #AssaultWeapons ban. apnews.com/article/minn...
After Minneapolis shooting, there are new calls for gun restrictions, and familiar divisions
A shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis has sparked calls for action from Minnesota officials.
apnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember that you're an actor in a play, the nature of which is up to the director to decide. If he wants the play to be short it'll be short. If long it'll be long. But in that time take some responsibility. Contact your representatives. Reinstate the #AssaultWeapons ban. apnews.com/article/minn...
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#FactCheck Friday: A medical journal refused a demand by #RFKJr to retract a study finding no link between aluminum in #vaccines & chronic disease in children. TRUE. The study is among the largest of its kind examining 1.2 million children born over more than 2 decades www.nature.com/articles/d41...
RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no
In a rare move for a US public official, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for a Danish paper finding no link between aluminium in vaccines and disease to be retracted.
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#FactCheck Friday: A medical journal refused a demand by #RFKJr to retract a study finding no link between aluminum in #vaccines & chronic disease in children. TRUE. The study is among the largest of its kind examining 1.2 million children born over more than 2 decades www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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#FactCheck Friday: #RFKJr approved $500 million of funding for vaccine development. FALSE! He did the exact opposite. HHS just canceled $500 million of funding for crucial vaccines being developed safely using #mRNA to fight respiratory illnesses like #COVID and the #flu. apnews.com/article/kenn...
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
apnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#FactCheck Friday: #RFKJr approved $500 million of funding for vaccine development. FALSE! He did the exact opposite. HHS just canceled $500 million of funding for crucial vaccines being developed safely using #mRNA to fight respiratory illnesses like #COVID and the #flu. apnews.com/article/kenn...
Some things we can control. Some we can't. #Genocide is one of those things. The Ukrainians, Uyghurs, Rohingya. But the Palestinians in #Gaza? You CAN help. Contact your representatives EVERY DAY and tell them you don't want your tax dollars funding genocide. Dial that phone. You CAN control that.
August 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Another reason he's the worst:
He ran on releasing the #Epstein files
They were on Bondi's desk
The files don't exist
Obama made it up
#Democrats vote to release them
#Republicans block
Republicans take a recess to delay
Trump's attorney coaches Ghislaine Maxwell
The files exist again
The fix is in
He ran on releasing the #Epstein files
They were on Bondi's desk
The files don't exist
Obama made it up
#Democrats vote to release them
#Republicans block
Republicans take a recess to delay
Trump's attorney coaches Ghislaine Maxwell
The files exist again
The fix is in
July 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Another reason he's the worst:
He ran on releasing the #Epstein files
They were on Bondi's desk
The files don't exist
Obama made it up
#Democrats vote to release them
#Republicans block
Republicans take a recess to delay
Trump's attorney coaches Ghislaine Maxwell
The files exist again
The fix is in
He ran on releasing the #Epstein files
They were on Bondi's desk
The files don't exist
Obama made it up
#Democrats vote to release them
#Republicans block
Republicans take a recess to delay
Trump's attorney coaches Ghislaine Maxwell
The files exist again
The fix is in
Are we surprised that the President cheats in other spheres of his life? No. He has a long recorded history of cheating. Stay focused. Seek #justice. The #Epstein files need to be released. #Pedophiles and #rapists need to be held accountable, whether they're #Republicans or #Democrats.
July 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Are we surprised that the President cheats in other spheres of his life? No. He has a long recorded history of cheating. Stay focused. Seek #justice. The #Epstein files need to be released. #Pedophiles and #rapists need to be held accountable, whether they're #Republicans or #Democrats.
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Long-COVID is a post-viral syndrome involving multiple body systems and can present with #neuropsychiatric symptoms, like #depression and #anxiety. A mindfulness-based #virtual group therapy program may improve neuropsychiatric symptoms in #LongCOVID. institutionalrepository.aah.org/jpcrr/vol12/...
July 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Long-COVID is a post-viral syndrome involving multiple body systems and can present with #neuropsychiatric symptoms, like #depression and #anxiety. A mindfulness-based #virtual group therapy program may improve neuropsychiatric symptoms in #LongCOVID. institutionalrepository.aah.org/jpcrr/vol12/...
If you want #liberals to hold power forever, you're a fool. That's not how reality works. You don't control that. Instead, pay attention to what's really up to you. Keep building and re-building. When #conservatives have power, #AmorFati, adhere to virtue, keep resisting. Our time will come again.
July 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If you want #liberals to hold power forever, you're a fool. That's not how reality works. You don't control that. Instead, pay attention to what's really up to you. Keep building and re-building. When #conservatives have power, #AmorFati, adhere to virtue, keep resisting. Our time will come again.
Why is it easier to believe that 150,000,000 Americans are being #lazy, rather than 400 Americans are being #greedy? Because the #propaganda has tapped into something: mental heuristics & #stereotype. Easy "us vs. them" thinking. Don't fall for it, #Stoic. Use reason. See through the veil. Then act.
July 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Why is it easier to believe that 150,000,000 Americans are being #lazy, rather than 400 Americans are being #greedy? Because the #propaganda has tapped into something: mental heuristics & #stereotype. Easy "us vs. them" thinking. Don't fall for it, #Stoic. Use reason. See through the veil. Then act.