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Here to read, interested in what others have to say. I appreciate humor and fact-based arguments. Former prof. Have lived in Illinois, Indiana, New York City, Chicago, Miami, and Kentucky! Not a fan of A.I. Sadly, Idiocracy was a documentary.
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· Nov 26
"The real problem of humanity is we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and god-like technologies.” —E.O. Wilson
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It pains 16yo me to say this, but..............
Jack White >>>>>> Jack Black
Jack White >>>>>> Jack Black
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
It pains 16yo me to say this, but..............
Jack White >>>>>> Jack Black
Jack White >>>>>> Jack Black
This is worth reading. A lot to unpack but it’s clear language.
Tl;dr (altho you should!!): the Drumpf admin has overloaded every system with all the arrests so that people (citizens & immigrants both) get lost and no one can figure out who to contact. The slow-moving courts can not keep up
Tl;dr (altho you should!!): the Drumpf admin has overloaded every system with all the arrests so that people (citizens & immigrants both) get lost and no one can figure out who to contact. The slow-moving courts can not keep up
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This is worth reading. A lot to unpack but it’s clear language.
Tl;dr (altho you should!!): the Drumpf admin has overloaded every system with all the arrests so that people (citizens & immigrants both) get lost and no one can figure out who to contact. The slow-moving courts can not keep up
Tl;dr (altho you should!!): the Drumpf admin has overloaded every system with all the arrests so that people (citizens & immigrants both) get lost and no one can figure out who to contact. The slow-moving courts can not keep up
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
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mr president thakn you sir for the last 24 hours of trying to end air travel in this country, attempting to raid the treasury of billions of dollars to line your own pockets and smearing the man your secret police summarily executed in the streets in broad day light
January 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
mr president thakn you sir for the last 24 hours of trying to end air travel in this country, attempting to raid the treasury of billions of dollars to line your own pockets and smearing the man your secret police summarily executed in the streets in broad day light
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I am proud to have done my small part by writing postcards and promoting the boycott of Avelo. Postcards and boycotting are 2 effective thing we can all do, even when 🥶. Join me writing businesses, to protect our neighbors and build a free and safe America for all.
truthout.org/articles/her...
truthout.org/articles/her...
Here’s How We Pressured an Airline to End Its Contract With ICE
ICE is not invulnerable. The Avelo Airlines win proves what happens when we refuse inevitability and fight together.
truthout.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I am proud to have done my small part by writing postcards and promoting the boycott of Avelo. Postcards and boycotting are 2 effective thing we can all do, even when 🥶. Join me writing businesses, to protect our neighbors and build a free and safe America for all.
truthout.org/articles/her...
truthout.org/articles/her...
Closed my Hilton account because they are housing ICE. @hiltonhonors.bsky.social
Also canceling my AmEx card that earns Hilton points. @americanexpress.bsky.social
Small protests.
We do what we can.
Also canceling my AmEx card that earns Hilton points. @americanexpress.bsky.social
Small protests.
We do what we can.
January 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Closed my Hilton account because they are housing ICE. @hiltonhonors.bsky.social
Also canceling my AmEx card that earns Hilton points. @americanexpress.bsky.social
Small protests.
We do what we can.
Also canceling my AmEx card that earns Hilton points. @americanexpress.bsky.social
Small protests.
We do what we can.
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Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
It appears they are setting up Noem to take the fall.
A good start.
But what about Stephen Miller?!?!!
A good start.
But what about Stephen Miller?!?!!
January 26, 2026 at 9:59 PM
It appears they are setting up Noem to take the fall.
A good start.
But what about Stephen Miller?!?!!
A good start.
But what about Stephen Miller?!?!!
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Congress is not powerless. Democrats must unify around an actual agenda.
1. Vote no on DHS funding bill.
2. Repeal the multi-year $75 billion funding for ICE.
3. End qualified immunity for ICE agents.
4. Investigate and prosecute every single ICE agent who broke the law.
1. Vote no on DHS funding bill.
2. Repeal the multi-year $75 billion funding for ICE.
3. End qualified immunity for ICE agents.
4. Investigate and prosecute every single ICE agent who broke the law.
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Congress is not powerless. Democrats must unify around an actual agenda.
1. Vote no on DHS funding bill.
2. Repeal the multi-year $75 billion funding for ICE.
3. End qualified immunity for ICE agents.
4. Investigate and prosecute every single ICE agent who broke the law.
1. Vote no on DHS funding bill.
2. Repeal the multi-year $75 billion funding for ICE.
3. End qualified immunity for ICE agents.
4. Investigate and prosecute every single ICE agent who broke the law.
"Because the legal avenues all apply after the fact, while the harm happens immediately"
is the best, clearest statement of where we're at right now
is the best, clearest statement of where we're at right now
I think the most useful question isn't "what is he allowed to do" but "what might he try to do?"
Because the legal avenues all apply after the fact, while the harm happens immediately.
Because the legal avenues all apply after the fact, while the harm happens immediately.
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
"Because the legal avenues all apply after the fact, while the harm happens immediately"
is the best, clearest statement of where we're at right now
is the best, clearest statement of where we're at right now
This is why it matters when Klobuchar, Gallego, Durbin, Kaine, Schatz, and OTHER DEMS vote to approve Drumpf judge nominees.
Dems should be voting NO ALL THE TIME.
Everything has consequences; every vote matters.
Dems should be voting NO ALL THE TIME.
Everything has consequences; every vote matters.
The higher the court, the likelier Trump was to win rulings in 2025:
District courts: 25%
Appeals courts: 51%
Supreme Court: 88%
District courts: 25%
Appeals courts: 51%
Supreme Court: 88%
January 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
This is why it matters when Klobuchar, Gallego, Durbin, Kaine, Schatz, and OTHER DEMS vote to approve Drumpf judge nominees.
Dems should be voting NO ALL THE TIME.
Everything has consequences; every vote matters.
Dems should be voting NO ALL THE TIME.
Everything has consequences; every vote matters.
I’ve been saying this for a while: several Dems say one thing, and vote another. Klobuchar, Gallego, Kaine, Schatz. Durbin is a lost cause, but people need to write the others and ask wtf. One of the ONLY guardrails that has stood is the courts. Electing bad Drumpf judges weakens those guardrails.
7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I’ve been saying this for a while: several Dems say one thing, and vote another. Klobuchar, Gallego, Kaine, Schatz. Durbin is a lost cause, but people need to write the others and ask wtf. One of the ONLY guardrails that has stood is the courts. Electing bad Drumpf judges weakens those guardrails.
I'm telling you, Gallego is NOT a Dem that you can count on.
His voting record is TERRIBLE.
He likes to talk like he's on the right side.
But he consistently votes BADLY.
And I don't know WTF happened to Tim Kaine.
His voting record is TERRIBLE.
He likes to talk like he's on the right side.
But he consistently votes BADLY.
And I don't know WTF happened to Tim Kaine.
Voting yea: John Fetterman (PA), Ruben Gallego (AZ), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Jack Reed (RI), Jacky Rosen (NV), & Jeanne Shaheen (NH).
Gallego changed his cloture vote from nay to yea
6 Dems (Blunt Rochester, Coons, Kelly, Markey, Warnock & Welch) were absent. Kelly voted yea for cloture
Gallego changed his cloture vote from nay to yea
6 Dems (Blunt Rochester, Coons, Kelly, Markey, Warnock & Welch) were absent. Kelly voted yea for cloture
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 2nd Session
www.senate.gov
January 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I'm telling you, Gallego is NOT a Dem that you can count on.
His voting record is TERRIBLE.
He likes to talk like he's on the right side.
But he consistently votes BADLY.
And I don't know WTF happened to Tim Kaine.
His voting record is TERRIBLE.
He likes to talk like he's on the right side.
But he consistently votes BADLY.
And I don't know WTF happened to Tim Kaine.
If you’re rich, and you spend your day thinking: How can I make more money?, are you any different from a poor person who spends the day thinking: How can I make more money?
How is your wealth improving your life, if you spend every minute chasing money?
Go fix a car, heal the sick, bake bread.
How is your wealth improving your life, if you spend every minute chasing money?
Go fix a car, heal the sick, bake bread.
December 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you’re rich, and you spend your day thinking: How can I make more money?, are you any different from a poor person who spends the day thinking: How can I make more money?
How is your wealth improving your life, if you spend every minute chasing money?
Go fix a car, heal the sick, bake bread.
How is your wealth improving your life, if you spend every minute chasing money?
Go fix a car, heal the sick, bake bread.
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
If you aren't subscribed to Heather Cox Richardson's daily essays, WHY? SUBSCRIBE!! She regularly puts current events into historical perspective. It gives me hope that we can fix our problems. Today's email contained a WONDERFUL quote from S.S. McClure, who founded McClure's magazine in 1893:
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If you aren't subscribed to Heather Cox Richardson's daily essays, WHY? SUBSCRIBE!! She regularly puts current events into historical perspective. It gives me hope that we can fix our problems. Today's email contained a WONDERFUL quote from S.S. McClure, who founded McClure's magazine in 1893:
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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LeGuin would have be pleased by this. So good.
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
LeGuin would have be pleased by this. So good.
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I believe that the passage of Citizens United was the beginning of the the end and led us directly to where we are today...
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I believe that the passage of Citizens United was the beginning of the the end and led us directly to where we are today...
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#WeAintBuyingIt — and we’re not alone.
We’re turning boycotts into power, shopping into solidarity, silence into strategy.
Join us. Redirect your dollars.
They profit off our pain — we’re building a future they can’t sell. 💥 #WeAintBuyingIt
We’re turning boycotts into power, shopping into solidarity, silence into strategy.
Join us. Redirect your dollars.
They profit off our pain — we’re building a future they can’t sell. 💥 #WeAintBuyingIt
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#WeAintBuyingIt — and we’re not alone.
We’re turning boycotts into power, shopping into solidarity, silence into strategy.
Join us. Redirect your dollars.
They profit off our pain — we’re building a future they can’t sell. 💥 #WeAintBuyingIt
We’re turning boycotts into power, shopping into solidarity, silence into strategy.
Join us. Redirect your dollars.
They profit off our pain — we’re building a future they can’t sell. 💥 #WeAintBuyingIt
This is really good. Actual numbers.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is really good. Actual numbers.
"The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings."
Really makes me sad
I guess we gotta spend our time with the men who see us as equal. Different, sure, ok. But equal.
Find those guys.
Really makes me sad
I guess we gotta spend our time with the men who see us as equal. Different, sure, ok. But equal.
Find those guys.
A very good piece. “The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon.”
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings."
Really makes me sad
I guess we gotta spend our time with the men who see us as equal. Different, sure, ok. But equal.
Find those guys.
Really makes me sad
I guess we gotta spend our time with the men who see us as equal. Different, sure, ok. But equal.
Find those guys.