Birdwell is Not Shutting Up
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Author of dystopian worlds, past and future. (The present speaks for itself.) I'm a recovering anthropologist and a progressive who doesn't believe in progress. (she/her)
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FYI for tonight.
Mayor races in Atlanta, Dearborn, or Jersey City. School boards around Boise and Denver. Judges in Pennsylvania. Bond measures in Columbus and Des Moines.
Our guide to Election Night spotlight all these, and so many more—and we'll update it with results.
Our guide to Election Night spotlight all these, and so many more—and we'll update it with results.
He's also much better looking than Mamdani - in his UNFIT rotting head!
The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
"the results show that most Americans are not buying the White House’s arguments for the compact’s measures, said [Baker]...The compact has been presented as a tool to promote [affordability and merit]...but it’s really about censoring institutions and faculty."
www.chronicle.com/article/amer...
www.chronicle.com/article/amer...
Americans Think Trump Is Overreaching With His Higher-Ed Compact
Most don’t want the federal government setting colleges’ policies, a new Quinnipiac poll reveals.
www.chronicle.com
It's bribery and corruption, a protection racket. But another way to describe money given to the government under threat of punishment is taxation, here imposed unilaterally and arbitrarily by the executive without the legislature.
Ship money is the analogy, if you're up on 17th C. English history.
Ship money is the analogy, if you're up on 17th C. English history.
Exclusive | Trump Hosts Corporate Ballroom Donors at Glitzy White House Dinner
The event included representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir.
www.wsj.com
Sometimes, symbols are deeply potent.
The East Wing demolition is a physical, tangible mirroring of the destruction of so much more in the US: the rule of law, the semblance of justice and democracy, governmental infrastructure, livelihoods and respect.
All at the whim of a delusional old man.
The East Wing demolition is a physical, tangible mirroring of the destruction of so much more in the US: the rule of law, the semblance of justice and democracy, governmental infrastructure, livelihoods and respect.
All at the whim of a delusional old man.
I think the ballroom story is gonna mushroom into a much much much much bigger thing. I see the visceral reaction people have towards the videos.
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