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What's this, now? A task-force to combat bias in "..schools, in our military, in our government, in our workplaces, hospitals and in our public squares"?
I dunno man: sounds pretty DEI to me...
I dunno man: sounds pretty DEI to me...
February 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
What's this, now? A task-force to combat bias in "..schools, in our military, in our government, in our workplaces, hospitals and in our public squares"?
I dunno man: sounds pretty DEI to me...
I dunno man: sounds pretty DEI to me...
🚨RED ALERT🚨
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Trump's new EO is threatening to charge teachers with "sexual exploitation of minors" for USING STUDENTS' CHOSEN PRONOUNS.
Also, P2025 recommends the DEATH PENALTY for those guilty of 'sexual abuse of children'...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump's new EO is threatening to charge teachers with "sexual exploitation of minors" for USING STUDENTS' CHOSEN PRONOUNS.
Also, P2025 recommends the DEATH PENALTY for those guilty of 'sexual abuse of children'...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump tells DOJ to prosecute teachers who “unlawfully” support trans or nonbinary students
The latest executive order threatens funding for schools that teach about gender and race.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🚨RED ALERT🚨
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Trump's new EO is threatening to charge teachers with "sexual exploitation of minors" for USING STUDENTS' CHOSEN PRONOUNS.
Also, P2025 recommends the DEATH PENALTY for those guilty of 'sexual abuse of children'...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump's new EO is threatening to charge teachers with "sexual exploitation of minors" for USING STUDENTS' CHOSEN PRONOUNS.
Also, P2025 recommends the DEATH PENALTY for those guilty of 'sexual abuse of children'...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Because surely nothing bad will come from instituting 'political education' in public schools...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools
The orders seek to encourage “patriotic education” and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding. But schools are often resistant to change.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Because surely nothing bad will come from instituting 'political education' in public schools...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
Shame forever on you cowards who brought us this: you are unworthy of the great heritage of democratic struggle into which you were born, and on which you turned your cowardly backs.
January 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Shame forever on you cowards who brought us this: you are unworthy of the great heritage of democratic struggle into which you were born, and on which you turned your cowardly backs.
One of the greatest heroes I ever had the privilege to meet was an ordinary man who stepped off a landing craft & into the sand of a Normandy beach under withering German fire on D-Day.
He passed a time ago. I wish I could hear his thoughts on this farce.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
He passed a time ago. I wish I could hear his thoughts on this farce.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Elon Musk accused of giving ‘Nazi salute’ at Trump inauguration celebration
The world’s richest man drew a ton of attention over an ill-advised “salute” he did on stage, with many likening it to a “Nazi” gesture.
www.independent.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
One of the greatest heroes I ever had the privilege to meet was an ordinary man who stepped off a landing craft & into the sand of a Normandy beach under withering German fire on D-Day.
He passed a time ago. I wish I could hear his thoughts on this farce.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
He passed a time ago. I wish I could hear his thoughts on this farce.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
I feel like the overlap between Trump voters and people who bought a Big Mouth Billy Bass is probably large.
January 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I feel like the overlap between Trump voters and people who bought a Big Mouth Billy Bass is probably large.
"If you’re a person of no faith or a Muslim or anybody deemed not a true Christian...you will not have a voice. The laws will be rewritten across the board. Rights as we understand them will cease to exist and instead, we’ll have the framework of biblical law."
www.cnn.com/2025/01/12/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/12/u...
White Christian nationalists are poised to remake America in their image during Trump’s second term, this author says | CNN
Donald Trump’s second term will empower the White Christian nationalist movement, says scholar Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of “Jesus and John Wayne.” “It will transform our government,” she says. “Th...
www.cnn.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"If you’re a person of no faith or a Muslim or anybody deemed not a true Christian...you will not have a voice. The laws will be rewritten across the board. Rights as we understand them will cease to exist and instead, we’ll have the framework of biblical law."
www.cnn.com/2025/01/12/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/12/u...
So in the past couple days Meta has removed hate speech protections, pulled fact-checking, and killed DEI.
Zuck is empowering bigotry, misogyny and racism to please Trump and gain advantage. The rest of us can get fucked.
Billionaires will not save us: their interests are not our interests.
Zuck is empowering bigotry, misogyny and racism to please Trump and gain advantage. The rest of us can get fucked.
Billionaires will not save us: their interests are not our interests.
January 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So in the past couple days Meta has removed hate speech protections, pulled fact-checking, and killed DEI.
Zuck is empowering bigotry, misogyny and racism to please Trump and gain advantage. The rest of us can get fucked.
Billionaires will not save us: their interests are not our interests.
Zuck is empowering bigotry, misogyny and racism to please Trump and gain advantage. The rest of us can get fucked.
Billionaires will not save us: their interests are not our interests.
Not even in office yet and Trump/Musk have already caused previously unthinkable rifts between America and her closest allies. Unprecedented chaos already between Canada, Denmark, Central America, Britain, the EU and USA.
Turning the West against itself:
Exactly what Putin wants.
Turning the West against itself:
Exactly what Putin wants.
January 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Not even in office yet and Trump/Musk have already caused previously unthinkable rifts between America and her closest allies. Unprecedented chaos already between Canada, Denmark, Central America, Britain, the EU and USA.
Turning the West against itself:
Exactly what Putin wants.
Turning the West against itself:
Exactly what Putin wants.
This guy perfectly elucidates all of our thoughts about being forced to live in a society with the Cybertruck
imgur.com/dSxY0Vr
imgur.com/dSxY0Vr
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December 6, 2024 at 2:05 AM
This guy perfectly elucidates all of our thoughts about being forced to live in a society with the Cybertruck
imgur.com/dSxY0Vr
imgur.com/dSxY0Vr
"Democrats...need to tell Americans why their pay has been lousy for decades and their jobs less secure, and who is to blame...the power of large corporations and the rich to rig the market and siphon off most of the economy's gains." www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xnj...
Why Trump Won | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:09 PM
"Democrats...need to tell Americans why their pay has been lousy for decades and their jobs less secure, and who is to blame...the power of large corporations and the rich to rig the market and siphon off most of the economy's gains." www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xnj...
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Many people ask how we resist. First, urge all civil and business leaders not to surrender in advance. Second, support organizations fighting for democracy and the rule of law. Third, get involved with your local community to build a strong civil society.
December 2, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Many people ask how we resist. First, urge all civil and business leaders not to surrender in advance. Second, support organizations fighting for democracy and the rule of law. Third, get involved with your local community to build a strong civil society.
Insightful lesson from this book:
The vision of the past idealized by fascists is not meant to be accurate. It's purpose is not to reflect history. It is a creation of the present, intended to justify and further fascist power in the present.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...
The vision of the past idealized by fascists is not meant to be accurate. It's purpose is not to reflect history. It is a creation of the present, intended to justify and further fascist power in the present.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...
How Fascism Works - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 1, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Insightful lesson from this book:
The vision of the past idealized by fascists is not meant to be accurate. It's purpose is not to reflect history. It is a creation of the present, intended to justify and further fascist power in the present.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...
The vision of the past idealized by fascists is not meant to be accurate. It's purpose is not to reflect history. It is a creation of the present, intended to justify and further fascist power in the present.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...
“Having the largest private contractor of the U.S. government potentially being in the position of supervising the entire U.S. budget? I mean, just think about it. If this is not classical oligarchy, what is it?”
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump’s Next Term Could See America’s First True Oligarchs, Warns Democracy Activist Garry Kasparov
Elon Musk's DOGE plan could mix public and private interests in a way previously not seen in American politics, the former world chess champion said.
www.huffpost.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:31 PM
“Having the largest private contractor of the U.S. government potentially being in the position of supervising the entire U.S. budget? I mean, just think about it. If this is not classical oligarchy, what is it?”
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Neoliberal policy since the 70's has siphoned wages from workers into the pockets of the billionaire class.
Now the billionaires have used their consolidated capital power to capture the government, which will of course be used to further enrich themselves at our expense.
archive.is/qumB7
Now the billionaires have used their consolidated capital power to capture the government, which will of course be used to further enrich themselves at our expense.
archive.is/qumB7
December 1, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Neoliberal policy since the 70's has siphoned wages from workers into the pockets of the billionaire class.
Now the billionaires have used their consolidated capital power to capture the government, which will of course be used to further enrich themselves at our expense.
archive.is/qumB7
Now the billionaires have used their consolidated capital power to capture the government, which will of course be used to further enrich themselves at our expense.
archive.is/qumB7
We *must resist* the empowerment of Christian Nationalism under the new Trump rule. If you have never lived in the South, you may not be aware of how dedicated and dangerous these people are.
Their policies are a threat to your most basic freedoms and our democracy.
msmagazine.com/2024/11/29/c...
Their policies are a threat to your most basic freedoms and our democracy.
msmagazine.com/2024/11/29/c...
Christian Nationalism’s First Item on the Agenda: Repeal Women’s Right to Vote - Ms. Magazine
Christian Nationalism’s First Item on the Agenda: Repeal Women’s Right to Vote. Trump and Project 2025 call for an end to women's suffrage.
msmagazine.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:53 PM
We *must resist* the empowerment of Christian Nationalism under the new Trump rule. If you have never lived in the South, you may not be aware of how dedicated and dangerous these people are.
Their policies are a threat to your most basic freedoms and our democracy.
msmagazine.com/2024/11/29/c...
Their policies are a threat to your most basic freedoms and our democracy.
msmagazine.com/2024/11/29/c...
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Kash Patel has openly expressed his plans to “come after” journalists he doesn’t like. He is for retribution, not justice.
This is from my book, #RoughBeast:
This is from my book, #RoughBeast:
December 1, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Kash Patel has openly expressed his plans to “come after” journalists he doesn’t like. He is for retribution, not justice.
This is from my book, #RoughBeast:
This is from my book, #RoughBeast:
Our grandfathers and mothers beat this in WWII. Not superhumans. Strong, simple people who came together, showed up and got the job done. Let's honor the memory of their sacrifice, and do everything we can to preserve the free, democratic institutions they won for us.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Timothy Snyder - On Tyranny - YouTube
Prof. Timothy Snyder explains his 20 steps to avoiding getting caught in a tyrannical regime. He wrote the book shortly after Trump was elected (Nov 2016) fo...
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Our grandfathers and mothers beat this in WWII. Not superhumans. Strong, simple people who came together, showed up and got the job done. Let's honor the memory of their sacrifice, and do everything we can to preserve the free, democratic institutions they won for us.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...