Vaccine hesitancy was virtually the same across the political spectrum until 2020. Now, there is a huge gap.

Why?

Because people are dumb, and fall for constructed culture war issues that are just used to control you. Don't fall for the culture war.

news.gallup.com/poll/648308/...

My favorite cartoon of the day

RIP Senator Melissa Hortman

If we are flying the flag at half mast for Charlie Kirk, its important to remember that we didnt fly it for Melissa Hartman, who was also assassinated by a right wing extremist

If we lower it for him, okay

But dont have a double standard because her life mattered too

That is all

To all the people who think the economy isnt zero sum: if it really isn't, why can't we just print money to make everyone rich?

Because thats not how the economy works

If you cant do that, then there must be a point at which in order to make more money you have to take money from others

As Ghandi famously said

"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

Christianity in America is more of a political position now, rather than a spiritual one, as the Bible itself tells the faithful to treat foreigners with compassion

"EVs will wear down roads faster!"

With a little help from ChatGPT, using the fourth power law for road construction, it turns out that in most cases, that increase is negligible in comparison to the stress commercial vehicles put on roadways

It's certainly not nothing, but its pretty damn small

These soldiers were also likely deliberately doing a bad job marching as a form of protest. Who is sent out to DC a week before a national parade, and doesn't do the necessary practice to actually march in step?

Big kudos to those American Patriots who did that in right front of his face

@lisamurkowski.bsky.social @alaskapublic.org

Hope he actually shows up to listen to the concerns of Alaskans in person!