conceding to far right ideas about the structure of society is conceding to a zero sum vision of the world, and more importantly giving voters a choice between two zero sum visions, where one is half hearted and the other is full throated. is it really a surprise then they choose the latter?

One academic study showed that “the average number of gambling references per broadcast minute was 2.8” in Ontario during sporting events.

The idea that the combined MMR is dangerous but separately the vaccines are fine was created out of whole cloth by Andrew Wakefield, a disgraced former doctor who had a patent on a non-combined version of the MMR. We've known his research was bunk for almost 30 years.

/20 In closing, this is the result that the Right, the Federalist Society, the Heritage Foundation, and their crew have successfully fought for: a system where the federal government can deliberately violate your rights and there is no effective remedy - meaning you don’t really have the right.

this is what beit hanoun looked like (from arabi21.com/story/155862...)

The White House on Carney:
"It’s very simple, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada caved to President Trump."
MAGA is not interested in negotiating trade they are into ritual humiliation.
We gave up our right to establish domestic tax policy on tech oligarchs.
Trump is now going after dairy.

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

Important to start admitting that we’re living under Schrodinger’s constitution—one that is not in effect whenever it constrains Republican powers, but is in effect whenever it can be used to stymie democrats or suppress opposition.

turns out when transphobes said we need to “follow the science” what they meant is delete it and hide all traces of it