This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.

For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says that "Jews murder Palestinians day-to-day in Judea and Samaria, hilltop youth commit war crimes.... This is not a minority, that’s a false claim. They have backing, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to do it."

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

When Trump...

-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers 
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business

It's corruption, plain and simple.

Since 1945, American Universities have been envied worldwide for their Government-funded research.

Hard to justify via corporate R&D, frontier science is vital to our long-term health, wealth, & security. To withhold University funding is to amputate the engines that Make America Great.

Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

Opinion | Columbia Is at War With the Legacy of Edward Said The university is abandoning its intellectual inheritance.

Opinion: A betrayal at Columbia? "It is not really betrayal when those committing the action have no investment in the principles betrayed." chroni.cl/3Esga2p

It seems that Trump wants a recession. Why?

A recession will drive down the prices of real estate, companies, and shares of stock.

Trump and his fellow billionaires want to buy up everything on the cheap and then enjoy the ride upward — no matter the cost to working people.

Would love to see some of the right-wing commentators condemning the decadence of "email jobs" lead by example and forfeit their own "email jobs" for some manual labor and factory jobs. Be the change you want to see in the world!

Israel Bombs Journalists As New Report Marks Grim Milestone For Gaza's Press The deadly strike burned some media workers alive, days after a report found more journalists have been killed in Gaza's crisis than in most major wars combined.

The deadly strike burned some media workers alive, days after a report found more journalists have been killed in Gaza's crisis than in most major wars combined.

Am I depressed because of what's happening or am I depressed because of the people who somehow didn't see it coming?

Both. It's both.

The fact that he posted this video himself…

…beyond embarrassing

Not that anybody asked, but if Elon Musk’s wealth as of today ($330B) were entirely hundred-dollar bills, then laid end-to-end, they'd circle Earth three times, and with what’s left over, if taped end-to-end, would make a ribbon long enough to ascend into space and reach the Moon. Just sayin'.

Eyewitnesses Recount Deadly Israeli Attack on Medics in Gaza The New York Times interviewed two people who described being detained by Israeli soldiers and looking on as they opened fire on ambulances and a fire truck, killing 15.

Eyewitnesses Recount Deadly Israeli Attack on Medics in Gaza: The New York Times interviewed two people who described being detained by Israeli soldiers and looking on as they opened fire on ambulances and a fire truck, killing 15. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/w...

I Should Have Seen This Coming When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won...

Worth the read!

David Brooks: I Should Have Seen This Coming - The Atlantic
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 32, mostly women and children Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu headed to meet President Trump.

Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu headed to meet President Trump.

Took those out for a spin on the hills today! I love my new New Balance Minimus trail shoes!!! #trailruns

Solidarity march today was strong and loud!

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. On Saturday, April 5, millions of Americans are mobilizing to show it doesn’t. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/april-5-hands-off-our-healthcare

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

Elon Musk Accused Of Failing To Pay Millions To Canvassers In Class-Action Lawsuit More than $5,000,000 to more than 100 people is likely owed for work performed before the 2024 election, the suit claims.

More than $5,000,000 to more than 100 people is likely owed for work performed before the 2024 election, the suit claims.

The "Need for Chaos" Voter New research has discovered a new personality trait called "need for chaos." They just want to watch the world burn and they're happy to help democracy end in flames. We must understand them.

Some people just want to watch the world burn. They’re called Need for Chaos voters—and they place an enormous role in the MAGA right. www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-need-f...

Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?

It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP. 

It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

OMG The line of the year!

“How does anyone ever get murdered? There’s so much admin!”

Watching Netflix Inside Man

This line got me in stitches!

It has been 1000 days since Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on May 11, 2022.

Despite efforts for justice, no one has been held accountable aje.io/56v4aj

Can’t wait to hear @shankarvedantam.bsky.social been a fan of his program and podcast since 2017!

YouTube video by Thinkers Forum DEBATE:Is the World a Battlefield of Civilizations? | Yanis Varoufakis

From the 2024 Holberg Debate : Is the World a Battlefield of Civilizations? www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhm...

Burger King: We Won’t Turn You In To The Feds™