Janus

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

Once again I hate this timeline

Anyone else going to commit the sin of empathy today?

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Instant reaction to this news from a friend (as White as I am) who retired from the USAF as a colonel: "What the fuck?!"

*raises hand

Because we've let the press consolidate in the hands of right wing billionaires with a vested interest in the hollowing out of informed consensus and real journalism, replaced by shallow ad-based controversy infotainment designed largely to disorient, distract, and coddle power?

Were they right to take Trump at his word the first time? No. Did they acknowledge this failure? They did not. Ahhh!! But did they learn from their mistake? Also no.

Remember the "fact checkers" who upraided the Harris campaign for (correctly) stating that Project 2025 was an adjunct to Trump?

Trump is one of those shitty people Jesus warned you about.

Politics is easier to understand if you realize the voters and policy are the product and the donors are the customers

Just like media is easier to understand if you realize the readers are the product, and the advertisers are the customer

I've fallen down the rabbit hole of creating a post-apocalyptic matriarchal Norse society where Freya is the Queen of the Gods and the Norse Pantheon is one big polycule

Ah yes, the fundamental error of the Dem mind: assuming that the public is somehow directly observing politics, and that the Democratic role is to react to the public's reaction, rather than help SHAPE the public's reaction

Made it longer than I did

James Madison

"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."

- James Madison

Well it’s been an interesting few days

A Trump presidency is the answer to the question “What would it look like if the U.S. government was actively trying to make people’s lives worse?”

“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.”

Charles Bukowski

Follow my timeline for a curated collection of practical philosophy #quotes.

STEP ONE: Massive right-wing culture war and witch hunt against any expression of cosmopolitan or liberal values by prominent individuals or institutions.

STEP TWO: ???????

STEP THREE: Multiracial working class movement capable of taking on corporate and oligarchic power.

There’s a lot of value in a humanities education, but being able to see through glib con men is a nice one.

Here are the things I like about Trump thus far. * Revoking Executive Order 11246, along with recent SCOTUS cases, really does signal the end of affirmative action. Too little too late, perhaps, and he's still terrible on H1B visas. But five Republican Presidents could have taken these steps. Trump himself could have done something, but basically avoided the issue in his first campaign and term. I give credit to the die-hards who surrounded him and made policy while he was in exile.

The white nationalists are happy that Trump repealed a landmark executive order implementing the Civil Rights Act that has been in place since 1965

BILLIONAIRE PLAYBOOK:
1. Buy all media
2. Brainwash masses
3. Oligarchy

Also: vote for a fucking cop, get a fucking cop.

My man, its time to retire

Bullies are cowards, episode 334934