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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

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What are the sci-fi foundational texts. Like 10 books every one should have read?

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There's a bizarre and ongoing mainstream effort to launder RFK Jr into someone who just wants to get Americans eating nutritious food and exercising again but that is not evidenced anywhere in his public statements or career in public life.

He is a liar and conspiracist.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...

Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.

It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.

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The solution to poverty is to give money to people who need money. Everything else is just inefficiency in order to salve people’s desire to punish poor people for being poor.

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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...

Would love a Webcomics starter pack if you've got some favorite artists here on bsky!

Opinion | I’m 16. On Nov. 5 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft. On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality.

I cried. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/o...

fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things:
1) "nah, I'm not doing that"
2) "nah, you're not doing that"

a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one

Graph with list of wealthy families and their political contributions to different political parties with the vast majority going to Republicans.

150 billionaire families spent $1.9B on the 2024 election through October.

It's a huge amount of money — but it represents just 0.07% of their overall wealth.

It essentially costs them nothing to drown our democracy in cash.

We must get big money out of our politics.

This Is Not Complicated Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

Once more, just in case

"There is no angle to climate policy that a second Trump term would not make worse. It won’t happen by neglect or as an ancillary effect of some other policy or plan, but by specific design — drill more, pollute more, emit more, warm more."

Uploading the whole thing here because we need these words. 1/4

Dark Brandon got these people to call themselves garbage over and over for a week including yelling it into a microphone, he's a master at work whether we accept it or not

A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.

In Texas, maternal mortality last year was up *56%*... and among *white women,* it doubled. It was already so high among Black women, they still have higher rate than white women. But, yes, women who thought they were "safe" are not safe. www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

The final part of Harrison Ford’s endorsement of Kamala Harris.

“Kamala Harris will protect your right to disagree with her. The other guy? He demands unquestioning loyalty. Says he wants revenge.”

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live 2024 Pre-Election Cold Open - SNL

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I love it!