To make great art requires empathy, understanding of history and culture, and an ability to see things from a different or unique perspective. Things right-wingers are incapable of.
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To make great art requires empathy, understanding of history and culture, and an ability to see things from a different or unique perspective. Things right-wingers are incapable of.
10.02.2026 19:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I know how to write a check, what a pay phone is, and how to trick it into letting me call my mom for free.
10.02.2026 16:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Seconded
10.02.2026 16:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0They need to show up with guns.
10.02.2026 16:33 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It's behind a paywall. Can anyone share the locations?
10.02.2026 16:24 β π 28 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Play stupid games, win stupid prizes newrepublic.com/post/206352/... via @newrepublic.com
10.02.2026 15:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wish the Ents would march again...
09.02.2026 21:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hopefully he'll get deported back to Ireland soon, and he can bring his wife with him. I'm sure it's much safer for them there.
09.02.2026 21:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Don't worry, that's not going to happen. Core Civic and GEO Group make more money warehousing them.
09.02.2026 21:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exactly. These places actively bully anyone smarter than them - along with anyone who's LGBTQ - to run them off, then they get upset that "no one wants to stay."
09.02.2026 21:39 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The fact that that lying, ignorant, bigoted sack of s--t got elected TWICE should prove that basic civics should not be assumed.
09.02.2026 21:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was clearly a pump-&-dump scheme
09.02.2026 21:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We managed to do it without ICE for almost our entire history. ICE is barely old enough to drink.
07.02.2026 21:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We haven't had a Clinton in the government for a decade
07.02.2026 21:37 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Game recognize game
07.02.2026 21:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Same. But we have a big Dem supporting African American population in Central and Eastern AR, and of course the college town Fayetteville.
07.02.2026 21:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not really. We are more purple than people might realize. We've elected Democratic governors almost as often as Republicans. But the GOP engages in a LOT of voter suppression.
05.02.2026 17:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Investigative journalism is very expensive and has the potential to anger advertisers, so no.
03.02.2026 22:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I knew he was a James O'Keefe-style propagandist, but the sheer stupidity on display. I feel like *I* got dumber just listening to him!
03.02.2026 22:22 β π 15 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Bigger than the, what was it, $10 million that Egypt gave him before the election?
03.02.2026 22:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That's exactly how the Tea Party happened!
03.02.2026 22:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Providing aid and comfort...
03.02.2026 22:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Funnily enough, it was lying under oath that got Clinton impeached.
03.02.2026 21:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Well, immigrant Elon Musk is doing a lot too
03.02.2026 21:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And its home state, Arkansas, is one of the poorest in the nation.
03.02.2026 21:41 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Not only that, but he also wants to eliminate everyone who's not white, straight, cis, Christian. And to put women in "their place" (under the boot).
03.02.2026 18:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I keep hearing this. But the state has the power to deputize citizens, and I betcha there are enough people who would be willing to serve their state in that capacity.
03.02.2026 18:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0But they could deputize and train armed citizens.
03.02.2026 18:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My state, Arkansas, just voluntarily handed over voter rolls. Barely made news coverage. He might not be able to nationalize the election, but the red state governors will for sure go along with whatever scheme he inflicts on us.
03.02.2026 18:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The centrists/independents that I've known usually hold a mix, usually right/libertarian monetary views, with more left/progressive social views. As the saying goes, Republicans who want to smoke pot (and have butt sex).
03.02.2026 18:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0