I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.

I learned a lot.

I think a lot about how the last decade would have been different if @jayrosen.bsky.social & @jfallows.bsky.social & folks like them were in charge of our major national political media outlets. This continue to be a great list.

Yes, @brianbeutler.bsky.social is correct on billionaires.
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Albany’s own Henry Johnson!

Screenshot of an X exchange in which Joe Perticone quotes a post comparing ICE to cartel hitmen, and another user responds that cartel hitmen wear masks. The embedded image shows security camera-style footage of armed individuals near vehicles at what appears to be a gas station.

Sen. Mike Lee isn't “based.” He’s actually just dumb.

Jesus, your nickname should be “political bare minimum” Schumer. You should be calling for impeachment on the daily. But instead we get this defensive crouch. Arghhhh.

I am not interested, and I won’t be watching the SOTU, because you and I and everyone know it will be complete lies through and through. You should refuse to attend.

Memorial statue to him in Washington Park, Albany, NY. https://theclio.com/entry/6072

Henry Johnson, Known as the "Black Death" - America's First World War Hero | War History Online Henry Johnson was a World War I soldier who singlehandedly beat back a German assault while critically wounded. He was a great American hero and received

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️

🧵 This man was America's first world war hero, but you won't find him in history books. He was called a "one man army", and yes—he was Black. His name: Sgt. Henry Johnson. (cont)

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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How the National Media Failed Minnesota And how Trump mastered the omniscandal.

"Our media system was not designed to operate under a criminal regime."

www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-na...

They have constructed an imaginary Trump to write about.

What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis The national media has moved on. Minnesota is still under siege.

"The latest trick of the regime has been to pretend that the occupation of Minnesota is over."
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-i-saw...

Civil rights still in infancy after 250 years.

Yep. A lot of people need to learn how to be allies on specific issues, or for a specific time, while disagreeing on other issues or at other times. All anti-trump activism matters. (And no one is pure.)

A family member of the younger generation clued me in to this while I was browsing through some youtube shorts. Once you pick up on it, you can’t unhear it. It doesn’t demand *my* attention. I immediately click it off.

Counterpoint: If my rep *attends* the SOTU, I’ll work to get him primaried. (No matter how he “behaves”.)

YouTube video by Movieclips 200 Dollars - Paper Moon (1/8) Movie CLIP (1973) HD

https://youtu.be/VBA_fhQoArA

YouTube video by Regent University School of Law Don't Talk to the Police

This is a classic: https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE?si=ocwOLgWQijr_MJPS. Although the professor more recently has noted that it has become more complicated due to anti-5A court rulings in the meantime, it’s still a good intro to the subject.

Modern version of a slave ship.

You reminded me of the great (but difficult) film Wit with Emma Thompson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wit_(film)

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸

THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Counterpoint: there is a vast information gap between “those in charge” and “the campers” because of the power gradient. 1) “Those in charge” generally think “campers lie”, thus 2) campers are loath to report. I, as a volunteer, had a recent experience of advocating for a kid by bridging such a gap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

I don’t care. Because I too will be boycotting the SOTU, and all reactions. (You in media do the nation a disservice by covering it, I say.)

Nina and Jay (Bulworth).

Completely illegitimate orgs do tend to be dysfunctional as well, yes. When you abandon intellectual integrity, you devolve to school lunchroom level.

In Russia, the rules follow you.

Big Brother also. Maybe even more on point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(American_TV_series)

A crisis of intellect.