Historical and political movements are often defined by their rallying cries and protest songs.
06.11.2025 18:53 โ ๐ 981 ๐ 123 ๐ฌ 56 ๐ 9@caroshaffer.bsky.social
Historical and political movements are often defined by their rallying cries and protest songs.
06.11.2025 18:53 โ ๐ 981 ๐ 123 ๐ฌ 56 ๐ 9You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.
27.10.2025 01:05 โ ๐ 2423 ๐ 578 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 33It's 21 days since Rep. Grijalva won her election.
Mike Johnson could swear her in whenever he wanted.
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It's one thing to lament loss of life and decry political violence, but this revisionism is shockingly dishonest and downright offensive to the millions of people Kirk targeted and upon whom he inflicted pain and misery. The man was a liar and a bigot who gladly hurt others to advance himself.
11.09.2025 00:14 โ ๐ 2037 ๐ 390 ๐ฌ 78 ๐ 18Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirkโnot because he ever acted like a decent humanโbut because we are decent humans
Weโve never been closer to finding a potential cure for cancer than we were with mRNA.
So of course, RFK Jr. cancelled all government funding for mRNA.
God fucking damn it.
Excellent explanation of what's ahead
The Big Bad Ugly Bill
Take a moment to listen and spread the word
25 dead so far across Texas from flooding. Local authorities are blaming poor forecasting.
Itโs all so tragically predictable and criminally negligent.
Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paperโs previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.ย
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Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
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Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
โHarry Truman, 1952
Photos of Brandon with Drew and a text exchange from that night and the days following: Drew: at dance floor Brandon: I miss you so much.
Nine years ago, a gunman tore through my neighborhood bar, Pulse Nightclub, and stole 49 people from us. I was lucky to make it out alive, but my best friends Drew & Juan never made it home to say goodbye.
Nine years, but it hurts like yesterday. Please #HonorThemWithAction .
Neo-nazi group with clear Russian links expands activity in the US
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Itโs actually quite simple: Anyone whoโve called teachers groomers for giving teens (allegedly) sexually inappropriate books, but wonโt call Andrew & Tristan Tate groomers for beating, sexually assaulting & trafficking teens, is a hypocritical fraud โ and a misogynistic asshole.
28.05.2025 18:26 โ ๐ 2880 ๐ 647 ๐ฌ 68 ๐ 23We make jokes about this sometimes because itโs laughable. But when journalists try to make sense of the nonsensical, rational out of the irrational, and coherence out of the incoherence, they affirmatively do the public interest great harm.
25.05.2025 15:14 โ ๐ 5843 ๐ 1367 ๐ฌ 231 ๐ 79Great idea from @cherijacobus.bsky.social.
11.05.2025 20:51 โ ๐ 3405 ๐ 999 ๐ฌ 146 ๐ 90This. So much. Why is this suddenly ok? Just because he believes he can't be prosecuted for it? That's wrong. Corruption isn't even remotely within the remotest perimeters of official and thus protected acts. It is explicitly prohibited by the Constitution. Which means it can't be official. Wake up.
03.05.2025 16:28 โ ๐ 814 ๐ 221 ๐ฌ 37 ๐ 9Headline. The richest households in America added $1 trillion in wealth last year. The richest people in the U.S. control a record amount of the country's total wealth. By Ben Kesslen.
Headline. 56% of Americans can't afford a $1,000 emergency expense: We are 'living in a paycheck to paycheck nation,' money expert says. By Annie Probert.
There are two Americas.
27.04.2025 00:00 โ ๐ 513 ๐ 205 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 13Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
24.04.2025 00:22 โ ๐ 79504 ๐ 20352 ๐ฌ 840 ๐ 1265I know this is woke DEI, but could we have a national economic policy that's something other than the minute-by-minute whims of a deranged and malevolent old man?
09.04.2025 19:13 โ ๐ 2620 ๐ 451 ๐ฌ 50 ๐ 7He's tariffied.
09.04.2025 15:17 โ ๐ 77 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 1Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. ๐งต
05.04.2025 02:44 โ ๐ 10742 ๐ 2137 ๐ฌ 96 ๐ 275Senator Booker is still going ๐๐บ๐ธ๐ฅ
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
FROM THE MASTER INVESTOR HIMSELFโฆ๐
Thoughts?! ๐ค
Tell your Democratic senators not to join Schumerโs surrender: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
13.03.2025 23:46 โ ๐ 1710 ๐ 693 ๐ฌ 96 ๐ 68The overhaul is coming.
newrepublic.com/article/1909...
You have $100 in your checking account.
One day, you check your balance and it's $60. You haven't made any withdrawals.
You call the bank. They say $40 was taken as part of their "waste, fraud and abuse" program.
Would you be ok with it?
Coz it's happening to your social security and Medicaid.
Yes thank you more please.
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