Fresh forest air

MGT,
Do something!!!!!

Yes.
The billionaires amass so much money that they become unmoored from normal moral conventions. Their money comes from capital assets- not work/labor- so having skills, intelligence, education, integrity- are no longer necessary for living a privileged and comfortable life.

This

Autocratic regimes appear strong — until they’re not.

Must read! Most autocrats are actually quite *insecure.* Here's what we can learn about how Zimbabwe's democracy defenders are seizing on the weaknesses and fighting back:
share.protectdemocracy.org/s/tcnxdVaV

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief “[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

All this concern about autism-
has anyone figured out what causes assholery?
Shitbaggery?

[whispers] it’s pudding time

Yes, exactly- it’s amazing.

Also public NSF/DARPA/NIH investment creating trillions in private tech wealth-

But no wealth tax…

What a weak industry….one that *will die* if it has to follow the law.

This is just another way billionaires avoid paying taxes. They grow rich and fat on our dime.

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

Amplifying here

youtu.be/dthbi4lzO58?...

Truth, justice, fairness: liberal ideas

These idea are so potent and contagious that it takes an oligarchy everything it has to try to stop them.

But they can’t and won’t

They will just keep trying and failing

Imagine you are a victim of a terrible crime- maybe your family was the victim.

Maybe your child has been kidnapped.
Imagine that.

Now imagine that this is the man in charge of the group *the lead investigator* you need to work with in order to possibly see your child alive again.

And the Epstein files are sitting on her desk right?

Highest long-term inflation expectations in 18 months. (March 2024)

Says the man who’s still on his parent’s wireless family plan.

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

im going to go out on a limb and say, this is psychotic

it's instructive to ask, what would have stopped them from doing this? what could anyone have done differently that would have led them to conclude this extraordinary thing was unnecessary? and the answer is nothing

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

ok, there’s a difference between “is burned” and “burned” and I don’t know that there’s available evidence to support the former yet.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

24,576 pounds of cheddar cheese to Food Bank for the Heartland in Nebraska;

270,000 eggs to Harvest Hope Food Bank in South Carolina;

4,640 pounds of chicken legs to Maui Food Bank in Hawaii

--> just some of the food aid canceled by Trump

projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Looking West at dusk, in Hawaii, TGIF what a week… have a great weekend everybody

Here’s what dusk in Hawaii looks like.

Beauty still exists despite [waves hands around] all that’s happening.

Well, if he wants his face on the coin that badly, I don’t take issue with him taking all the necessary steps.

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders I Bumped into AOC in Washington

youtu.be/fqWsPk7QO24?...

JD Vance is a lying POS
He can’t help himself.

Ask him if Trump lost the 2020 election…

Please note everyone.

What’s leaving is not just a head count. It’s millions of person-years of accumulated informal knowledge and institutional memory.

The federal government is being destroyed, not reformed.

Does Stephen Miller still have his cell phone through his parent’s plan?

Don’t forget, these are ghouls.

A nihilist death cult.

Their cynicism has moldered into dark heartedness.
Hope, compassion, understanding- these are no longer allowed.

Refusing to comply with the kleptocracy is an appropriate measure.
Fuck this asshole.
We either live together in a democracy or we shut it all down.

Shut it the fuck down.