Shelby Borlin

Want to Save Taxpayer Money? Close Guantánamo By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan If Elon Musk is serious about cutting costs, he should take a hard look at Guantánamo Bay.

Elon Musk and DOGE have unleashed chaos with mass firings and funding freezes in a supposed attempt to find savings. But one flagrant expense on the federal balance sheet, which should be zeroed out, is staring Musk in the face: the U.S. naval base and prison complex at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Famous translated 1930s quote from a German pastor, which feels particularly relevant right now.

An attack on any one of us is an attack on every one of us. Do not remain silent.

No shade if you voted for Harris as a harm reduction strategy (though yes shade if you genuinely liked her policies), but I don’t regret not voting for her either. It’s a morally privileged decision that each of us made. But I can’t see liberalism as doing anything but bring us closer to fascism.

Finally, I struggle to believe that anyone who is this pressed about the election (in terms of the blame game) has ever been promoting, educating, donating, demonstrating, or protesting for an end to genocide or occupation of the Palestinian people. 🧵

Their actions set the precedent for Trumps actions. (Also Biden and Harris wouldn’t even insert a positive narrative about trans people to counter Trumps transphobia. Or on any other issue). If they wanted leftist voters they would’ve catered to them instead of the nonexistent moderate republicans.🧵

promoting genocide for a faster descent into fascism with Trump rather than the Democratic politicians who refused to stop doing genocide or even float any kind of plan for ending it besides saying they’re “working tirelessly for a ceasefire” and voting against it in the UN. 🧵

, that was a turnoff. They should’ve emphasized plans to make things better for the people. Trump, as dishonest as his intentions were, spoke to people’s discontent which undeniably won him voters. Second, it feels disgusting to blame people who drew the line at supporting and enabling someone 🧵

This is a very disingenuous take for a multitude of reasons. Least of all is the fact that as horrid as the Dems (+Biden and Harris’s) pro-Zionist stance is, that was not the deciding factor in the outcome of this election. They ran on “things are good” and for people unhappy with the status quo 🧵