I'm sharing a story at this event tomorrow evening at Church & State in Salt Lake City at 7:00pm. Please come by!

See how grassroots courage turned Utah’s fight for marriage equality into a victory for love in the documentary, “Church & State”. Join us for our annual summer film screening, Movies that Matter, on July 24th. buff.ly/122bdRg

Support for veterans my Irish Arse..

"Constitutional conservative"

Your interlocutor is fully immersed in the myth of the "normie Republican." Indeed, "normies" like Cox do just as much damage (likely more) as do mouth foamers like Lee for the very reason that their support of Trump lends a veneer of respectability to depravity.

Seniors in Salt Lake City heading out for a #nokingsprotest in front of their assisted living facility.

Poster from the No Kings protests, in Philadelphia. Sign has a picture of a Smokey The Bear (head of a bear wearing a hat that says "Smokey" on it). The text on the poster reads "Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars"

#NoKings

So police impersonation was the business brand.

It'll be a painful irony if the Trump tariffs are ultimately ruled unconstitutional, but in the months it takes the courts to rule, they tip the economy into a recession.

Here’s part 2 of this week’s Better Offline. I walk you through how Business Idiots demanded we all return to the office to hide their own lack of utility - and how this directly led to their desperation to adopt generative AI.
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"Utah will not tolerate violence." Sure, that's why Spencer and the entire Utah Congressional Delegation spoke out against the Trump J6 pardons. Oh wait, they didn't. Yeah, what he really means is he will tolerate any violence that is taken on behalf of his new bestie.

Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14 Take action with ACLU People Power!

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The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat How a sick obsession is killing workers, democracy, and our planet.

In the 42 years since the start of the Reagan revolution, bought-off politicians have so altered our tax code that fully $51 trillion has moved from the homes and savings of working-class Americans into the money bins of the morbidly rich money hoarders.

https://trib.al/yRIfQlY

Well, it would hardly be a true gathering of fascists without a Musk.

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

DEAN: Do you know when this country actually had a trade surplus?

LUTNICK: About a hundred years ago

DEAN: It was during the Great Depression. That's a direction none of us wants to go.

No One Can Offer Any Hope Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their leaders.

From George Packer

"Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their leaders. I confess that this indifference astonishes me...

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Credit where it’s due: Scott Galloway cooked here

Exactly the right response and shows significantly more courage than those who capitulated to Trump’s false claims of unrestrained authority

This is just absolutely perfect. Kennedy destroys Lutnick and vividly illustrates the absurdity of the Trump trade policy. bsky.app/profile/atru...

ICE’s own director *said it out loud*: agents wear masks so they won’t be ID’d online.

Not for “safety”—but so they can keep terrorizing families in secret. Cowards.

If you volunteer to carry out racist raids, don’t cry when the public holds you accountable. Actions have consequences.

From the article: "Lost [sic] Angeles area-ports . . ." A typo or . . . ?

I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.

Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.

Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

Hassett has now taken to forecasting what going to happen last week, and he’s still wrong.

Another day, another scandal under Hegseth. This is not silly stuff like Hegseth using taxpayer funds for a Pentagon makeup studio.

The allegation here is an illegal wiretap. If they used an illegal wiretap on a senior official, you think they wouldn’t hesitate to use it on you?

Elon Musk isn’t gone.

So much of reactionary centrism is the belief that you can be a "polite bigot" and not enable fascism.

They want their transphobia, racism, and sexism but hold the authoritarianism. The problem is that authoritarian movements are built on bigotry.

www.semafor.com/article/05/2...

Yeah, not great.

Well done. As to the question posed, let's just say, he's not off to a great start.