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MPP Goldman School, Berkeley. BA Philosophy UNR. Steward of the Black Rock Desert. Explorer, history aficionado, occasional artist. Satisfactory!

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From the BlackPeopleofReddit community on Reddit: Mayor of Chicago is Brandon Johnson superbly owns the moment Explore this post and more from the BlackPeopleofReddit community

This is an excellent example of owning the narrative and pushing back against dishonest and accusatory framing.
www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopl...

29.01.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear knows what's going on.

22.01.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.

22.01.2026 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 29250    πŸ” 12287    πŸ’¬ 1118    πŸ“Œ 528

The second irony: Turnip is suggesting that "we" saved them from Nazis. Ooh, boy.

22.01.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MAGA is already dutifully parroting the narrative constructed by their cult leaders. Shame on them.

"All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

- Hermann GΓΆring

08.01.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought of this quote this morning, for no particular reason.

"All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

- Hermann GΓΆring, 2nd-in-command, Nazi Germany

08.01.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's just full-on racist. They aren't even hiding it anymore.

"All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." - Hermann GΓΆring, 2nd-in-command, Nazi Germany

08.01.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal Appears to Be Translated From Russian Certain phrases in Trump’s proposed deal seem to be using Russian language.

Some things Turnip says make more sense when heard in their original Russian context.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

23.11.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bizarre Trump ramble to military seen as 'truly significant turning point' in presidency Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparked concerns with his unusual order summoning hundreds of military commanders to Virginia for an all-hands meeting β€” but it the speech by President Donald Trump that...

"This is the only form a fascist project could take in the America of this century, Entirely phony and aspirational, assembled from bits of popular culture and popular pyschology. With no mass following committed to it in any real way."
www.rawstory.com/trump-speech...

01.10.2025 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My sentiments exactly.

25.09.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Epsteinaminophen makes Republican Congresscritters break out in hives.

25.09.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Facts have a consistent liberal bias.

25.09.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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The real reason the Supreme Court is terrified Are they afraid Trump will get them killed?Ninety years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt fired William E. Humphrey from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Humphrey sued to the Supreme Court, whic...

"of the 31 politically motivated attacks and assassinations since 2018, only one was done by a β€œleftist”; all 30 others were committed by confirmed rightwingers, the majority openly Trump supporters"
www.alternet.org/supreme-cour...

25.09.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerges as a leading dissenter in an era of Trump | CNN Politics Two trends have emerged at the Supreme Court in recent weeks: President Donald Trump is on a winning streak and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s junior-most justice, is having none of it.

I agree with Justice Ketanji Brown, the smartest Justice on the bench.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...

10.07.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm not terribly active here but appreciate the platform all the same. Aside from some irritating effects of aging, my life is going very well. Don't let all the politics drive you crazy.

10.07.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Infographic titled β€œOne Court, Two Standards” compares how the Supreme Court used emergency powers to rule on lower-court injunctions against the Biden and Trump administrations. Two panels show:
	β€’	Biden Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 21 cases.  2 cases saw injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS.
	β€’	Trump Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 86 cases. 66 green squares and 20 red squares show that 77% of injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS.

Key takeaway box below reads:
β€œUsing its β€˜shadow docket,’ the Supreme Court granted emergency relief to lift 77% of lower-court injunctions against the Trump administration. It lifted 0% of those against the Biden administration.”

Sources and notes below include: CourtListener data through July 7, 2025; analysis by Adam Bonica.

Infographic titled β€œOne Court, Two Standards” compares how the Supreme Court used emergency powers to rule on lower-court injunctions against the Biden and Trump administrations. Two panels show: β€’ Biden Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 21 cases. 2 cases saw injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS. β€’ Trump Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 86 cases. 66 green squares and 20 red squares show that 77% of injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS. Key takeaway box below reads: β€œUsing its β€˜shadow docket,’ the Supreme Court granted emergency relief to lift 77% of lower-court injunctions against the Trump administration. It lifted 0% of those against the Biden administration.” Sources and notes below include: CourtListener data through July 7, 2025; analysis by Adam Bonica.

Apologies, the previous chart was incorrect. I missed that SCOTUS granted emergency relief in Murthy v. Missouri after the appellate court's stay. I also missed FDAβ€―v.β€―Alliance.

The updated rate of lifted injunctions for the Biden admin is 10% (2 of 21), not 0%.

09.07.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 798    πŸ” 276    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 18
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We have the fuel... time for launch!

03.07.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Washoe County is in the new Canada. I'm ok with that.

01.04.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him. The Supreme Court faces an existential dilemma of its own creation.

"Roberts’s immunity ruling not only gutted Smith’s case against Trump, it also sent a clear message: If Trump won the election, he could freely engage in even more egregious crimes. As later events would demonstrate, Trump got the message loud and clear." β€” @davidrlurie.bsky.social

31.03.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6580    πŸ” 1994    πŸ’¬ 262    πŸ“Œ 100
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Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere β€œDemocrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…

"If you do not recognize that mass destruction of fundamental concepts of democracy and the US Constitution happening right now, you are either willfully ignorant or just plain stupid. I can’t put it any clearer than that."

www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

05.03.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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15.02.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 59778    πŸ” 11112    πŸ’¬ 736    πŸ“Œ 323
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Great job by Ruben (@rubenbolling.bsky.social).

07.02.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 26111    πŸ” 8244    πŸ’¬ 453    πŸ“Œ 288
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Restoring Sanity We will prevail. We need to talk like it.

reframingamerica.substack.com/p/restoring-...

07.02.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Educated but easily fooled? Who falls for misinformation and why Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have identified who is most susceptible to online misinformation and why. Their meta-analysis reveals surprising patterns in how demograph...

Conservatives are less critical & fall for repeated misinformation. The Fox Formula.

Education alone doesn't help skepticism, but higher analytic skills does.

And, we all have self-serving bias.

phys.org/news/2025-02...

07.02.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Donold’s supporters don’t care if they lose their jobs or their freedom as long as he is performatively β€˜owning the libs.’ That’s how much they have been taught to hate you.

06.02.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 26325    πŸ” 4271    πŸ’¬ 1005    πŸ“Œ 239

Sometimes, you gotta call a Nazi a Nazi.

07.02.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A nice day for a toodle.

31.01.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Out and about in the desert.

31.01.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Halting spending approved by Congress.

Firing independent inspectors general from federal agencies.

Replacing civil servants with loyalists.

All plans pulled from Project 2025.

Remember when Trump denied knowing about the playbook and the media gave him a pass?

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