Clytemnestra played the long game

The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.

It didn't matter.

Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

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I have an even worse feeling about THIS:

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.

A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.

I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.

This is the energy you need to bring ICE and all fascists, this is what everyone should be doing. In a world full of compliers be the polka dot lady. #3E

Democracy requires decency.

Our democracy is devolving because we neglected to demand common decency of the most powerful individual in our country; the President.

“How DARE Cracker Barrel change their logo 😡🤬😡🤬 I’ll never eat there again!”

“Destroy the White House harder, daddy 🥵🤤”

This is very good

It’s time for a general strike.

Yes!

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Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

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Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday | CNN Politics The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the Departm...

The people guarding the US nuclear stockpile are being furloughed today.

Meanwhile, Trump deemed those who helped him start trolling accounts on Bluesky and who disseminated his shitpost over the weekend essential.

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Let’s keep moving👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

(🧵) I’m going to say some things that may cost me followers. That’s only appropriate, given that what I say in this thread is about exactly that: how utterly meaningless everything is right now besides saving America—because without rule of law and democracy, nothing we dream of will ever come true.

See the difference? 👀

#NoKings

Evil, that is, has every advantage but one—it is inferior in imagination. Good can imagine the possibility of becoming evil-hence the refusal of Gandalf and Aragorn to use the Ring-but Evil, defiantly chosen, can no longer imagine anything but itself. Sauron cannot imagine any motives except lust for domination and fear so that, when he has learned that his enemies have the Ring, the thought that they might try to destroy it never enters his head, and his eye is kept toward Gondor and away from Mordor and the Mount of Doom.

Facebook served this up to me… purporting to be from WH Auden’s review of “Lord of the Rings.”

It's big Trump protest day so that means we are mere hours away from my least favorite Bluesky: the Russian disinfo surge.

Here's how it works, and what you can do about it. 🧵

There are too many of us to ignore. #NoKings

DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero

Tell me again which side is violent?

This is what pedophile guardians look like

Des Moines IA

#nokings #epsteinfiles

M NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS. SATURDAY, OCT 18

Millions of people are taking a stand against the fascist Trump regime today.

If you are one of them, stay safe, stay vigilant, document everything, and let’s goooooo.

#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood