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Mixed-race Black male (bright skinned) | Artist | Writer | ASD | Narrative Political Strategist, Strategist, & History | Wisconsin braunginn.com | instagram.com/thehiggstape/ | https://thehiggstape.substack.com/
Don’t know how common it is but I keep seeing stories of international adoptees facing immigration action b/c of paperwork errors by adoptive parents or agencies from when they were brought to the U.S. and it really shows how hard the bureaucracy of migration is to navigate even for people from here
i’ve come to believe that we will never solve the literacy crisis by talking about reading as “watering the garden of your mind” or whatever. books are, and have always been, the favored medium of God’s purest freaks and degenerates. Reading isn’t a salad. If you’re doing it right, it’s a vice.
Crypto and AI are giving hundreds of millions to DEMOCRATS.
Pay attention, folks.
Billionaires won't die without a fight.
These are impacting your primaries.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Critics of TV were right
I think there is something to explore that many nations at the WBC have come showing what they love about their country (dancing, celebration, tradition) to represent the people while the American team has shown up representing and only celebrating the military
In Feb 2022, as Vladimir Putin announced to his bunch of alcoholic sycophants that he's about to embark on a three-day adventure to take Kyiv and kill Zelenskyy, none of these knobs had the courage to tell him that this won't end up the way he thinks. But at least he didn't choose their footwear.
For anyone outside of Minnesota who has been wondering why progressives & leftists absolutely despise Jacob Frey, here is a very clear cut example.
New Past Lives: Why Slavery Matters. Our final episode of the first season looks back at why it's essential to understand the sheer scope of slavery, how fragile the idea of human value really is, and why we can never go back. www.pod.link/1852618120/e...
me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58
thankfully the US has learnt the lessons of the 1980s Tanker war and kept significant naval minesweeping capabili- oh
18 Senate Dems just voted to confirm Trump's NSA director:
Baldwin
Coons
Cortez Masto
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kelly
King
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Whitehouse
Choose the form of the destructor
The College Republicans of America have named Kai Schwemmer as the organization's political director. Schwemmer is an avowed and overt supporter of racist antisemitic white nationalist Nick Fuentes. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
"later Monday, a person close to Antonio said his release from the center in Raymondville had been delayed until the Republican congresswoman could arrive for a photo opportunity."
“People tend to disbelieve stories when actions don't meet the words—even if the story is true. In fact, if the actions of those telling the story don't match their words, people stop believing the story is true, despite mounting evidence of its veracity.”
www.the-reframe.com/impeachment-...
If an official commits an impeachable offense and nobody acts to impeach, it is no longer an impeachable offense.
People who oppose impeachment as “pointless” because it seems unlikely to result in removal do not understand this very simple point and seem unwilling to even try to understand it.
"We've been at war with Iran since 492 BC"
This is pretty tortured logic. Hitler winning elections in 1933 doesn’t butterfly-effect the Beer Hall Putsch into a victory, nor does winning WWII make Pearl Harbor an American victory.
Later victories can make up for defeats, but they do not make them become victories.
Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
This song feels incredibly relevant today.
YES. People are fascinating! The infinite ways we have of being human are inspiring and beautiful and rich! It is joyful and puzzling and painful and wonderful to learn about them while also learning about ourselves!
Then what?
“Blow the hell out of these people” is a means, not an end.
Kill and destroy in pursuit of… ?
Expect the violent means to achieve positive ends because… ?
In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles.
13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger.
The law didn't change.
torrentfreak.com/uploading-pi...
if the words "people should" are about to come out of your mouth, stop, bc there is no such thing as "people should." there's people do or people don't, based on what they know, what they believe to be true, & who they believe they are. "should" = "i'm doing nothing to change one of those 3 things"
Rubio was confirmed 99-0 in the Senate because he was a respected colleague (derogatory/delusional). As the Mullin confirmation battle gets rolling, I don't think senators are chastened enough for the errors of their ways.
this is what it feels like to post on bluesky
Me walking into a Casablanca stan 🧵
This is the exact same Guy you could find 2,000 years ago as a Roman senator gleefully listing the number of Germani slain and sold into slavery, 900 years ago exulting in the sack of Jerusalem, or 100 years ago celebrating 500 yards taken on the Western Front. Timeless chickenhawk scum.
Bluesky overindexes on humorless scolds and people doing identity formation by arguing with something you didn't say but that doesn't make it an echo chamber; it means the place has an institutional culture, and I much prefer that culture to fending off Nazis with a block button that doesn't work