James Wagner

meanwhile, can we say that it should never require incredible bravery to talk to your representatives

it's amazing america survived so long before electing donald trump, the only president in american history who knows what he's doing

15 years ago if you complained about how the extraction class wanted to buy up the entirety of media and befuddle the electorate with right wing agitprop you'd be tsk-tsked by professional tutscolds who treated you like a toddler who just took a dookie on the wedding dance floor

oh, and elections are no longer elections

it’s in the news (at least some of which is still permitted us at this time)

what kind of support system allows for the existence of, provides generous welfare benefits to, individuals with a personal wealth of a billion dollars, to say nothing of the nearly 20 people with a net worth of at least $100 billion, in one case, nearly a trillion?

I believe we know the answer

a nation’s security lies in the welfare of its people

not in the misery of another’s

The reason we typically don't give military operations silly or hollywood names is because then when a husband loses a wife and children lose their mother, the casualty notification officer doesn't have to say "your loved one died supporting operation epic fury"

March 4, 1933

“Committed to tax breaks for the wealthy, harsh restrictions for migrants..cuts for welfare recipients, he is a throwback figure. His program [is:] turn back the clock to a time when the country could depend on cheap energy and plentiful exports. ..Merz [is] yesterday’s man, with yesterday’s ideas.”

Sanchez: “We are not going to be accomplices to something that is bad for the world and that is also contrary to our values and interests, simply because of the fear of reprisals from some.

We have absolute confidence in the economic, institutional and I would also say moral strength of our country

“The Iraq War generated a drastic increase in jihadist terrorism, a serious migration crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean and a generalised increase in energy prices.”
3/3

“But which in reality, seen in perspective, produced the opposite effect, it unleashed the greatest wave of insecurity that our continent has suffered since the fall of the Berlin Wall.”

2/3

More Sanchez: “23 years ago, another US administration dragged us into a war in the Middle East. A war that, in theory, it was said at the time, was being fought to eliminate Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, bring democracy and ensure global security.

1/3

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.

1/2

“Sánchez reflected on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as the Iraq War and said the Spanish government's position could be summed up as ‘no to war’. Trump threatened..full trade embargo on Spain in response to Madrid's refusal to allow the US to use the jointly-run bases at Morón and Rotafor…”

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YouTube video by The Canadian Press Joan Chen portrays a middle-aged lesbian awakening in ‘Montreal, My Beautiful’

Montréal, ma belle (Montreal, My Beautiful) starring Joan Chen

"This film is the first one in the whole world to put a middle-aged Chinese lesbian, a woman that is a lesbian on the big screen." – director Xiaodan He

Trump’s strikes on Iran could cost American economy up to $210 billion, report says The president has said the U.S. could give military escorts to oil tankers in the region to ease the strain on global energy supplies

I'd rather have heathcare & student loan forgiveness...

Trump’s war on Iran could cost the American economy $210,000,000,000

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE.

Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very often—and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.

So now the total number of countries attacked by Trump is 8. 9 if you count his sending US military into US cities.

detail

orecchiette con cime di rapa

9 oz. Puglian orecchiette and 9 oz. chopped rabe, boiled together until the pasta was _ almost_ al dente, drained,

tossed together, adding pasta water, in a pot w/3 garlic cloves/1 dried Calabrian peperoncino already heated in oil, topped w/fresh toasted breadcrumbs

ahem

When someone tells you they're trans, believe them.
When someone tells you they're nonbinary, believe them.
When someone tells you you've hurt them, believe them.

as tribute, to the domestic forces of insanity and iniquity,

our health care, our schools, our homes, our food, our information systems, our infrastructure,

are all forfeit to a monstrous war of choice we’ve initiated on the far side of the world

as tribute to insanity and iniquity

our health care, our schools, our homes, our food, our information systems, our infrastructure

are all forfeit to a war of choice we initiated on the far side of the world

Donald Trump’s dangerous ‘war of whim’ Anyone who claims to know where this conflict will go is bluffing

"The fog of war starts in Trump's mind" Donald Trump’s dangerous ‘war of whim’ - www.ft.com/content/611e... via @FT