Barry Epstein

Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.

djt is having the key emails redacted or withheld. so he learned to erase the tapes.

helping hungry children and families but not helping sick children and families. Disgusting and unsurprising!!!

Tonight was a very bad night.

Disgusting and unsurprising.... I remember "Blue Dog" democrats voting for Reagan's program, including his bad tax cuts, and many so called dems supporting nafta which gutted communities and the middle class ...... here they are again folding to the fascists ... as I hear it -

He's destroying democracy, regulations, healthcare, unions, the environment, immigrants, the poor, and so much more. They should be happy.

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'Life before limb': As Ali France enters parliament the surgeon who saved her speaks out As new Labor MP Ali France enters parliament, the surgeon who saved her life by taking her leg in 2011 is telling his story for the first time.

Hollywood couldn't script it better: one of the most toxic leaders of a political party in Australian history loses the seat he has held for 24 years to one of the most courageous people you could ever wish to meet. #auspol

This is incredible

Old guy here. What's the word for a scalp with no hair? 😀

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I hate him.

Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s | Penn Today New research led by Michael E. Mann links a surge in stalled jet stream events to human-driven climate change, with major implications for future heatwaves, wildfires, and floods.

"Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s" | Great piece in @upenn.edu's #PennToday on our recent @pnas.org article, providing critical context for the extreme heat we're seeing right now in North America and Europe: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/extreme...

The War is not meant to be Won, it is meant to be Continuous.

#GeorgeOrwell

Heat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them | CNN The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming.

"Heat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them" | Nice piece by @afreedma.bsky.social for @cnn.com that references our recent @pnas.org article: edition.cnn.com/2025/06/23/c...

I just heard someone say they wish this summer was shaping up to be a lot more Barbie and a lot less Oppenheimer.🤣😭🥂💙

Take note.

How many wars have we seen in our lifetime? .... it's extraordinary and never ending!

Is the U.S. about to be dragged into a war in the Middle East? Wendy Sherman on the Israel-Iran conflict "No one should underestimate how difficult and, in my view, how profound this decision will be by President Trump"

Is the U.S. about to be dragged into a war in the Middle East? Wendy Sherman on the Israel-Iran conflict - the single most terrifying and important explanation of what it means to go to war vs. Iran. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The Anti-Autocracy Handbook, by Stephan Lewandowsky et al. 2025, open access! 👍🧪

New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution” “The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of constitutional law.” “Faced with the choice between clinging to the letter of the ...

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Democrat. Republican Since 1970 Average GDP Growth 2.88% 0.94% Total Jobs Created 61.2 million. 27 million Stock Market Performance 2,228.57%. 793.28% Average Unemployment Rate 5.84%. 6.16% Recessions Started 1 7 Criminal Indictments 3. 272 Presidential Felony Convictions 0 34 @

For those of you who keep telling me, "I don't vote, they're all the same."
What if I took away the colors and party icons?
Which "same" would you prefer?
#FactsMatter
#Voices4Victory #ProudBlueVet

@davidhogg.bsky.social I donated to you (a little). I now believe you should choose .... stop working to primary Dems or resign from the DNC.
TheDNC is a Party that depends on cohesion from leadership. it's a simple principle.
I have highly respected your activism ... please get this right.

I ❤️ AOC!

Friday essay: Trump’s reign fits Curtis Yarvin’s blueprint of a CEO-led American monarchy. What is technological fascism? The Washington Post called Curtis Yarvin’s blog ‘required reading for the extremely online right’. He advocates for the end of democracy – and a governing monarch.

The plan was simple. It started by retiring all government employees by offering them incentives to leave and never return. To avoid anarchy and keep authority, the police and military would be retained.

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