Reminder: 1/100th of what was done to the Harvard President against a conservative (of any color) is routinely described by racist reactionaries as "a public lynching."
“Joe the Plumber” was one of the key voices who sank full insurance reform and the irony of him dying with an open gofundme for his own cancer care …
“He’s healthy and unstooped, and has as many marbles as he ever had.” open.substack.com/pub/jendeade...
there's ample research that shows that specific messages aimed at specific audiences make them do things. for example but also 2/3 www.forbes.com/sites/matthe...
The so-called "Crusades" began when Pope Urban II stepped onto a rostrum in November 1095 CE and made a speech. What do we know about what he said and why people responded as they did? How did one spe...
we today have a real problem believing that rhetoric can inspire violence. a lot is bad faith bullshit from the right who don't want consequences for stoking hate but some is also naive pseudo-protestantism that thinks we can't know "what's in their heart" but... 1/2
Libs of TikTok posts video by an Oklahoma elementary school librarian to mock the librarian for mocking the moral panic about a “woke agenda.” School superintendent reposts it. Multiple bomb threats to the school follow. www.newson6.com/story/64e621...
A message to parents stated that police are investigating the second threat to Ellen Ochoa Elementary in as many days. Police say students briefly sheltered in place while staff searched the campus.
The USPS does not lose money. It *costs* money. It’s a government service, not a business. Please stop judging it like it’s a struggling startup.
If the U.S. Postal Service's turnaround plan fails, that could threaten its ability to deliver the mail and pay its retirees' benefits.
“The only physical evidence that she’d been on the floor were rug burns on her elbows.” open.substack.com/pub/jendeade...
In July, I wrote this about why Republicans are sticking with Trump. Part of the reason: They have gone so far already with and for Trump, and in the process become complicit in his rise, his rule, his lawlessness, his breathtaking corruption. All the bridges have been burned…
Rightwing politics is driven by a logic of escalation, the loyalty to Trump additionally fueled by a sense of having burned all bridges – a toxic combination that only allows for radicalization
every local nextdoor post is like "my cat is missing, i let him free roam so he can murder the native wildlife but he always comes back but he didn't come back :(" and there's 50 of these posts a day and no one seems to notice the obvious pattern