And also, why do we ascribe mental illness to self immolation and other extreme protests but not to the atrocities those people are protesting?
The fun thing about living in a christofascist dictatorship is how many American "secular" christians are still pretending it's not going to be one.
one of my electoral politics hobbyhorses is that it is a mistake to treat trump as distinct from republicans. important to do everything possible to remind voters that he is a republican who wants to do republican shit, including cut your medicare and social security
If Donald Trump becomes president again, Republicans' 2025 policy agenda will “greatly accelerate” efforts to privatize Medicare.
there is a german shepherd mix dog hanging around this RV park near Austin that it appears someone dumped no collar, very nervous owners of the rv park are like "yeah we've been trying to catch him" we fed him but it feels mean because we can't keep him and we're leaving
[whispers] when the confederacy was in rebellion against the federal government of the united states those states were not entitled to participation in the elections or governance of the united states
I am so frustrated to be in this position. Yes, I do think Biden will do *substantively* more to maintain what public services and democratic institutions we have left within the U.S., but "well you see, he'll only support genocides OUTSIDE the country" is the most hollow endorsement possible.
we’re 5 DAYS into 2024 & *125* anti-trans bills have been filed across the US. do cis people know this map? this is risk for *adult* trans people across america. FL is already “do not travel.” i must have a few cis followers. please share this. consider if you could live in a country like this.
And the worst part about the whole, rambling response wasn’t the outrageous ahistorical nature of it, or the empty babbling about freedom, or even the contemptuous counter-interrogation she ended it with, but the fact that Nikki Haley so clearly knew the right answer and was too cowardly to give it.
All I want for Christmas is massive labor unrest at Tesla 🥰
I don't know if anyone else gets anxious about phone calls but a little tip I've learned is: if there is a phone call that I don't want to make, before I start dialing the number, I carefully hold the phone in my hand & toss it gently into a lake. I hope this advice helps others.