We're just gonna keep inventing new made-up economic problems until we eventually randomly hit a recession.
I'm not saying that the New Deal coalition wasn't diverse. I'm saying that the Dems having consistent house majorities was because of the marginal impact of southern whites. We basically had 20% of the house on lock and fought with the GOP over the other 80%
It could *all* work if it was imagined as an older Napoleon trying to imagine his glory days and explain it to his hosts on St. Helena. Embrace it almost as an extended dream sequence and have it end with Napoleon imagining how he could've won at Waterloo.
Remember, if a Dem state attorney general prosecutes Trump for crimes done in their jurisdiction, that’s wrong because then they’re not personally out preventing other crimes. But if a GOP state AG wants to cape for Musk despite having absolutely no ties to the case? Well, that’s right and just.
in both directions: in 1854 it was totally reasonable to see the United States flag as symbolizing protection of slavery, in 1864 the same flag was flying over Union Armies as they rampaged through the south burning down plantations. I think that's neat and a good idea! bsky.app/profile/wron...
The Attorney General of Missouri (a Republican) is "looking into" Media Matters creating three X/Twitter accounts then accurately reporting when X showed ads to offensive content—an abuse of government power that genuinely threatens free speech.
A few months back I was in a hospital waiting room. Three magas - they didn’t know each other before this - were griping. One eventually said “We have to start killing people, it’s the only way they’ll listen to us” and the others heartily agreed. Lots of people are true believer fascist.
Breaking News! Well humanity, we did it, even if just for one day. Yesterday, Nov. 18, was the first time in recorded history that the global 2m surface temperature breached 2.0°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline. The long-term average remains below 1.5°C. But not for long.
When I was at UNCC, we worked for 10 years on a proposal for a Women's & Gender Studies major bc we had *600+ minors*. The proposal got all the way to the Board of Governors for the UNC System, & they tabled it indefinitely as a way to kill it. The students WANTED that major.
