“‘When they did fund us,’ Kimbal Musk recalled, ‘they realized that we were illegal immigrants.’ ‘Well…’ Elon Musk interjected. ‘Yes, we were,’ Kimbal Musk pushed back.” www.cnn.com/2024/09/29/u...

Elon Musk once described his past immigration status as a ‘gray area’ | CNN

The world’s richest man is a harsh critic of illegal immigration. His past comments raise questions about his own path.

"I have also urged a pause in transfer of any offensive weapons because of the serious harm they will likely cause to Palestinian civilians in Gaza and in the West Bank." Tim Kaine.

If activism wasn't effective centrists wouldn't be attacking it all the time.

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Classic reactionary centrist: Attack and delegitimize specific efforts by activists while demanding vague platitudes as an alternative. "Don't protest the construction of the Keystone pipeline you communists, push for energy abundance while transitioning to a low-carbon economy!"

This is literally the leopard joke

Also on an unrelated note if you are interacting with someone who seems determined to be stupid and you see that they have tweeted that the only thing that will help Palestinians is a violent revolution in the United States they are actually just stupid. This is a message to myself.

VoteForward is AWESOME and you should DO THIS!!! A way to get out the vote in a proven, effective way that doesn't require you to make calls -- fantastic if you're an introvert or otherwise phone-shy!

🎇New Paper Alert🎇 CORRUPTION AND THE SUPREME COURT, forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities. Abstract and link to paper below. It's short and punchy--as law review articles go, anyway. Comments very welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

New Jersey Star-Ledger editorial board warning that Trump could ban abortion nationwide without Congress, either via the Comstock Act or a ruling from his Supreme Court appointees www.nj.com/opinion/2024...

Beware: Trump could ban abortion in NJ too | Editorial

All it would take is for Trump to see some political advantage in this.

i'll say about Vance what I keep saying in every other context- never elect a person who has no self respect, he does not respect himself and so is 100% incapable of respecting you or anyone else

I think they’re hoping that her running as a Black South Asian Woman whose serving under Biden’s relatively progressive administration is enough to communicate to Dems to hold the faith while they try to stretch the party’s tent to win swing states and threaten Texas and Florida. Still would be nice