Mark Twain hated the Fourth of July.
He was often invited to speak at Independence Day festivities. His audiences assumed that his reliably unpatriotic remarks were tongue-in-cheek jests.
But he meant that shit.
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This constant barrage from MAGA makes it seem like they are a majority which they are not, so yes yes keep rump’s horridness front and center.
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“…[Nazism] had to deny expertness in thinking and then, in order to fill the vacuum, had to [attempt to] establish expert thinking of its own—that is, to find men of inferior or irresponsible caliber whose views conformed dishonestly or, worse yet, honestly to the Party line.”
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When folks argue that a Universal Basic Income would deter working, think about those million-dollar CEOs. If a modest $15k is enough to make one quit working, wouldn’t multi-million dollar packages make CEOs practically comatose? Yet, here they are, still CEOing. Weird isn't it?
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100% yes.
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This is one reason oligarchs are raging for Trump.
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I get the feeling that we as a country prioritize aerospace engineering competencies applied to astronaut safety above jurisprudence competency applied to safeguarding democracy. The incompetence of the latter is stunning and highly impactful.
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Hey bsky artists: could you gift me a graphic for a ~4x4” sticker for these words:
No to Kings
Vote Blue
Save Democracy
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They only understand money. All these oligarchs and kleptocrats only understand money. Speak to them only in these terms.
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This is why fast and decisive action from a law-immune president is necessary.
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The Vanity Fair piece + having to read this really shows us how durable the Kennedy brand is, though for not enough good reasons. This guy is nuts (not fit).
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We need some sort of grant program to a) create simple standards for charging stations and b) affordable licenses for local mom/pop-owned charging stations. I’d own one if the cost wasn’t too high a risk and would expand if it made money or use whatever system enables 4 new Royal Farms in as many mi
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All of a sudden Wapo can see it. What changed?
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These posts are hilarious. Thank you, I needed that today.
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"They're just fearmongering about Project 2025," brought to you by the people behind "They're just fearmongering about a coup" and "they're just fearmongering about abortion bans"
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🤣🤣🤣
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More’n that.
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Send them to the after-life court, pronto!
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There will always be betas to help the villain regroup. And there will always be gen-next villain that follows. They need to be eliminated as a minimum to create villain reincarnation delay.
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the whole ‘actually, killing the villain makes us just as bad as him’ trope had done incomprehensible damage to society and i’m not kidding
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Bankers in charge provides a more direct line to the kleptocracy.
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“I know! Let’s do fascism instead because that annoying flag”
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So glad the court gave Biden the power to arrest the traitor Trump and his seditionist MAGA Congress. While he is at it, let’s arrest those corrupt SC Jude’s for accepting bribes. Clean house Joe, the court has given you a green light.
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Serious comment? You can not debate logic or law with fascists.
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Agree. Biden need to take a bold move on SCOTUS immediately. emphasizing bold and immediately.
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Seriously. Why does anyone give a republican respect? Since the 80’s they’ve been telling us who they are. It’s like social nerd thirstiness to hang with the cool kids (who have figured out how to get all the money).
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Sheldon Whitehouse has a many-episode lecture delivered in Congress on youtube called The Scheme. I think he started it at least four years ago.
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The Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority didn't happen overnight.
This is the inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that reshaped the American judiciary and legal system.
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The concern is that the kleptocracy has eliminated so many normie judges and installed a machine. Who cares about internet outrage over something like this. It's the loss of a rational judicial branch that is devastating.
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Yes! The GOP has systematically, intensely, patiently planned to have the Supreme Court they wanted. And guess what, they started on this project 35 years ago. And Dems did NOTHING. Went along with all other pet issues. Presidential elections #1 issue every time ought to be Supreme Court appointees.
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Don't forget the Sharpie.
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5/5 It turned out that Trump was right and I was a naive fool. Trump carried around Supreme Court justices in his pocket like so many nickels & dimes.
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JFC. This should be the lead on every news show/network. It's treason
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if there's anything that gives me a slight scrap of hope it's that these guys are *way* too confident. constantly blurting out hideously unpopular shit is not the sensible thing to do before a probable coin flip election
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interesting to ponder this given the number of massive holes blown in the Constitution over the last 20+ years. impeachment & emoluments clause, article 4 section 4, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 14th amendments, etc etc, all dead. plus it was suspended outright for 3 weeks in 2021
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