Artist, theatrical performer, roller derby announcer, and former derby skater in the Midwest.
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Identity politics is perhaps the worst element of our politics, regardless of which side of the spectrum you subscribe to. It’s made it much, much easier to divide people and get them to oppose each other rather than focusing their ire on the real problem: the wealthy and their insatiable greed.
Bummer that they didn’t find him with some marijuana or something, a much, much more dangerous crime than committing actual treason.
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I had to share this when I saw that the AP had the gumption to finally use the ‘L’ word in the article’s headline, instead of some euphemistic bullshit like “misled” or “false claims”.
LIED, baby. Lied.
Finally.
More like bots, really. Threads had a huge user influx but also a ton of inorganic activity.
Yeah, it is.
Could even get Trump reelected in a few months. Super bleak.
you gotta assume they’ll eventually hire and fire/lose all the usable talent
I’d like to think that, but Amazon has the benefit (at least in the US) of operating in a country where most people need 2-3 jobs in order to live, so it’s either churn-and-burn or starve.
Oh man, I am an avid reader of history and I’ve never heard of this. Thanks for sharing!
The only thing that amazes me about is how cheap it is to get a meeting with a presidential candidate. I’m not sure the going rate now, but it was around half a million dollars in 2016, and quite a few outlets reported on it. A measly 500k is nothing for most major corporations, and if it can get you a few minutes in private with a presidential candidate to demand a favor, there’s no better investment that you can make.
If we look at the actions of the party in power over the last several decades, it becomes clear that it doesn’t matter who we elect. Both Democrats and Republicans, based on their actions when they’re in power, have the same policy on Israeli genocide.
Reminds me of Robert Reich, who makes his money railing against the evils of capitalism, but seemingly did nothing to change it when he actually had the power to do so in the Clinton Administration.
He’s right though, it’s just a bummer that he didn’t find his conscience when he could make real change.
The mainstream media is owned by billionaires. The real question is why you expect them to care about Project 2025?
The article’s pretty graphic, and yikes, I hope they go for attempted murder. The shooter fired THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD at kids just sitting in their car and offering no threat. Further, the injuries to the kid’s face were pretty substantial.
I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting on that, honestly.
Agreed. The headline made it sound like the deceased person was injected or something.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that six of the Trump Train drivers violated state and federal law. Lawyers for the defendants said they did not conspire against the Democrats on the bus and that their actions are protected speech.
I don’t know how, given the harassing and objectionable temperament of Trump supporters, that anyone could argue this with a straight face. How is it even a question that this was a violent incident? Because they didn’t fire a gun at the bus?
“As young people, we’re poised to inherit a world that needs thoughtful, informed leadership more than ever. But if we’re not even willing to watch a debate
I think it’s fair to say that Gen Z has seen enough of both major parties to know definitively that neither of the two leaders up for the job are going to do anything meaningful to change their lives in a positive way. Their entire lives they’ve watched presidents of both parties promise to raise wages, improve health care and education, and spend less on war. Instead, they’ve watched both of their parents working full-time jobs while still finding themselves unable to provide for the family’s needs and education.
And it isn’t lost on them that when money for a war or corporate bailout needs to happen, it happens overnight, every single time. During COVID the government even made a few trillion we didn’t have appear out of thin air overnight.
It’s unreasonable at this point to expect Gen Z to care. Why waste a badly-needed day’s work to vote when you have observed for your entire life that things stay consistent regardless of who’s elected?
I must say that I think the city government makes a reasonable point: those of use who want to offer foreign visitors safety and dignity in American must also demand that our government takes responsibility for helping them relocate to a town in which is expecting their arrival and has been aided in making that arrival successful.
Agreed. It just makes sense.
But there are lots of things we do differently than the rest of the world for no good reason. That’s America for you.
My biggest worry with all this attention on Springfield, Ohio is that some chucklehead neckbeard in podunk nowhere is likely already planning a mass shooting there.
I’m on staycation this week.
It’s glorious.
I’ll give it a listen.
It just makes me feel hopeless watching people who care more about subdividing themselves or perceived cultural outrages than they do about the ability to feed their families.