You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

0 Opinion The Editorial Board U.S. cut aid to Africa. The continent proved resilient. The abrupt change was messy, but forced governments to reform fast.

I read a lot of conservative media, and let me just say that this Washpost house editorial is one of the most shameful pieces of unsubstantiated, free-market claptrap that has been published all year, by anyone.

Barely a mention of the thousands of deaths caused by US aid cutbacks.

I mean, you don't really need a translator

I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.

This is a war for Christian nationalism.

Pretty impressive opsec. Those drapes go almost all the way to the ceiling.

CNN Anchor Calls Out The Brutal Truth About The Countries That Joined Trump's 'Board Of Peace'

This says it all.

Chinook

Churchill’s “We shall fight on the beaches” speech lasts 36 minutes.

Our own speech in the Fund Crisis took 30 minutes.

Dr. King at the Lincoln Memorial spoke for 16 minutes.

Bobby, after Dr. King’s death, spoke for six minutes.

That’s what the hockey team is for.

seems bad

Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.

> @reuters.com

As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.

And we are not at all certain the government will comply.

Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c

1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.

Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.

Post from Pete Buttigieg that reads: If there was ever a moment for libertarians and conservatives to step up and join the rest of us, we’re in it. Americans have to unite and stop this descent from a freedom-loving nation into the kind of place where masked, militarized government agents are sent to politically noncompliant areas to roam the streets, terrorize civilians, and deploy violence with impunity.

Adam Bonica (@adambonica.bsky.social) If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched...

"If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here."

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His levels wouldn’t be tested unless there was reason to believe they were LOW

Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.

I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.

appeasement never works

An unacceptable violation of the First Amendment by the Trump Administration.

And before you even start talking about retaining classified documents lets remember that the most egregious breach by far in recent years was committed by Trump himself.

Renee Nicole Good’s queerness isn’t an aside—it’s a key part of her story | Xtra Magazine We can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that

For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the simultaneous mainstream media erasure of Renee Good's queerness and the right wing amplification of it as a post hoc justification for her murder. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...

Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...

An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.

One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.

The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.

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Post See new posts Conversation Ted Cruz @tedcruz Violence is always unacceptable. Even when passions run high. Anyone engaged in violence—especially against law enforcement—should be fully prosecuted. God bless the Capitol Police and the honorable men & women of law enforcement who show great courage keeping all of us safe. 11:47 AM · Jan 6, 2021

Rep. Jim Jordan @Jim_Jordan Stop the violence. Support Capitol Police. 12:02 PM · Jan 6, 2021

Graham said, “Count me out. Enough is enough.” Graham called Biden the “legitimate president of the United States,” and told colleagues definitively that “it is over” and the Biden-Harris administration would begin on January 20th. Earlier Wednesday, supporters of Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, forcing a lockdown of the lawmakers and staff inside. Trump has claimed widespread voter fraud to explain away his defeat to President-elect Joe Biden, though election officials have said there wasn’t any. Graham said that “if you’re a conservative,” the idea that Vice President Mike Pence could reverse the results of the election, as President Donald Trump had urged him to do, was “the most offensive concept in the world.”

“There’s no question — none — that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it. The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president,” McConnell said. “The leader of the free world cannot spend weeks thundering that shadowy forces are stealing our country and then feign surprise when people believe him and do reckless things.”

I know this feels impossible now, but I swear, on January 6 itself, there was a pretty broad bipartisan consensus that storming the Capitol to find and kill lawmakers was bad, and that Trump was responsible for inciting his followers to try it

This could actually be a golden age of radical public history. So many people are looking to better understand the antecedents to our current moment. We have good scholarship that can be shared with the public in myriad ways. Revive freedom schooling across the land.

Imagine an administration killing people simply for blood lust and because they are Brown. Imagine an entire White House and cabinet made up of liars, racists, rapists, child sex predators, thieves, murderers, and genocidal maniacs, some are all of the above.

Welcome to the United States.

Saw one in Chciago—scared the hell out of our Labrador