Love is full knowledge plus full appreciation. No loving religious doctrine condemns people for being who they are or loving who they love. Fundamentalist Christianity is not a ministry of love, no matter how loudly they proclaim it.
The terrible moment we're in, with so many ugly revelations, has to be seen as an opportunity to tear down the structures that have kept them in power for centuries, and try to get it right this time. 2/2
The essential truth to be learned from the Epstein files is that the people with the most insatiable hunger for wealth, power, and control - the people who are pulling the world's oligarchic levers - are also the emptiest, most poisoned, and most degraded. 1/2
The FBI raiding a Washington Post reporter’s home is an extraordinary escalation. It sets a precedent that should concern anyone who cares about truth, accountability, and a free press.
He quotes statistics. She mentions two anecdotes and pretends they'ree data.
It’s crazy how it’s suddenly “wow we live in a police state” when it happens to white people
NPR just referred to the Trump regime’s “willingness to push the boundaries of the law.”
Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
Maybe he thinks that, even if it's fascism, they're Orban-style fascists. But they're not; they're Nazis. And he will appease them right up to the moment when they make him dig his own grave - right before his execution. I wish I were exaggerating or joking. 2/2
Schumer posted about new Democratic housing initiatives. He thinks that he can do regular business, sending strongly worded letters until it's pension time.
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We know we are part of the whole, inextricably bound to each other - dependent on and responsible to each other. Empathy and compassion are our highest virtues, extensions of our own self-love and self-care.
Even when they win, they lose.
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Our conflict is between two different views of humanity. Fascists see themselves as isolated individuals. They are predators, hunters, competitors; life is win or lose, without regard for the vanquished or victimized. They are riddled with fear and self-loathing.
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Good morning. I'm an active threader who is getting tired of META throttling posts. Bluesky people - what's your experience here? Particularly if you're talking about the new Nazis who are trying to take over America and the toothless Democratic response?
Same!!!
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
NEW: Two planes were involved in a fatal crash this morning at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona
At least one person is confirmed dead in what the Marana Police Department is describing as an "aircraft collision."
More details to come.
Wyden: "Nobody should lose sight of what happened this morning. Trump endorsed the House budget resolution. This resolution mandates that $880b in cuts come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee ... there is no plausible way to hit that target without hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid."
They can't believe their own bullshit. They just can't. Can they?
Happy to have been able to march in NYC today with a few thousand of my neighbors. Hope to see you all out there next month.
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