The trope that associates violent profiteering by elites and their henchmen with being “tough on crime” was pushed by both right wing and liberal media organizations for decades. It is one of the great achievements of modern propaganda to associate cruelty and domination and violence with “safety.”
Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.
you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.
I regret to inform you: I had a LOT of thoughts on this week’s very stupid Democratic Party discourse. amandalitman.substack.com/p/build-a-bi...
Donald Trump packages up & brands his insane propaganda to serve several functions. It turns BOTH opponents & supporters into data mules, & does so on his terms, AND by doing so reinforces polarization.
If you must screen cap repackage it to disrupt branding. Or just quote the most insane bits.
Fascinating, informative, and insightful thread that deserves article space tbqh
The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today.
Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere.
Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.
Campaign for Southern Equality is a great org, and @renzaro.com is awesome for doing this. This is well worth your support.
After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations.
She accepted three.
One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history.
www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...
Everyone who works for the NYT — including my many friends — should be incredibly embarrassed by this statement.
The depths to which the NYT will go to back its agenda of challenging trans people's right to exist is horrifying, ongoing, and has caused very real and specific harms to trans people.
I believe this reflects my naivety, but I had not anticipated that our slide in fascism would have the country's entire left guard rallying in support of both TSA and the global free flow of oil
We're still taking applications until April 13. We've received 240+ so far so maybe it isn't advisable for us to continue to open this position, since we read every single application. So no "AI" generated ones please, don't think we can't tell.
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Something I haven’t seen mentioned is that more than TSA work at airports! Janitors, food service, retail, etc. I have no faith that security clearance to work at an airport will keep those people safe from ICE, especially brown and Black people with accents.
Genuinely one of those most bleakly humorous, depressing, readable and horrifying things I’ve ever had this misfortune to enjoy.
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"The 41-year-old father of six children, who had served alongside the 3rd Battalion of the U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan, died in ICE custody the next day, leaving his family in shock, and U.S. veterans of prior Middle East wars outraged."
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”
They’re literally pushing out Black women to make sure they can try to permanently staff the federal government with white supremacists.
It's budget season in NYC, and despite promises to commit .5% to NYC libraries, Mamdani has instead proposed cuts. The budget is now with the City Council, which will counter-propose--so it's time to contact your council member. @nycplan.org has all the info you need: nycplan.org
Takes ~2 mins
Flyer for Queens Public Library’s Prom Attire Drive (Feb 23–Mar 20). Includes event info, donation locations, donation guidelines, and mentions a Prom Attire Shopping Event for teens. Text is colorful with purple accents.
FYI if you have formal prom attire.
Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
Seriously, get off of X. Don't post there and don't spend time there. You will get exposed to propaganda and bullshit that will nestle into the corners of your brain EVEN IF YOU KNOW IT'S BULLSHIT. Stay away.
How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
The New Americans Hotline now runs on weekends, offering legal help in 200+ languages for immigrant New Yorkers. ☎️📱🤝🏽
www.fingerlakesdailynews.com/regional-state-congressi...
2 great Native organizers in conversation. What a great piece to have access to!
CW: transphobia.
See, this is why it can be painful to know too much history.🫤
This post implies that what is happening in Kansas is *similar* to what the nazis did.
But it's not just similar. It's *identical*.
In 1933, nazis revoked trans people's documents. Before 1938.
Paragraph 175 and 183.
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