Eighty-nine percent of voters — overwhelming majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and independents — say corruption is responsible for policies that benefit billionaires and big corporations at the expense of the American people. bit.ly/4apvVns
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Here to scream into the void. Working to figure out how to save democracy in America from the tyrant that has taken hold. Proud Minnesotan - SKOL!
Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
“Two detectives, an Ohio county Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) caseworker, and a Cleveland Clinic physician met on Zoom to discuss how the 2-year-old daughter of a congressman and granddaughter of a US senator wound up with a broken collarbone... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Police arrested a teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last week. They went to the meeting of Emporia, Kansas City Commission to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land. @mjgault.bsky.social reports www.404media.co/person-oppos...
Were the George Floyd protests the only one that made for national outrage??? That’s sad.
Will BunchAre we comfortably numb with police violence? The brutal cop killing of Corey Ruiz in Madison, Wisc. sparked local protest but only muted outrage on the national level. Despite falling crime, cops gun down more Americans than ever Where's the outrage? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/core...
NEW: The government's own witness in the felony Reflecting Pool case couldn't represent that the damage cost $1K+, the core element of the crime.
Ossoff: "The price of admission to the president's service seems to be proof you're willing to lie for him. Maybe you saw Jay Clayton refuse again and again under oath to affirm Donald Trump's defeat in 2020, or Pete Hegseth ... There's something uniquely despicable about lying a nation into war"
Political theory - how dictatorships and democracies develop (a book I read back in the 80s).
Rita MooreImportant corollary: people are LESS likely to support authoritarian leaders if people around them don't. This is where "social proof" comes in. Be vocal and visible to social circles and neighbors about your resistance against authoritarians AND your support of pro-democracy candidates and causes
Last year, Vance Boelter shot and killed a Democratic state rep and her husband. He was sentenced this week to consecutive life sentences. Maybe now’s a good time for some accountability for the Republicans who peddled disgusting conspiracy theories about the slayings?
Rachel Maddowwww.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CBS has yet another story talking about munitions shortages. It's interesting, tho, for a bunch of reasons. Jennifer Jacobs, their WH person, is the sole byline. Security experts like Jim LaPorta and Margaret Brennan (who piss off Trump) get a contributing mention. www.cbsnews.com/news/interce...