2 Threaded Spouts
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
-Frank Wilhoit
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/lib…
slate.com/business/2022/…
There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
-Frank Wilhoit
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/lib…
slate.com/business/2022/…
08:41 AM - Feb 19, 2023
People talk about how Republicans were duped by Trump on everything from the supposed threat of immigrants to the "stolen" election. I argue that they're not really suckers – they know those things are false & just don't care because a reign of fascism, racism, & bigotry is exactly what they want.
12:43 PM - Aug 04, 2023
Unreal, disturbing, embarrassingly atrocious, alarming so many more and none truly describe this
08:48 PM - Jun 07, 2023
**This Is Some Bull💩
"Kathleen Casillo, 53, faced seven years in prison if convicted in the December 2020 incident that left six people injured — but was instead sentenced to five hours of community service as part of the agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office"
"Kathleen Casillo, 53, faced seven years in prison if convicted in the December 2020 incident that left six people injured — but was instead sentenced to five hours of community service as part of the agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office"
nypost.com
12:09 PM - May 02, 2023
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09:48 PM - May 02, 2023
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I was raised Catholic, not Evangelical, but a couple years ago I started listening to a podcast called Leaving Eden - one of the hosts was raised in an evangelical fundie cult. It's completely opened my eyes to the depths that religions go to in training empathy and reason out of their members.
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ManKillah Fruitface @FruitFacedFruitKace03:17 PM - Apr 23, 2023
03:42 PM - Apr 23, 2023
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Spot on
Well worth the read
Well worth the read
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Cheryl Hirschi @CEHirschiThis is a long, but important, read. DeSantis isn’t following Trump’s playbook. He’s following Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s playbook. Everyone needs to take note, including journalists who need to be relentless in questioning DeSantis’ “freedom” narrative and drawing the parallels to Orbán.07:01 PM - Feb 24, 2023
02:44 PM - Apr 21, 2023
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You think the Court won't ban mifepristone without even a fig leaf of a reason? You think Trump won't be the nominee? You think FL, TX, TN won't be fascist hellscapes? Don't kid yourself. The GOP long ago stopped trying to attract voters or win elections. They're imposing permanent minority rule.
08:57 AM - Apr 21, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy is 2024's Jill Stein.
A vote for him is a vote for FASCISM.
A vote for him is a vote for FASCISM.
08:54 AM - Apr 21, 2023
“ When people say "defund the police is too scary" ask them how scary this graphic is and ask if the funding police get correlates to the conditions in the city or if that same money would be better off reallocated to... Let's say a fucking library” Milwaukee budget
12:08 PM - Apr 20, 2023
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If this happens in your state, be like the Dean of UC Davis Med School who managed to create a fairly diverse program by thinking his way around the problem & doing the work
https://www.statnews.com/2...
https://www.statnews.com/2...
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Jon Powell @BaphometThe Plan to Dismantle DEI
Model legislation lays out how legislatures could outlaw public colleges’ efforts to attract and retain people of color and other marginalized groups.08:33 AM - Apr 20, 2023
08:40 AM - Apr 20, 2023
This article and the process UC Davis school took can be applied to your own organizations. It takes work and commitment over an extended period of time, but it can be done.
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Salma Typhii @EpidatageekIf this happens in your state, be like the Dean of UC Davis Med School who managed to create a fairly diverse program by thinking his way around the problem & doing the work
https://www.statnews.com/2...08:40 AM - Apr 20, 2023
11:57 AM - Apr 20, 2023
Everyone says the rat czar has an uphill battle. But it's not because of funding or poison or traps.
It's because fundamentally? Her job is to get other people to care enough about each other to change. My latest on RATS.
It's because fundamentally? Her job is to get other people to care enough about each other to change. My latest on RATS.
09:41 AM - Apr 18, 2023
When you have a lifetime appointment to an institution which has no rules governing conduct/ethics, then you can't claim to be shocked or surprised when somebody like Clarence Thomas takes full advantage of it. Clarence was corruption waiting to happen.
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Duxall Inarow @DrNurseDuxIf you don't follow ProPublica, give this a read.
https://www.propublica.org...08:33 AM - Apr 18, 2023
Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From GOP Donor — ProPublica
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.
08:41 AM - Apr 18, 2023
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When the washing machine rewards you for your hard work.
07:22 PM - Apr 04, 2023
One of my mantras:
American conservatives can do only three things:
- tax cuts and deregulation for their donors
- gerrymandering and voter suppression for themselves
- culture wars for everyone else.
It's all they do. It's all they want to do. Buncha paid crisis actors for billionaires.
American conservatives can do only three things:
- tax cuts and deregulation for their donors
- gerrymandering and voter suppression for themselves
- culture wars for everyone else.
It's all they do. It's all they want to do. Buncha paid crisis actors for billionaires.
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Ed Lynch @goatburglerFor 30 years, the Right cultivated a domestic disinformation psy-ops media empire with the sole intention of turning every public grievance into an easily digestible culture issue that reactionaries will reflexively reject. Leadership is incapable of fighting legitimate threats, only culture wars.10:49 AM - Mar 30, 2023
10:52 AM - Mar 30, 2023
While we’re on the topic of things we saw coming a long time ago… https://www.smithsonianmag...
10:17 AM - Mar 29, 2023
This is Elsa. She scorns both enclosures and the forces of gravity.
01:29 AM - Mar 24, 2023
In response to Qasim Rashid.
And I get a lot of questions on "proper" Ramadan greetings so to clean up confusion—here’s how to respond when someone wishes you “Ramadan Mubarak”:
•Ramadan Mubarak to you too!
•Ramadan Kareem!
•Khair Mubarak!
•I will buy you tacos after Ramadan ends!
So if you were unsure, you’re welcome.😉
•Ramadan Mubarak to you too!
•Ramadan Kareem!
•Khair Mubarak!
•I will buy you tacos after Ramadan ends!
So if you were unsure, you’re welcome.😉
10:53 AM - Mar 23, 2023
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Paul of Duty Covert Oops @Paul_of_Duty_Covert_OopsESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured a stunner of a view of an aurora during a full moon from the International Space Station.11:45 AM - Mar 16, 2023![Picture]()
05:31 PM - Mar 16, 2023
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured a stunner of a view of an aurora during a full moon from the International Space Station.
11:45 AM - Mar 16, 2023
The next 2 yrs will be such a shit show. Let them eat each other. Trump isn't wrong tho. DeSantis is campaigning w/o declaring, so he can skirt campaign finance laws and keep his governorship. https://www.nbcnews.com/po...
10:34 AM - Mar 15, 2023
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I know it's too much to hope that something will drop today, but the drama of an indictment on the Ides of March would be SPECTACULAR
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Steven Beschloss @StevenBeschlossMay the NY indictment happen this week and may it be only the first of many.11:50 AM - Mar 15, 2023
11:53 AM - Mar 15, 2023
On Feb 27, 1869, US Congress refused to seat John Willis Menard, the first Black man elected to the House. Despite winning 64% of the vote, Congress refused to seat Rep Menard by a vote of 130 to 57, because he was Black.
Don't RT this in Florida as it's likely illegal to teach.
Don't RT this in Florida as it's likely illegal to teach.
02:41 PM - Feb 27, 2023
