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May I bring compassion and equanimity to the events of my life
and the events of the world.

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The authoritarian right has power in America only because the majority of Americans didn't care enough to pay attention, let alone vote. The French saw the danger and stood against it.

Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.

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a dead giveaway that project 2025 was written specifically for—and with input from—trump:

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I think this summed that point up quite well. x.com/drvolts/stat...

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So basically, Macron scared the bejesus out of sane France and they came together to assure the fascists would not win. That is what should be happening in the US if we would get our act together and tell media's baying bloodhounds to fuck off and prioritize democracy. www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...

French elections: Left projected to win most seats, ahead of Macron's coalition and far rightwww.lemonde.fr According to initial estimates, the Nouveau Front Populaire left-wing alliance is projected to win between 171 and 187 seats in France's Assemblée Nationale, ahead of Macron's coalition (between 152 a...

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If you're at an event w Bush, or his staffers, or Fed Soc insiders, you tell them “You’re bad people and you want to destroy America and I won’t pretend you’re not on an evil mission.” You don’t hug the Bush family. They’re not friends of America 🇺🇸 . www.pbs.org/newshour...

George W. Bush has been advocating for Kavanaugh with wavering senatorswww.pbs.org Kavanaugh is a former top aide in Bush’s administration.

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Any Democrat in these states who doesn’t lean on this hard shouldn’t be in office. It’s a gift.

The opting out is especially wild Like, Republican governors are being actively presented with money to feed kids and affirmatively saying 'I would like children to starve actually' (Also, if I'm a Dem campaigner, I'm making some ads and placing some op eds about this immediately)

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It’s hard to overstate what a victory for democracy it is that in France the far right lost to both the center and the left. working together to reject these fascists is key if America does the right thing we can, and will dismantle the worldwide fascist movement and destroy any chance they have had

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It's depressing and infuriating how long we've had to pretend that Bibi is some sort of Great Man of History, rather than an obvious criminal whose every move is determined entirely by his short-term interests, with zero regard for anyone else on Earth.

Bibi is pretty clearly now actively working to prevent a hostage/ceasefire deal. The man is a deranged lunatic who belongs in jail. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-jul...

Netanyahu issues list of Israeli demands as hostage-truce talks slated to restartwww.timesofisrael.com IDF major killed fighting in Rafah * Thousands rally nationwide demanding hostage release deal * Soldier and two civilians -- including US citizen -- wounded in Hezbollah attack

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A widely predicted victory for the far right in France has instead turned into a victory for the left *because people turned out in record numbers to vote.* Defeat is not inevitable and more progressive elected officials means more progressive policies.

In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.

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Look how fun shutting down fascists is. I want this for us, too

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One of the most powerful quotes I've seen about how this happens to a country and how this pivotal historical moment in America feels.

I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

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Two kinds of US presidential elections: "time for a change" and "don't fuck my life up" and I think you're insane if you think 2024 is gonna be in the former camp.

This is super important work. And it looks like it's actually having an effect. Normal people learn about Project 2025 and are scared as shitless as they should be. The Nation, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, Boston Review and others are doing the work that NYT and WaPo are neglecting.

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I had a chat with the conservative mom of a friend today. We talked about a bunch of stuff and I learned several interesting things, among them, that religious conservatives are often PRO-CHOICE AND THINK THE SUPREME COURT IS INSANE. Run on Dobbs. Run on justices and court reform. Do it.

Organizers got enough signatures to put a measure protecting abortion on the ballot in Arkansas. In *Arkansas*. They had *no national support*. Ignore the pundits melting down over not being treated as Very Special Boys. Dobbs has fundamentally changed elections. Everything they know is wrong.

Arkansas abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measurewww.nbcnews.com A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the ruby red state’s constitution is now one step closer to making the November ballot — but major obstacles remain.

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Being a good citizen, being a good neighbor, being a helpful and attentive student, being a good community member, even what was once considered being a good Christian - all of these things are antithetical to the right wing movement

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There are many things that infuriate me about the pundit class right now, but probably one of the top on my list: Project 2025 has posted their plans for every single federal department on their website. They have a training academy for prospective appointees. Where are the hard hitting op-eds?

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Kevin M. Kruse

I allowed students to use ChatGPT in 2023 for an assignment of their choice.. The output (shared thru group discussions) infected the class. The final exam had the worst average ever, by 10 points. It’s not that students didn’t know the answers. It’s that they had “learned” things that were untrue.

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AI is a largely useless technology that is literally destroying the environment and tech bros continue to go all in because they want the world to burn so they can finally get use out of their apocalypse bunkers

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Charles P. Pierce in Esquire... via www.esquire.com/news-politic...

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Just like none of the bold investigators backfilling Joe Biden's feeble debate performance with punchy anonymous quotes have ever figured out why Trump was rushed to Walter Reed, claimed he wanted a spur-of-the-moment weekend checkup, and a year later declared that he had NOT had a series of strokes

"Executive Time" fell out of the coverage of Donald Trump in the most incredible way. Nobody writing about his quest to become president again ever mentions the fact that he hated the job when he had it and he couldn't and wouldn't really do it!

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The thing that's obvious to everyone and that nobody can actually write in the press is that the American (and yes, I'm sure elsewhere too) right wing is led by bad people and the object is to make more people extremely bad in basically every respect. It's anti-society

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This is really good. Rebecca Solnit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

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Read this, share this widely

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I really don’t think most people realize just how hard the boot will come down if Trump and the Republicans win the election. Most people have never experienced the totalitarian surveillance state with the power to reach into their homes and minds at will they are telling us is their plan.

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Spoiled failgrandson throwing a tantrum and taking down his inheritance and the country at the same time. Recall when the NYT editorial board showed its ass to all of us by making a documentary about their 2020 endorsement, sneering at Biden and then somehow endorsing two people who had no chance.

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Amanda Smith

I think a lot about watching January 6 unfold, about what a specific kind of trauma it was, and how wildly unprepared most of us are to live through the kind of world those people were hoping to achieve - not just the violence, but how our lives are not allowed to pause to recognize it.

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if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless

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Stephen Miller now following Trump's lead and saying he has nothing to do with Project 2025. 1. His organization is on the Project 2025 advisory board. 2. He recorded a video as part of Project 2025 training tools 3. You can see Mandate for Leadership, the Project 2025 publication in the background

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Just a reminder that Michelle Wolf nailed it at the White House Correspondents Dinner. NYT, I’m looking in your direction especially.

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As I've said elsewhere, it's mind-boggling how little attention these new Trump/Epstein revelations are getting from the likes of @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com.

Hunter Biden laptop update www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/07/hunt...

Hunter Biden laptop update - Lawyers, Guns & Moneywww.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com Finally got ahold of that Clinton Cash book, people: Graphic details about Donald Trump’s alleged “sexual proclivities” have emerged in the latest round of court documents containing details of late p...