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Equal parts sour ale, martinis, ceviche, chili, and pizza.

Hiding out in the burned husk of what used to be called Portland, Oregon.

Decriminalize all drugs.

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As someone with 100% Syrian ancestry, I find it really amusing when white people accuse me of being pro-Zionism because I have nuanced views on the State of Israel.

Ah yes, perfect example of campism. Thank you.

Link. 🥥 🌴

Yup, up until then, it was completely normal for immigrants to receive citizenship papers when they disembarked.

"general welfare"!

Tåsi (fka Rara)

Some elements of the Left have been at least sympathetic to various strands of Zionism (e.g., the kibbutzim) and/or at least tolerated the idea of the State of Israel as long as there was an effort to fully integrate Arabs, etc., in the political process.

I consider myself fairly leftist (probably not as much as many people on BlueSky) but I have never adhered to campism (i.e., everything the US/West/Israel does is inherently "bad"). It's definitely been difficult to stick to a cohesive set of thoughts on the State of Israel as a whole.

Israel occupying southern Lebanon has, historically, always gone as planned.

The most obvious way this will end is with SCOTUS saying Congress forgot to statutorily execute the Insurrection Clause.

Trump's cert petition arguing that SCOTUS should confirm that he is eligible for the ballot in Colorado, Maine, and across the nation. It's...actually, pretty good. Worth a look. www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

licensed. firearm. NFTs.

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probably best to just let the voters decide

Sierra Leone’s former president charged with treason for alleged involvement in failed coup attempt

Sierra Leone’s former president charged with treason for alleged involvement in failed coup attemptapnews.com FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with treason for his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in November, Sierra Leone’s government said Wednesday.Koroma has also been charged with misprision of treason, which is the crime of concealing knowledge of treasonable acts, according to a statement from the ministry of information and civic education.On Nov. 26, dozens of gunmen launched an attack in the West African nation’s capital of Freetown during which they broke into Sierra Leone’s key armory and into a prison where the majority of the more than 2,000 inmates were freed. At least 18 members of the security forces were killed during the clashes. More than 50 suspects, including military officers, have been arrested so far.The charges against Koroma were announced a day after a dozen people were charged with similar offenses in connection with the failed coup. Although he has officially retired from politics, Koroma remains an influential figure within his political party and often hosts prominent politicians in his hometown of Makeni.There have been political tensions in Sierra Leone since President Julius Maada Bio was reelected for a second term in a disputed vote in June. Two months after he was reelected, police said they arrested several people, including senior military officers, for allegedly planning to use protests “to undermine peace.”

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In that case you have to point out that the fascist always lies. They lie to get power. And relinquishing the power the middle class has to the fascist will be the middle class's undoing.

The landed gentry / petty bourgeois class historically includes some of the most reactionary people in society who believe their privileges and comforts are precarious and act accordingly.

A common stereotype is than Jan 6 was done by hicks or poor folks. People traveled there. Money was involved. It was rich people. The car dealership owners or real estate people. The landed gentry of the burbs. This is proven by the many, many arrest records.

I wouldn't necessarily call them rich, though (my definition of "rich" is "doesn't need to worry about money"). They're upper middle-class folks: comfortably well-off but one financial calamity away from making hard decisions. That fear drives them to reactionary politics.

The comfortable middle-class consists of many people who are terrified of losing their privileges and can easily be scare-mongered into supporting fascists who promise to protect those privileges.

But civility!

Let’s check in on the public communications of the perfectly normal, not-insane Trump campaign…

I was about to point out that Lululemon's locations are concentrated in diverse cities before I checked a map of their locations in Los Angeles and the Bay Area and realized they generally open locations in white neighborhoods.

Lululemon’s billionaire founder Chip Wilson slams the company’s diversity and inclusion efforts: ‘You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in’

Lululemon’s billionaire founder slams the company’s diversity and inclusion effortsfortune.com "You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in."

Gee, I wonder why Lululemon avoids that enormous swath of Los Angeles County from downtown LA to Long Beach / San Pedro, one of the densest areas in the country?

I mean, seems like a good reason to not allow everybody with a pulse easy access to firearms.

𝔈𝔵𝔥𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔡.

funny.

ah yes, what Lululemon is known for is not being friendly to white people

They love the idea that they're an impartial referee in the "free market of ideas" or whatever without realizing even the best referees make game-changing mistakes.

Wagatwe Wanjuki

It wouldn't surprise me if Canon's quote was also an unattributed (or improperly attributed) rephrasing of someone else's description.

It can be lonely being against *all* forms of injustice, not just those that it's cool to be against.

Good critique of campism from a socialist perspective:

Against Campism, for International Working-Class Solidarity - Socialist Forumsocialistforum.dsausa.org Democratic socialist internationalism must reject the inverted nationalism of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

That a democratic republic can't have mechanisms in place to prevent someone who attempted to use the power of the presidency to nullify an election he lost from appearing on the ballot is nuts.

“Were Trump to be excluded from a ballot, Trump voters would of course claim that they have been cheated. But they will claim that anyway, in any possible scenario in which Trump does not win reelection. He will lie about the outcome, and they will believe him.” newrepublic.com/article/1778...

There’s Nothing Undemocratic About Barring Trump From the Ballotnewrepublic.com Some take a dim view of using the Constitution to disqualify the former president, saying only the voters have the right to decide. There are some big holes in their argument.

There is no scenario, absolutely none, where Trump will "accept" a loss at the ballot box; and most of the GOP will go along with whatever action he demands to nullify that loss. He should be disqualified now when his power is undoubtedly far weaker than it will be in November.

Faine Greenwood

The rise of the undoubtedly-genocidal Khmer Rouge was facilitated by a *completely secret* US war in Cambodia; you could have been a "good" leftist to point these things out rather than defending Khmer Rouge for being (nominally) communist.

So is Tulsi Gabbard.

I just saw that last week! Such a wacky story.