Matthew Downhour

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Liberal, Montanan. Subscribe to Paine-Wollstonecraft-Douglass-George thought, Bolivar-Juarez-Nkomo-Zelenskyy praxis

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Today (or even better, yesterday) a good day to remember what a bunch of normie bros and led by one eccentric liberal arts professor can do to a legion of reactionary nutjobs.

This should be a Biden ad

Step down for the birthday boys

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"But a change has now come over the affairs of mankind. Walled cities and empires have become unfashionable... The fiat of the Almighty, "Let there be Light," has not yet spent its force. No abuse, no outrage whether in taste, sport or avarice, can now hide itself from the all-pervading light."

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?www.owleyes.org Read expert analysis on What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Text of Douglass's Speech at Owl Eyes

Required reading each year

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?www.owleyes.org Read expert analysis on What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Text of Douglass's Speech at Owl Eyes

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there are fucking journalists who follow me here (for now) and, like, what are you fucking people doing, man, the sulzberger family hasn’t had their finger on the pulse of the american public since before the civil war, why are you letting them make you look like goodie proctor’s fan club

fucking grown ass men and women with better educations and better salaries than me letting AG sulzberger point at phantoms and make them scream and cry like schoolgirls, that guy’s a fourth generation failson, he doesn’t even know how to count change

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?www.owleyes.org Read expert analysis on What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Text of Douglass's Speech at Owl Eyes

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“He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither” US Declaration of Independence, 1776

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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

This is a good reminder whenever you see marginalized people paraded out looking happy in pictures

July 4th Parade, Tule Lake Internment Camp, 1943.

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the consolidated, center-right billionaire owned press continues to shift the editorial overton window rightward and if you can't see it you're either complicit or oblivious

Happy Vicksburg Surrender Day!

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trump fell asleep in court dozens of times with a bunch of reporters in the room, what are we even doing here

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not sure why there's an expectation that you treat chapo trap house any differently than alex jones just because their sandy hook is in syria

Though at least in The Dark Knight torture doesn’t really work for him - indeed the police resorting to punitive torture is how the Joker escapes in the first place

it's wild that we adopted this moral line but not "wow torture sucks actually" to the point where torture is a mostly unexamined and totally accepted part of Batman's toolkit, usually depicted as getting info from thugs. but man, even 24 kinda walked back the torture thing a bit before the end!!

Another day, another retweet of this. Tell your friends! I would say the overwhelming majority of Americans have never heard of Trump appointed Labor Secretary Alex Acosta and the sweet deal he gave Jeff Epstein

Man whatever happened to the prosecutor in that case, I bet he died in obscurity and never served in anyone’s cabinet

Just as PiS is a model for the Republican Party, their defeat can be a model for us

Poland saved itself from autocracy w/massive voter turnout: "leadership played a pivotal role... a veteran insider successfully challenged an authoritarian incumbent... baggage of Tusk’s career was offset by the benefits of his vast experience.. self-restraint & collaborative spirit were crucial."

How Poland Won Back Its Democracy | by Maciej Kisilowski - Project Syndicatewww.project-syndicate.org Maciej Kisilowski highlights five critical factors that propelled the country’s anti-populist opposition to victory.

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lol, band practice was fun because my bandmates have what i would characterize as left politics but normie media diets and they are both convinced there’s a conspiracy to elect donald trump that every columnist in america is in on and are ready to firebomb offices

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I'll see your 14 words and raise you 14 numbers

Jeffrey Epstein had 14 phone numbers connected to Trump in his contactswww.businessinsider.com Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with sex trafficking, included 14 phone numbers connected to Donald Trump in his "black book" of contacts.

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This catfish has spent 30 years berating his local newspaper about abortion and will flop out of the pond if he sees a queer fish take the Eucharist

[extremely Lutheran joke incoming] This catfish doesn’t think women should speak in church

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Back in my day, we got our TikToks the old fashioned way… from Ke$ha in the iTunes Music Store

Biden swimming with Macron in the Seine

He is going to olympics.

[extremely Lutheran joke incoming] This catfish doesn’t think women should speak in church

Pretty weird that before 1900 it was like, maybe 60-40 odds that receiving professional medical care was actually a net positive for your survival chances

Reagan in particular was definitely saved by his doctors from what would have otherwise been a fatal gunshot wound - the coveted Reverse Garfield

With a crude yearly death rate of nearly 30/1000, President has to be the most dangerous job in the U.S. right? But maybe not adjusted for age

Iirc, in the 1800s 3 VPs because president after the president died but none were re elected. In the 1900s it happened 4 times and each was re elected precisely once and none sought another consecutive terms

We’re actually overdue for a president to die in office - I think this is our longest stretch without it

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The Heritage Foundation is absolutely making overt terrorist threats and everyone you know needs to be aware of this.

Somebody else pointed earlier that the "bloodless if the leftists allow" (paraphrasing) bullshit sentence, is a clear terrorist threat and should probably be called like this.

We’re actually overdue for a president to die in office - I think this is our longest stretch without it

Twice! Both presidents who had inherited the office from a president who had died, fulfilled that term, ran again, but didn’t run any further

Has a president ever chosen not to run for a second term and had their party actually win the subsequent election? No, right?