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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · Dec 11

Dusting off some J.K. Galbraith😺
Do our brains really vulcanize in our mid-30s, after which affirmation of our political beliefs is like crack, and contradictory ideas are bounced away like BBs off a truck tire?

To a very large extent, of course, we associate truth with convenience – with what most closely accords with self-interest and personal well-being or promises best to avoid awkward effort or unwelcome dislocation of life. We also find highly acceptable what contributes most to self-esteem.

But perhaps most important of all, people most approve of what they best understand. … Economic and social behavior are complex, and to comprehend their character is mentally tiring. Therefore we adhere, as though to a raft, to those ideas which represent our understanding. This is a prime manifestation of vested interest. For a vested interest in understanding is more preciously guarded than any other treasure. It is why men react, not infrequently with something akin to religious passion, to the defense of what they have so laboriously learned.

Familiarity may breed contempt in some areas of human behavior, but in the field of social ideas it is the touchstone of acceptability. … I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the Conventional Wisdom.

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 2h

The U.S. Economy is in Worse Shape Than it Looks
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

The U.S. Economy is in Worse Shape Than it Looks

No recession so far, but the no-hiring economy is hurting workers

open.substack.com

OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 2h

In case you, too, need to be confused & dismayed by legal intricacies...
Ninth Circuit Says Trump Can Sic National Guard On Portland, But Don't Expect Troops Vs. Frogs Just Yet
www.wonkette.com/p/ninth-circ...

Ninth Circuit Says Trump Can Sic National Guard On Portland, But Don't Expect Troops Vs. Frogs Just Yet

Eventually the Supremes will let Trump bring war to America's peace-ravaged cities.

www.wonkette.com

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 5h

I’d say “eat the rich” but they probably taste like ketamine and microplastics

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 3h

"That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it."😻

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 7h

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
Total reported killed: 34 people
Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL
September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View
September 15, 2025 3
“in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View
September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View
October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View
October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View
October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View
October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View
October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 1d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 1d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 10h

Just like Trumpsters, ackshully. Acuse one of being racist & watch the spittle fly.😺
My faves are the female anti-abortion fanatics who think they're basically good people despite accusing other women of being baby murderers worthy of the death penalty.
Self-righteousness is one hell of a drug.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5d

I made a feed, it's an ongoing collection of things Mike Johnson haven't seen or heard about.

bsky.app/profile/numb...

Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 11h

The Archie Bunkers of today are just too damned bigoted & ugly? We been there, done that?

OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 11h

And roses to re-plant the garden.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 2d

Also worth noting that he wrote that poem to amuse his children while he was waiting in line at the bank, and now every day someone is trying to tell us that you need AI to tell your kids a story.

Skill issue.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 1d

This is The Nation article I was remembering .
"it is hard to escape the sense that there was something fundamentally malevolent about Miller from the start..."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Cruel World According to Stephen Miller

How did he become the Trump era’s architect of hate?

www.thenation.com

OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 2d

Man, Miller growing up in L.A. must have been terrorized, just terrorized, I tell you, by all those Hispanic people having a good time and building lives despite rich white racist snobs like him.

OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 2d

"Trump is a transparent fraud, a carny, an incompetent bumbling stooge, and a hateful asshole. Why do people want to vote for this?"

Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 2d

this is one of my favorites; on Charles Mills and how white supremacy turns people into fools. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/white-supr...

White Supremacy Leads People to Swallow Ridiculous Bullshit

Such as Trump

www.everythingishorrible.net

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 2d

Ask a Soulless, Dead-Eyed Automaton
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...

Ask a Soulless, Dead-Eyed Automaton

Checking in with the current Presidential Administration.

open.substack.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d

"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier"
on.ft.com/4n9nlNd

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

on.ft.com

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 3d

Props for getting out there doorknocking👍

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Dan Mitchell @danmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

Just to note that while the video is amusing, this person posted as a way to peddle an AI-generated “resist” shirt via Amazon, and thus is as much a part of the problem as the hapless bigot shown here.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA man eats pavement after shouting slurs at No Kings protesters

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 3d

Ironic, ain't it, that Republicans are staunch Commies now😼

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Detail from the FT account

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

FT has the blow-by-blow which US media outlets were incapable of reporting with any accuracy. Note how Trump is little more than a sock puppet for Putin, doing his bidding... so the FT's read out is almost identical to the report in Kremlin TV, which in turn was based on Trump's report to Putin.

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

www.ft.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 10

In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.

StatesmanJournal.com
SERVING SALEM, KEIZER
AND THE MID-VALLEY
"If you don't say anything, you're accepting it."
Mari Jensen, McMinnville resident
OUT OF MY
LOUR
WALLET
CHOICES
LIMIT GOVERNMENT
Oregon Taxpayers United
FREEDOM
gat
TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ | Statesman Journal
Alan Grosso (center) of Happy Valley joins in chanting under the window of the speaker of the House on Wednesday during the Salem Tea Party protest at the Capitol.
Protesters slam Fed spending
Hundreds gather at Salem Tea Party to rally against bailouts, state-level taxes
BY DENNIS THOMPSON JR.
Statesman Journal
Hundreds of people uneasy over the future of their country gathered on the state Capitol steps on Wednesday to protest federal spending and state-level taxation.
Oregon State Police estimated more
SCRAP THE CODE
than 1,000 people attended the Salem Tea Party protest, which ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers placed attendance at more than 2,000 people.
The rally was passionate but peace-ful, although many people carried handmade signs bearing stark and angry messages. A fake wooden pitchfork read "Politicians take note. We the people are about to revolt." Anoth er sign read "200+ years to build the Republic, 3 mos. to destroy it."
Many attendees said they were motivated to protest by the billions in stimulus spending and bailouts that have been doled out in recent months.
Willy Lowman of Falls City wears a label on his head that reads "Scrap the Code" at the tea party protest.
West Salem resident Steve Albin said he
came to protest federal bailouts of banks and automakers.
"They need to fail. That's what capitalism is all about," said Albin, who had a tea bag dangling from the brim
See Protest, 2A
Inside
Protesters take part in Tea Party events across the nation, Page 2A
Supporters to push for immigration reform, Page 2A
• ONLINE: See photo galleries and a video from the protest at StatesmanJournal.com.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3d

The 7 million Americans who took the streets for 'No Kings' made history, and they did something even more important

They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...

Then they fight you: How the No Kings protests are winning America | Will Bunch

A massive turnout of 7 million and a panicked White House showed Saturday why the No Kings protests matter, a lot.

www.inquirer.com

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 3d

👍 Thanks!