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Jeffery Irvin
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Historian. Author. Science Enthusiast. Author of "The End Is Not Near" https://a.co/d/2zbT1WJ Presently working on a book titled "Artificial Intelligence in the Waning Days of Neoliberalism".
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To those who condemn political violence as obscene and undemocratic, think for a moment how the violence we've experienced today is a direct consequence of a politics unmoored from our basic human moral sentiments.

Violence is endemic to any politics bereft of moral sentiment.
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Their Christianity consists solely of this,

"...When we were with you, this we commanded you: that if any would not work, neither should he eat."
2 Thessalonians 3:10

Not this,

"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
John 8:7

They prize Paul over Jesus.
#UBI
Zorg issues fresh announcements that are the complete opposite of reality.
Zorg issues fresh announcements that are the complete opposite of reality.
Some of us are on the same wavelength. 🙂

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Not sure Cheney having a Darth Vader-like, last minute, regret is enough to redeem him in my eyes.
Oh, God!

Mike Johnson's disease has gone viral!!
Not sure Cheney having a Darth Vader-like, last minute, regret is enough to redeem him in my eyes.
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Let's note right now the party claiming that more democracy leads to their annihilation.

This should tell you everything you need to know about the GOP.
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Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"
Mike, stop digging. You've got all the Dems on board now. 😁
Have they been telling them so long that they believe their own lies at this point? 🤔
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"I want to be a dentist." 😁
Wow!

Douglas's definition of fascism is succinct and accurate. It suggests why fascism manifests itself naturally among the right, for the right does not mind democracy while the franchise is limited to the wealthy, but the right becomes increasingly anxious when universal suffrage is instituted.
Trump can only feel sympathy for the rich, the powerful, and the personal ally.

His stunted moral view of the world makes it impossible for him to see the weak as victims. They are not victims in his eyes, they are the pawns, the marks, and the cannon fodder that feed his purse.
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Trump on Prince Andrew and the Epstein scandal: "I feel very badly. I mean, it's a terrible thing that's happened to the family. That's been a tragic situation. And it's too bad. I feel badly for the family."
Republicans have two reasons for not getting rid of the filibuster:

1. They don't want Democrats to have a non-filibustering Senate after they're gone.

2. If they ramrod this CR through then everything that happens, from ACA rise in premiums to rural hospital closures, is solely on Republicans.
PSA: Fox and the establishment Republicans’ panicking over ending the filibuster is how you know it’s a good idea to do that.
Is it getting rid of all government spending and leaving everything to the free market? 🤔

It's handing healthcare completely over to the economic oligopoly while socializing its losses, isn't it? 😒

How about #MEDICARE4ALL?
This is a great book exploring how austerity is used primarily to discipline labor, and how the idea of austerity (lebensraum?) ultimately contributes to the development of fascism.
If only Justice McLean had reached out to Chief Justice Taney we might have avoided all the injustice associated with that Dred Scott decision. 🤣
Let's not forget that Gary Oldman already gave the best theatrical performance of Scott Bessent when he played Zorg in The Fifth Element.
That's glass half full thinking!

I'm in.
If the leaders of the @democrats.org party cannot understand that becoming a party of the working class, for the working class, is the future, then they will continue to make their corporate-sponsored counterpart more competitive in races all across the country.
#UBI #MEDICARE4ALL #FREEEDUCATION
Hakeem Jeffries says Zohran Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic Party.
This just made me realize how nonplussed Democrats are when they're called "socialists" and "communists."

Could that be because Democrats realize how absurd those epithets are while Republicans know in their hearts they're fascists? 🤔
I've been convinced for several months now that money laundering is why GOP & Trump don't want #EpsteinFiles released.

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Clearly, I was wrong, at least from the perspective of the modern traditional religionist.

Kristin Kobes du Mez has made a good case for why the whole tradwife craze has reasserted itself. It's the perceived assaults on masculinity and the family, which are really just fear of lost patriarchy.