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Dick Dickerson
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ACLU @aclu.org · 9h
Together, we're making the kind of country we want to live in.
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The reality is we have far far more power than the fascists governing us.
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start your Gen X kid on the right path early
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This is the reality of Trump’s America: Your neighbors are being abducted, disappeared, and killed; free speech is an arrest-able offense; children and a FIFTH of the nation’s capitol are set to go hungry next month, and the president is busy demolishing the East Wing.
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This is exactly why society needs socialism. We should not depend on charity, which is fundamentally unpredictable and depends entirely on the whims on the wealthy, to meet the basic needs of society. If the wealthy have excess and the poor have need, the wealthy should have less excess. Simple as.
Important column in @economist.com by @palfrey.org, head of MacArthur Foundation, on how foundations, NGOs, nonprofits, etc are standing up against MAGA attacks.

www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Paywalled, but here's a sample:
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once again, i think electoral college maps shape people's sense of political reality in incredibly destructive ways
It gets crazier. Source in Maryland Gov Wes Moore's admin tells me they informed Trump officials that the ailing counties were in Appalachia, and the Trump people were surprised to hear this!

(Supports @jamellebouie.net's point about MAGA's Balkanized vision of US)

newrepublic.com/article/2022...
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When I was a kid the Black Panther Party sustained me with kindness and free bag lunches over one dismal, hungry summer.

I'm white. I was almost as nervous as I was hungry the first time I stood in line. I'll never forget that gentle man's smile or his friendly "See you tomorrow". 😭
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It’s cool that I need to figure out how to organize a food bank at my kid’s school because Donald Trump is a hobbyist child molester and dissolved Congress so he could keep people from talking about it
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The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
David Lynch's Breakin' Two: Electric Boogaloo
Cleaning that thing at the end of the night felt like Purgatory, so point taken
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I do not care about trade deals when we have fascists at home and it’s driving me nuts to see people say things about money without at least mentioning cruelty in the same breath
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Every country has a powerful right wing that argue “if you tax the wealthy, they’ll leave”

We need to start calling their bluff.

We need to make it so the ultra wealthy either contribute enough to be a positive part of society, or be globally shunned and unable to extract further funds from us.
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He orders extrajudicial killings. He sent troops into our cities. He terrorizes citizens with ICE raids. He raised taxes without congressional approval. He has ruined American farmers and ranchers. He plans to starve the vulnerable. He demolished our house.

Remove him from office.
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I listen to it on Sundays, but only to and from church ( Casey gets me in the mood for some Jesus). Like zoinks, Christ!