*think about how bad actors are ALREADY abusing that power.

Sigh.

They forget it’s a reciprocal compact between the government and the governed. We never signed on to be pawns in their fantasy hellscape. Violence is messy and rarely has the impact you’d expect. Going to war against the people who make your way of life possible has grim consequences for everyone.

Sad beige peasants leading sad beige lives in a sad beige landscape

That’s a really helpful clarification, thank you. Still unfortunate for women, if they are unable to access care that will ease the symptoms of menopause and make old age easier. HRT has recently been shown to help prevent dementia, for instance.

The bill Gavin Newsom vetoed (twice):

"The measure would have ensured insurance coverage for evidence-based treatments and required physician training: practical, cost-effective steps backed by leading medical experts."

The structure offered no meaningful protection from the outdoors; detainees said they were left exposed to extreme Florida heat, relentless humidity, direct sunlight, swarms of insects, and the elements without shade, clean water, or basic sanitation.

$16m settlement for editing Harris interview (more openly and far less than Trump’s recent one), firing Stephen Colbert, hiring “anti-woke” journalist (& closet white supremacist) Bari Weiss, who promptly laid off black and brown workers while retaining white ones. Take your pick.

“Walk me through what makes this a righteous strike, and justifies flouting US and international law.”
“0% of the fentanyl entering the U.S. comes from Venezuela. The boats attacked and sunk were not equipped to make the journey from there to the U.S. How were these boats id’d and targeted?”

There are no profits without workers. I get corporations and employers think AI can do the work, but AI isn’t going to consume the products they sell. It’s not going to pay rent. It’s not going to create the infrastructure and culture that the wealthy take for granted.

I want every person to be able to live in safety, which is why right now I’m more concerned about the people being stalked, brutalized and disappeared by them. I have a feeling that they would have fewer issues with harassment if they weren’t causing so much chaos and trauma.

I cancelled my paramount subscription when they caved to fascists. :/

So murder should be constitutional? Bombings, displacement, starvation, trauma? I’m assuming he’s planning on standing on the frontlines of this war, or is he expecting others to fight for him (and why would they).

There were protests earlier this year (and there should be more).

I would love to know what she believes constitutes American culture, and how the “foreign born” today differ from the foreign born from say, prior to 1850. Or 1910 (last big migration surge). Does she really believe American culture is homogenous and immutable? Or is this another yellow peril?