Mastodawn

Marx is so widely influential but his name is a semantic hand grenade in non-scholastic areas.

Conservatives think they love Smith but they never read him and attribute to him povs that are contradictory to what he wrote.

Conservatives think they hate Marx but they never read him and attribute to him povs that are contradictory to what he wrote.

It's almost like the problem conservative Christians have with the Gospels; they think they revere them but whenever they actually read the Gospels they freak out. Because they basically tell them that liberals and socialists are going to Heaven and conservatives aren't.

Which is, of course, why conservative Christians are the least biblically literate.

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@pluralistic

Bandersnatch 3h ago

ProPublica 5d ago

Trump has reportedly urged Congress to authorize $175 billion for border security, more than 10 times what was spent during his first term.

Meanwhile, border residents in Texas and Arizona say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Immigration #Trump #Border #Texas #Arizona

Trump Is Spending Billions on Border Security. Some Residents Living There Lack Basic Resources.

The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.

ProPublica

Bandersnatch 7h ago

Robert Reich 8h ago

How Trump’s Chaos Will Crash the Economy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUVhKXKeTl0&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

How Trump’s Chaos Will Crash the Economy

YouTube

Bandersnatch 8h ago

Working Class History 12h ago

#OtD 21 Apr 1856 stonemasons in Melbourne, Australia, went on strike demanding a maximum 8-hour working day. Very well organised, they soon achieved it for workers on public works in the city with no loss of pay https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9337/Melbourne-8-hour-day-strike

Working Class History

Bandersnatch 8h ago

CopterDoctor 12h ago

#Hegseth had annual OPSEC, INFOSEC, LOAC, Insider Threat training as a member of the Army National Guard. As an infantry officer (Major), he claimed to have held a Top Secret clearance.

If the #SECDEF can’t follow basic training on handling classified information, then he shouldn’t have a security clearance!

A good #FBI background check would have discovered his alcoholism, sexual harassment and assault charges, disqualifying him, but the #GOP didn’t want to upset Trump.

FIRE HEGSETH ASAP!

Bandersnatch 8h ago

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽9h ago

Pete B. destroys Pete H.

Bandersnatch 14h ago

Democracy Matters

14h ago

Gee, if it's 20,000 to one, perhaps Pete isn't the drunk rapist for the job.

'Entire Pentagon': Karoline Leavitt claims all 20K DOD employees are against Pete Hegseth
https://www.rawstory.com/karoline-leavitt-pete-hegseth/

#FireHegesth #PeteHegseth #WhiskeyLeaks #PeteKegseth #Reckless #Trumpkakistocracy #GOPIdiot #FoxNews #GOPRapist #GOPDrunkard #WhiteSupremacist #Racist #NoRepublicansEverAgain #TrumpDidThis #USPol

'Entire Pentagon': Karoline Leavitt claims all 20K DOD employees are against Pete Hegseth

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the "entire Pentagon" was working against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after reports said he shared war plan details with members of his family in a second secret Signal chat.The New York Times reported on Sunday that Hegseth shared informa...

Raw Story

Bandersnatch 15h ago

Show thread

Kevin Leecaster 15h ago

@Bandersnatch
To be honest and more clear, I read that $200 number on a post and haven't verified it.

Bandersnatch 18h ago

NewsThump 22h ago

NEWS! Pope loses will to live after meeting JD Vance https://newsthump.com/2025/04/21/pope-loses-will-to-live-after-meeting-jd-vance/

Pope loses will to live after meeting JD Vance

The Pope has died a few hours after meeting JD Vance, with Vatican officials saying the Pope lost the will to live after a brief meeting with the Vice President.

NewsThump

Bandersnatch 19h ago

#Pope dies after being in same room with #JDVance. Coincidence? I think not.

#opusdei