Evan Ashcroft

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burned out m&a attorney, active sailor, contented libtard

Self-described Christian nationalist prophets, an election conspiracist, and the wealthiest pastor in America collided in Fort Worth for a week of right-wing politics. I was there to bear witness for @texasobserver.social

https://www.texasobserver.org/gods-army-gathers-in-fort-worth/

God’s Army Gathers in Fort Worth

Self-described Christian nationalist prophets, an election conspiracist, and the wealthiest pastor in America collide for a week of right-wing politics.

The Texas Observer
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Record-breaking floods, record-breaking heat, record-breaking wildfire smoke, plus the continuing impacts of the pandemic. Yet we all keep getting told we need to get “back to normal.” This summer, we are living through “Don’t Look Up” in real life.

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling of location data drawn from consumers’ mobile devices in the state, in what would be a first-in-the-nation effort to rein in a billion-dollar industry.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-u-s-ban-on-sale-of-cellphone-location-data-might-be-coming-fbe47e53?st=fa01no823ring1k&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Selling Your Cellphone Location Data Might Soon Be Banned in U.S. for First Time

Massachusetts considers law at the vanguard of a broader movement to protect consumer privacy

WSJ

CLAIM: Dems must be more moderate to win elections

Ok. Let's unpack that.

A living wage is moderate—a poverty wage is extreme

Guaranteed healthcare is moderate—denying care is extreme

Racial justice is moderate—racism is extreme

Climate justice is moderate—denying climate science is extreme

Reject GOP Framing. Lean confidently into our ideas based on facts and justice because that wins elections.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the weekday.

"We never saw any of this ADHD or autism stuff when I was young!"

You never saw any photos of the surface of Mars back then either, but I'm pretty sure it was still there the whole time

The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 45 years has shifted $50 trillion from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. That’s $50 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of working Americans.

The wealth doesn’t “trickle down.” It gushes up.

Remember: Every accusation is actually a confession.
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