Anyone interested in connecting on Threads, I am lllafalce there. I would love to keep contacts from here over there too. #threads
Krysalix
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Retired elementary/middle school teacher. Interested in politics, climate science, literature, history, travel.
The wildfire smoke from Quebec is so bad today it looks and smells like a local fire not one hundreds of miles away. #wildfires
Laffy26/ The article has WAY more than I posted. If you can, try to read it in full.
And please also read @Teri_Kanefield thread on this:
https://law-and-politics.online/@Teri_Kanefield/110571220240697077
Teri Kanefield (@[email protected])
Since everyone is going to get all unglued about this, let's look at it carefully. It tells us everything we knew all along but uses language that will distress people. In fact, if we compare it to Merrick Garland's statements about how (and why) the DOJ adopted it's strategy, the article simply repeats what Garland said, changing his language. Basically the article says that "instead of starting at the top, we started at the bottom." https://wapo.st/43NM1Cf 1/
AaronHuertasIf voter suppression, a stolen Supreme Court seat, losing Roe and a literal insurrection aren't persuasive enough to a Democratic leader to abandon the pretenses of bipartisanship it's hard to imagine that any additional substantive arguments matter much.
The power of status quo bias and the financial and institutional incentives to keep doing business as usual politics -- even as Republicans dig the foundation out from under democratic government -- is immense.
Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️JRR Tolkien wrote in an English rooted in the Britain of 100 years ago. For that reason we're starting to lose touch with the language used in the book.
This is a thread of words and references that I have noticed in my current read-through, which I think might easily be misunderstood.
Robert ReichJust to recap, Clarence Thomas let a GOP megadonor take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house and let her live there rent free, pay for his grandnephew to attend a private boarding school — all in secret until now.
How is he still on the Supreme Court?
Andrea Junker 
Everyone knew about Donald Trump. Everyone knew about R. Kelly, Bill Cosby, and Harvey Weinstein. Everyone knew about the Catholic priests. Everyone knew about Jeffrey Epstein. I’m so tired of people protecting rich perverts, keeping their dark secrets for decades. So damn tired.
Tofu Golem@StillIRise1963
Stan is doing the “but both sides” dance from the left instead of the right, but it still has the same result.
When one side is demonstrably worse, the “but both sides” routine doesn't make you sound more reasonable. It puts you on the side that is worse.
As the old quote goes, “neutrality helps the oppressor.”
The Media & Democracy Project@perrybacon Great column.
Here is a gift link to avoid paywall:
https://wapo.st/42lriES
Great principles for any election coverage: not just Trump!
- Focus on the stakes, not odds!
- Examine the substance of policy!
- Don't normalize liars and fascists!
- Don't seek neutrality between autocrats and democrats!
- Be honest!
#FixMediaNow #DefendDemocracy
wapo.st/42lriES
