Adam S. SmithGrass is just ‘grass’ until you let it grow. All this diversity is sprouting from my lawn (or what used to be my lawn).
Environmentalist Pothead Luddite Polymath
Club of Rome -> Limits To Growth
Keeper of Cats.
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Environmentalist Pothead Luddite Polymath
Club of Rome -> Limits To Growth
Keeper of Cats.
Environmentalist Pothead Luddite Polymath
Club of Rome -> Limits To Growth
Keeper of Cats.
Perrin42American citizens are being deported.
Immigrants are being terrorized by masked, anonymous individuals.
Legislators and judges have been arrested and indicted.
Food is rotting in fields and factories are shutting down.
Legal immigrants and refugees are being stripped of their rights and protections.
America is turning into a monster.
And *every* Republican helped pave the road to where we are.
There are not *any* "good" Republicans anymore.
Randahl FinkAfghan man gets a VISA to the US after assisting the US army in Afghanistan as an interpreter.
Now, without a warrant, Trump's ICE goons have arrested him and put him in detention to get him deported to meet their deportation quotas.
That is your reward for being an ally of the US.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/afghan-ally-detained-by-ice-immigration-court/
Afghan ally detained by ICE after attending immigration court hearing
An Afghan man who worked alongside U.S. troops against the Taliban was detained by ICE officers after he attended a mandatory immigration hearing in San Diego.
MorganVRemember the stories about Jimmy Carter having to sell his peanut farm to avoid conflicts of interest?
There needs to be a massive overhaul of the Emoluments Clause, in particular the inclusion of an enforcement measure (to be applied after), because threat of impeachment clearly isn't sufficient, let alone relying on an honor code.
All pretense about not profiting off of the Presidency is out the window this term. And it's disgusting that every (any) Republican is fine with it.
Listen up Mastodonians, because this is important:
Right now we have a unique chance to rise up and hit back against Zuckerberg and Musk. Because italian filmmaker @_elena and her friends have made an OUTSTANDING short film, which explains why people should quit the fascist social networks and come join us in the fediverse.
Hit the fascists where it hurts — make this go viral by watching it and liking it on YouTube, then hit the share button and share it everywhere!
Paul CantrellIs comparing crowd size at No Kings versus the pathetic military parade just pure pettiness?
❝No. Right now crowd sizes matter a lot because competitive authoritarianism rests largely on self-fulfilling expectations.❞
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-parade-flopped-no-kings-day
Jenniferplusplus
Darren Meyer 
I know I'm increasingly in the minority, but I can't stand learning most things from videos. If you must share information by making a video, please *please* also make it available to read.
Church of Jeff
MegatronicThronBanksThey do.
We need to keep pointing out that there has never been a successful right-wing government in the history of the planet. Not a one. They've all caused widespread poverty and disaster.