Adam

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How to Talk About Fascism in Trump's Second Term

Once the “Fourth Estate,” now the sideline observer. When did journalism start treating democracy’s meltdown as casual news? It’s time to ask: where’s the outrage? When did journalism become the noble art of tiptoeing around democracy’s flaming wreckage, like it’s just the charred remains of

@Westenberg

Here’s what parenting can look like.

When I told my dad I was trans, my dad’s response was, “Oh! I can send you jewelry now!” (He was retired and made jewelry as a hobby).

Two days latter, I had a letter in the mail addressed to Joelle, the first time “Joelle” ever got mail, with a necklace in it. Later he made me this one. He told me, “I hope I got the colors right, I looked it up online.”

You don’t have to mourn a child transitioning. You can be the first to do so many affirming things.

Just noticed “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” is the spiritual predecessor for “Ignore all previous instructions”.
I just saw J D Vance called a “broligarch-funded shillbilly” and I can only wish I could write half so well ☠️

"There is only one major political party using and condoning and enabling violent rhetoric. Just one. It’s the Republican Party. Don't let any political journalist or outlet opine about politicization while they fail to hold accountable the GOP’s horrific rhetoric. Don't let them shame you into ignoring this appalling double standard."

READ: https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/control-guns-not-girls

Control Guns, Not Girls

It's that simple.

Charlotte's Web Thoughts
Republican president was shot by a Republican because of an environment of normalized violence that Republicans insist we all live in, and somehow this means that both sides need to tone it all the way down, which in practice means that Democrats and only Democratic need to stop talking entirely.

Via Liz Cheney:

JD Vance has pledged he would do what Mike Pence wouldn’t - overturn an election and illegally seize power. He says the president can ignore the rulings of our courts. He would capitulate to Russia and sacrifice the freedom of our allies in Ukraine. The Trump GOP is no longer the party of Lincoln, Reagan or the Constitution.

Musk says he'll spend about $180 million to elect Trump.

They are the nation's two most powerful enemies of democracy (though Musk has some competition for second place) and, by extension, freedom of expression.

Everyone who buys a Tesla is supporting them.

Everyone who uses the deadbird site -- notably the journalists, who all know what they're doing -- is supporting them.

Don't pretend otherwise.

@MissingThePt You think he’d go to heaven?