@atrambler
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Retired full-time RV-er. Techy, outdoorsy, engaged, progressive, introvert.
Indivisible ❌👑Something ugly is happening around this country right now. But something beautiful is happening, too: The pro-democracy movement is growing at a historic pace.
Since the election, the number of new local Indivisible groups has more than doubled. And engagement — people actually doing stuff virtually and in the real world — across just about every metric is through the roof. This continuous expansion of organized people power is a beautiful thing.
How Do We Fight the Oligarchy?
Greg Abbott doesn’t give a shit about Texans. In the wake of his failed preparation for and response to a catastrophic flood that killed dozens of children and families in central Texas, Abbott is making his priority clear: Protecting Republicans from voter backlash.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/democrats-texas-republicans-maps
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/democrats-texas-republicans-maps
The whole health care system is at risk because of the Medicaid cuts in Trump's reconciliation bill.
https://app.sosha.ai/s/rrDzmQU8
https://app.sosha.ai/s/rrDzmQU8
Jeff JarvisThe long tradition at CBS of buckling under to fascist and corporate pressure.
From The Golden Web by Erik Barnouw (Oxford, 1968).
From The Golden Web by Erik Barnouw (Oxford, 1968).
BeccaWe need an effective #education system with:
rigorous protections against being dismantled, as a right,
public schools only, no private ones, not even uni,
compulsory primary education,
free à la carte secondary education without enrollment barriers,
an absolute ban on the espousement of any non-secular, non-scientific doctrine
Oh and PAY THE FUCKING TEACHERS. Pay them like our best engineer, because THEY PRODUCE THEM.
It's the goose laying the golden eggs, people. Not the golden eggs.