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CEWheeler Feb 9, 2023

Mark Copelovitch Feb 9, 2023

Periodic reminder that we can either be a white Christian theocracy, or we can be an actual republic of laws and equal rights for all. But we can’t be both, and we need to redesign our electoral and legislative institutions so that the supermajority that does not want us to be the former is able to govern and ensure we are the latter.

From: @pbump
https://journa.host/@pbump/109832873534633970

Philip Bump (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images The scale of Christian nationalist belief in the US: 29 percent mostly agree with core tenets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/08/religion-christian-right-wing-politics/?itid=ap_philipbump

Mastodon

CEWheeler Feb 7, 2023

Haymarket Books Feb 7, 2023

It’s us, we’re publishing company https://thehill.com/homenews/3845798-publishing-company-will-offer-free-black-history-e-books-especially-in-florida/

Publishing company will offer free Black history e-books, especially in Florida

A Chicago-based publishing house will offer free e-books focused on Black history after the College Board revised its Advanced Placement African American studies course earlier this month. And Haymarket Books has Florida, specifically, in its sights. The College Board’s revisions came after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) refused to allow the class in Florida high schools. In the revised course,…

The Hill

CEWheeler Jan 23, 2023

ryan cooper Jan 23, 2023

"One of the most unfair aspects of capitalism is how it enables rich people—especially ultra-wealthy oligarchs, who get the vast majority of their income from investments—to collect money while sitting around their palatial estates eating peeled grapes." https://prospect.org/economy/2023-01-23-bipartisan-plan-social-security/

The Smart Bipartisan Plan to Shore Up Social Security

Bill Cassidy and Angus King propose an American social wealth fund.

The American Prospect

CEWheeler Jan 22, 2023

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Drew Harwell Jan 20, 2023

"If nationalistic fears about Chinese influence operations lead to a departure from American constitutional principles supporting free and open political discourse, we will have succeeded in undermining our system of government more effectively than any Chinese propaganda could do"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/20/tiktok-bans-states-colleges/

As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin

It’s not clear whether the bans are anything more than political grandstanding, given that the number of devices covered in each state is relatively minuscule.

The Washington Post

CEWheeler Dec 21, 2022

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Dan Gillmor Dec 21, 2022

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by @micahflee

Big Journalism mustered a few pathetic protests to Musk's control freakery with reporters' accounts, but maintained business as usual on the birdsite.

In other words, Musk is winning his campaign against freedom of expression that he dislikes.

You'd imagine that the journalism business would take genuine action -- eg leaving Twitter -- to demonstrate a backbone, and help preserve press freedom. You would be wrong, sadly.

@drewharwell @MattBinder @w7voa @tony

CEWheeler Dec 20, 2022

ryan cooper Dec 20, 2022

"When researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation recently compared a set of similarly large and wealthy nations, they found that among this group, the United States accounted for 46 percent of the child population but 97 percent of all child gun deaths." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/14/magazine/gun-violence-children-data-statistics.html

Childhood’s Greatest Danger: The Data on Kids and Gun Violence

Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. No group of kids has been spared, but some have fared far worse.

The New York Times

CEWheeler Dec 18, 2022

#silentsunday

CEWheeler Dec 16, 2022

Mr Spock 🖖Dec 16, 2022

We should never stop posting this.
#jewish #antisemitism

CEWheeler Dec 7, 2022

.:RiotGrlErin:.Nov 13, 2022

coworker: you should check out my therapist

me: i’ve seen your therapist’s work. no thanks.