Overheard:
"What’s with all the orange smoke?" asked Piglet.
"Oh, that's Trump's ass getting burned by the Rule of Law,” replied Pooh.
Another sad moment from VA: “Virginia Republican lawmaker Tim Anderson just announced he is suing Barnes and Noble for selling books that promote LGBTQIA+ rights. It is no longer just about banning books in schools - they are now coming for private businesses.”
I’m reminded that before WWII VA had euthanasia laws on the books for the mentally ill and “sexually deviant”. Germany sent people to study them.
Mass shootings in the US:
2014: 273
2015: 336
2016: 383
2017: 348
2018: 336
2019: 417
2020: 610
2021: 690
2022: 647
In the first three weeks of 2023: 39
We do not have to live like this. No other country on the planet does.
I really hope that progressives turn off the lizard brain response of "TikTok is good because Republicans say it's bad."
No, TikTok is bad.
The enemy of your enemy isn't necessarily your friend.
Is their opposition based on nationalism, racism, and yellow peril? Probably.
Is TikTok still monitoring and tracking teenagers, feeding them unhealthy content based on "relevancy" algorithms, screwing with their mental health? Yes.
All surveillance capitalism should be banned.
The GOP is losing its voters. It gets most of its strength from older voters. But many of them won’t even be around for the next census.
Meanwhile, younger millennials and Gen Z vote overwhelmingly for the Democrats. But rather than adjust and adapt their policies, Republicans have doubled down on extremism.
We know how this ends.