If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them:
— Gun laws in other countries have stopped mass shootings
— More guns don't make us safer
— A majority of Americans want gun reform
We don't have to live like this.
I don't agree with Republicans very often, but Adam Kinzinger is right.
Donald Trump did suffocate the soul of the GOP.
The party is over, folks.
“All told, at least 228 of America’s biggest (Fortune 500) corporations — representing more than two-thirds of some 300 companies with political action committees — have given $26.3 million to election deniers during the 2021-2024 election cycles…”
The incomparable @rbreich on #Davos: https://substack.com/redirect/2f15c93e-8c96-4b0a-8cb7-825619143fa4?j=eyJ1IjoiNmhpNmQifQ.Ja-qp6UWlaZ9Hc1TUyf8BpVGpJw_iqTjfAc0PQ6tDU4
”The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.”
André Gide
"One of the functions of art is to give people the words to know their own experience... Storytelling is a tool for knowing who we are and what we want."
An Ursula K. Le Guin gem: https://t.co/X6a6zUFt5O
In 2024 four billion people go to the polls: about half the population of the planet. In the US, poll watchers predict a Trump win in a campaign where he may spend more time in court than on the stump. In the early 1930s, Will Rogers, a lifelong Democrat joked that the reason Republicans nearly always won the Whitehouse back then was that they had a habit of having three bad years followed by one good one. The good year …
It seems to me the key sentence in the SEC’s #bitcoin ruling today is this:
“Bitcoin is primarily a speculative, volatile asset that’s also used for illicit activity including ransomware,[4] money laundering,[5] sanction evasion,[6] and terrorist financing.[7]” https://journa.host/@w7voa/111734109726584015
US SEC approves Bitcoin ETFs. https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/gensler-statement-spot-bitcoin-011023
Robert Reich
Maria Popova
Critical Cupcake
James Gleick
Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀