Vincent Price also delivered two powerful speeches denouncing racism and religious intolerance while starring in the popular radio show “The Saint” in both 1948 and 1950, and they still ring very true today.

Literacy rate in United States: •21% of adults are illiterate  •54% of adults have a literacy level below 6th grade • Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children. •45

Remember this. Lock it in.

"I can't get a girlfriend because you took away some of the malign social pressures that forced women to need men" is not a political opinion so much as it is a patriarchal tantrum and I don't understand supposedly left wing people who are giving any credence to it politically

When the first thing you do after being elected is threaten the security of your allies to protect one of your biggest donors, we usually call that corruption

Sky News has edited and re-uploaded a new version of their video on the violence in Amsterdam, claiming the previous edit “didn’t meet Sky News’ standards for balance and impartiality.” In other words, they changed it to be more sympathetic to the Israeli rioters who instigated

new pandemic and Trump as president, what could possibly go wrong

I can't figure out if vaccines work or not. Tough one. I can see why RFK Jr is so concerned. Need Sherlock Holmes on this one.

If someone with felonies can be President, those with felonies should be able to vote, to secure housing, employment, and student loans.

I do think at some point, as a journalist, it’s your responsibility to read between the lines a little bit

The sound a cat makes when they are having a little snooze and you go to pet the top of their head, that little offended "mwrr?" Best shit in the world.

people used to have these things called union representatives and this is basically what they did

as someone who has actually done poetry workshops with both teenagers and adults: when people respond to poetry they don't enjoy by assuming it was written by a high schooler, they're not just telegraphing their bad opinions about trying poetry, but about *teens as a group*.

I can’t believe this needs to be said, but regulations exist for a reason. Without them, people die. Corporations pollute more, workers face greater risks, and consumers are left vulnerable. Yet this fucking asshole wants to strip them all away. Bring on the faithless electors.

Just so we’re clear, the world’s richest man donated millions to Trump’s campaign and was given his own governmental role. It’s corruption. Democrats do this also, just with lower profile people. It’s also corruption. We need to get rid of pay-to-play politics.

The Onion has acquired Infowars in a bankruptcy auction. They plan to debut a new Infowars in January that will serve as parody, mocking weird Internet personalities like Alex Jones. The Onion CEO says they acquired it because “this is the funniest thing that has ever happened”

3. If you had a time machine in 2019 and traveled to 2024, the shift over trans rights in the US would be shocking. In the 2019, trans people could openly access care in all states. Now... bounties in bathrooms, adults cut off from medical care, and drivers licenses pulled.

This is always what it was going to be used for btw. It’s not some great equalizer. It’s a way for already massively wealthy execs to add a few more mil to their annual bonuses by cutting creative teams entirely & having a machine vomit up the most boring slop imaginable instead