No is not an acceptable answer. Please reconsider. We’re being extremely reasonable. I’m waiting for the call from the Vice President’s team. I can’t go anywhere until the Vice President agrees to having a Palestinian American speak from the stage. I’m waiting for the call.

Great thread detailing how the Dems' 2024 platform has shifted towards the punitive right:

The sheriff featured by Democrats last night is same sheriff we recently sued over taking cash from private equity-owned telecom companies to eliminate the ability of children to visit their parents in jail, on the theory that families would spend more money on monopoly calls.

I don't want the most lethal fighting force in the world, I want to get my mom cataract surgery

why is august 29 not a state day of remembrance? are flags at half-mast? why are any of us required to do anything or be anywhere today besides sitting with that? it's really too much.

Love to everyone grappling with storm trauma today

Jesus

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No you cannot "do both." That would be like sending 50,000 tons of lethal weapons to a brutal, murderous regime and then telling them you "want a ceasefire."

This is horrifying

This is climate disinformation from Biden. It is not possible to "responsibly" increase oil production, as the scientific consensus is that we must rapidly eliminate emissions. Also much of our expanded production will be exported as LNG - *increasing* domestic energy prices.

‘I want out’: how a natural gas project along the Gulf coast is upending residents’ lives theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Also, this reporting was supported by a grant from the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources! Thank you IJNR

“Using the method, the total deaths since the conflict began would be estimated at about 335,500 in total.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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