Reagan “Revolution”

And finally as a coffin

elon musk to the advertisers and users of twitter

“Rebuild our soil?” Better in the original German…

If you look closely you can see the marionette strings as @SenatorSinema speaks

Elon is a whiny little asshole who bought this platform so he could treat his critics like he’s been treating his employees - doesn’t seem much more complicated than that.

“The cruelty is the point.” Refugees dumped on the street in DC on Christmas Eve on coldest night in years by Texas state Govt. Worst abuse of power by a state government In decades. Reminiscent in its lawlessness of Arkansas Governor Faubus. Read on. nytimes.com/2022/12/25/us/…

Stephen King book banning here in LA is taking the form of "approved reading lists" for public HSs, thereby "banning" books not on the list. Attend your local school board meetings and demand they provide the "teacher's list" and their "process" for creating the approved list.

Congratulations Colorado on helping thousands of people to build financial security. This is the 6th state Automatic IRA program with more on the way.

Thought of the day…

We are on the edge of a spy scandal with major implications for how we understand the Trump administration, our national security, and ourselves. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/t…

The US is a violent country. The European takeover of the continent was viciously violent. Slavery was maintained w/a brutality so awful we still can’t fully grapple with it. Our rhetoric is often militaristic & violent. This legacy is embedded in our culture, politics & policing

I found this from Bear Bellinger powerful and helpful in this moment, and maybe you will too. indivisibleteam.medium.com/tyre-nichols-c…

Woke up thinking about Tyre Nichols’ family. Thinking about a man who was a father, a son, a friend. Thinking about how unsettling it was to have a countdown to the release of the tape. Thinking about what it means, for all of us, to have to go through this again & again & again.

“Why must you always concentrate on color?” As always, this answer from James Baldwin is what you were looking for. Must watch. #BlackHistoryMonth

True--I've worked for him for a while now and this is his wheelhouse: using the power of gov't to fight for anybody left behind. In Bidenomics, if you helped baked the pie, you outta get a fair slice, and he and his team won't rest until we're there. nytimes.com/live/2023/02/0…

I wanted to share some of my thoughts on today's Supreme Court decision on affirmative action:

Depressed patients in a ketamine trial said their lives were transformed by the drug...but they were in the placebo group. med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

Tonight’s Clip #2 - Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for NC Governor Mark Robinson says he isn’t a quitter taking breaks from competition like “weak little gymnast” Simone Biles. Are you still not convinced these people are weird? Stay tuned, I got more coming.