"Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway: All had a culture of gun ownership, and all tightened restrictions anyway. Their violence statistics now diverge sharply from those of the U.S." nytimes.com/2022/05/25/wor…

Pardon me?

Watching 1/06 hearings I think of those who rationalized/ignored Trump's actions. What must they be thinking now? Do they feel *any* regret? Would they concede they defended a dangerous/deranged man? Or is it simply too painful for them to acknowledge? Such layers of deception.

@BrownGirlBurn He should cancel $10k. And cancel interest now and going forward. Education loans should be interest free. And apply all interest already paid to the principal amount. This will, for most people, add a ton more to that $10k.

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GOP Linguist here. It needs to be highlighted that the founders used the word “virtue” not to refer to a high moral standard, but specifically to the integrity to put the common good of ahead of one’s own personal interests. The GOP has become the antithesis of Washington’s ideal.

The Lincoln Project We need to keep history from repeating itself. Watch Ken Burns’ documentary on the Holocaust. tinyurl.com/2p84w4rc

Senator Cruz voted against this.

I think, therefore I declassify — Descartes

Ted Cruz was booed by a Texas audience when he said his plan to end school shootings is putting more police officers in schools. There were 376 cops at Uvalde...

A lot of Florida Republicans are going to need socialism this weekend.

This is beyond excellent. “Modern politicians very rarely speak this way, but they need to try.” #Ukraine theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

There's a cancer on modern Christianity. Greedy charlatans turn weak minded people away from the Golden-Rule teachings of Jesus and toward the vicious, paranoid fascism of Christian Nationalism. It's happened before; The Crusades, The Inquisition. The results are always bad.

🙌 THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK HAS HIT IRELAND WITH ASTONISHING RESULTS. 🙌 The Irish Findings are as follows: • 100% of the companies involved are continuing with the 4-Day work week ➡ • 85% of companies which reported data on revenue reported growth in revenue 📈 (1/X)

The US corruption both in politics & in general will get ever worse until the 2010 SCOTUS (John Roberts) verdict on Citizens United, allowing unlimited amounts of dark (=anonymous money) is reversed. Face it! SCOTUS is the main source of corruption in the US.

Ladies and gentlemen - Jon fucking Stewart. 🔥