Wow, this McConaughey speech

Ryan Teague Beckwith And by “war” we mean a non-intense, unarmed conflict between different policy perspectives without the use of paramilitary mercenaries, insurgents, militias or soldiers, and also lacking any extreme violence, destruction or mortality. But other than that, yeah: War. Totally war.

I took a moment and read the transcript of President Jimmy Carter’s 1979 speech, “Crisis of Confidence” (also known as the “malaise” speech). Here it is: pbs.org/wgbh/americane…

BREAKING: GM to invest historic $7 billion in 4 facilities across Michigan, creating 4,000 jobs bit.ly/3rM3iKk

Reactionary propaganda from half a century ago is literally no different than today lmao

watching Cobra Kai and thinking about the cycles of karma we all live with

man, what great show

Ouch but true

Incredible!

California hiring a new statewide CIO to lead the Department of Technology! real interesting, high impact government gig!!

Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 has tested positive for COVID. Pascrell, who'll turn 85 next month, says his symptoms are mild.
His message to those who have not gotten a COVID vaccine: 'get off your butt and get vaccinated and get boostered.'

Dean Dafis will become the next mayor of the popular North Jersey township of Maplewood on Saturday, Jan. 1. trib.al/NIMUerB

Since the start of the pandemic total corporate profits have ballooned from $1 trillion to $1.7 trillion, costing every person in American $2,126, on average.

Newark mourns the passing of longtime activist, ‘The Street Doctor’ nj-ne.ws/Fj0sMmD

Just joined a zoom Shivah for a friend. This is a custom in Judaism of 7 days after a death saying the evening (or all daily) prayers together and telling stories about the departed

What will be the stories they tell when it is our time?

A path forward: give Manchin’s 1.8T bill a vote, with a short (~6 month) CTC extension included - a rounding error in a bill that big. Dems would be giving Manchin everything he wants, including time to negotiate a bipartisan CTC solution. In return… 1/ washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/1…

It's funny how the existence of this photo won't ever interfere with these kids lives moving through the world because this is viewed as 'American' but if this was a black family, this photo would be used to deny them access to anything good in life.

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Inflation and shortages are *helping* big business. Profit margins for large firms are up 50% since 2019.

Finally, someone in government launched an investigation. That someone? Lina Khan. mattstoller.substack.com/p/antitrust-en…

No one who owns any crypto can ever say anything negative about inflation caused by the government creating money

Yall doing that all day and saying its raining money