@bluecitizentechie
Trying to be a "citizen" in Heinlein's sense of treating the safety of the nation as a personal responsibility. Anybody can be that kind of citizen. Nobody needs permission. It's learning the issues, taking the risks, and doing the work.
I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.
This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.
(cartoon Dave Granlund)
NOPE
Cartoon by
Brendan Loper
"The things that will DESTROY US are:
POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLES;
PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE;
WEALTH WITHOUT WORK;
knowledge without character;
BUSINESS WITHOUT MORALITY;
SCIENCE WITHOUT HUMANITY;
and worship without sacrifice."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Cartoon by
Emad Hajjaj
WAR won't hide the #EpsteinFiles
#Iran
#Epstein
wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"
Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.
They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.
Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.
Watch how they vote this week.
To echo the sentiments of G.K. Chesterton, fairy tales do not tell children that monsters exist — because they know that already. But rather more importantly, fairy tales tell them (and us) that the monster can be killed. And such stories must never ever go out of fashion.
The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes.
$9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst".
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….
That clip is funny!
reminder that the entire fake news ecosystem online first took off in 2016 when a bunch of rightwing chodes mewled at zuckerberg about censorship — so he fired all the human news editors who weeded out bullshit on facebook.
ICE tackles and arrests New Jersey father outside his home, leaving his 6-year-old first-grade daughter at home alone.
She goes out looking for him.
"I got my boots and changed my clothes. I wanted to find some help to find my dad..."
www.ms.now/the-weekend-...
New from @pamherd.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern?:
The SAVE Act is a truly extreme voter suppression bill, but in ways that might surprise you. White Christian Nationalism is driving the bill more than a cynical focus on maximizing GOP vote share. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-a...
From @betsyphillips.bsky.social: www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
Yes. Take turns writing down the unredacted files. Then officially read them into the record daily.
Excellent and very informative recounting of effective ways we the people are fighting ICE.
@loworderprimate.bsky.social
“‘I am begging my fellow politicians, my fellow Americans to realize that right now in this country we are not fighting over policy or political party,’ Pritzker said. ‘We are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindness—or one rooted in cruelty and rage.’”
Tragic how much hate there is in the world
Cartoon by
Jeff Danziger
