Ralph Bunche, political scientist & diplomat, won the Nobel in 1950. He & Barack Obama descended from John Punch, an enslaved African man who had a son with an indentured European servant in the 1630s. Their progeny split into the "white" Punches of VA (Obama’s line) & the “colored” Bunches of NC.
It’s still weird to me that companies that stream tv shows, want us to pay them to show us commercials.
We need to talk about the ways the government willfully causes trauma. And how they do so because they can, and because for them it is ultimately about power and control. I believe Adam Serwer was the one who said the cruelty is the point. I agree, but the point of the cruelty is power and control
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago“These men and women signed up to serve their country. The least their country owes them is hot water, a working toilet and a real meal. Hegseth cannot even manage that, and he has the nerve to look their families in the eye and call them liars.”
On the day DOJ went 0-22 in court, and the 6th Circuit rejected its petition to review its defeat en banc, the AAG is left celebrating the dissents. Elias Law Group remains undefeated and we are not tired of citing majority opinions!
There could not be a more blatant violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits any executive branch employee from "Using his or her official title while participating in political activity." Unlikely to be prosecuted, however. Will any news org even mention this? www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/5/7...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h agoNewly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman
Stavros Halkias: I don't wanna do the both sides bullshit because it's not true. One side is worse than the other, objectively speaking. One side is disappearing people and one side wants children to have healthcare. A lot of stand up comics happened to have some of the dumbest opinions on Earth
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
“Are we a federal Union or not?” is really the most basic, foundational constitutional question there is.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d agoThe president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.
Took up hiking in the Appalachians. I have since gone on to hike throughout the most of the Western ranges. Mountain fights are pointless, Brodie.
Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · yesterdayI was literally JUST doing a talk about this with @mcmanlypants.bsky.social an hour ago! The thing is that the Rockies are so much bigger than you that they don’t notice if you exist. But the Appalachians are so much older than you that if they notice you, bad shit’s about to go down.
I don’t care about numbers or what they say about Bluesky, just please stay ad free.
mean things I say to myself@meantomyself.bsky.social · 2d agoIf Bluesky was really as dead as they say, could I do THIS?? (okay I am going to need this to do big numbers)
I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control
The world’s most visible white African chose Africa to be the locus of his vendetta against humanity That’s not an accident… that’s the synthesis of white supremacist ideology and the fulcrum of totalitarianism
Jørgen Heszlein@heszlein.bsky.social · 3d agoNew estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
They are firing the Black people and women. They are labeling anything not 100% white and male as DEI. It’s just Alabama 1950!
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Rachel Kurzius@curiouskurz.bsky.social · 2d agoDC Council called on state govs to withdraw Natl Guard troops by 9/1, citing waste of taxpayer $ and "militarization of civilian spaces" DOJ just attacked them. "Your politically-motivated letter is impotent theatrics not worth the paper it’s written on" www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
they’re defying a court order, not “aggressively testing” it like raptors did with the fences in ‘jurassic park’
People were calling Crowley a “moderate” like it was some kind of slur. But look at his policies. There’s a hell of a lot here that progressives should agree with. Maybe the label matters a whole lot less than what someone actually plans to do. Calling this man “the establishment” was nonsensical.
Performed bigotry is a dog and pony show put on to waste time and resources.
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d agoIt's honestly so crazy to me that we're facing a technological revolution that could displace millions of jobs in the middle of a housing affordability crisis and every day we talk about whether a trans woman is playing sports or if someone has a non-Anglo name.
Illegal gratuities are still illegal, no matter what the kompromised SCOTUS says.
Albert Burneko@albertburneko.bsky.social · 2d agohm yes, truly an incredible reporter, say some more about how great he is
“Never — not once in decades — have I witnessed such systematic degradation, disrespect and dismantling of the National Park Service as I see today under the thumb of President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum,” a former park ranger said.
Reflecting Pool's botched repairs threaten to tarnish the National Park Service's reputation
President Donald Trump’s handling of repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has put the National Park Service in a difficult spot. Critics say Trump demands including revising park exhibits a...
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
Ads everywhere is a mainstay of futuristic dystopian imagery. It doesn’t have to be that way no matter what the corporate apologists say.
Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 2d agoIn the 2010s, we were told new tech would revolutionize transportation. As BMW faces backlash for sticking a Spider-Man ad on its center console, we can see what it really amounted to: cars that collect vast quantities of data on us and which automakers are desperate to use to push ads on us too.
They won’t Listen to One Word…. “Someone should form an organization of missionaries to go into American evangelical churches and convert them to Christianity.”
The thing about The Atlantic is one they suck, but also, they've been printing some version of the 'woke 1.0' article over and over and over since at least the '90s, cf the screeching about 'political correctness.' You can just not read them.
Your naivety is adorable! Why NBA owners claimed to be “subsidizing” the W for 30 years without proof; a beginner’s guide: Think valuable tax write-offs, entrenched and unchallenged sexism, suppression of player salaries, good will with minimal cash outlays and an abject failure of imagination.
TREELECTRICAL ENGINEER@wethetreeple.bsky.social · 4d agoI mean this is factually absurd. The W wouldn't exist w/o the NBA. How did you come to the conclusion the the organization that founded and created the W and has kept it financially afloat for decades somehow wants it to fail? What an absurd take. If they wanted it to fail they would have let it
