Anthony Burnett
@burnettanthony.bsky.social
Who am I? l’m an expat Canadian living in London, England. Read my posts in English, Deutsch, Français y Español & decide for yourself. He/er/il/él
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
Three consecutive polls show James Talarico narrowly ahead of Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race. The latest: Texas Southern U. has Talarico up 47%-45%. In the past week, a Fox poll had Talarico up 51-48 and a Texas Public Opinion Research survey found Talarico up 45-40.
The funniest thing about Trump delaying Blanche’s nomination until next year, when he thinks two GOP senators may be gone, is he just might be delaying the nomination to when there might be 5+ *more* Democratic senators.
A very interesting perspective on neurodivergence from the brilliant mind of A. E. Larsson. It's very likely that those labeled as such are not the glitch. The industrial system was the adaptive survival divergence to neurotypical. To be read with enthusiasm. substack.com/home/post/p-...
What If Neurodivergence Isn't The Deviation
— and the science has been looking in the wrong direction
substack.com
Fascism is here. If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention. “Left-wing political terrorism” will mean those who oppose the regime — while actual right-wing extremism is allowed to grow and thrive. We are very far off the cliff, folks.
“The daylight executions of civilians will continue until The Radical Left shuts up and learns to appreciate it…”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTom Homan: "It all go backs to the Dems ... there's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted."
The Supreme Court released four decisions today. All were 6-3 or 7-2, with the right-wing majority writing the opinions. Quick summaries below:
As Musk becomes the first trillionaire, historian sees warning signs | Read full article at san.com/cc/as-musk-b...
As Musk becomes the first trillionaire, historian sees warning signs
An expert on wealth and power breaks down what Musk’s trillion‑dollar fortune means for inequality, history and the future of democracy.
san.com
I toured the Los Angeles election office two years ago. It is impressive, but what is particularly galling about Trumo’s vote fraud claims is that they made special viewing areas just so anyone (including the campaigns and parties) can observe the full ballot counting process
MaddowBlog@maddowblog.bsky.social · 2mo ago. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social shows Rachel how literally transparent the ballot processing is in LA County.
The USA, according to Todd Blanche and DJT: Nation where taxpayers pay reparations to white supremacists but can’t even use the word “reparations” when speaking of people whose ancestors were removed from their lands or those whose ancestors were enslaved.
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified…… History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” - George Orwell -
Frank Figliuzzi@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhile we slept the DOJ deleted all press releases about charges against January 6 defendants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Talarico v. Paxton is going to be a straight up religious argument between Christianity as a religion of love for neighbor and Christian authoritarianism. There's not been a public theological contest like this since the Scopes Monkey trail.
Congratulations America your government just proved it can strong-arm and squash free speech when it hurts their fee-fees. Where is that right wing righteous rage now.
A bee's brain may be as small as a sesame seed, but it can recognize and remember human faces. Nature never ceases to amaze us. Every tiny creature plays a major role in our world. Protect bees, protect life, protect nature.
