GovtWorks.org #GoodGovernment makes for #AMorePerfectUnion
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https://govtworks.org "The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves- in their separate, and individual capacities." A. Lincoln
Everyone who has a palestinian flag in thier profile, everyone who says things like #FreePalestine or globalize intifada or "From the river to the sea" needs to watch this till the very end. I don't have a stake in any "side", but I DO care you got played so easily! youtu.be/lZ9OyRZnsnU?...
4 LIES about Israel: Jonah Platt Debunks the Core Pillars of Antizionist Propaganda
YouTube video by Being Jewish with Jonah Platt
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This video fills me with a white hot fury. Moreno is garbage. Won’t help his own daughter because it’s bad politics to call out Republican abusers but talks like this to Fauci about saving lives. Un fucking real
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
Bernie Moreno did not hesitate to foul-mouth Dr Fauci yesterday. Like the uncouth sob he is. This mofer should look closer to home first. Like hold his son-in-law Max Miller responsible for the egregious behavior of wife-beater & breaker of children's bones. Moreno is a fucking disgrace.
Bernie Moreno will get tough with Fauci but not the man who beat up his daughter. What a fucking coward.
it really bears repeating over and over and over that the child who allegedly had her collarbone broken by her congressman dad is the granddaughter of SENATOR bernie moreno who has refused to stand up for her, or for his daughter who was allegedly abused, too. what a sick fuck.
I am glad fauci was there for us to lean on and trust
4fuxake@blueheartedly1.bsky.social · last wk.Every bit of this. 👇
Oh to be back in the land of Coca-Cola… "Someday everything's gonna sound like a rhapsody when I paint my masterpiece" (Bob D.) and Jack Smith becomes Attorney General. #MakeAmericaGoodAgain m.youtube.com/watch?v=wq2e...
The Band - When I paint my masterpiece
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StephenB💙8647VoteBlue🇦🇺🇨🇮🇺🇦@steveyb22.bsky.social · 7mo agoFor all tearing strips off the Dems for not stopping him after J6, here’s a few facts: 1. (D)’s Impeached in the House 2. (D)’s Convicted in the Senate 3. The DOJ appointed Jack Smith, Trump was indicted 4 times facing multiple felonies. 4. SCOTUS 6 blocked it, Cannon blocked it. Your beef is (R)s
Somehow I'm reminded of Alfred E Neuman, but with a more dainty ribcage.
🌵🌞@daysonrick.bsky.social · last wk.I stand with Anthony Fauci and Rand Paul's neighbor.
Here's the argument that the 2024 GOP law is unconstitutional & Beshear has the right to appoint a senate replacement when one dies. But winning the legal challenge is not the point. Beshear acting is about showing Democrats as fighters, win or lose. It's about giving people something to vote for.
It’s especially galling b/c you know if Mitch were in Bershear’s shoes, he would have called for a special election after 2 weeks of this nonsense.
The Kentucky Constitution does not say the governor must choose from a party-provided list for U.S. Senate vacancies. That was created by statute in 2021. That's the statute that Beshear would be challenging.
If Andy Beshear does not push this to a conclusion that either has him appointing McConnell's replacement, or McConnell reappearing, Beshear will be out of Democratic politics. We need rabble-rousers, not the same quiet, proper Dems who keep losing.
13 colonies 10 crucial days 52 words =🇺🇸 "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/cross-with-u...
The Ten Crucial Days | Washington Crossing Historic Park
The period surrounding the crossing that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War is often called The Ten Crucial Days. From the crossing on December 25, 1776, through the Battle of Princeton on Janua...
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Why can't every day be the Fourth of July? 🇺🇸 Because, of course, while time is an artificial construct, we remain slaves to the calendar. However, every day can be Independence Day, as we struggle towards #AMorePerfectUnion.
RDGi@1blondetornado.bsky.social · last mo.🇺🇸… May we ALL be reminded, and remember the most important part today … ‘WE THE PEOPLE…’ www.archives.gov/founding-doc... #USA250Anniversary #UnitedSttateOfAmerica #aMorePerfectUnion
#GoodGovernment keeps us headed to #AMorePerfectUnion even if we regress, on occasion, as now.
Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis)@avishaybsg.bsky.social · 2y agoThings about politics I’ve come to believe strongly: 1. Less bad is better than more bad 2. Nostalgia is generally incorrect. Things weren’t better 3. Still, things can get much worse 4. Democracy is an outlier in human political history 5. Optimism is rooted in agency, not positive predictions
Of diners, dairy and democracy... #GoodGovernment
Ben Wikler@benwikler.bsky.social · last mo.Ever had a Scrambler at Mickies Dairy Bar? Incredible value. Which is hard to find, as everything gets so expensive. I asked my fellow patrons at the world's best diner about what's working and what's not. @civicmedia.us
What a wonderful government we could have if Ben Wikler did for the DNC what he does for Wisconsin!
Ben Wikler@benwikler.bsky.social · 3w agoToday, a special investigation by This Is Wisconsin of our Southern border. With Illinois. @civicmedia.us
Black folks saw through this movement early on, but no one listens to us. To this day. The DSA is 85% white, anti-Black and antisemitic. Don’t come at me with “they have Black and POC members”. So do the Republicans. The two movements mirror each other in alarming ways.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2w ago“Democrats appear slow to recognize that ideologues on the left are attempting a hostile takeover of the party,” James Kirchick writes. In looking for a way to reclaim control, he argues, they could find inspiration in British history:
Here's the legend for the color coding. The brown is for the worst levels they measure. Each hour you spend outside in that level of air pollution can reduce your life expectancy.
T.J. Stiles@tj-stiles.bsky.social · 3w agoIn less than an hour, the President of the United States will use a primetime address to lie about an election he lost and unleash who knows what horrors against democracy. This is what he should speak about. The climate crisis has unleashed a tsunami of deadly air across the U.S. See airnow.gov.
He doesn’t have the capacity to alter the operations of elections, but it’s possible that when he doesn’t like the results he’ll send in Patel’s “FBI” to seize machinery and ballots and place the results on hold. Then a rump Republican Congress refuses to seat Democratic majority-makers. And chaos.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoMy takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.
Here's my historical context thread of threads for "Death by Lightning." Episode by episode. bsky.app/profile/tj-s...
T.J. Stiles@tj-stiles.bsky.social · 9mo agoHere's my promised thread of threads on every episode of "Death by Lightning." Again, it's totally legit to diverge from history to craft this satisfying (and manageable) show. I'm simply providing the real historical context, as best I can. Plus a final thought at the end. bsky.app/profile/tj-s...
Writing is thinking. In “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell wrote that we must choose each word to convey meaning. We must choose images that are fresh, that kick the reader’s brain awake. If you click together stock phrases, they do your thinking for you. And he never heard of AI.
Parties and local machines were integrated into 19th-c. corruption. Garfield’s fight with Roscoe Conkling, a set-piece in “Death by Lightning,” is telling. Congressmen controlled federal patronage (& tariff skim) in their states & districts. Spoils supported parties. But Trump personalizes it all.