Is there a better commercial for Rank Choice Voting than what is going on with the Speaker's vote in the House ? The current system, from primary to generals to speaker voting, empowers the extremes to the expense of constituants. Time to change
What an introduction to the political arsonists who get so much attention here.
This group knows they’re only visible to the world when standing in the reflected light of the fires they set.
After this is over, the question is:
What burns next?
A new law takes into effect in Missouri that makes it illegal for homeless people to sleep in parks or under bridges. Anyone doing so will receive a $750 fine and jail time. They are criminalizing being poor just so billionaires can exploit them for labor.
This is class warfare.
Prisons are built on the labor of the incarcerated. Already inflated budgets of correctional departments would be exponentially higher if the incarcerated population weren't relied upon to keep prisons operating. Let's dispel some illusions and talk about prison labor. A thread.
Republican @RepDonBacon, who said Pelosi was “stripping away House minority rights” by allowing proxy voting, just voted by proxy to avoid showing up in person for the omnibus spending bill.
U.S. local newspapers are dying at a rate of 2 per week. By 2025, a third of them will be gone. If you’re not convinced that’s a doomsday-level threat to democracy, read this state-by-state list of what local reporters uncovered in 2022. It’s a sample of what we stand to lose.
Played Cards Against Humanity with the family. My sister-in-law picked this card and gasped. She didn’t choose my answer as the funniest and I lost to my brother-in-law.
OK let's try this again, ordering a nothing burger from McDonalds. this time nothing else in the order.
will they cancel it? deliver an empty bag? i am doing this so you don't have to
Say your name is Joe.
You believe your name is Joe because that’s your name.
I insist your name is Jean because I believe I have the right to name you because of who I understand myself to be, and you do not have the right to name yourself because of who I understand you to be.
there’s no funnier caricature of masculinity than the Him from “holiday gifts for him.” he doesn’t drink any liquid but whiskey. he’s got 20 watches on each wrist. if he saw a single texture other than leather he would throw one of his pocket knives at it.
The stuff uncovered in the Twitter whistleblower report is much crazier than anything in the "Twitter files" but it's much less politically/tribally salient so it got no attention. Going to do a thread on some of the craziest things, in no particular order.