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The human experience is finite, & fleeting. We must strive to be better to one another.

[William B. Fuckley @opinonhaver]

one of the bleakest ironies of our age is the exact same people really into that 'strong men make good times, good times make weak men' meme confidently declaring the norms and order that directly arose out of the bloodiest conflicts in human history woke nonsense

[EN @TC_Erin]

@NickyFrank30 Mental illness doesn't cause amorality. You can be a psychopath and live a functional, healthy, even morally upright life.
Furthermore, crazies existing on either side of the political spectrum isn't new. What's new is that the right wing elected their nuttiest to President.

[EN @TC_Erin]

@ZaidJilani I mean, I'm happy to disagree with you with more obscenities if you'd prefer

[EN @TC_Erin]

@threebarebears Looked you up to say thank you for this beautiful gem. To you and all the folks who worked on it. We laughed, we cried, we cheered. Hoppers is the best thing I've seen in quite a while.
Thank you.

[Gönül Tol @gonultol]

In this short video, I explain what drove yesterday’s court decision targeting the CHP leadership, why it is happening now, and what it means for Turkey’s political future.

A few key points:

• The ruling could pave the way for the return of former CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who lost every major election during his 13 years at the helm of the party — precisely what makes him a convenient opponent for Erdogan.

• Erdogan knows he can no longer win genuinely free and fair elections. And he realized that jailing Ekrem Imamoglu was not enough, because Ozgur Ozel kept pushing back relentlessly, holding more than 100 rallies across the country.

• But this is about more than consolidating power. The CHP is not just another opposition party. It was founded by Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey. By throwing the CHP into chaos, Erdogan is also trying to weaken Atatürk’s legacy and the powerful connection the party still has with millions of Turks.

• The days ahead will be extremely difficult for the CHP. But things may not unfold as smoothly for Erdogan as he hopes. Listen here 👇

[Nick Offerman @Nick_Offerman]

•The U.S. Senate may hold a floor vote TODAY which would overturn a 20-year moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest land in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness in northern Minnesota. The Boundary Waters is the most visited Wilderness in the United States. 

🛶 Enjoying the Minnesotan/Canadian wilderness by canoe or other lesser watercraft is one of our nations greatest available pastimes, and one I have personally enjoyed my entire life. We must protect these public lands from the rapacious capitalists threatening to turn them into a poisoned wasteland.

•This vote in Congress would open the door to copper mining at the headwaters of this entire ecosystem. This kind of mining produces toxic pollution, including acid runoff and heavy metals, that can contaminate nearby waters.

•The Boundary Waters supports a major outdoor economy that sustains thousands of jobs and generates over a billion dollars a year - built on clean water and intact public lands. But this vote would clear the way for toxic mining that puts all of that at risk. It would also set a dangerous precedent, making it easier to roll back protections for public lands across the country, including wilderness areas, national monuments, and national parks. 

•This is a defining moment. If you care about clean water, public lands, and protecting places we can’t replace, now is the time to speak up.
•Protect the Boundary Waters, and vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140. Let’s save this treasured place for all of us—forever. https://t.co/JhNAR6Za2O

[Ekrem İmamoğlu (International) @imamoglu_int]

Hungary has chosen hope over fear, democracy over autocracy.

Tonight, the Hungarian people reminded Europe, and the world, that no strongman is invincible when citizens refuse to surrender their freedom.

From a prison cell in Silivri, I send my warmest congratulations to the Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar and to every voter who stood in line to defend the rule of law. Your victory belongs to all of us who believe that ballots are stronger than fear, and that justice, however delayed, is never defeated.

Istanbul stands with Budapest. The tide is turning.

[EN @TC_Erin]

@roddreher Conservatives lay claim to the title of moral majority only to choose for their standard bearers swine-kings like Orban & Trump, then are surprised when people tire of your hypocrisy & corruption?

Enjoy reaping what you sow, Rod.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

From Orbán to Trump, the rise of far-right movements is tightly coordinated and transcends borders.

So too should be our international defense of democracy and the fight for working people.

From policy to tactics, it’s time to take the gloves off and fight for our future.

[Seva @SevaUT]

what a tragedy for alex jones to see his prophecies come true. turns out the government is actually a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets. but vindication is denied to him. the poor man has to pretend it's a hoax

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Putin not Musk is probably the richest man on earth but that only makes the point stronger — control of media by oligarchs leads to folly, fascism, and war

[Henry Porter🇺🇸 @HenryPorters]

Jesus. Why not cover this? What is wrong with the MSM?

[EN @TC_Erin]

@BenjiBacker Thank you for speaking up on this. It takes guts to criticize folks on the same team, so you should know it's seen & very much appreciated.

[Jake Lahut @JakeLahut]

Really interesting NYT op-ed that zooms in on the Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas — which the state govt ultimately ditched — and how the employment verification process could repeat itself at the federal level:

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

"Taking Greenland would be fun and cool" these people need to be actively and aggressively marginalized.

[EN @TC_Erin]

@ZaidJilani It's revealing that you don't hit Republicans as a whole with similar accusations of being fake in their commitments when GOPers are, oh idk, caught paying for extramarital affair with a porn star. Or voting for the same candidate, now an adjudicated rapist, for Pres. Thrice.

[Lydia Polgreen @lpolgreen]

I would like to remind people that Elon Musk is a monster. His legacy is dead children in the poorest places in the world.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

That's right! You'll be charged and prosecuted and convicted! And then pardoned.

[EN @TC_Erin]

@IanJaeger29 it's amazing how many internet tough guys are pissants when it comes to actual courage

[EN @TC_Erin]

@CPopeHC yeah man, citing no-existent research definitely sounds like ...
https://t.co/mSipCA1i13
the Biden administration ...