Our goal as parents shouldn't be to create perfect capitalist robots.
We should teach our kids respect, empathy, and to speak truth to power no matter the personal cost.
millennial men were too busy quoting anchorman and figuring out new, innovative ways to sack tap each other to get radicalized by the far right and I love them for that.
#BREAKING: The Maine Office of the Secretary of State says that the Congressional race in Maine's Second District will go to ranked choice voting. https://t.co/3Aqb7jpQXx
As Donald Trump readies to return to the Oval Office, U.S. retailers that depend on foreign suppliers are prepared to pass along the cost of his proposed import tariffs to consumers, potentially leading to higher prices for a range of products. https://t.co/dyB72RLgEm
Despite all the chatter, Trump didn't really gain with black voters nationwide: 86% Harris, 12% Trump.
Unchanged from 2020 when 87% of black voters went for Biden, 12% went for Trump.
Black men? Static. 78-20% in 2024, 79-19% in 2020.
Filibuster safe in the next Congress bc there's really no big GOP priority blocked by it. You can extend tax cuts with 51 votes, confirm all Trump appointees, let his exec branch work; when in doubt just bring a lawsuit to the Amarillo division of the north district of Texas.
@DrewSav I get all the replies saying "we hope" but the dude is pushing 80 and is clearly in decline. Besides, we all know they're gonna push him out for an empty, bearded suit.
Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect. All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections. We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy.
I woke up dooming, commiserated with the wife and just wallowed for a bit. Then we got in a workout together, sent the kids off to school, smiled and laughed. Now I'm sitting outside with the dog on my phone and I'm doom scrolling again. There's a lesson there somewhere.
If there's one thing I'm gleaning from this cursed app on this cursed day, it's that legalizing, mainstreaming, and normalizing widespread internet-facilitated gambling has scrambled sooooo many brains