South African billionaire threatens Senators with primaries if they don't vote for Orange Sickpuppy's Barnum & Bailey nominees in their effort to further an authoritarian dystopia.
F*ck you, Elon, I'm outta here.
I watched Bonhoeffer last night and learned about the Nazi-inspired Church and Bible. Which reminded me: There's no such thing as the Trump-approved Bible. There's just the Bible.
Back to basic moral principles.
Resistance.
Today is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Palestinian human rights lawyer @zahahassan discusses what a world where the human rights of Palestinians are respected could look like & why advocacy for this is critical
#EndIsraeliApartheid#PalestineDay
WOW, pull up a seat and enjoy the sight of the always excellent Rep. Jasmine Crockett lighting up House Republicans about the real victims of oppression.
Hint: It's not Republican men.
Capitol Hill news from me @jewishinsider:
J Street is urging senators to SUPPORT Bernie Sanders' resolutions blocking US arms sales to Israel.
It's a shift for the liberal group, which is growing frustrated w/ Biden's approach to Israel amid the war in Gaza. https://t.co/viAJXLsGZH
Corporate greed and elite interests have made wealth inequality as high as ever in the US. What I'm most concerned about with a Trump presidency is how it will continue to foment division and animosity against everyone but the system that got us here.
Resentment for women. Resentment for immigrants. Resentment for DEI, "wokeness," and any other proxy for Black people.
They want division. It makes the capitalist project-- one that concentrates wealth in the hands of just a few-- easier to maintain. It was built on that division and that's how it still thrives.
The only way the *people* can thrive is to resist those urges.
@JGreenblattADL Just as people should use caution in labeling something a holocaust, we should exercise the same caution in labeling something a pogrom.
The forces of reaction will soon be taking power.
They will not last.
We'll oppose the regime at every opportunity, creating more opportunities.
Until then, as with other such regimes, the combination of their incompetence and their over-reach will serve to weaken them.