14 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.
Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
@NashSevereWx You’re literally the only reason I haven’t deleted Twitter. What other platforms are you on? I want to stay connected but you’re not really active on threads yet
I can understand it that NATO can't admit Ukraine while there's an ongoing war.
But excuse me, saying that Ukraine's military still needs reforms to join NATO -- after it has made Russia lose over 2,100 tanks, over 900 APCs, nearly 2,500 IFVs, almost 700 artillery pieces, over 230 MRLSs, over 80 airplanes, almost 100 helicopters and a large missile cruiser (all per @oryxspioenkop), after it has generally defeated Russia's initial all-out blitzkrieg, liberated a large part of its territory, successfully acquired a wide range of Western weaponry and equipment, destroyed the myth of Russia's historical military invincibility, regained the strategic initiative and launched a full-scale counteroffensive -- is a very weak excuse.
Let's at least be honest and admit that it's NATO being not ready now. Which is still understandable.
I think after everything we have seen over the last 16 months, the Ukrainian military would be quite capable of completing reforms to reach full compatibility with NATO regulations if the alliance itself was ready.
@stallfortime@marla_vous In number yes, but not in power. Corporations own both sides, and keep us fighting culture wars to prevent a class war.
But a class war is coming
@grumpyguy51 @marla_vous Who are these libs? All I see are capitalistic neolibs and leftists who want basic things like Universal Healthcare, affordable housing, and student loan debt relief
@BHHLAW@marla_vous It really is this simple. Bernie woke people up to getting overturning CU overturned, but the DNC hates that and did him dirty in 2016 primaries.
But we haven’t forgotten.
@joncoopertweets Term limits for everyone in DC starting with SCOTUS. Prez is a good start bc Washington stepping down after his terms set precedent against lifetime terms of English monarchy. Yet these geriatrics elected for life tell us how to live but can’t convert to PDF
BREAKING: After a months long investigation into why police hesitated during the Uvalde school shooting, the answer is in: the police were afraid to confront the killer’s AR-15.
This raises a very important question, if police are too afraid to confront an AR-15 where does that lead the rest of us?
Nearly 400 law enforcement officers were implicated in the poor response that left 19 children dead.
It’s time to ban assault rifles.