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โค๏ธโ€๐ŸฉนHope is a discipline. ๐Ÿ’€Capitalism is a death cult. ๐Ÿ‰Solidarity is the antidote to fascism. Awakening ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿคฉ Living ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿชด๐ŸŒŒ Loving โ™พ๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Raising a teen ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿน Durham ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿšฌ NC, USA https://lotusmedia.org

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That Dem consultants told Gov. Walz to stop calling them โ€œweirdโ€ still has me miffed.

10.03.2026 19:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1381 ๐Ÿ” 282 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 65 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

The core revelation here is that Trump has lost the public *on the mass deportations themselves* and not just on ICE's brutal tactics. We have been arguing this for months but media has simply refused to acknowledge it. Now so obvious that it can't be avoided

10.03.2026 19:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 429 ๐Ÿ” 178 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Pedocon Theory still undefeated after all these years

10.03.2026 18:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 314 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

09.03.2026 02:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 19189 ๐Ÿ” 4807 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 230 ๐Ÿ“Œ 141

Itโ€™s also literally buying into fascist narratives, can we please not do that

10.03.2026 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The @democrats.org have been ignoring and even attacking their base for so long, of course they have no fans left.

This would be a good time for a serious third party to represent progressives. What's @workingfamilies.org up to?

10.03.2026 18:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Instead of Bringing Accountability to ICE, Trump Chooses To Have Travelers Wait For Hours In TSA Lines The administration is also detaining teen mariachi musicians instead of ending its shutdown and agreeing to common-sense reforms reining in ICE.

The admin has every ability to begin to end its shutdown today and agree to bring some accountability to ICE. Instead, its choosing to detain teen mariachi performers (who have thankfully been released this week) while travelers wait for as long as three hours in TSA lines:

10.03.2026 18:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 94 ๐Ÿ” 53 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Governor Stein has submitted a critical needs budget proposal to fill the gap until the legislature passes a new budget. It includes raises for teachers. Hope the legislature funds it! #nced #ncpublicschools
https://ow.ly/2NAM50YrRZL

10.03.2026 16:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's by design. Why do you think Republicans hate public education so much?

10.03.2026 16:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So Mark Meadows is getting loud to push the voting law changes disingenuously called the Save Act?

Mark Meadows?

This Mark Meadows?

ncnewsline.com/briefs/mark-...

#ncpol

10.03.2026 16:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bad news: no one is coming to save us. None of the institutions that got us here will get us out. We have to organize, and use our power to change these systems.

10.03.2026 14:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Better late than never I guess

10.03.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Historian of French Revolution here to say that in periods like this, squeamish compromisers do as much to drive radicalization as do ideologues. If you keep making excuses for the unfit king, eventually folks come for you and him.

10.03.2026 03:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1747 ๐Ÿ” 507 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

not that it was okay with gaza (or lebanon or syria) either, but the broadening of the way western media and politicians just treat israel's every action as presumptively justified is quite incredible

10.03.2026 08:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 303 ๐Ÿ” 59 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.

10.03.2026 10:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1736 ๐Ÿ” 572 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39 ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

This is where they have always been heading. I'm a cis white woman who stopped shaving 25 years ago and always hated pink. I don't want anyone policing my gender or anyone else's!

10.03.2026 14:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Then they came for the tomboys and metrosexuals...

Beyond dystopian. Leave kids alone, you psychologically abusive fucks.

10.03.2026 10:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 64 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain thatโ€™s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are โ€˜just circling backโ€™ to see if we can โ€˜move the needleโ€™ on โ€˜key initiativesโ€™? NONE of those things are berries.

10.03.2026 11:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2798 ๐Ÿ” 714 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32 ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

That "regional Chevy dealership" is owned by Rick Hendrick FYI

10.03.2026 12:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 43 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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To my Palestinian sister in ICE detention โ€“ I will carry you until you are free | Mahmoud Khalil One year ago, ICE arrested me for protesting for Palestine. Leqaa Kordia is still caged โ€“ also for daring to speak the truth

FREE LEQAA

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

10.03.2026 12:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 297 ๐Ÿ” 119 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

the last few times iran has accepted a ceasefire, the US and israel have taken the opportunity to restock their weapons and then surprise attack iran again. "there's zero point in engaging in diplomacy with us any more" is what that strategy teaches

10.03.2026 12:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1663 ๐Ÿ” 373 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Sadly a lot of folks don't know. My (very white) teenager frequently uses expressions from AAVE and he's mostly getting them from other non-Black accounts on social media. So he literally thinks it's a Gen Z thing. ๐Ÿ˜ข

But at least he's not claiming to have invented it

10.03.2026 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A former U.S. Marine and bibliophile who works in a book depository came to Dallas one morning for what could have been a normal day enjoying the cool November weather.

But soon, his life would drastically change when a bullet from a gun he held contributed to the death of former naval officer John

10.03.2026 14:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The grifting just gets bolder and bolder as there are apparently no consequences

10.03.2026 01:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you can blame bad timing, poor comms, or low-info voters but the Biden interregnum starting with "time to get back to work & pay your bills, you weepy moochers!" was pretty much the end of him & Harris both imho

08.03.2026 22:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
PANEL 1: A FRIEND showing MATTIE a big canvas.
FRIEND: Hey check out this art i bought. I think it's incredible.
MATTIE: Uhh. What is it?

PANEL 2: reverse shot, you can see it's just an enormous black dot on a canvas.
FRIEND: It's the aggregate of all human creative output, in the totality of recorded history, averaged out and then printed on this canvas!

PANEL 3: Shot from panel 1. MATTIE just kind of stares at the friend.
FRIEND: I can see you think I'm stupid. Would an IDIOT spend 14 billion dollars on it? Hmm?
FRIEND: Would an IDIOT have been MOVED TO TEARS by this?

PANEL 4: Same shot, two people walk by, looking amazed.
P1: Wow, the computers are getting so good! 
P2: We'll be replaced any day now!

PANEL 1: A FRIEND showing MATTIE a big canvas. FRIEND: Hey check out this art i bought. I think it's incredible. MATTIE: Uhh. What is it? PANEL 2: reverse shot, you can see it's just an enormous black dot on a canvas. FRIEND: It's the aggregate of all human creative output, in the totality of recorded history, averaged out and then printed on this canvas! PANEL 3: Shot from panel 1. MATTIE just kind of stares at the friend. FRIEND: I can see you think I'm stupid. Would an IDIOT spend 14 billion dollars on it? Hmm? FRIEND: Would an IDIOT have been MOVED TO TEARS by this? PANEL 4: Same shot, two people walk by, looking amazed. P1: Wow, the computers are getting so good! P2: We'll be replaced any day now!

the average | patreon.com/lubchansky

09.03.2026 13:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 733 ๐Ÿ” 119 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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The Anthropic-DOD Conflict: Privacy Protections Shouldnโ€™t Depend On The U.S. military has officially ended its $200 million contract with AI company Anthropic and has ordered all other military contractors to cease use of their products. Why? Because of a dispute

Our privacy should be a collaborative effort between the government and companiesโ€“but we cannot rely solely on their goodwill. Thatโ€™s why we need strict legislative and democratic controls to contain the surveillance state and private industry. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

09.03.2026 14:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 98 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The emperor is buck naked and has probably been for a decade. The corporate press is too chickenshit to speak the truth.

10.03.2026 01:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes

10.03.2026 01:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TERFs are such losers. They do not believe all people are equal but they can't say so, because that is indefensible and wrong so they blather on and on with just reams of nonsense to cover over their shame and inferiority

10.03.2026 00:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1