In such difficult times when everyday families struggle to afford the basics, the decisionmaking on display by those in power - failing to address the childcare funding gap but directing hundreds of millions to Netflix and Paramount - speaks volumes. #mathisreal
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This report is especially important as the gubernatorial transition gets under way. New Jersey government is outdated (especially on the tech side) and understaffed across the board, and we all suffer poorer services and programs as a result.
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Yankee Fans welcome Ted Cruz to New York. Proud of my homies!
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
Where my man Chris Childs at?!?! #LGK #KnicksInSix
Our big social media platforms have been *intentionally designed* to make it near impossible to find (and post) useful, timely information about disasters, as this article points out - this has been angering me for years.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
Elon Musk's Gesture at Trump's Inauguration Parade Sparks Online Chatter Published Jan 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM EST Updated Jan 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM EST
Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture Speaking at a celebratory rally in Washington, Mr. Musk twice extended his arm out with his palm facing down, drawing comparisons to the Nazi salute.
15:06 Uhr Elon Musk irritiert mit Hitlergruß- ähnlicher Bewegung In der Sporthalle Capitol One, wo ein Public Viewing ausgerichtet wird, betritt Elon Musk springend und tanzend die Bühne. "So fühlt sich Siegen an", ruft er und reißt die Arme nach oben. In einer kurzen Ansprache sagt er zu jubelnden Trump-Anhängern: "Dank Ihnen ist die Zukunft der Zivilisation gesichert. Wir werden sichere Städte haben, endlich sichere Städte, sichere Grenzen, vernünftige Ausgaben, grundlegendes Zeug.“ Mit der rechten Hand macht er eine Bewegung, die an einen Hitlergruß erinnert. Z 6 Link kopieren Katharina Benninghoff
Live Musk irritiert mit möglichem Hitlergruß Bei einem Auftritt nach Trumps Amtsein- führung streckt der Tech-Milliardär seinen rechten Arm nach oben aus. Trump kündigt in seiner Rede eine ganze Reihe von Maß- nahmen an, unter anderem einen nationa- len Notstand an der Grenze zu Mexiko. Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog ESIDENT OF THE UNI
American media: What could Elon Musk's hand gesture have meant?
German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
The Statue of Liberty is in NJ waters. Immigration has contributed to the success of our economy & culture. Efforts to attack immigrant communities & make it harder for immigrants to come here will no doubt harm our economy & our residents, and we need to be clear-eyed about that danger. /end
...as they privatize and underinvest in public assets and programs while attacking civil and economic rights.
Secondly, this is valuable news as we head into a new presidential admin that will attack one of the most important sources of our growth: international immigration...
...invest in vital public resources like schools, parks, & transit, we are a state that helps to ensure folks have what they need to get ahead rather than undermine their ability to do so - something we unfortunately see in many other states around the country...
It's important to state, unequivocally, that this is happening not in spite of our tax policies, but due to them, bc when New Jersey has the resources to provide impactful, pro-family programs like 12 weeks of paid family leave, assert and enforce a now $15.49 minimum wage, and...
Sure feels like there's a potential trade/macro policy shock on Jan 20. Maybe bark more than bite but we're getting some kind of major announcement
This is pretty satisfying after all those years of "everyone's leaving NJ!" hysteria that was mostly anti-tax/govt nonsense.
"New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date."
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You can report price gouging landlords from anywhere!
How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
"Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government, where they are indoctrinated."
It can (and has) happen(ed) here too
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
RFK jr has been one of the US’s foremost campaigners against vaccines for two decades. Dating the onset of his potential impact to his presidential campaign is … stupid??? Evil??? Both??? Why are you alibiing the guy for his life’s work?
Truly my favorite thing to read every year. @drewmagary.bsky.social just don't miss. defector.com/the-2024-hat...
I already was going back and forth between an Ioniq 5 and a Rivian...this endorsement will have significant impact.
Really illuminating and important piece here by @starledger.bsky.social on extremists in New Jersey and their takeover of Sussex County, resulting in chaos, bigotry, and militia groups. #MustRead www.nj.com/politics/202...
The news media have us looking in the wrong direction when they show you the clowns in Washington. This is where the battles are taking place, right now. In the local courts and the state houses. We must pay attention and act to send the message that this is not ok.
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"Trump won 91 percent of “news desert” counties—where there is no local coverage of any kind—by an average of 54 percentage points. Notably, several of these are heavily Latino counties on the southern Texas border, which saw enormous swings toward Trump." prospect.org/politics/202...
Sometimes I think about how much the avg citizen is disconnected from how govt & public systems work & the role that plays in voting behavior. I used to think I was overreacting, but your & Ganz's comments on the neolib, Jack Ryan, West Wing fantasy of an everyman hero coming to save the day...🎯
Mass deportations will "start right here in Chicago," Trump's border czar says https://buff.ly/4g674WD
As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
Rest in power and peace to the great, great Nikki Giovanni. She accomplished and gave so much. Here's a noteworthy conversation between her and James Baldwin, displaying just a bit of her wonder, which will forever stand the test of time...
youtu.be/y4OPYp4s0tc
"[Musk has] said $42.45bn spent by the US for rural internet isn’t efficient. His Starlink company stands to benefit if he reduces that investment"
I'm curious. During the campaign, fact-checkers routinely dinged the Harris campaign for calling Project 2025 Trump's playbook, saying "Trump has denied this."
Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
Back in 2019, I wrote about the Catholic nuns who bought and sold human beings. It turns out that they were far from the only women actively engaged in the American slave trade.
Grambling band practicing TV Off right now to play at halftime tomorrow #MUUUSTAAAAAAAAARRRDDD
