This centers on my very uninformed/gut thesis about why Trump won in 2024 which is less about his politics and more that he was sufficiently mad when the electorate also was.
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This centers on my very uninformed/gut thesis about why Trump won in 2024 which is less about his politics and more that he was sufficiently mad when the electorate also was.
One of the few spots that is great at literally any time of the day.
It’s the curation for me. Over 25 years from when they started and they know exactly how to bring in OGs (Busta and 3000 used perfectly) and exactly how to make the most of new generation (Paak, Kendrick). Q-tip is like the Scorsese of hip hop.
Right, but have those problems been run through ChatGPT Pro instead of the free version?!
I still listen to that score and the score from The Hours pretty frequently! So good.
I actually need a rewatch of Mishima too, I think I caught it right at my most impressionable film nerd college era which might have swayed how much I loved it.
Not Dana, but have you seen Mishima yet? One of my top 5
"Waste" is when people get Medicaid.
"Efficiency" is when you let 60,000 tons of food that's already been paid for rot instead of feeding someone with it.
Even in my own generation, in high school punk bands came together in compilations against Bush. fatwreck.com/products/roc...
Who is jamming against fascism right now?
This country has such a great tradition of music as oppression, Woody Guthrie, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Max Roach, Rage Against the Machine, endless examples.
Where is everyone right now? Seriously, am I missing it?
Serious question: what happened to protest music?
Probably my favorite restaurant in DC
Pope McDouble VI is a damming indictment.
NYT home page: more prominent coverage for "7 Americans React to Sweeping Tariffs" and "A Sticky Miso Salmon Bowl for Busy Weeknights" than for "Anti-Trump Protests in All 50 States"
If "protests in all 50 states" wanted above-the-fold coverage in @nytimes.com, they should have been "seven random Americans" instead
People flooded the Mall for the #HandsOff rally in Washington DC
My senator @booker.senate.gov is rising to meet this moment, refusing to let the Senate pretend things are normal.
How about yours? If they're a Democrat, call them and ask them to join Booker in this stand.
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Honestly, I think it has a lot to do with many in tech self-conceptualizing as those “changing the world”. It’s an extension of ego.
Any Senate Democrat who votes for cloture should have to spend time at schools across D.C. answering questions about why they care so little about the lives of D.C. residents.
Nothing says government efficiency like firing a ton of people, losing a few weeks of their work, and then having to do all of the admin of reinstating them because what you did was illegal.
Hundreds of D.C. residents, including parents, teachers, and union members are lobbying Senate offices today against the spending bill that would slash more than $1 billion from D.C.’s local budget.
In exchange for keeping the government open, Republicans are demanding:
-cuts to the programs that run Head Start and Community Health Centers
-$12 billion increase to defense
-$3.5 billion increase to DHS
-Congress relinquish some of its tariff oversight to Trump
-DC enact immediate budget cuts
Because these funds come solely from DC taxpayers, this action doesn't bring any cost savings to the federal budget. This is not an act of fiscal responsibility. This is a purely political, punitive action with no impact on the federal budget, but will have a detrimental impact on people's lives.
The very stupid "Canada, our 51st state?" discourse is even stupider when it's argued in DC, a non-state that Republicans relish in punishing.
If this passes, Democratic Senators will have voted to *gut* DC services, including schools.
550,000 people are depending on your senator to save their schools, their libraries, their streets, their public transportation, their social workers, and their public safety.
Call them now.
If you live in one of the 50 states, you have an important political power that I (a resident of DC) do not: you have a senator. And I'm asking you to take 5 minutes today to use that power to speak up for my family, my city, and our county by calling your senators and asking them to oppose the CR
This is rare. We legitimately don't know if Senate Dems will stop the GOP bill or not. Normally we know ahead of time if they'll cave or fight. This is in flux. Pressure matters now. If you have a Dem senator, get all your friends in state to call today/tomorrow: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Make your calls *today* before 4 p.m.
I've just been saying up front that I'm a DC resident and relating to the staff member on the phone that the community "we live in" is under threat of being less safe, with less resources for the schools our children go to, etc.
This week either ends with a shutdown or a bipartisan act of congress. This is my attempt to summarize what the GOP is doing, what leverage the Dems have, and all the ways this could play out. As always, we end the newsletter with lots of practical action items!
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@ezralevin.bsky.social any @indivisible.org action to counter this recent development specifically that I can join?
Who's organizing to protest this?
