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I teach and research media and rhetoric and affect. Avid gardener. Chicken owner. Professor. Part time gamer

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Some folks treated me like a naive child for believing we had the money to cancel a portion of student loan debt

12.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 5200 πŸ” 1289 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 22
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12.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 10036 πŸ” 3006 πŸ’¬ 540 πŸ“Œ 205
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We Should Be Hearing More About This….

10.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

everyone said it at the time so this isn’t novel, but the excusing of the IDF bombing schools and hospitals in Gaza was very obviously setting the stage for mass civilian murder from much bigger militaries, and most specifically the US

10.03.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Surely the President’s task force on antisemitism will be looking into this pronto to figure out how this could have happened.

10.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 1460 πŸ” 400 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 3
NYT: Rashida Tlaib’s Expletive-Laden Cry to Impeach Trump Upends Democrats’ Talking Points

NYT: Rashida Tlaib’s Expletive-Laden Cry to Impeach Trump Upends Democrats’ Talking Points

NYT search result showing no results for Andy Ogles

NYT search result showing no results for Andy Ogles

NYT when a Muslim congresswoman says β€œmotherfucker”: This is a problem for Democrats

NYT when a Christian Republican congressman says β€œMuslims don't belong in American society”: 0 results

10.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 1572 πŸ” 416 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 8

lol. Lots of insane people perhaps

10.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The proper way to translate this, if you want to assimilate the value of America's higher education sector into brute economic terms, is:

"Exports of one of America's world-leading industries dropped by more than a third this year."

Where's that headline in the business press?

10.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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This disgusting shit doesn’t belong in American society.

And Republicans who support it don’t belong in Congress.

09.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 3770 πŸ” 837 πŸ’¬ 134 πŸ“Œ 85
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09.03.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 9468 πŸ” 2967 πŸ’¬ 659 πŸ“Œ 255
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Billionaires Are Increasingly Buying Elections #ABlueView 🧡1/4

"300 billionaires & their immediate family members donated more than $3 billionβ€”19% of all contributionsβ€”in federal elections in 2024...

"Before SCOTUS' 2010 [Citizens United] ruling that lifted many remaining..."

09.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

It's 1992, there's a Republican president with a war in the middle east and a recession.

It's 2008, there's a Republican president with a war in the middle east and a recession.

It's 2026, there's a Republican president with a war in the middle east...

06.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 1033 πŸ” 267 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 7
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Say it plain: This is a terrible jobs report.

The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, nearly double the expected loss of 50,000. It’s the third payroll decline in the past five months.

πŸ“ŒNote: This is one of the worst monthly payroll drops since Covid.

06.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 2834 πŸ” 1188 πŸ’¬ 179 πŸ“Œ 89

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 30354 πŸ” 7525 πŸ’¬ 224 πŸ“Œ 238

The other issues that the donor does not care about

05.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Senate Republicans just voted to block our War Powers Resolution & allow Trump's regime-change war of choice in Iran. Once again, they're contracting out their constitutional duties to Donald Trump, despite the will of their constituents.

Shameful.

www.axios.com/2026/03/04/i...

04.03.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 1500 πŸ” 536 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 48

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 18773 πŸ” 7317 πŸ’¬ 796 πŸ“Œ 414
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05.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 14501 πŸ” 5765 πŸ’¬ 523 πŸ“Œ 252
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Nah. The real debate in America is between people who know Trump is evil and say so, and the people (like Laura!) who know Trump is corrupt and evil and lie about it for personal profit.

04.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 5802 πŸ” 1360 πŸ’¬ 383 πŸ“Œ 65

A couple things…

The β€œconflictβ€œ in Iran *IS* a war.
It is a war of choice.
It is warfare without conscious.
It was unprovoked.

And I’m sick and tired of people suggesting & implying the only tragedies herein are that US Service Members have died. The people of Iran are innocents in this conflict!

05.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 13758 πŸ” 2886 πŸ’¬ 575 πŸ“Œ 142

cannot stress enough how absurd it is that our government officials are mocking Iranian leadership for being delusional theocrats when they themselves genuinely believe this war is a mission from God to prepare the holy land for the Book of Revelations

03.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 1840 πŸ” 455 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 24

The regime we like is using weapons we paid for to attack the regime we don't like, who is defending themselves using weapons we paid the last time we overthrew their leaders, but another country we're shaky with said they'll use weapons we paid for to attack us, but luckily allies have weapons we p

03.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 1750 πŸ” 334 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Bunch of Senators on both sides sounding the alarm about possible boots on the ground in Iran after their classified briefing today.

I was told Kamala was going to send my children to fight in Iran. What happened?

03.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 7963 πŸ” 1921 πŸ’¬ 365 πŸ“Œ 73
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Look, lying is his brand. He can run around lying all he wants - who gives a shit about Jennings. My issue is with CNN - who knows all that and rewards him for it. They incentivize it. The more specularly he lies the more they pay him, as evidenced by his contract extension.

04.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 4283 πŸ” 1015 πŸ’¬ 370 πŸ“Œ 54
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What's shameful is: Speaker Johnson is not loyal to the constitution of the United States. He should be investigated for falsely swearing his oath of office

04.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 15818 πŸ” 4034 πŸ’¬ 1360 πŸ“Œ 289
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Mike Johnson's strategy to allow the Trump admin to do whatever it wants with zero oversight or congressional authority or input is just to keep the House out of session repeatedly for extended periods of time.

03.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 3660 πŸ” 1403 πŸ’¬ 265 πŸ“Œ 68
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Excellent advice right here.

03.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 7077 πŸ” 1668 πŸ’¬ 170 πŸ“Œ 77

I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.

03.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 12273 πŸ” 2652 πŸ’¬ 269 πŸ“Œ 109
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BLUMENTHAL: Is the agent who shot Ms Martinez sill on the job?

NOEM: Our officers conduct operations every day-

B: Is he still on the job carrying a gun?

N: I dunno

B: Would you agree he shouldn't be?

N: I'll get back to you

B: I think Americans would find it absolutely terrifying if he is

03.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 12454 πŸ” 3855 πŸ’¬ 536 πŸ“Œ 193

Just a reminder that Trump didn't just bumble us into an unnecessary war -- he deliberately created the conditions that he's now screaming about

03.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 2425 πŸ” 784 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 10