I'm not saying journalists should never interview admitted propagandists. There are journalistic reasons to do so. But if we do, we must be prepared to -- in fact it is our duty to -- challenge vociferously all unsubstantiated claims. Otherwise, we ourselves become propagandists.
Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
I think we have to confront the fact that tens of millions of Americans have pledged slavish allegiance to a man who says explicitly that his benchmark for when America was great is 1913. And then we have to think about the possibility that we are in the throes of a nationwide mental health crisis.
Haley Britzky @halbritz AFRICOM commander Gen. Langley tells senators that China is "trying to replicate" USAID programs in Africa as the US scales back USAID. "They're trying to use that as an extension of the Belt and Road Initiative to gain favor by the African countries," Langley said.
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
We’ve known who and what Trump supporters are for almost a full decade.
We don’t have time to relitigate that.
It’s the “both sides,” spineless centrist delegation we gon have to call to the carpet.
Drawing equivalencies as people face destruction at the hands of evil is evil.
I saw a reel where it was stitched and this White Gen X guy asked why were Black GenXers so angry and the Black woman said "Because we grew up with you and thought you were different but you turned into your parents."
A word.
Never stop loving
Never stop hoping
Never stop trying to make the world a better place.
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Hold up, what?
The reason that US government officials are pointing to German/European policies designed to prevent the rise of literal Nazis and another holocaust as evidence of the death of democracy is because the current US government and its supporters are literal Nazi sympathizers.
Same
“Together we must learn to live as brothers or together we will be forced to perish as fools.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
WATCH: “Instead of giving money to private schools that don’t take kids like me, please help public schools get better and fund them.”
A 6th grader with cerebral palsy speaks out against the TEXAS voucher scam. (cc: @GovBillLee)
To an asshole, all virtue is "virtue signaling."
There are families who will never be able to come back from this devastation, and many of them were in generational homes, passed down from people who bought homes in the 1970sand 80's in Altadena. All of the fires are a tragedy, but especially for those who don't have the resources to rebuild.
January 6th, four years ago today.
“A day of love”
I stand by this.
I enjoyed my conversation with journalist Maria Smilios, who joined me on Left of Black to discuss her important book "The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbj3...
THIS is why I donated to @propublica.org.
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
This is the kind of sick stuff red states do.
They could have given this mother $1K a month or so and she could have stayed in her place.
Instead, they would rather take her kids and pay $6200/mo. to house them.
The cruelty is the point.
Please remember that President Carter appointed more minorities and women to the bench than all previous presidents combined. He was the first President to embrace the concept of bringing racial diversity to the federal bench. A key aspect of his legacy.
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You just gotta pray for North Carolina with this fascist GOP takeover. It's happening dramatically & fast. @sotreu.bsky.social @wolvendamien.bsky.social
'In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved—and is taking back his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet.'
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One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the lie that that single mom on welfare or the kid getting free food at school is the problem instead of the ultra rich hoarding more wealth than billions of people have combined and getting tax breaks for doing so.
