I mean one of @mikeduncan.bsky.social's big takeaways from years of writing the Revolutions pod is that the Great Man Theory of Historical Change is overrated but the Great Idiot Theory holds considerable explanatory power
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion"
- Albert Camus
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
The Convicted Felon and Rapist is a Russian Asset and he proves it daily. He does Not Care About Our Soldiers or Civilians in Iran
I will say it again: There are no moderate Republicans. There are just proud MAGA and sacred MAGA. The scared ones leave. The proud ones stay.
“If Donald Trump learned what happened to Virginia Giuffre and warned Epstein never to recruit sex slaves at Mar-a-Lago again, it would mean he was aware of what happened to Giuffre, aware years before law enforcement started investigating Epstein.” @emptywheel.bsky.social
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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We don’t need talkers right now. We need fighters.
And no matter how many times they knock me down, I’ll get back up and fight with you. Every. Single. Time.
“Americans are seeing the real “America First” agenda up close—militarism, imperialism, malign nationalism, unabashed authoritarianism—and they’re recoiling.“
Definitely more relevant today.
"In life, the Rev. Jesse Jackson sought out the powerful with tireless intensity.
In death, the powerful sought him out, one last time, as three former U.S. presidents and a galaxy of luminaries paid tribute to the civil rights leader Friday on the South Side," writes Neil Steinberg.
Russia Revels in a Sudden Reversal in Fortunes as Oil and Gas Prices Soar President Vladimir V. Putin threatened to cut off remaining gas supplies to Europe as the Iran war drives a surge in energy costs.
Renewable energy + electrification is national security
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I brought a pocket Constitution to the Senate floor to give Congressional Republicans a civics lesson.
Only Congress, not the President, has the power to declare war.
If what ICE is doing has anything to do with the law, why are they routinely breaking laws, violating the Constitution, violating civil rights, hunting children, taking trophies from their victims, and hurting and killing innocent people?
Please Followback. Project 2025 written by Evangelicals is a Blueprint to a White Christian Nationalist Dictatorship run by The Republican Party and overthrow Democracy. Back to the Middle Ages if You vote for any Republican 😱😱🗳️🗳️👏👍🇺🇸😎
I'll raise you with "Seek therpy to heal your religious trauma."
Really though, if you have religious trauma, do not join another religion no matter the flavor until you work on yourself and are able to not bring old baggage to a new house, so to speak.
“The music is not in the notes,
but in the silence between.”
― Mozart
KNOX NEWS LETTER: “@RepTimBurchett, I need you to follow up with your fraud investigation group — This is about a $143 million contract awarded to a company with direct ties to Kristi Noem. The corruption in this administration runs deep and wide.” www.knoxnews.com/story/opinio...
It’s monstrous that fascist senate republican Tim Sheehy has gotten away with violently breaking the arm of a US Marine dressed in full military uniform which was captured on video and the scumbag later bragged about doing it on social media. MAGA is a violent terrorist cult.
You have to be some kind of stupid to not realise there is a bus coming soon!
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ICE continues to kill . . .
... and continues to lie !
ICE Issues - Abolish ICE !!
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POPULAR INFO: “Saudi Crown Prince MBS reportedly urged Trump to attack Iran — a top regional rival… MBS’s influence with Trump has grown as the Saudi government invested billions in projects that personally enrich Trump & his son-in-law Jared Kushner.” popular.info/p/the-money-...
Defund.
Dismantle.
Prosecute.
The United States murdered defenseless Iranians at Sea and left them to drown, which is a war crime. We seem to be doing a lot of war crimes nowadays. Maybe Pete hegseth needs to stand trial of The Hague
Breaking🚨
Newly released videos of the DHS murder of Ruben Ray Martinez show the agent who they claim he ran over arresting Orta and walking without any visible injury or limp.
Ruben Ray Martinez just turned 23 when Trump's Homeland Security thug, Jack Stevens, shot & killed him on March 15, 2025.
Defunded the U.S. women’s Gold Medal Olympic Hockey Team because they didn’t come to the White House
Is forcing conversion therapy on trans people in prison
Responsible for the deaths of over 600,000 people of which 2/3s are children from stopping USAID
We must demand that our Members of Congress oppose ANY and ALL funding for Trump’s illegal war, including voting against any supplemental funding package.
They like to bomb things. 🥴
Source: Public Policy Polling (PPP)
Being kind to people pays off.
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole called a sound studio at 3:00am, asked nicely to record, got there 15 minutes later, then recorded "Over the Rainbow" in just one take.
