Fascinating

Cool image from www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... . X-axis, economic adversity. Y-axis, 20 years later, propensity of that state towards "D", for personality traits associated with being generally jerkish towards others.

You kinda assume that it's high D in red states, low D in blue, but that's wrong!

Hey NPR, Free Speech Isn’t Just a Vibe NPR offers only two possibilities: Trump is increasing free speech, or censorship is just a swinging pendulum whose victims change as administrations change.

NPR responded to the Trump administration's shocking attack on free speech with a Morning Edition series that took an “on the one hand/on the other hand” framing to an assault on core democratic rights.

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Just blocked two who quote-posted me with calls for violence against ICE. I’m nonviolent myself, but that’s not why I blocked them. Their beliefs are up to them. But once again: anyone advocating violence on a fed-monitored website is a rightwing troll posting bait or a fool taking bait.

Forget Trade. Here’s the Real Reason Trump Wants Tariffs A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.

“Forget Trade. Here’s the Real Reason Trump Wants Tariffs”

A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.

Me for Zeteo.

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A Movement to Destroy Democracy Journalist Katherine Stewart on the Christian Right’s long march towards authoritarianism.

Read @paulrosenberg.bsky.social's conversation with @katherinestewart.bsky.social about her new book, Money, Lies, and God, and the Christian Right's long march towards authoritarianism.

Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW! When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs?

When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...

Corporate Media Offer Excuses for ‘Powerless’ Democrats In the face of an authoritarian administrative coup, corporate media give cover to elected representatives whose duty is to uphold the Constitution.

As Trump and Musk continue their pursuit of power unfettered by the Constitution, many citizens wonder why their elected representatives in Washington are doing so little to stop the administrative coup. They also might wonder why the media so rarely ask the same question.

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People Get Ready: Trump's Reichstag Fire Is Coming | Common Dreams An attack on America—real, orchestrated, enabled, or imagined—that would enable him to play the role Bush did after 9/11 would be very politically useful.

People Get Ready: Trump's Reichstag Fire Is Coming www.commondreams.org/opinion/peop...

Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW! When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI prog...

When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...

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Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism – BillMoyers.com It’s good to remember the very big, very frightening picture before us, how far we’ve already come, and to consider what recourse we have with complicit and corrupt forces standing in the way. Continu...

A whole bunch of you need to read this.

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I’ll say it one more time.

The media is complicit.

The media is complicit.

The media is complicit.

The media is complicit.

The media is complicit.

The media is complicit.

The media is complicit.

The media is complicit.

The media is complicit.

The media is complicit.

Trump Vow to ‘Save’ TikTok No Reprieve for Free Speech This could very well be merely a delay in a ban, rather than long-term preservation of the TikTok platform.

Even if Trump simply chooses not to enforce the ban against TikTok, the Supreme Court has provided politicians with judicial justification that free speech concerns can be subverted if you say the words “national security” and “foreign adversary” enough.

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Musk’s Nazi Salute Becomes ‘Awkward Gesture’ in ‘Exuberant Speech’ There’s something about the start of a Trump presidency that makes grown men do strange things, like heiling Hitler.

Elon Musk threw up a Nazi salute for all the world to see. Then did it again. Yet the only one to face consequences is a meteorologist who called him out.

My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social fair.org/home/musks-n...

Psh, how could you possibly call Elon a Nazi? He only:

- Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration
- Obsesses over Western birth rates
- Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party
- Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD
- Replatformed avowed white nationalists

You triggered libs.

As Trump II Begins, Bezos Swaps Scrutiny for ‘Storytelling’ The new direction sounds like the Foxification of the Washington Post, a move away from any attempt to hold the powerful to account and toward inexpensive clickbait punditry.

I wrote about the Washington Post's craven new slogan, "Riveting Storytelling for All of America," Bezos's goal of reaching "firefighters in Cleveland," and what it all means for the paper.

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‘Kleptocracy’ in the Making: Democratic Senator on Trump and His Billionaire Administration Sen. Chris Murphy says billionaires like Musk are really in charge, while Mehdi presses him on TikTok and Gaza.

"The white supremacy cause is back in vogue and that makes for an explosive moment, politically and physically."

A strong statement on 'Mehdi Unfiltered' today from Democratic Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, on the consequences of what he calls Elon Musk's 'Heil Hitler' salutes.

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You seem to be as insightful as your mother. Looking forward to seeing more.