the law in its majesty permits rich and poor alike to hand out million dollar checks to buy votes.

is WHCA pronounced Vichy?

a silver lining of Trump’s election is they can’t call you antisemitic or accuse you of a double standard for (correctly) describing Israel’s current government as fascist when you are also (correctly) describing America’s government as fascist.

there are the alarmists and "everything's probably fine" types. the "probably fine" types have the better track record in retrospect. but that's largely because of the work of the alarmists. relying on empirical track record to decide which attitude to take may not be wise. depending on ones goals.

the accusation is always a confession. it is the people who are currently working to occupy and conquer us that are complaining about a mythical occupation they are countering.

the people who wanted "everything run like a business" also transformed how businesses were run, and it broke those too. (they transformed businesses into the idiot share-price maximizers of pathetically stylized economic models, which is not how most businesses actually functioned before 1970!)

maybe some of these firms prefer to file their own briefs, which would be great. but those that neither file nor sign on — and of course those that openly capitulate — should be shunned forever. clients of collaborationist firms as well.

"I was proud to reintroduce…the No Dollars for Dictators Act to ensure tax dollars aren't being funneled…to dictators, terrorists and other evil regimes." ~Florida Senator Rick Scott, from his e-mail newsletter. I guess he really does believe in tax cuts.

don’t worry elon will send a sub.

it’s the tautology, stupid.

we should form a group called the “real americans” and raise huge sums for ad campaigns throughout the free world apologizing for our country’s behavior under possession, thanking them for staying sane and free, praying we will soon rejoin them after a difficult exorcism. ht @williamcb.bsky.social

you lace the product with arsenic, and all of a sudden…

Venezuela has genuinely been a pretty horrific place for people. And now the US is like, hold my beer. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... ht @jeffstein.bsky.social

my alma mater was once as close to a utopian community of playful minds as has existed in this country. i am so sad and ashamed by what it has become, so angry at the moral pygmies so raucously undoing it. #NewCollege

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waiting for the first visa revocation for speaking ill of a Tesla.

“arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.”