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That the airwaves and etherways are clogged with the detritus of Republican mis and disinformation is no mystery. The only real question is, how to counter it. As it turns out the snarky, sarcasticky, and profaney among us have been right all along! Vicious mockery works, who knew?
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Just when you thought it was safe to protest vote, Clayton Jones of Claytoonz reminds us of the actual stakes.
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The Haudenosaunee taught the Founding Fathers about functional successful democracy, and they can teach us the same lessons again. And, brother do we need them if we are going to save ourselves from the GOP Dystopia and the climate disaster.
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Are young voters about to pull a 2016 on us and let Trump go all Grover Cleveland on us? Didn’t we learn ANYTHING from 2016? Don’t we know what the stakes are by now? Recent polling says maybe not.
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The threat to our democracy isn’t just from Trump or MAGA, it is from the entire GOP. The only way to defeat their anti-democratic ways is by voting for Democrats up and down the ballot.
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My thoughts on the passing of Henry Kissinger. Spoiler, it’s fuck you Henry Kissinger sung to the tune of Monty Python’s song.
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When House Republicans show you that they are anti-democratic election denying authoritarians, we ought to believe them and punish them for it at the polls, don’t you think? Make 2024 the last election the authoritarians are viable. Vote them out!
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The relationship between House MAGA and moderate Republicans is like watching your neighbor descend into madness because of their toxic abusive relationship with each other. You know they should end it. At least one of them knows it. They can’t do it. Should you even get involved? In this case, you gotta call your Republican MoC and say the Speaker can’t have voted against certification of Biden or impeachment.
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We can’t have a 6 January insurrectionist running the House. We can’t have an enabler and protector of a sexual abuser running the House. We can’t have a person who specializes in deal breaking running the House. Call your Member of Congress and tell them to vote NO on Jordan.
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Voting is our super power. Registering people to vote is amplifying our power. Find out how you can help save democracy by helping to get the vote out in 2024!
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It was a busy week! Diane Feinstein died, Biden walked a picket line, Trump lied, racism happened in America. There’s good psychology explaining all of the stories. Read it here. And come back next week for more.
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Recharge your batteries, top up your phone, it’s time to call your members of Congress. We need a clean continuing resolution and we need it now. Then we need the GOP to comply with their budget agreement. Calling works. Here’s how.
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The Republicans sure do seem intent on destroying the US. Defaulting on the debt would cripple our economy and create the conditions for them to usher in their GOP Dystopia.
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We’re all worried about what the crazy mo’fo’s in the Republican caucus in Congress will do to the debt ceiling. We got a deal, now we got to get it passed. Do your part, call your MoC in five easy steps.
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Trump’s been arraigned, he’s pleaded not guilty, the MAGAs protested, anti-Trump protesters protested, Maddog Greene ran away. It’s party time in America, so party while you can because tomorrow we fight again.
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Some say we shouldn’t be celebrating Trump’s indictment. I say we should, find out why and whether you agree with me!
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As cultural multilevel selection predicts, declining cooperation and increasing distrust and dissatisfaction precedes social collapse, but it also sets the stage for the inner authoritarian of all the snowflakes to meltdown and grab our democracy by the pussy.
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The 6 January Committee has released its summary of a report. It should alarm us all. It should light a new fire of urgency to hold Trump et al. accountable before the 2024 elections. Will it?
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That’s the boogeyman that Republican mothers and fathers have been scaring their children with by telling them that it is lurking under their beds and inside their closets and will take them away if they aren’t good and give all their money to the very very rich millionaires and billionaires who feel like they don’t have enough and deserve even more.
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The problem with the Republicans and their authoritarian pusch is that voters, and I mean white voters, won’t punish them for their anti-democratic ways. We see it EVERY election, a majority of white voters vote fascist.
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