The #BrokenTimes is sanewashing war. Why might Trump want to invade a NATO ally? We'll explain Lebensraum while we're at it. This is how they are covering fascism. image
I'm screaming at my screen. "Emboldened Trump." "Territorial Expansion." HE THREATENS WAR AGAINST ALLIES--not to mention Gaza--and these are the #BrokenTimes' latest white-gloved euphemisms for totalitarianism. This is how they cover fascism, covering it with niceties. image
I won't defend Meta here but I have a contrarian view: Fact-checking was not working and facts aren't the issue; belief and belonging are and that's a much deeper problem. Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
Meta Says It Will End Its Fact-Checking Program on Social Media Posts
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to ...
A corporation that depends on diverse populations as both customers and underpaid labor. If I dined there, I'd stop. McDonald’s rolls back DEI programs, ending push for greater diversity
the Guardian
McDonald’s rolls back DEI programs, ending push for greater diversity
Fast-food company decides to scale back plans after 2023 US supreme court ruling and conservative backlash to DEI
See cartoonists' support for Ann Telnaes here.... With gratitude
With gratitude
I am overwhelmed by the response
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Google's help-me-read AI feature doesn't know how to deal with a home page, summarizing everything as if it were one article. image
FFS. The #BrokenTimes continues to insist on equating "working class" with "white." How the Democrats Lost the Working Class
How the Democrats Lost the Working Class
The theory seemed sound: Stabilize financial markets, support the poor and promote a more secure, integrated world. But blue-collar workers were le...
Brilliant: Alexandra Petri crucifies Rep Tom Suozzi & those who'd abet not resist fascism, equating Trump with polio. Not often a fan of such attempts at humor. For this: A gift link. Let’s try something different in how we deal with polio https://wapo.st/40h75BM image
The headline should tell you that this is a right-wing extremist. F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.