Progressives felt they were winning the culture wars until the 1980s. And to large extent, they were. Then Ronald Raygun happened and everything has been backsliding ever since. Now we’re more vulnerable to fascism than any peoples ever has been. It will be like flipping a switch. Instant on. image
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It would be ironic if TikTok were sold to Steve Mnuchin. Sort of like forcing a sale of Twitter to Vladimir Putin as a matter of national security.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin just did a pretty good job of explaining to Mrs Greenspan what the objectives of the TikTok bill are. Too bad she wasn’t on earlier, well before Andrea’s liquid lunch break. The martinis always put her in a bit of a cognitive fog. image
Case in point. Yesterday, my Amazon delivery guy, a zoomer said, “Not worried about covid. It’s not as bad as they say and the vaccines are worse.” Just now, I asked him “what news source shaped your opinion of covid and vaccines?” “Tiktok. It’s the only news I watch now.” I rest my case.
My entire life revolves around counting the seconds until that final dose of Paxlovid on Saturday. I’m pissed enough about the Russian army marching through Ukraine, but I draw a red line at them marching through my mouth.