AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
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Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
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Favorite Nonfiction read in 2025
#bookskyFavorite Fiction Read in 2025
#Booksky-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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In case you have never seen this.
#WhiskerWednesday from a sleepy boy
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@cats.bsky.social Fall Fireside splay
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
"The fascists want us depleted, numb, and cynical." - I keep this top of mind daily and I actively refuse.
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
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Liberal
L - Live without fear
I - Invest in our people
B - Be against hate
E - Elect kind smart people
R - Resist the corrupt GOP
A - All in for health care
L - Love our democracy