The Gray Matters Report

And if he wasn't that rich this would have been broadly acknowledged long ago

It happened. It all did happen. Fight back next Tuesday, America, I beg of you.

coincidence no doubt

ding dong the witch is dead (yes I know)

may this seem prescient

everything relating to how this smear against Amy Acton was conceived and put into play in the media needs a healthy dose of sunlight and everyone involved needs a healthy dose of shunning fwiw I have problems with her but still very much want her to beat that smarmy shithead

well that explains it

"remember that this hemisphere belongs to the United States of America" is definitely a winning phrase outside of the US

shot, chaser - but reversed in time

the number of villains in this administration is almost incalculable but we must track them, name them, & blame them - for a start then we're going to need to indict the shit out of as many of them as possible because if we don't hold all these people to account with real consequences we're doomed

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I think they're getting in on the free-ride-for-fascists exemption

evergreen

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let's all give them the welcome they deserve

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JD keeps trying to pin terrorism on Abdul & Democrats in general, but has negative charisma to sell his bullshit. Terrorism is when the federal government is abducting, torturing, and killing immigrants with or without legal status.

The key #Vote

just heartbreaking stuff Alex Pretti's mother calls out ICE and the Trump administration for killing her son and smearing his name, and calls for justice to be done.

Egypt jails Mada Masr editor and orders outlet closed - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypts-mada-masr-editor-lina-attalah-jailed-court-orders-outlet-shut

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"Now I must die, even though I have committed no crime. So now it's my turn, but your turn will come." Helmuth Hübener to his judges after being condemned to death for spreading anti-Nazi pamphlets. He died by guillotine on this day in 1942, age 17.

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Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian author, won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature

Two headlines in the last 24 hours: New York Times: "The New Worst-Case Scenario for Election Officials: Federal Interference" Me: "Republicans have cheated in elections for a long time"

No no judge you don’t understand there is no final plan at this time that I’m formally aware of in the precise legal meaning of those words you see its not lying and because I don’t know about it you can’t stop us right get it neat trick right judge right I’m not in contempt right judge right right

I don't think that those of us who abstain from commenting on every fucking thing get enough credit I know I sure don't

well this is normal

and now we can all collectively hold our breath that this will happen in the US in 2028* which would not really been a topic of discussion all that long ago so how times change (*this is in no way an endorsment of auto-asphxiation)

Elon's given more 💰 this year than George Soros has in his entire lifetime

there are many of us who want to know this very same thing

NYT wears this like a badge of honor

and that's just a start beleve me

Republicans are honest about protecting trillionaires from any sort of accountability for crimes against humanity. Open corruption is the Republican Party brand.

an unoriginal thought & of course humans & other species are proving it every day in many ways - but this is one hell of a planet, activity-of-this-sort-wise not saying we're unique (in fact I'm assuming the opposite just because of the sheer magnitude of the 🌌 numbers) but it does make you wonder

this is the kind of precedent I think we here in the US should adopt

“In Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first victory speech, he praised ‘our general’ Andre Janones, the brains behind the online campaign that ensured his stunning comeback.” (Michael Flynn must be fuming) 1/

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Is anyone within distance of Athens Annals of Archaeology 13 (1980) ? If so, would pics of Aik. Despinis' article on the early C4th tomb found at Katerini be withtin the realm of possibility ? Am interested in the cuirass found there. WIll buy a beer or several in thanks.

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"meritocracy"

I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.