Rational Being

Rational Being

@rationalbeing.bsky.social

Secular Humanist committed to truth. Democracy implies we all participate in political processes. Double Masters in humanities. Student of Democracy!

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We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States. Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.

“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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SCOOP-1: The @nytimes.com has confirmed the following previously unreported donations/pledges to the WH ballroom: ▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m ▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m ▶️Palantir: $10m ▶️Ripple: $5m ▶️Parsons: $2.5m ▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5 Here's a gift link. There's more in the story 🧵…

nytimes.comHundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.

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Elise Stefanik has dropped out of the race for NY Governor & won't be seeking reelection. The Republicans who are leaving are cowards. They could have made sure their legacy was helping Democrats take down a traitor & pedophile. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

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US Citizens are getting shot by #immigration agents & being denied appropriate medical attention & due process. Everyone needs to hear the story of Carlos Jimenez, a father of 3 who helps run a food bank. #ICELawlessness If it can happen to him, it can happen to you! Call Congress at 202-224-3121

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Justice Department • Friday Deadline I don’t care what your political affiliation is, your social status, power or wealth. Anyone that has participated in sex trafficking, abusing & raping children/women must be held accountable! Release The Epstein Files! #EpsteinClientList Thread 1/3🧵

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Mike Johnson has lost control of the House, as we continue to push through petitions to force the votes he tries so hard to run from. Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!

actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extensionContact Congress today!

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The potus is a pedophile and no pictures up or down will change that fact because women told us he was. Fuck all Christian republicans trying to block that fact.

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Even if Trump wasn’t an abject fucking pedophile who should be sentenced to prison for the, hopefully short, remainder of his worthless life, there should be some kind of retribution for anyone who is so completely without social conscience or awareness that they would market this shit. goodgod

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POTUS: “I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination”

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Behold, an elderly man in the throws of complete cognitive decline. He is living in an extended delusion that’s being fed and encouraged by the sycophants around him, so that they can run the country for their own evil purposes.

Philip Bump@pbump.com

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

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This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.

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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Amazon workers go on strike world-wide. “From Germany to Bangladesh, thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday and marched against Amazon’s labor practices to push for better wages, working conditions, and union protections." www.commondreams.org/news/make-am...

commondreams.orgGlobal Black Friday Strikes Against Amazon Target 'Techno-Authoritarian' Assault on Workers | Common Dreams"We are joining Make Amazon Pay to demand the most basic rights: safety, dignity, and the chance to go home alive," said one Amazon worker from India.

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Some in the Democratic Party want to you think we must choose between social justice and economic populism. Rubbish. The only path forward is embracing both.

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Replying to @pbump.com

If Democrats aren't out in full force today talking about the big scam FELON/Adjudicated RAPIST Donald J. "Bone Spurs" Trump is selling that he's reducing "crime" when he's pardoned criminal after criminal, then Democrats aren't doing their jobs & deserve to lose.

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Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?" Mark Kelly: "It seems to." Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?" Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."

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Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits