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We have a strange democracy in America


Progressive and centrist Americans are apoplectic over of Trump's nominees, and the prospect that all (or almost all) will be confirmed. But this is how we do it. We elected Trump fair and square, and the president gets his cabinet. These hearings are not really a yes/no prospect most of the time. They serve a different purpose: To pave and shape the political arena that this presidency will operate in for the next few years. So the hearings are important, but they are not really there to decide who gets in each of these jobs.

#SeantHearings #Trump #Politics



No, FEMA isn’t giving California wildfire victims only $770


Here is a summary of the situation at Rumor Guard.


Introduction


Hi. I'm new here. I'm a writer, political activist, and educator. I'm a #DFL officer (#Democrat) in Minnesota, and an Indivisible co-leader in a couple of #Indivisible groups. I tutor students in #SAT and #ACT prep, and select areas of science. I have a novel out there somewhere (In Search of Sungudogo), and I'm working on others.

My substack is Auspicious Subtext auspicioussubtext.substack.com…

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David Lynch


... has died. His darkest moment, but only barely.


Alternative to the Inaugural boycott


Maybe stop virtue signalling about not watching the inaugural. Maybe it's true that we lost cuz we abandoned certain spaces. Maybe Thing 1 on Day 1 shouldn't be to proudly continue to do that.

Let's all go to the nearest sports bar, have some chicken wings and a beer, and take it all in there.

in reply to greg_laden

@greg_laden Totally agree. I think these are the 1st places that we need to occupy in order to get rid of the looming threat of dictatorship. Over the last decade, we've been slowly but surely getting ourselves locked inside our digital lives, abandoning the outside, in the pursuit for a better, perfect place - the way we liked that place. Now the bill is coming and it's not looking too good.
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