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Intelligent people in general are capable of rapidly recognizing bullshit when they see it. So it is easy to see why the leaders of hate groups target them with labels like "elites," "intellectuals," "liberals" or "Jews."
Filibusters do occur in some state legislatures, but they rarely succeed in blocking legislation. Unlike the U.S. Senate, most state legislatures still operate on the Founders’ majoritarian principles.
Desmond Tutu didn’t just get us to march against something. He got us to march for something, for a better day, for a better world. Tutu “said no” to injustice, and—the critical difference—he “said yes” to goodness.
In a close parallel to current state of climate denial, Don't Look Up's scientists, played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio, discover that few people can be bothered to care, let alone act, in the face of impending annihilation.
"By any objective measure, Louis DeJoy, a top campaign contributor of Donald Trump, has been, by far and away, the worst postmaster general in the modern history of America."
According to reports from multiple outlets, Qanon fans are hanging out in Dallas awaiting the resurrection of John Kennedy, and Junior, and drinking a bleach cocktail to protect themselves from Covid.
The world’s largest chemical maker, BASF, produces ingredients for America’s most popular products, from soaps to surface cleaners to dishwasher detergent. Emissions from their U.S. plants elevate cancer risks for an estimated 1.5 million people.
Joe Manchin has been bullshitting the entire country for months with arguments and fake negotiations for a bill that is extremely popular with voters and good for the economy, but not so much with his financial backers, or his personal interests. Betrayal is too tame a word.
Races for secretary of state are expected to have a higher profile in 2022, and possibly nowhere more than in Georgia, where the candidacy of Bee Nguyen, plus Stacey Abrams’ gubernatorial bid, will put voting rights at the center.
Qanon fans are a prime market for unscrupulous product vendors. If the people who buy bullshit solutions like radioactive necklaces or Ivermectin pills to combat Covid get ill or die, why would the salesmen care? After all, they got theirs, right?
‘Twas the Night before Christmas' was instrumental in crafting the modern American version of Santa Claus and our Christmas traditions.
The restoration of voting rights, on the table now in the Senate, means nothing more than the future of our democratic system, or its demise under a one-party dictatorship.
The radicalized faction of what used to be the Republican Party has been cozying up to the most radical, racist and violent right wing terrorist factions in our country for some time now.
As the investigations into the January 6th insurrection continue, it is increasingly clear that it was planned. That makes it an actual conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States.
Tornadoes and the storms that create them are far below the scale that climate models can predict. So researchers look at the large-scale ingredients that make conditions for them to form.
Stunning and critical information is packed into Liz Cheney's announcement of the contempt finding on Mark Meadows.
