mjb
mjb
mjb@nos.social
Just this guy’s dad, you know? (@mjb on the former bird site, Former: indymedia, lefty radio, Nader,
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The climate crisis, slow-roll-WWIII, no better than band-aids on the social safety net between axe swings at it, and a duopoly political system oscillating between making it all happen or doing nothing people actually need to stop it, and an economy teetering on realizing it.
Imagine, in terms of the kinds of things being cut in proposed House and Senate GOP budget bills, what we could pay for already (accepting ludicrous premises) if we just weren’t flying all those KC-135s and C-17s constantly at $20k+/hour/plane re: Israel/Iran. Or you know, the fucking parade.
If you told me 30 years ago that an adult me, not a lawyer, would listen to Supreme Court oral arguments “for fun,” I’d have spit my Mountain Dew in your face.
Did a filibuster happen if no one being opposed had to bat an eyelid? dcdispat.ch/2025/04/01/did-a-filibuster-happen-if.html
The Signal chat seems to be evidence of a war crime, right? dcdispat.ch/2025/03/25/the-signal-chat-seems-to.html
I've been quiet here (not so much directly on Bluesky). I hope I can say it is because I have been busy in worthwhile efforts.
I have to hope that enough enthralled by fascism are not fascists dcdispat.ch/2025/03/24/i-have-to-hope-that.html
We’re getting snowed but I don’t mean the weather.
The blowback is going to come in all forms dcdispat.ch/2025/02/06/the-blowback-is-going-to.html