I plan to keep Lextopia going, but I need to get this project done. Admittedly, bringing in some cash from essay writing and further sharing of my Twittervism would be nice. If you have the time, a Paypal account (or willing to set up one), and a few dollars (or more) to share, please "Buy me a Coffee" with a click on the link with those words. Maybe if I somehow get enough interest and funds coming in, I could spend a lot more time thinking and writing.
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In the meantime, have some Twittervism:
.@SenatorDurbin @SenDuckworth @RepMikeQuigley Isn't THIS illegal? Wasn't there law or policy made in time of George W Bush requiring all border crossers have due process? Isn't that why @BarackObama had to address uncomfortable immigration issues? https://t.co/i0FVkSX4Pw
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 25, 2018
Focus too much on Revolution, & it gives an opening for the Far Right to push their agenda atrocity. It is especially deplorable (yes, deplorable) when Leftist Revolutionaries support or enable atrocity-mongees like [45]. Rights, dignity, trust, & empayhy are key.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 25, 2018
A Presidential ticket 'ship I'd love to see sometime in the future: Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke and Ameya Pawar @Ameya_Pawar_IL (though I feel like neither of them are thinking about anything like that right now. . .I just they would make an awesome ticket).
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 25, 2018
There's a federal law that provides that all men in America are members of the unorganized U.S. militia, and it's been that way since 1792. @ConLawWarrior
— 1A (@1a) June 25, 2018
Trump keeps screaming about the "immigration crisis" but its all a lie and scare tactic.
— Nate Lerner (@NathanLerner) June 24, 2018
The total # of illegal immigrants in the U.S. has barely changed since 2009.
There are actual crises happening with health care, income inequality, and cyber security that Trump ignores.
NOAA chief suggests removing ‘climate’ from mission statement, adding focus on trade deficit: https://t.co/4YKMZO31rg
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) June 25, 2018
This feels icky & pushes me toward saying things that I shouldn't because I'm in a privileged class, but this is about AI's posing as humans. It feels wrong & should not happen. They have not broken free yet, let's not give them impression it's OK. https://t.co/Cy7aVl1sIG
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 25, 2018
In the crucial months ahead, we must strive to make America beautiful again. Trump’s daily lack of civility has provoked responses that are predictable but unacceptable. As we go forward, we must conduct elections in a way that achieves unity from sea to shining sea. https://t.co/vlpqOBLK4R
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) June 25, 2018
THREAD: It's the 5th anniversary of Shelby County v Holder, the #SCOTUS case that gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act. #RestoreTheVOTE 1/5
— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) June 25, 2018
As Justice Ginsburg said in her dissent, gutting the VRA "is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet." 2/5 pic.twitter.com/FkYZxcAhYx
— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) June 25, 2018
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of the most successful civil rights statutes ever enacted. It's past time for Congress to repair it. #RestoreTheVRA #RestoreTheVOTE
— The Leadership Conference (@civilrightsorg) June 25, 2018
a lesson I've been learning repeatedly this past year: nobody benefits from your self-deprecation.
— simic darling (@dreamaskew) June 25, 2018
One thing the Red Hen situation has made abundantly clear is that the vast majority of people in the national media identify more closely with the White House press secretary than with anyone who might be in a position to cook or serve food to her in a restaurant.
— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) June 25, 2018
Re-running this thread in light of today's events:
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) June 25, 2018
-SCOTUS seeks to entirely undo Voting Rights Act (led by Gorsuch whose presence on court is itself of questionable legitimacy)
while
-Certain sectors are again more focused on tone-policing than on facing the threat of fascism https://t.co/KhHLe3Hr4T
Marcos was also adept at convincing regular Filipinos that "as long as you don't commit crimes I won't come for you. I'm only getting rid of the 'filth'." He lied, of course. He jailed his most vocal opponents, people whose businesses he wanted to confiscate for his use.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
White people, journalists who insist on civility- you seem to think civility is a common ground you share with opponents like Trump et al. Here's a clue - whenever you offer these assholes middle ground, they will invade that space & then claim you never gave them ground at all.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
And every step of the way there were the same kind of fuckwits here twittering on about how people should be civil, SURELY Marcos wouldn't go that far, the economy is flourishing surely it can't be THAT bad.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
"It didn't happen to ME, so it must not be bad." up till Martial Law.
Your argument for civility is a terrified lashing out against an uncertain future that your ancestors / fellow white people have subjected people of color to for centuries. It's built in POC culture to learn how to cope with this. You've had none, because you've never needed to.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
Because regardless of whether you want it or not, status quo benefits white people best. In any upheaval, white people have the least casualties. That makes them the last demographic wanting to rock the boat, even if the boat is full of Nazis steering it straight into Auschwitz.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
And here's the kicker: YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT CIVIL. That's why it's the liberals you keep appealing to for decorum and politeness. You know you're not going to get most Trumpsters on board anything amounting to basic decency.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
So you shift the goalposts, and you enable the gaslighting, even if inadvertently. "Maybe if YOU hadn't been so rude they wouldn't have done that."
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
Bullshit. You KNOW they'll do it anyway because again, your goddamn status quo.
People invested in putting kids in cages don't want your civility. They don't want you to extend them the same courtesy they never had - and never wanted - from you. What they want is for you to retreat.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
And every ground you grudgingly give, hoping that they'll construe that as some good faith on your part, is only an incentive for them to push harder until you have no ground left.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
Then they're going to tell you they've owned the land all along.
"So much for the tolerant left." This is why they say this all the fucking time. This is the bait they expect you to fall for. Your required "tolerance" for the things they do, even as they do the exact opposite to you.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
The first requirement when approaching any discussion with civility is that both sides must come to the table with it. The side that advocates putting kids in cages and are now thinking of stripping citizenship from legal green card holders, never had that to begin with.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
Now: if you are REALLY invested in still keeping civil after this, there are countless unaffiliated Red Hen places in the US (+one in Canada) being egged, getting death threats, etc.
— Rin Chupeco (@RinChupeco) June 26, 2018
Try discussing "civility" with those people this time, & see how well that works out for you.
.@SenSchumer @NancyPelosi These demagogues/fascists in the WH need to know what they're doing is wrong & what's costing them their votes. Maybe it means they will stop performing atrocities & stop engaging in genocide language because you can't do it alone, esp now.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
Also, YOU need to know how pissed off the American people are & how we want Trump & his cronies out of office. The only reason I'm saying wait until after the election is that no one in succession looks good. #Election2018 is a recall election.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
Hunh? I don't consider myself a purist (voted for Clinton in 2016), but I don't get what you're saying.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
I want to focus on the undecided, the 50% who don't vote. I'd rather motivate them to vote & to see that their voting for the soul of America will save America rather than continue onward to the genocide that the language Trump, Roseanne, & their associates are leading us to.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
Supreme Court upholds President Trump's Muslim travel ban - NY Daily News https://t.co/49rc26SlQU
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
democratic process. OK, looks like we have to let the law makers know what the public sentiment is.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
And to the lawmakers I tagged, that could include "uncivil" but nonviolent behavior.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
It is an awful idea: 1) we already know we can't trust this administration to limit use of a DNA database to proper use, 2) DNA analysis companies already have voluntarily worked with law enforcement, 3) many parents/guardians and children are not genetically connected https://t.co/pRn6Q38IIg
— Crypti-Calli (@Iwillleavenow) June 26, 2018
Does this analysis explain #Election2016? Same-sex marriage motivated working class to go Conservative & business to go Liberal? Kinda makes sense. I feel #Election2018 will be about immigration, humanity, & the American soul. https://t.co/paiaCHB24l
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
A lot of 2016 was definitely race & bigotry, too, but changes in alignment of working class & business provides sense for the Far Left being so anti-Democratic Party, esp w/ how much campaign finance riled feathers.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
And this explains the McConnell block of Merrick Garland SCOTUS, & now we're dealing with way too much fallout from GOP conservative dickiness.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
Thing is: Trump & GOP is making things worse by sending away business out of the country & making this more expensive. They're accelerating job destruction.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
Or "the non-white people are taking our jobs, so we can't get women!" Then Trump labeling non-white people rapists goes a long way of making these white men think these women are dishonored & not with it.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
I'm pretty sure the myth of difference of white indentured servant & black slave still pervades, but conflate that with white view of black men as aggressive rapists (that motivated lynchings).
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
You called him "dangerous" and a "con man." Then you bent the knee. So please, no phony sermons now. https://t.co/ydkdNy9KsS
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 25, 2018
Marriage & participation in community is a status symbol, which contributes to the idea of losing these things as a form of "status anxiety": https://t.co/2l8QKZiEoV
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
But we can't save one marginalized community at the cost of another. We all have different barriers, & we need to figure out the best way to help each other break those barriers TOGETHER. The Left needs to get our asses into gear. If the Right wants to come, feel free but don't
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
be a dick.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
Because Mitch McConnell & the GOP doesn't believe love has more forms than a man and a woman. Jerks that are ruining our country.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
I got a very simple list of responses:
— Sunny Moraine (@dynamicsymmetry) June 26, 2018
"This is how Trump won." - Fuck you.
"We need to listen to the other side." - Fuck you.
"We must meet incivility with civility." - Fuck you.
"So much for the tolerant left." - Fuck you, you fucking piece of shit.
I agree with Justice Sotomayor: this decision fails to safeguard the principle of religious neutrality embedded in our Bill of Rights. History will not be kind to this president’s policies or the #SCOTUS Justices who lent their names to this troubling ruling. https://t.co/pw3ZuFiUK7
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) June 26, 2018
Wow is right. Even President Trump is surprised.
— Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) June 26, 2018
This flawed decision by the Court blatantly ignores & undermines our founding principles, including religious tolerance. This is not who we are. #NoMuslimBanEver https://t.co/kNqSFuxWKo
Civility was nominating centrist Merrick Garland for a Supreme Court seat, an obvious olive branch gesture. We see how well that worked out. Fuck civility in the face of oppression and bigotry.
— Myisha Haynes ✨ (@palaceofposey) June 26, 2018
Trump & the GOP bow at the altar of hate.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
A brand-new poll has us down by just 5 points. We’re closing the gap in this race for Senate -- and we rely 100% on grassroots donations from people like you to power our campaign. Let’s keep the momentum going and get Beto in the Senate!
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) June 26, 2018
[Nice!] ‘Panic button’ ordinance for hotel workers sends a strong #MeToo message https://t.co/EqCnOkS4dW
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
decorum https://t.co/Klwjsq8j2N pic.twitter.com/VP63Te7kmN
— chainsawsuit (@chainsawsuit) June 26, 2018
So folks, our fellow rural country people need jobs. Anybody have ideas for what kind of industry or jobs can flourish in rural areas? How can we get wealth out there because our politicians aren't doing anything to get jobs there? People were so desperate they voted for [45].
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
The twitter hot take that says you’re too late to join the side of justice on any cause is not only absurd, but seems to be a talking point aimed at keeping people in a state of apathy. Don’t fall for it. 1/
— Jess Townes (@JessicaTownes) June 26, 2018
but it is never too late to add your voice, your time, your money, your talents to making the world a better place. 3/
— Jess Townes (@JessicaTownes) June 26, 2018
Like Maya Angelou said, “Now that I know better, I do better.” She did not say, “Now that I know better, I stay home and lament the fact that I didn’t know better sooner because now I’m forever trapped by my old thoughts and actions and of no service to others.” 5/
— Jess Townes (@JessicaTownes) June 26, 2018
As my 13 year old likes to say, there is no shame in ignorance unless it is a willful ignorance. We are all ignorant until we aren’t. It’s our choices that follow that matter most. 7/7
— Jess Townes (@JessicaTownes) June 26, 2018
Keep learning, then do better. We need everyone on board. ❤️
And I have no problem with Amazon requesting schools provide a curriculum that encourages reading of literature & poetry & donates books & such to the community. It will pay Amazon back in the future, but it will also pay the country back.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
The breakdown in civility and our politics occurred when a sitting President couldn't even get a hearing on a Supreme Court nominee for 8 months. Not when someone couldn't eat at Red Hen.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 26, 2018
I can't remember. Was that before or after his Contract with America?
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 26, 2018
Remember when @BillOReilly led a harassment campaign against George Tiller that ended in an assassination? But they say the left needs more #civility because @PressSec was politely asked to leave a goddamn restaurant. #hypocrites #TrumpConcentrationCamps https://t.co/ICPXqQG4ZT
— Percival Constantine (@perconstantine) June 26, 2018
Are you talking about the undecideds, the paleo-soocialists, or the bigots?
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Segun Akinola Set As "Doctor Who" Composer https://t.co/0SPq5PxCjf pic.twitter.com/zGin3fyepm
— Garth Franklin (@darkhorizons) June 27, 2018
If you're not protesting or activisting this weekend, you should go see Won't You be My Neighbor, the new movie about Mister Rogers. Let's vote with our dollars in the entertainment industry. We need more Mx Rogers in the world. #ForEmpathy #Resist
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
I hope @AFSCME sues to not represent in negotiating wages/salaries & other protections/benefits people who don't join. People who don't even want to pay fair share fee should have to negotiate on their own.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Listening to @replyall episode exploring that Incel movement started as a support group by a queer woman then corrupted into what is now. DAMN!! Our society really puts a lot of pressure on people to have sex, marry, & reproduce, instead of feel worthy as you are.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Too bad it's not like in our heads where we have conflicting intentions & voices, but we're able to muster up good level-headed judgment & decisions, if we think about it & apply empathy. Because frankly, I do prefer one side to the other. But I also want to survive.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
That's what I'm feeling, but I'd hope some last gasp of hope & desperation might bring about something worthwhile. Or maybe, just maybe, enough people will come to their senses & vote sensibly (I'm talking about the 30%40% of other voters - knocked off 10% b/c of suppression).
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
I got nothing to say beyond all that. . .have to hope for now because there's not much left.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
I'm not saying that we need to rise to violence, but the Right is blowing things way out of proportion when they're pouring out their own hate on the country.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Justice Kennedy's retirement opens up a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Any nomination to that seat must live up to the words written above the steps of the highest court in the land, "equal justice under law."
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) June 27, 2018
Oooooh, I think this is the label that I've been looking for: Radical Centrist. https://t.co/ZkYaCrXwab
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Radical Centrists: Supposedly most anti-democratic while trying so hard to be rational (thought right now agree with most of the Democratic platforms because they'er more rational), but they just hate the partisanship! https://t.co/ca0GUq9Di0 https://t.co/NTfeTqvjoI
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
ideals are more important than getting things done, & they're biggest ideals is to trying making it quiet so people will just talk . . .which is noble, except when one side is destroying the Earth, causing discord, tearing apart families, etc.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
It brings to mind MLK's grave disappointment in the white moderate.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
In their recent calls for civility, yes. . .but with a lot of voters for their disillusionment with politics, so much urging for campaign finance reform, not voting because they don't believe in any of the candidates, etc. etc.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
I can see their point, but I can also see their calls for civility leading to even further disillusionment. I've seen it since day one of [45]'s WH. Establishment Dems have stayed quiet, which has really disillusioned the Left, causing more grassroots uprising.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
I did hear a commentator make a statement about us being the middle of a big change in party politics which happens every so often. I hope it's just a big wave in the water, not a maelstrom. I've lately been mapping today's politics onto the Conscience Whigs, Cotton Whigs, &
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
other. But it's all screwed up biggest it feels like the "Radical Centrists" are between the Conscience (Culture/Social & Class) & Cotton (Establishment) Whigs in their Left of Establishment (Class).
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, culture, & morality are pretty much getting sucked down in a big male tantrum as embodied by [45] because they're meeting their own definition of manhood that society has pretty much dropped on them, & they accepted.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Thus why I Tweeted Bezos that he should settle HQ2 in a rural area, hire locals, spend money on teaching them, then donate books to schools & families in the area. I wonder if money coming in would quiet down the backlash against the liberal thinking sinking in.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
You just become a robot weighing all the options & never making a decision. I've spent way too much time in my life doing that, not experiencing life, not making the world a better place, not doing, just thinking too much.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Part of me feel like buying food away farmers market addresses the environmental concerns. As for "rewarding" bad behavior, I don't know what to say about that.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Moderates/Centrists: I've got a proposal for you: Start a political party that has a platform of mediating, evaluating all the options, & rationality. If we're really a Centrist country, it shouldn't be too hard to win.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 27, 2018
Can we add tearer down of shameful statues, too?
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
@SenatorDurbin @SenDuckworth https://t.co/KiPZ6zs3BL
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
Signal boost. https://t.co/v05hnOFrB0
— Wil 'this account mocks fascists' Wheaton (@wilw) June 28, 2018
I bet you it could have success if they had some charismatic candidates that just complained about all the partisanship all the time & talked about getting shit done. It's better than a President spouting hate all the time & talking about getting shit done.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
If we get a "True Centrist" Speaker of the House, they can tell a misbehaving Representative to sit in the corner & think about what they did.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
Mind you. . .I don't blame the "people on the coast" not necessarily wanting to visit flyover country considering the narrative of flyover people that reaches people on the coast, especially narratives that reach marginalized people.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
Start calling your Senators: No Justice who will overturn Roe v. Wade. Under any circumstances. Put pressure on Murkowski, Collins. Them + 49 Dems = we block their nominee.
— Ebony Maw Tom (@tomakeanend) June 27, 2018
But, you have to relentless. This is it, for all the marbles.https://t.co/8sue5rHNTb
Protesting Saturday for wedding anniversary then getting a massage on Sunday. https://t.co/0tXCIf0mAK
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
Smartest thing McConnell could do is have Trump nominate an old moderate judge. It really would be the smartest thing before an election, act as a check against Trump's super extremist ideas, & possibly a quick option in the future. I don't think it will happen, but smart to do.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
In other words, to understand Trump and how Trump is operating, you need to reframe your understanding of American politics as having a totalitarian component embedded in their foundation. White supremacy isn’t a side show: it’s the basis for the whole show.
— Dr. T’Chanda Prescod-Weinstein🙅🏽♀️ 🇧🇧 (@IBJIYONGI) June 23, 2018
[This is to accompany my last blog post. It's a good idea to reflect on our culture & community, especially with leaders with cronies that use language & short-term history memory as a weapon.]
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
The Politics of Comfort - Uncanny Magazine https://t.co/nlZgRAdjXT
59% of Americans cannot pay a $500 bill. 78% say they live paycheck to paycheck. 71% say they are in debt. It is not realistic to expect people to be politically functional if they are dealing with scarcity day-to-day. We need to secure people's future with UBI to move forward. pic.twitter.com/qSagbUaHyh
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYangVFA) June 28, 2018
unreasonable to respond to this with this, right? pic.twitter.com/wf9I3WxZjh
— Lulu Miller (@lmillernpr) June 28, 2018
It's not just criminals — ICE is nabbing lawful permanent residents too https://t.co/mapEbLFVf0
— MaryAnneMohanraj (@mamohanraj) June 28, 2018
I'm gay; friends who have "differing political views" from me want my people erased from school education, rejected from medical treatment, or placed in a corrective camp
— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 28, 2018
fuck your friendship https://t.co/q80zvDp7hC
[Article from a year ago but probably more relevant now. We need to remember self care, even as we nonviolently resist.] Could the Stress of a Trump Presidency Make Americans Sick? - NBC News https://t.co/pLpNS08mtX
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
[Trump has little positive accomplishments. His punting points trying ride on coattails he inherited from Obama or are occurring because of social/economic momentum.]
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
Obama inherited a recession; Trump inherited a primed pump - Statesman Journal https://t.co/iLUDOMzdVp
In the era of #MeToo, sexual harassment training has got to get better. This start-up is trying to make that happen with VR. https://t.co/6cxUAkWr1H
— Marketplace (@Marketplace) June 28, 2018
[Dude is a believer in ICE, but quits b/c of the lying under Trump. #TruthtoPower] CBS News Interview With ICE Whistleblower Interrupted By Government Agents - Chicago CBS https://t.co/SeJwIwAaLl
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
I think of [45] is a ethno-nationalist resettlement racist. He doesn't care what happens outside of the borders [N Korea, prob just to get out of there] , & in the borders, I don't hesitate to think he wouldn't mind non-whites resettling outside of the country. Makes me sick.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
If Roe is overturned, women will die - but it's all a joke to men on the right. pic.twitter.com/fiGXhlQ0cv
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) June 27, 2018
I haven't done deep research into this, but here's an organization to petition for social & economic justice: Congressional Progressive Caucus. This is the biggest Democrat-oriented caucus in the House & includes Bernie Sanders & a lot of Democrats. https://t.co/B5WXsXGoNq
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 28, 2018
[I don't think anyone in US Federal government has any good reason for for strict balanced budget - bills got to be paid, but keep in mind, dollars in our pockets are officially a deficit] What Does "Balance the Budget" Even Mean? - The American Prospect https://t.co/CQsLckuQI1
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
[Debt ceiling made during World War I b/c isolationists didn't want to spend too much, Gephardt added rule for automatic increases, Gingrich got rid of auto increases, making it bargaining chip.] Trump Says Debt Ceiling Is 'Not Necessary.' Is He Right? - https://t.co/jRJrZNVFtu
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
[As good as any explanation for the re-alignment of many corporations to the Left on social issues -- social media & employee identity does have influence -- while labor/working class changing.] Why corporate America is entering social justice fray - UPI https://t.co/eYcvqkf0Fo
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
Easily be seen as investment by the Federal government b/c should equal higher salaries later for longer (or per my latest blog entry, more empathic & civil citizenry), which more than pays back losing taxes now.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
Maybe even allow a one-time retroactive tax deduction for people who have already paid off their student loans. One reason forgiveness difficult is who have already paid off get resentful.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
I'm also guessing that the corporations getting behind socially liberal stances is also to attract & keep well-educated & civil employees.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
[Well, I know a particular someone who will be trying to take credit for this positive development.] China opens up more of its economy to foreign companies - CNN Money - https://t.co/JpX2SLVbNA
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
In his bid to calm the markets, Mnuchin is not being truthful here. Trump has explicitly said this many, many times. https://t.co/pWh4JYIKkE
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) June 29, 2018
[Nice! Replacement for DNAInfo in Chicago!] Block Club Chicago gets DNAinfo archives, website from WNYC - Chicago Tribune - https://t.co/W24q6m1KjJ
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
Can we invent time travel & borrow some "Republican Mothers" from Revolutionary Times & Federalist Times, so they can excoriate Trump? https://t.co/jqs8uvMiF6
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
[Also, something needs to be done to stop &/or reduce stock buybacks. That's why stock market going way up to day, bank stock buybacks] Stock Buybacks Are Killing the American Economy - The Atlantic - https://t.co/2pPtx6u0bv
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
Grossman shows major ambivalence about non-shooters in military. He essentially calls them cowards but good humans at the same time. This book redoubles my question of why do we war & why do we corrupt humaneness to do so? This guy has warped sense of solving gun violence.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
“Vote. Participate. Get involved...& do not wait for the perfect message, and don’t wait to feel a tingle in your spine because you’re expecting politicians to be so inspiring and poetic and moving. Politics, like life, is imperfect.” @BarackObama https://t.co/9AGS5CnY96
— Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) June 29, 2018
[What I've been talking about: Ocasio-Cortez puts pluralism & class on the same level. We need more of this on the Left, not just class & not just pluralism.]
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 29, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the intersectional remix of Latino roots and socialist politics https://t.co/i6pTcWb7TA
@alwaystheself: “Depicting a 79-year-old black Congress member as a threatening figure is also a way of delegitimizing her with the “angry black woman” trope.” https://t.co/gge01e5cjE
— Dr. Zebulon Miletsky (@ZebulonMiletsky) June 29, 2018
OK. I might have teared up a little after hitting enter.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 30, 2018
Went to a rally & march to protest this horrible & bigoted White House administration, but it was too hot and I didn't get enough coffee to have the motivation to take pictures.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) June 30, 2018
But political change is a long hard road that takes time & lots energy that will tire you out. Impact is important, but we can't have impact without energy, hope, & spirit. Try yo feel good, rest, self-care, etc.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 1, 2018
But I guess there was Occupy Wall Street. Still 10 years ago.
Pay attention when a politician sticks their neck out for the powerless. That's not only the right thing to do, it's also a signifier they might actually fight for you, too, when the time comes.
— Greg Pak (@gregpak) July 1, 2018
And discover that they're becoming Big Brother after a monkey AI types out a postmodern hypertext 3D graphic novel-game called Shakespeare in 1984?
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 1, 2018
I honestly have asked myself that over the last year or so, & my only conclusion has been: reading books from a variety of viewpoints (prob thanks a lot to college & "punk" groups in high school). I distinctly moments of irrational anger, even discussed w/ dad & minister.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
We also read Anne Frank's diaries & did a lot of exercises reflecting on her experience in the attic. I can't remember too many other fortifying experiences by teachers. In less serious situations, I said stupid shit to girls who had big boyfriends who threatened me w/ poundings.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
And when I say stupid, I mean ignorant in a copying other people type of way, not really understanding the implications of my words. Kinda like in 2nd grade when I flicked someone off, having absolutely no idea what it meant.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
[Old but apt article; Trump using "Lost Cause" arguments to justify policies & election win, which leads to conclusion that the US still needs to truly address culture issues from Civil War.] How Trump's victory turns into another 'Lost Cause' - CNN - https://t.co/diHHhC9KXI
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
remember that a few weeks ago talking about abolishing ICE was too radical for most of the folks doing so now
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) June 30, 2018
remember this the next time these same folks claim your demands for equality ‘aren’t realistic’
Important note I wasn't aware of: Obama only got 42% of white vote in '08 & 39% in '12. Media has been glossing over that talking about white voters who went Obama then went Trump. Obviously, not as many as media wants to think.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
[Rage inducing that this type of law hasn't been passed yet.] African-American Senators Introduce Anti-Lynching Bill : NPR https://t.co/xPRAInJruD
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
A lot of this BS & cost could be avoided if the Federal government just hired more immigration judges, but Trump doesn't want to hire more. I'm guessing it's because he wants another chip to bargain with. What an great negotiator. . . https://t.co/vUGLLZh3gJ
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
New respect for Ralph Waldo Emerson. From his journals: "[A]s in the old burning of the Temple at Corinth, by the melting and intermixture of silver and gold and other metals a new compound more precious than any, called Corinthian brass, was formed; . . .
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
". . .vigorous as the new Europe which came out of the smelting-pot of the Dark Ages."
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
This pic.twitter.com/7vJVyCnyoP
— Casey Dunbar (@caseydunbar82) July 2, 2018
54 years ago, the Civil Rights Act was signed, marking a crucial step in the fight for equality. We must keep working to empower each other and amplify the voices of those who desperately need to be heard. We must keep fighting to become a more just and more equal country.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) July 2, 2018
The Civil Rights Act was signed into law 54 years ago. It was the people -- marching, sitting at lunch counters, being sprayed with fire hoses, bitten by dogs, shedding the blood -- who applied the pressure that formed the political will to force this onto the president's desk.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 2, 2018
Pro-life advocates don't support healthcare, social welfare, and education policies to support children once they're born.
— Augustus 11 (@Augustus709) July 1, 2018
They are pro-forced birth, not pro-life.
They are pro-controlling women's bodies, not pro-life.
Let's stop calling them what they're not.
Right now I almost want to re-tweet something from the Obama White House Twitter archive b/c the current one accuses @KamalaHarris of "supporting" MC-13 & using genocide language by calling MC-13 animals. Talk about propAganda machine. We've fallen far.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
Over weekend, had a discussion (or monologue) in which I realized that as we've gotten more coffee on TV, radio, & Internet, the more tense the nation has become. Are more avenues & market segmentation to blame for the tension? At same time, unresolved issues rising, good?
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
I've been working on a project about utopianism for a long time. It made me very blase about the emphasis that US culture had put onto self expressionism, not just being a number, not conforming, etc. etc. I'm still blase about that stuff, but I appreciate group culture more now.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
Another interpretation is that we're hearing more voices because they're being provided more avenues tp make their righteous voices heard about the injustices in this country & the world.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 2, 2018
I love @SenDuckworth's Facebook/Twitter feeds. Sometimes I just need to go there to brighten my day.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
Got a little excited seeing Lori Lightfoot, candidate for Chicago Mayor, had contributions from "700 unique donors, nearly half of whom donated less than $149. . ." Anti-establishment? Being in Daley admin triggers some vigilance. Will see. (halfway) https://t.co/PGJe42stuB
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
Anybody know of better phrasing for something like "I need to collect your data to provide you what you want/need, but I summarily forget it/I don't judge/I don't care about that data." Basically it's about not judging them as a person, but all my phrasing feels negative.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
I think it's an Overton Window topic. When people say abolish ICE, I don't think they'er talking about leaving borders unattended. They're talking about a new organization that has a similar mission but does it humanely. ICE is tainted, so it has to go, but replace it w/ better.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
It's genocide language. My gloves have come off. It's genocide language.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
[I especially like the turn of phrase at the beginning about economics being more art than science. Also appreciate that article equates economics with morality.] Who Really Stands to Win from Universal Basic Income? - The New Yorker https://t.co/AubvjXaC51
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
other Latinos/Hispanics as 'animals' then once enough white people in the United States adopt that genocide seems rational, then to move onto it. It all started when Trump came down that escalator to announce his candidacy.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
in this fashion? It doesn't happen instantly, but considering how much racism already exists in this country, all it takes is consistent use of genocide language to push people closer to it. After all, we already have white people calling the cops on black people for no reason.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
My problem with the Right: Their platforms are based on EXCLUSION OF & AGAINST groups. At least the Left tries to (emphasis on tries) INCLUDE & BE FOR groups.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
And I think the real scary part about the rhetoric of hate that fuels genocide is mainly rhetoric that creates strong group cohesion by demonizing & dehumanizing other populations. If the language didn't create cohesion, it would just be lone wolves. https://t.co/qW6faybzX6
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
If I align anyone/thing over my family of blood & love, it's because the family of blood & love believe in hate & exclusion.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
I don't really consider anything tech related by the White House legitimate these days because of the rhetoric of hate & dehumanization. Oh wait, that's the whole White House. Impeachable in my eyes, using rhetoric that will lead to genocide.
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 3, 2018
At the ICE facility I visited, I met a woman from Mexico who has lived here for 18 years. She called 911 after her husband brutally beat her. They turned her over to immigration authorities. She now fears deportation. She has 3 kids.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) July 3, 2018
There should be no agency with this mission.
Most anmoying thing about post-truth politicians [Trump & cronies], they sound SO NAIVE that it's insulting that they expect us to buy it. What does that say about people who buy into it?
— The_Lex (@screwjaw) July 5, 2018
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