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Imagine for a moment that the unthinkable happened.Humor me.Let's say the virus is unmitigated wildfire and the White House has gone all in on its power grab.Lethal munitions are authorized.Despite

Here's a weird thought.When I was a kid, nobody could talk to you unless they were in front of you or you were both at home near your phones.The rest

Here's an object lesson in how NOT to reconcile conflicting ideas.You don't pretend you never held the other belief. You explain why your current stance mitigates or overrides your previously

It's also more complicated than that.Having existed in the same spaces as Harris I can attest that from an individual perspective, it is VERY complex to be Black in the

Voting rarely if ever creates systemic change (for the better anyway).True.But what it DOES do is determine how much and what kind of opposition you will encounter while pursuing that

Once upon a time (the 2000s,) the USPS was not only self-funded requiring NO taxpayer funds to operate, but also made BILLIONS of dollars in Government "profit"which they call surplus.Actually

This is honestly the first POTUS voter I've seen who has not only repudiated him, but has taken responsibility for having unleashed him on America.We should be embracing this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21ww81507xc When

Here's a sobering fact.If this administration declared today that all Black families were to be arrested and imprisoned immediately, it would happen. Nobody would stop it.You know how I know?There

Police "show up" at riots in the same way that mass murderers "show up" at massacres. I have yet to see a riot that began without police present.Police are alchemists

Dear White People,Please stop explaining that you sympathize with protest but don't condone property damage, loss or lawbreaking.Firstly. You're not SUPPOSED to like it. That's the point.Secondly. If you don't

Why is the fact that the Federal Government is invading the State of Oregon not the vast majority of the news at the moment? Like if the Federal Gov't deploys

This thread speaks to the fundamental assumptions we make about mental health and asks us to question how much of what we consider mental "deficiencies" are innately connected to our