lliterate shepherd, 3400 years ago: Look at this huge femur I found! What do you think it belonged to?
Oral traditions, 2500-3400 years ago: Giants existed and they were evil and they were fathered by fallen angels who were sent to watch over us and they ruled cities and they're the real reason for the Flood and
Religious fundamentalist, 2500 years ago: records the traditional stories of his people
Religious fundamentalist, 2 days ago:
In fairness, this is sort of the League of Women Voters' whole deal: they've been involved in opposing gerrymandering and installing independent redistricting commissions state by state for at least 15 years, pursued via the courts and ballot initiatives. It's been hard work that required coalition building and persistence, and I can understand them feeling like all their hard work to try to reach fair representation is being undermined.
The problem is it's been mostly states interested in good governance and playing by the rules—i.e., blue states—where it's been successful and adhered to. It's a different story in red states. In Utah, for example, voters voted for an independent commission, but the state legislature passed a law to gut the plain language of the ballot initiative by making the commission merely advisory.
Then in 2019 the far right majority on the Supreme Court said there are no rules anymore against partisan gerrymandering in a decision on three separate cases that went before the court that term.
Then last year, in 2024, the even larger far right majority on the Supreme Court made racial gerrymandering so difficult to prove that it's now essentially legal.
So I'm sorry, League of Women Voters, but the left of center majority in this country cannot unilaterally disarm in the face of repeated and continued provocations by the far right minority, and the existential threat to democracy and our civil society that they pose.
Sure, we want proportional representation, but it's not like MAGA is going to give it to us.
Feels like you might have missed the first two words of the post you replied to
Offers of as little as $50,000 per acre for land that sustains an entire family.
Newsweek is such a rag. It contorts itself so hard to not say this is directly attributable to Trump's incompetence.
It confidently declares:
The surge in layoffs in 2025 is due to a mix of government downsizing, corporate restructuring and the growing effects of artificial intelligence.
The government fired nearly 300,000 workers, or about 36% of the total for the year. Fine.
But the phrase "corporate restructuring" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. It goes on to say:
Private sector cuts have been concentrated in industries under structural pressure. [...] Retailers have been hit by softer discretionary spending, higher costs and changing consumer habits, prompting store closures. Other sectors above historical layoff norms include finance, business services and transportation, where companies are scaling back capacity after pandemic-era expansions.
Economic conditions—including inflation, shifting demand and global uncertainty—have been cited in more than 170,000 job cuts so far this year. Business restructuring, store or plant closures, and bankruptcies have also played a major role.
That's Trump. Say it, you cowards.
OK, so she was a county clerk who refused to issue a marriage certificate to a same-sex couple and was briefly jailed and fined as a result. Now she's the vehicle to overturn same-sex marriage because she's seen as basically the only person who would have standing to bring the issue before the Supreme Court again?
But how does her case have any bearing on whether or not same-sex marriage should be legal? It's a separate and unrelated issue. The connection isn't even tenuous, it just seems nonexistent.
I really hope the Supreme Court just declines to hear the case. At least Kavanaugh and Barrett don't seem interested in revisiting the issue.
Spend a moment to reflect on the fact that you're confidently incorrect in response to someone who lives here and has spent a considerable amount of time in all corners of the region.
Aside from NYC and DC, the "strictest gun laws in the country" are still some of the loosest gun laws in the world. Even at an FFL dealer it's basically an instant background check and a three-day waiting period. Not to mention all the gun shows, unless you think someplace like Eugene, OR is a secret MAGA bastion—in-between all the Occupy, BLM, and pro-Palestinian protests, I mean.
In Seattle my coworkers were some of the most heavily-armed coworkers I've ever had in any part of the country. They all had small armories. My old boss cast his own bullets from lead ingots. My neighbor in Oregon could probably supply the entire neighborhood if needed, although of course I'd be set. My leftist friend I just had lunch with the other day was just telling me about his collection of handguns and rifles. I guess the neighbor who runs a daycare nearby probably doesn't have any, though. And no, I don't live in the boonies.
But by all means, feel free to underestimate us.
There are lots and lots of lefties with guns who know how to use them. Many of them live in the Pacific Northwest, though certainly not all of them.
No, the down votes are because
MAGA voters will not have some sudden, simultaneous epiphany and correctly attribute their suffering (in fact, they will never learn).
Democrats might not have another go at it if they lose in 2026 (if elections even happen according to schedule), so inaction is inexcusable.
This is a very good article. Thanks for sharing it.
For now, we will have to look to the actual states to leverage their sovereign authority, their control over government-in-depth to contest the lawlessness and illegitimate power of the current government of the United States. That can go in some very dark directions.
I'm glad some in the media are finally reckoning with the possibility—if only in allusion—that this path leads to secession and civil war.
They haven't been able to dump them yet. Republicans tried in the budget bill, but they were stopped by the parliamentarian. You can tell they weren't successful because they keep railing against them and rags like the New York Post keep slamming Biden over the contract to try to drum up popular opposition to it. Sen. Joni Ernst just introduced a new bill a couple days ago to cancel the contract.