Emily! So nice to see you. Yeah, it makes me sputter and swear. I mean, not that they haven't been doing similar stuff for years, but the rapidity and disingenuity in this instance are just gobsmacking.
All the usual suspects, plus I got a subscription to The Lever, which is really good, I think, and I usually take a look at NOTUS, which is yet another billionaire-funded outlet (Politico guy Allbritton) but has some good stuff. Judd Legum's Popular Information on substack is great. ProPublica . . . I dunno. I read way too much news and politics when I should be reading placid science fiction. It's a blur.
"The reactionary attacks on DEI and identity politics, the absurd fixation on critical race theory, the erasure of our history where it highlights both the abuse and the accomplishments of people who aren’t white, straight men, the assault on public school funding (via vouchers, among other things) are all aimed at resegregating this country and removing from public view people regarded as deviants by Birchers, Nazis (have you seen Elon Musk’s brutal rejection of his trans daughter?) and Christian Nationalists.
This is not really a good time to abandon Democratic voters of any identity in favor of catering to the worst instincts of people who also need the kind of help that Democrats once delivered through the New Deal and the Great Society." Could not have said it any better.
Not to be original with this remark: "The silence is deafening."
Furthermore, where are our political leader'(s) pushback? There should be a lot of noise going on today in rebuttal, angry rebuttal. Now Musk can touch SS checks, the third rail. Old geezers for a white-only America may be in for a surprise.
Political news of what they are doing is surpassing Economics right now.
Thank you! I don’t understand how/why the Times is behaving this way. Crazy and terrible.
Emily! So nice to see you. Yeah, it makes me sputter and swear. I mean, not that they haven't been doing similar stuff for years, but the rapidity and disingenuity in this instance are just gobsmacking.
Consequently, lately I’ve been checking on news (only really briefly) at The Guardian and the BBC. What are your favorites, I wonder?
All the usual suspects, plus I got a subscription to The Lever, which is really good, I think, and I usually take a look at NOTUS, which is yet another billionaire-funded outlet (Politico guy Allbritton) but has some good stuff. Judd Legum's Popular Information on substack is great. ProPublica . . . I dunno. I read way too much news and politics when I should be reading placid science fiction. It's a blur.
Placid science fiction! I am reading a rom com basically. Same thing.
Yes! Lots of times the only difference is space ships.
Ha!
"The reactionary attacks on DEI and identity politics, the absurd fixation on critical race theory, the erasure of our history where it highlights both the abuse and the accomplishments of people who aren’t white, straight men, the assault on public school funding (via vouchers, among other things) are all aimed at resegregating this country and removing from public view people regarded as deviants by Birchers, Nazis (have you seen Elon Musk’s brutal rejection of his trans daughter?) and Christian Nationalists.
This is not really a good time to abandon Democratic voters of any identity in favor of catering to the worst instincts of people who also need the kind of help that Democrats once delivered through the New Deal and the Great Society." Could not have said it any better.
Not to be original with this remark: "The silence is deafening."
Furthermore, where are our political leader'(s) pushback? There should be a lot of noise going on today in rebuttal, angry rebuttal. Now Musk can touch SS checks, the third rail. Old geezers for a white-only America may be in for a surprise.
Political news of what they are doing is surpassing Economics right now.