What is the difference between honest ignorance (which we all have on any number of topics, and if we're humble, we learn) and prideful ignorance ("I know everything already, shut up")?
This man
He came to the #Wisconsin state legislature to speak against #genderAffirmingCare. Instead, after listening to testimony, he apologized and said he learned a lot
On #socialMedia we are drowning in #bigotry
But, sometimes, you can educate those who will listen
"#Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income #Tax on $2 Billion of #US Income in 2024"
https://itep.org/tesla-reported-zero-federal-income-tax-in-2024/
this right here
the root of all of our problems
how a cringe #edgelord icon of #bigotry like #Musk can wield so much power and how our #democracy dies to #plutocracy
well, not the root of all of our problems
the #bigots matter too
by goosing #ignorance and #indecency the #plutocrats can pull con jobs on hateful dimwits to wield power
the #plutocrat-#bigot #political axis
our enemy
"But overall, this story is mostly a reminder that the #US is under siege from a #fascist movement led by #men who are trying to conceal their #mediocrity. While he tries to play the victim of "wokeness," it appears that Hegseth's #military career ended in failure."
- @AmandaMarcotte
#Twitter already had its problems before Musk, but after he took over, it felt like something completely different. It wasn’t just a platform anymore — it was his kingdom. The trolls weren’t just louder, they were emboldened.
https://buff.ly/kjmncI4
"SUMMARY OF OUR SOCIETY
unpleasant truths vs comfortable lies (long queue of people)"
it's always been #bigots everywhere in large numbers
#plutocrat #socialMedia amplifies it, gooses it, celebrates it
one of the avenues we can fight back: get a new social media like #Mastodon to replace corporate centralized cesspits of trolls and #hate (i know, a big ask. one can dream)
to be clear: the root problem is #bigotry, not #technology
but bigotry is a much larger problem
so win the social media battle
and use that to further the much larger war on bigotry
These #Words Are Disappearing in the New #Trump Administration
As Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents.
#language #lexicon #idiocracy #law #FreeSpeech #hate #bigotry #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.jG-_.8PguMhaAVg8I&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
From the article:
“Since the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the end of Reconstruction in 1873, Jim Crow had spread its way across the former Confederacy. Many attempts had been made to stop or resist it. These were all met with overwhelming violence from the white community: met with murder, rape, the burning of entire neighborhoods. In addition to extravagant acts of violence, like the Tulsa Massacre in which between 36 and 300 were murdered, Jim Crow was maintained by routine acts of personal violence: more than four thousand men and women were lynched across the United States in this period that we know of.”
I wonder if so many Americans giving up on democracy is related to the success of the civil rights movement. Racists didn’t change their minds by the moral arguments or the logic of pointing out the discrepancies of American ideals vs the reality for people of color. They just found ways to subvert what was done legislatively.
#Trump signed a new #ExecutiveOrder instructing admin ofcls to alter a #StudentLoanForgiveness program for #PublicServants to exclude nonprofit groups that engage in activities that have what he erroneously called a “substantial illegal purpose.” His order targets groups supporting undocumented #immigrants, #diversity initiatives or #gender-affirming care for children, among others.
#law #USpol #bigotry #discrimination #hate #WhiteSupremacy #immigration #LGBTQIA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-executive-order-student-loan-forgiveness.html?smid=url-share
Fuck Gavin Newsom.
What the hell was he doing on a Charlie Kirk podcast anyway?
EDIT: This was Gavin’s podcast. He invited Charlie Kirk on his own podcast on the debut episode. That’s actually a lot worse.
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom said it’s “deeply unfair” for transgender girls and women to compete in female sports”
The Congressional #Hispanic Caucus [#CHC] released a statement hitting back at the #Republicans attack on its chairperson.
“This #xenophobic rhetoric from #Trump Republicans proves that you can follow the #law, get your papers, become a #citizen, get elected to #Congress — swear multiple #oaths to protect & defend the #Constitution — & all you will ever be to Trump Republicans: an ‘illegal immigrant,’” the group wrote in a post.
#Espaillat has been a US citizen for >40 years & is the first formerly undocumented immigrant to serve in #Congress. When his family first immigrated to the US from the #DominicanRepublic roughly 60 years ago, they briefly overstayed their tourist visa but obtained green cards within the year, acc/to HuffPost. [that’s the extent of his former 50 years ago “undocumented” status]
#USpol #GOP #WhiteSupremacy #Republicans #bigotry #hate #law #immigration
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/vile-ignorant-racist-gop-account-095913282.html
#Republicans Hurl Racist Insult at Democratic #Hispanic Caucus Chair
The #GOP isn’t even pretending not to be #racist now.
The National Republican Congressional Committee published an atrocious social media post calling Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano #Espaillat an “illegal immigrant,” after the NY Democrat gave a Spanish-language rebuttal to #Trump’s address to #Congress.
"The 'Target Fast' coincides with Lent... Bryant and other Black faith leaders have voiced their frustration with Target, they said, for reneging on a $2 billion promise to invest in Black-owned companies by the end of 2025. "
Target’s decision to scrap its DEI initiatives came after Trump issued executive orders cracking down on such efforts just 48 hours into his second term in office.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pulpit-protest-40-day-boycott-003424199.html
#Trump #Target #Bigotry #DEI #Discrimination
House Speaker Mike Johnson, who calls himself a Christian, was one of the nodding, smiling bobbleheads to be seen in the background of Trump's Congressional speech.
#Rhetoric #Treason #Bigotry #FearMongering
“The advances made during the #CivilRights movement are being pushed backwards with the cancellation of #DEI,” Bryant said. “This generation owes it to the previous generation to fight to try to make America great, which is only happening through #diversity.”
Gal Gadot Receives ADL’s International Leadership Award | Never Is Now 2025 https://www.inbella.com/935758/gal-gadot-receives-adls-international-leadership-award-never-is-now-2025/ #adl #AntiDefamationLeague #AntiHate #AntiSemitism #antisemitism #Bias #bigotry #CivilRights #DomesticTerrorism #education #EqualRights #extremism #FemaleCelebrities #FightHate #FightingHateForGood #GalGadot #Greenblatt #hate #immigration #Israel #Jewish #jews #Justice #policy #racism #xenophobia
Okay, now #trump is claiming to be tackling #toxic #chemical exposure & heralding #RFKJr as the #health secy. This will be very difficult for me to watch. #Liar.
Holy shit, he’s claiming a kid received #transition #medical procedures at school during the school day. Literally impossible.
He says #transgender care is mutilation.
"Andrew Tate...criminal allegations... include human trafficking, rape, & money laundering... loudly proclaims his #misogyny & fascination with #violence... In public, he has said that #women “bear responsibility” for sexual assault. In private, he reportedly told one woman... “I love raping you.”
...The Tates’ presence in #Florida looks like a reward to the manosphere, which helped draw male voters to #Trump."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/andrew-tate-trump-administration/681873/
