Boston Polit @BostonPolit

When I was a little boy, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor. It was a surprise attack, and thousands of U.S. servicemembers perished. As a nation, we were stunned. And we vowed to strike back. Revenge was understandably on everyone’s mind, including many Americans of Japanese descent who opposed the emperor and were peaceful and law-abiding U.S. citizens and residents. In its zeal to exact that revenge, however, the U.S. government overreacted, out of fear and bigotry. They targeted everyone who happened to look like the people who had carried out the attack. Those of us who had done nothing wrong were forced to pay the consequences for the decisions of others far away and disconnected from us. We were interned for years, in open-air prisons, while America went off to fight Japan, Germany and Italy. It’s so important that we carry the lessons of the past through to today. Merely because one group commits atrocities and acts with depravity does not mean vast hundreds of thousands or even millions of others should be lumped together with them and made to suffer. We must never paint with the brush of justice and retaliation too broadly, or the toll of human suffering will rise immeasurably.

Greene: Reading levels dropped by 2 points Greene: There is one million five hundred and twenty-four, five hundred and twenty-four and four hundred eighty-one thou— this is over one million

“Why must you always concentrate on color?” As always, this answer from James Baldwin is what you were looking for. Must watch. #BlackHistoryMonth

21 people were slaughtered in Uvalde Some kids were decapitated One used her dead friend’s blood to play dead Greg Abbott flew on a private jet to a fundraiser the same day He offered DNA kits as a solution to gun violence He STILL beat Beto 60.27% to 31.55% in Uvalde WTAF

Florida just announced the results of an analysis that they performed, saying the results show "an increased risk of cardiac-related death among men 18-39" for the mRNA vaccines, and recommend this group not receive these vaccines. Is this justified? Let's look at the data...

Study's methodological flaws (tiny n; no change in all-cause mortality; death certificate causes-of-death are inaccurate; high-risk patients were getting vaxxed at time of study; no unbiased control group; no look at long-term benefits) make using it to set policy an awful idea.

Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD @FLSurgeonGen

4 years ago

Today, we released an analysis on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines the public needs to be aware of. This analysis showed an increased risk of cardiac-related death among men 18-39. FL will not be silent on the truth. Guidance: bit.ly/3ClKF5f Press Release: bit.ly/3T8bQH8

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@XfinitySupport This is the third day in a row of outages. Whoever is in charge of the Bay Area service infra should go sit on a modem and find a new job bc they’re fucking awful at their current one. Also non-automated reimbursements is a Scroogian way to further fuck your customers over too

@XfinitySupport do you plan on reimbursing for all the outages in the Bay Area? For those who work from home and require our internet to do our job it’s amazing how little uptime your shit service offers. At this point I’ve probably paid for a full month of days w fucking outages

@RepMTG Biden just got Mexico to pay $1.5B for 21st century border technology, Trump made the deal with the Taliban, we are experiencing record job growth, gas prices are still declining at a historic pace, most Americans support the right to choose (see Kansas), and you are a liar.

I am happy about it and would cancel the rest too ty for asking

Rep. Jim Jordan @Jim_Jordan

4 years ago

What about Americans who already paid off their student loans?

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Our only-in-America political system: A 57-43 vote to cap insulin prices fails. A 57-43 vote to exempt private equity subsidiaries from the minimum corporate tax rate succeeds.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene may not be the dumbest person on the planet, but she better hope Lauren Boebert doesn’t die.

The GOP BLOCKED capping insulin at $35 for 7 million Americans But they & Sinema managed to squeeze in a last-minute change to protect private equity subsidiaries from paying the minimum 15% corporate tax rate Ask yourself why that is Ask yourself who GOP campaign donors are

@Cir_K_usGirl @chadmccullough If you grow up around Boston drivers you learn to be thankful for that bare minimum.

Diabetics could’ve seen insulin costs capped at $35 a month. Instead they’ll continue to pay hundreds of dollars. Why? MAGA-Republicans are so obsessed with opposing Democratic solutions that they’ll screw anyone over if it means beating Democrats. Politics won. Patients lost.

Manu Raju @mkraju

4 years ago

57-43, Democrats fall three votes short of the 60 needed to keep the provision in the bill. The $35 cap on insulin through private insurance has been removed. The cap remains through Medicare

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A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened

“To commemorate this horrific historic moment, we are showing American voters the toll these politicians have taken on our children’s lives with this all-too-real archive,” artist Manuel Oliver said. mysanantonio.com/news/local/art…

It’s hard to accept that the U.S. is heading towards democratic collapse. So, I photoshopped some potential headlines to show #WhatsToCome if we don’t act now…

you'll be shocked to learn that Tucker Carlson has absolutely no clue what free speech is

Tucker Carlson has found the cause of all those young men committing unprovoked mass shootings: women. What a sick, twisted piece of misogynistic sh%t!

Acyn @Acyn

4 years ago

Tucker: The authorities in their lives, mostly women, never stop lecturing them about their so-called male privilege. A lot of young men in America are going nuts. Are you surprised? A shockingly large number have been prescribed psychotropic drugs.

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