More on the census:
Because of this administration, weâre going to need a lot of new laws passed. Laws that would have been unnecessary if they simply behaved decently.
I sincerely hope you get a chance to pass them soon.
We need to do it retroactively. Except I guess that wonât happen.
My ideal scenario:
Because the Russians helped elect Trump, with his apparent acceptance of it, it is considered an act of war. Thus EVERYTHING that the government did during his term is null and void â all executive orders are overturned, all regulations changed are nullified, all laws signed by him are thrown out, all judges from the Supreme Court down to justices of the peace are kicked out of office, and trump and everyone who co-conspired with him put in jail for treason.
Oh well fun to dream.
That makes total sense to me but⌠yeah. What you said.
Itâs supposed to belong to the people.
nazisâ token gay vietnamese blogger got booped with vegan milkshakes after spending an entire afternoon trying to pick fights, now Jake Tapperâs carrying his water. twitter nazis claim that the milkshakes contained âquick-dry cementâ (despite, you know, milkshakes being high in sugar, which prevents cement from forming)
EDIT:
cops literally were just blindly claiming this anonymous email was evidence of a âwide conspiracyâ to maim the alt-reich
EDIT EDIT:
local collective who made the vegan milkshakes posts recipe and behind the scenes on the refreshing drink
remember, folks, this is the same Portland Police that employs actual Nazi Mark Kruger as head of Vice.
a friend of mine who works at a vegan food co-op out in portland says theyâre now getting harassed on facebook and with phone calls for supplying ingredients.
because, yeah: food co-ops often have quick drying cement on sale for just such occasions. /s
where is mythbusters when you need them most?
Iâm afraid to ask, but what is that from?
Jean-Paul Sartre, âRĂŠflexions sur la question juiveâ
Thanks. ThatâsâŚsobering. Sartre was my Ayn Rand, if you see what Iâm saying: I read him religiously and looked up to his great intellect while in high school, and then over time, first from reading more de Beauvoir and then reading ABOUT de Beauvoir (and thus, also Sartre), I started to get the full picture and lost my idolatry.
You and Roger Waters, apparently
Surely Roger Waters only ever admired his own intellect.
something something steven patrick morrissey
my friend forwarded me this from popmob, the organizers. apparently the store my friend works at ( unaffiliated with popmob ) was receiving calls from all over about this.
itâs just so dumb because it doesnât even pass the smell test. but as @smulder pointed out, thatâs kind of the point.
Portlanders Come Together to Dance, Drink Milkshakes, Unite Against Proud Boys;
Police Respond with Misinformation Campaign
PORTLAND, OR: On Saturday, June 29th, PopMob, Rose City Antifa,
Democratic Socialists of America, and hundreds of Portlanders came
together to oppose the Proud Boys and alt-right provocateurs gathering
in Portland. We created a fun, unique opportunity for this vibrant
city to show the world â we donât stand by when hate marches through
our streets. It was wildly successful. People danced, laughed, drank
delicious vegan milkshakes, and stood in solidarity as a community
united against hate. Unfortunately, this was once again overshadowed
by the actions of the Portland Police Bureau.
PopMob served over 750 milkshakes to demonstrators, using music and
whimsy to create an atmosphere of joyful resistance to threats posed
by Proud Boys and the alt-right contingent. Everyday antifascists
outnumbered them 10:1. Collaboration between groups with overlapping,
but distinct, political ideologies who came together to confront a
common threat, showed what we can accomplish as a community. However,
we have seen the Portland Police Bureau protect and collaborate with
these violent right-wing agitators many times, so it comes as no
surprise that this unity would be a threat to their power, and
backlash from the PPB was inevitable.
This is further evidenced by the spurious allegations of cement
milkshakes we are now seeing, a misinformation campaign blatantly
manufactured by the Portland police to disrupt a thriving antifascist
movement. This is a classic tactic of state repression. It immediately
put community organizers in danger as concocted stories quickly
escalated into an onslaught of alt-right propaganda and fear
mongering, culminating in national news agencies reporting as fact
what originated as a completely baseless claim. Since facing public
scrutiny, the Police defended their unsubstantiated tweet saying they
had an anonymous email threat. This was later revealed to be yet
another manufactured narrative when it became clear the email came
after the tweet had been sent. Since we cannot rely on the police to
protect the people of Portland, it is up to antifascists to defend
ourselves and people at risk of police and right-wing extremist
violence. This is even more important now when several members of our
community are being attacked online as a direct result of the PPBâs
unfounded fabrications. As we have seen with the recent uptick in
violent attacks by extremists on marginalized communities, these
online threats cannot be disregarded and could result in tragic
consequences.
Media outlets across the country reported the tale spun by the PPB as
fact with no evidence, showing reckless disregard for the truth and
causing the misinformation campaign to spread wider. The lack of
journalistic integrity and âif it bleeds it leadsâ sensationalism only
put our community members in further danger. PopMob stands in
solidarity with the antifascist community in Portland and will not let
this absurd spectacle stop us from continuing to build a mass movement
of antifascist resistance.