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@radio_RG Listening in Atlanta with the tv perfectly synced up (on mute) - the strategy I recommend to all my friends!

@AFCEMA seeing a huge cloud of black smoke in Kirkwood, any idea what that is?

@PriscillaPilon Do you seriously think that the biggest prison system in the world needs to get bigger? We deserve better.

@mecolinp Seventy percent of violent felons had a prior arrest record, and 57% had at least one prior arrest for a felony. Sixty-seven percent of murderers and 73% of those convicted of robbery or assault had an arrest record. Office of Justice Programs

My son & I are at a police station reporting our car was stolen from the hotel parking lot we evacuated to when fires started. This was the car that had most of my major trophies being stored until we could safely move back home.😡

@PriscillaPilon @PHShriver These are not things that happen. Crime is at historical lows in the US.

That is awful. I hope you recover them, sincerely. I’m sure someone “needed” them more than you. That has been the excuse given by DA’s and elected officials for criminal behaviors. 🤦🏻‍♀️ It’s been an exercise in accountability now that those (not saying you) who were insulated from criminals and homelessness are now victims and open their eyes to see excuses for criminal behaviors lead to more crimes.

THREAD. It's important for all people of good will to understand the Laken Riley Act before the Senate votes on it tomorrow. It’s unconstitutional. It’s horrific in every word and clause. But there is a deeper, more imminent violence lurking beneath its hate-filled text.

The problem with liberalism is that it rests on a fundamental contradiction that cannot be resolved. It will always fail, it will always collapse, and this explains everything about our current moment. Liberals try to hold two commitments at once: on the one hand, they are firmly committed to capitalism; on the other, they express support for principles like human rights, democracy, equality, freedom of speech, environment and the rule of law.  This duality is the core of liberalism. But there's a problem. Capital accumulation requires cheapening labour and nature. This eventually comes into direct conflict with principles like rights and equality. And whenever this conflict appears, the liberal ruling class sides with capital, abandons their lofty principles, and throws workers and nature under the bus.  Every. Single. Time. This results in flagrant displays of hypocrisy. They run on nice-sounding platforms but end up either betraying their promises or actively working against their stated values. They'll slash public services, bail out banks, imprison journalists, beat up students, expand fracking, coup democratically elected leaders in the global South, bomb liberation movements, fund a genocide - they'll even trash international law itself - anything that's needed to maintain the conditions for capital accumulation. At most, they may try to negotiate mediocre compromises, a few social policies here and there - some abortion rights, a tiny increase in the minimum wage - but nothing that might pose any serious threat to capital accumulation. Thus the soul-crushing slowness of liberal incrementalism.  Ultimately they are unwilling to take any of the obvious steps that would actually resolve our urgent social and ecological crises. This is why nobody trusts liberal politicians.  This is why they come across as so fantastically insincere, and even sneering.  This is why they feel so spineless and *empty*. The center cannot hold.  Liberalism will always collapse, inevitably handing power to fascists, and this is not acceptable.  There is only one way to overcome this deadly impasse, and that is to mobilize a socialist alternative. A political movement that can unite the working-classes, overcome capitalism, deliver real economic democracy, and enable us to achieve rapid progress toward social and ecological goals.

Please stop acting surprised. A right-wing populist being elected when the people of a country are barely living paycheck to paycheck is, historically speaking, the most predictable thing that could have happened.

Our politics is encapsulated by each candidate one-upping each other on fracking: “I swear I will incinerate this planet, my opponent won’t but I promise you this whole place will go up in smoke so fast”

@Olly_Tennis_ If anyone can find me an Aussie open 2017 shirt (that diagonal stripe!) I’ll love you forever

#8 - Australian Open 2016 💚🇦🇺

OUTFIT THREAD 🧵 To celebrate his 43rd birthday, here is a collection of some of Roger Federer’s best ever outfits: #1 - Cincinnati 2015 🩷🇺🇸

NBC show one other swimmer challenge. They were showing Katie’s family’s reaction as a close race for silver & bronze came down the stretch. Excruciating!!

The world is waiting to see who will be the first tennis player to learn to write backwards

The only as agency I’d work for is R/GA and it’s entirely due to this social media account

I'm using Valentine's Day to tell people how I feel (unsubscribe from emails)

If you are feeling sad and hopeless that is completely understandable, but it's also a luxury we can't afford right now. Here's a list of some great organisations helping on the ground, just as a handy guide:

The Guardian has created a stunning visual map of the scale of destruction in Gaza. Homes, mosques, libraries, churches, schools, universities -- everything that makes civil life possible -- erased. theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

🧵 ~#MLKDay Eve Reading/Listening~ I invite everyone to read and/or listen to my father’s words this evening before posting tomorrow. Here’s a list:

My favorite shit-era twitter twitter paid ad is this one for little stamped steel brackets

Y’all Harry Houdini was fit! How do I get those legs