Echinocentric @Echinocentric@social.cleverlibre.org

"In America today, you're innocent until proven guilty" -- Kevin McCarthy on George Santos

Unless of course you are Hunter Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama.....etal

Remember all those frantic stories last year about how Walgreens in San Francisco were being routinely robbed, which contributed to the Fox News narrative about "Democrat-controlled" cities and the expensive recall of liberal SF supervisor @deanpreston? It was BS. https://popular.info/p/how-walgreens-manufactured-a-media

People who scream about panic or fearmongering are simply projecting their own lack of caution onto the rest of us.

FAFO applies.

@JoyceResistAndVote
LOL I recently heard there's a movement to sell frozen embryos to people who can't conceive to avoid discarding them.

I have no problem with that, but they're doing it so they don't go to hell.

People keep talking about the "emergency phase" of the pandemic ending. But as long as there's high transmission, #COVID-19 will always be an emergency for higher risk people.

New from @alexkotch and me:

Candace Owens’ BLEXIT Foundation, which aims to realign Black voters from the Democratic Party to the GOP, is being bankrolled by white right-wing billionaires.

This investigation in Important Context (subscribe!) was done in partnership with the OptOut Media Foundation and the Center for Media and Democracy.

https://importantcontext.substack.com/p/candace-owens-blexit-operation-bankrolled

Florida man won't stop obsessing over college students.

Governor Ron DeSantis is burnishing his culture warrior credentials ahead of 2024 — and students are suffering for it.

“We’re holding our breath,” says Sergio Cartagena, a sophomore at the University of Central Florida. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/ron-desantis-florida-education-stop-woke-1234659899/

Interesting how the media forgets to put in its headlines that **Biden’s team** are the ones finding the classified documents isn’t it?

Virginia bill would count a fetus as a car passenger in HOV lanes. Republicans try to advance "personhood"
(Adam Edelman/NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/virginia-bill-count-fetus-car-passenger-hov-lanes-rcna65298

The COVID ‘Kraken’ has been released, but the real monster isn't a variant – it’s our growing indifference
https://theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-covid-kraken-has-been-released-but-its-not-a-variant-its-our/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

SHAMEFUL! New House rules would enable Scott Perry, who is being investigated by the FBI, to investigate the investigators investigating him.

The #GOP is not “draining the swamp.” It is filling the swamp to an extent never seen before.

Yes, really: Ohio official decides Dr. Seuss is too woke for school children. #education #racism #GOP https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2023/01/09/olentangy-schools-halts-reading-of-dr-seuss-book-during-npr-podcast/69791362007/

💯 this guy cheats.

The reason there's so much money behind so-called "Charter Schools" and private schools and other institutions like hospitals, is to fucking control the lower class.

According Jason Zweig, there's three approaches to making money:

1. Lie to people who want to be lied to, and you’ll get rich.
2. Tell the truth to those who want the truth, and you’ll make a living.
3. Tell the truth to those who want to be lied to and you’ll go broke

More than 7,000 nurses from two of NYC's biggest hospitals on the third day of their strike over contract negotiations. They're demanding salary increases and improved staffing levels.
https://t.co/CreXr5Vbr4

When I was a child
I wanted to be a magician
pull rabbits from hats
saw an assistant in half
make elephants disappear
alas I never mastered
so much as a sleight of hand
but nevertheless
for my next trick
I shall try
to survive this pandemic.

@therobburgessshow

I've actually been homeless, so... Yeah.