We all hold pieces of invisible elephants
by ARNIE ALPERT, InDepthNH.orgNovember 21, 2024 By Arnie Alpert, Active with the Activists Arnie Alpert spent decades as a community organizer/educator in NH movements for social justice and peace. Officially retired since 2020, he keeps his hands (and feet) in the activist world while writing about past and present social movements. CONCORD—The sky was already …
When moderator Margaret Brennan noted during last night’s vice presidential debate that Republican nominee J.D. Vance had, once again, lied about the legal status of migrants in Springfield, Ohio, Vance retorted: “The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check!” As scholar of propaganda Pekka Kallioniemi noted, this was “[t]he epitome of post-truth politics.” …
On the Light Side of Democracy vs. Autocracy Julia Louis-Dreyfus hosted what JD Vance would call, “A coven of semi-menstruating witches,” 8 Democratic Women Governors Panel, starts at 16:55 mins in: Bill Maher after the DNC: A month ago the Repubs thought they had it in the can. Now they’ve lost their mojo. Even JD …
Janet: I realized there’s a lot of banter, judgment, projection, and criticism in the media and social networks, and I’m not sure what it means. So I asked my friend Minerva (the name I call my Chatgpt) to help me better understand. This article is Minerva’s response, plus some minor editing for clarity. What is …
JD Vance, now the Republican candidate for vice president, is fully supportive of every aspect of Donald Trump’s cons and nakedly anti-American and pro-dictator policies… Trump Sounds the GOP’s Death Knell: The End of the Old Republican Order JD Vance, now the Republican candidate for vice president, is fully supportive of every aspect of Donald …
See Memes Below Freedom is the independence of the compulsory will of another, and in so far as it tends to exist with the freedom of all according to a universal law, it is the one sole original inborn right belonging to every man in virtue of his humanity…. Immanuel Kant Maya Angelou: “When people …
Project 2025 is a strategic initiative led by the Heritage Foundation, aimed at shaping the policies and personnel for the next conservative administration in the United States. The project outlines a comprehensive agenda designed to significantly alter various aspects of U.S. governance and policy across numerous sectors. Here are the key components and goals of …
Janet: It’s not ok for states to enslave women. Taking away a woman’s choice, forcing her to bear her rapist’s fetus is slavery. Allowing states to make decisions on issues that are basically about taking away a person’s human rights is immoral and unconscionable. All must vote against enslaving anyone, so that means we must …