Forget ‘polarization.’ It’s the GOP’s radicalization.
There is a stark dichotomy: Democrats move to the center to get bipartisan support;
Republicans become radicalized and unmovable.
This is not “polarization.”
It is the authoritarian capture of much of the GOP by a right-wing movement bent on sowing chaos.
Turkey, Hungary and other countries with autocratic strongmen are not polarized;
democratic forces try their best to prevent their country’s ruin a…
Forget ‘polarization.’ It’s the GOP’s radicalization.
There is a stark dichotomy: Democrats move to the center to get bipartisan support;
Republicans become radicalized and unmovable.
This is not “polarization.”
It is the authoritarian capture of much of the GOP by a right-wing movement bent on sowing chaos.
Turkey, Hungary and other countries with autocratic strongmen are not polarized;
democratic forces try their best to prevent their country’s ruin a…
The Vietnam Day Committee organized Stop the Draft Week, a week of protests at the Oakland Draft Induction Center, in October 1967
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2019/05/10/11-years-of-radical-thought-and-act…
Poland doubles its contribution to Czech ammunition initiative for Kyiv: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/27/poland-doubles-its.html
The Vietnam Day Committee organized Stop the Draft Week, a week of protests at the Oakland Draft Induction Center, in October 1967
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2019/05/10/11-years-of-radical-thought-and-act…
the new study pavilion for the Technical University of #Braunschweig, #Germany,
“We wanted it to be a counter model to the university’s high-rise building and its conventional one-sided lecture halls. It’s more like an extension of the landscape that can be forever modified, a non-hierarchical spa…
Come on. This push to summarize all webpages and written content with #AI is ridiculous.
See this example from #Arc Search - in what world is this an adequate summary for an 8,000 word article that takes 43 minutes to read?
The amount of detail, specificity, narrative, and actual arguments that get lo…
Curb Your Enthusiasm takes on voter suppression
In 2023, Black Voters Matter faced a complaint it was running afoul of electioneering rules after it handed out food and water to people standing in polling lines in Albany, Georgia.
The state board of elections dismissed the complaint.
Albright said he was happy David had chosen to focus on the issue.
“I loved it. He was clearly trying to point out how ridiculous the law is, especially when you have folks waiting on u…
What should the Democrats run on?
Alerting every voter to what is in store for them if the radical right succeeds in its endgame to enchain American democracy.
Lurking behind the full-frontal assault by Donald Trump and his enablers lies a more far-reaching threat.
If the Republicans gain control of both Houses of Congress, expect a state-authorized #Constitutional