,"When posted","Page title",Summary,URL
"2020/09/20/Pelosi won't rule out using impeachment as option to stop Trump Supreme Court pick",2020-09-20,"Pelosi won't rule out using impeachment as option to stop Trump Supreme Court pick","“House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] on Sunday would not rule out impeachment as an option to stop President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick from being [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|confirmed to the bench]], saying [[US/Democratic Party|Democrats]] will ""use every arrow in our quiver” to block the eventual nominee.”",https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-doesnt-rule-out-using-impeachment-as-option-to-stop-trump-supreme-court-pick
"2020/09/19/Everything at stake in the upcoming Supreme Court battle",2020-09-19,"Everything at stake in the upcoming Supreme Court battle","“There are significant political and logistical hurdles that McConnell must clear to confirm Trump's nominee with just 45 days left until the election. But there’s little Democrats can do to halt the process if Republicans, who hold a majority in the Senate, [https://news.yahoo.com/why-and-how-republicans-will-push-through-trumps-supreme-court-nominee-184752773.html remain united]. ”",https://news.yahoo.com/everything-at-stake-in-the-upcoming-supreme-court-battle-222302832.html
"2020/09/19/Obama calls for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor to be appointed by the election winner",2020-09-19,"Obama calls for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor to be appointed by the election winner","[[Barack Obama]]: “A basic principle of the law – and of everyday fairness – is that we apply rules with consistency, and not based on what's convenient or advantageous in the moment. The [[rule of law]], the legitimacy of our courts, the fundamental workings of our [[democracy]] all depend on that basic principle.”",https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/9/19/21446538/obama-statement-ruth-bader-ginsburg-death-rbg
"2020/09/19/Trump and GOP rush on replacing RBG",2020-09-19,"Trump and GOP rush on replacing RBG out of weakness and fear","“To Republicans, the rush to [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] is a simple proposition: If they don’t replace her right now with a conservative jurist, they’ll lose their chance to replace her. [..] In other words, they think they’re going to lose [[US/president/election/2020|in November]].”",https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/19/1978811/-Trump-and-GOP-rush-on-replacing-RBG-out-of-weakness-and-fear
"2020/09/19/donors inundate ActBlue",2020-09-19,"Showing they want Democrats to fight GOP efforts to replace Ginsburg, donors inundate ActBlue","“As the political reality of Ginsburg’s passing sank in, the ticker that keeps track of donations soared on ActBlue, the non-profit operation that provides a tool for left-leaning activists to raise money for political candidates and issues. About $100,000 in donations came each minute.”",https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/19/1978795/-Showing-they-want-Democrats-to-fight-GOP-efforts-to-replace-Ginsburg-donors-inundate-ActBlue
"2020/09/19/In Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg",2020-09-19,"In Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)","“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who first rose to national prominence as an ACLU lawyer fighting for equal rights for women, has died at 87 years old.”",https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/in-memory-of-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-1933-2020/
"2020/09/18/White House announces Trump will nominate a new justice",2020-09-18,"White House announces Trump will nominate a new justice, McConnell announces there will be a vote","“...sources inside the White House have already made it clear that Trump intends to nominate [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|a replacement]] ""[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-put-nominee-replace-justice-ruth-bader/story?id=73107862 in the coming days]."" It can be expected that nominee will come from the [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/additions-president-donald-j-trumps-supreme-court-list/ list of potential justices] Trump published just last week, but considering that it is [[Donald Trump]], anything is possible.",https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/18/1978612/-White-House-announces-Trump-will-nominate-a-new-justice-McConnell-announces-there-will-be-a-vote
"2020/09/18/Murkowski says no Supreme Court confirmation before the inauguration",2020-09-18,"Murkowski: 'Fair is fair,' no Supreme Court confirmation before the inauguration. Who's joining her?","“Remarkably, Sen. [[Lisa Murkowski]], just told Alaska Public Media on Friday afternoon that she would not confirm a new Supreme Court justice before next year's inauguration. ""Fair is fair,"" she said speaking hypothetically before the announcement of Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]'s passing.”",https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/18/1978609/-Murkowski-Fair-is-fair-no-Supreme-Court-confirmation-before-the-inauguration-Who-s-joining-her
"2020/09/18/What Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Means for America",2020-09-18,"What Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Means for America","“A furious battle over a Supreme Court vacancy is arguably the last thing the United States needs right now. [..] The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today represents a devastating loss for feminists who held up the 87-year-old as an icon of women’s rights, and as a bulwark protecting abortion rights and a wide range of other progressive ideals on a conservative Supreme Court.”",https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dies/616132/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
"2020/09/18/Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87",2020-09-18,"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87","“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.”",https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87
"2020/07/27/Just an ordinary TERF talking about biology",2020-07-27,"Just an ordinary TERF talking about biology","Myers dissects some bizarre arguments from [https://twitter.com/lissyboops @lissyboops], who is apparently of the [[TERF]] persuasion.",https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/07/27/just-an-ordinary-terf-talking-about-biology/
"2020/07/16/Fox News pushed coronavirus misinformation",2020-07-16,"Fox News pushed coronavirus misinformation 253 times in just five days","“[[Fox News]] repeated [[COVID-19|coronavirus]] [[misinformation]] 253 times in its weekday coverage from July 6 through 10, including claims that undermined scientific research about the pandemic, eroded trust in public health experts and policy recommendations, called for reopening schools and businesses without regard to public health precautions, and politicized the country’s response to the virus.”",https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/fox-news-pushed-coronavirus-misinformation-253-times-just-five-days
"2020/07/10/Cultivating a British flavor of narrow-mindedness",2020-07-10,"Cultivating a British flavor of narrow-mindedness","""I saw the same thing in US skeptics, of course. But there was something fundamental going on that is also reflected in the British school of [[evolutionary biology]], represented by [[Maynard Smith]] and [[Richard Dawkins|Dawkins]], that totally embraced reductive explanations and [[adaptationism]], vs. the American subset led by Lewontin and [[Stephen Jay Gould|Gould]], who fiercely opposed [[eugenics]] and detested the arrogance of thinking biology could be reduced to a catalog of alleles."" .. ""Then there's the outcome of all this activity by bigots claiming the mantle of science – some people actually believed.""",https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/07/10/cultivating-a-british-flavor-of-narrow-mindedness/
"2020/06/17/Fox News Argues Viewers Don't Assume Tucker Carlson Reports Facts",2020-06-17,"Fox News Argues Viewers Don't Assume Tucker Carlson Reports Facts","[[Fox News]] argues in court that [[Tucker Carlson]]'s audience knows that things which Carlson asserts, no matter how definitively stated as fact, may in fact have been entirely made up by Carlson on the spot and could be completely false, and that Carlson's employer will not only take no action against him for doing so but will in fact defend him.",https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/fox-news-defends-tucker-carlson-karen-mcdougal-slander-suit-1298999
"2020/06/10/J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues",2020-06-10,"J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues","""For people who don’t know: last December I tweeted my support for [[Maya Forstater]], a tax specialist who’d lost her job for what were deemed ‘transphobic’ tweets. She took her case to an employment tribunal, asking the judge to rule on whether a philosophical belief that [[biological sex|sex is determined by biology]] is protected in law. Judge Tayler ruled that it wasn’t.""",https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/
"2020/02/18/Richard Dawkins Claims Eugenics Works",2020-02-18,"Richard Dawkins Claims Eugenics Works. He's Wrong.","“Last week, Britain discovered that they had a eugenicist advising the prime minister, and that caused a polite bit of upset for almost everyone&rdquo Among the people who were ok with it was [[Richard Dawkins]], who argued that [[eugenics]] may be morally wrong but it nonetheless works and these are [[just the facts]].",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMBriCmiTu0
"2019/12/20/JK Rowling's Transphobia Wasn't Hard to Find",2019-12-20,"JK Rowling's Transphobia Wasn't Hard to Find, She Wrote a Book About It","""It's not just her blatant transphobia on Twitter. As the trans community has been saying for years, [[J.K. Rowling|Rowling]]'s [[transphobia]] is obvious in her writing, too.""",https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkeynz/jk-rowlings-transphobia-wasnt-hard-to-find-she-wrote-a-book-about-it
"2019/12/18/Judge rules against researcher who lost job over transgender tweets",2019-12-18,"Judge rules against researcher who lost job over transgender tweets","[[Maya Forstater]], a tax expert who lost her contract at the [[Centre for Global Development]] after tweeting that transgender women cannot change their biological sex, has lost her tribunal case.",https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/18/judge-rules-against-charity-worker-who-lost-job-over-transgender-tweets
"2019/11/15/Researcher defends tweets on trans rights at employment tribunal",2019-11-15,"Researcher defends tweets on trans rights at employment tribunal","“[[Maya Forstater|Forstater]] tweeted that ""men cannot change into women"". She has argued that her ""[[gender critical]]"" beliefs should be protected under the 2010 Equality Act, and she has funded her legal challenge through the CrowdJustice website.” ...“She was accused of using ""offensive and exclusionary"" language in tweets opposing government proposals to reform the [[UK/2004 Gender Recognition Act|Gender Recognition Act]] to allow people to self-identify as the opposite sex.“",https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/nov/15/researcher-defends-tweets-on-trans-rights-at-employment-tribunal
"2019/11/14/Multnomah County Seeing Spike In People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness",2019-11-14,"Multnomah County Seeing Spike In People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness","“[Marc Jolin, the director of the Joint Office of Homeless Services], said the office already knows what the solution is. ""The fact that we don’t have [[supportive housing|supporting housing]] is why we’re seeing a persistent increase in the chronically [[homelessness|homeless]] over time,"" he said.”",https://www.thelundreport.org/content/multnomah-county-seeing-spike-people-experiencing-chronic-homelessness
"2019/11/03/Rabidly pro-Trump fake news site Epoch Times may be engaging in astroturfing",2019-11-03,"Rabidly pro-Trump fake news site Epoch Times may be engaging in astroturfing","“on [[2019/10/31|Thursday]], religious right activist [[Jim Garlow]] took to [[Facebook]] to confirm what a lot of people suspected – the most rabid [[Protestant fundamentalism|fundie]]s believe rolling back [[right to choose|abortion]] and [[marriage equality]] are so important that they must go all-in for [[Donald Trump|Trump]]. [..] Garlow took part in a gathering of Trumpvangelicals at the White House on [[2019/10/29|Tuesday]], and included a link to coverage of that gathering from an outfit known as ""[[The BL]]"". [...] a search turned up a [https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/10/11/pro-trump-outlet-linked-epoch-times/ Snopes investigation] from October that revealed some too-close-for-comfort ties between BL and [[Epoch Times]].”",https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/3/1896996/-Rabidly-pro-Trump-fake-news-site-Epoch-Times-may-be-engaging-in-astroturfing
"2019/10/29/Attracting a higher homeless population with Durham's Affordable Housing Plan",2019-10-29,"[Serious Discussion] Attracting a higher homeless population with Durham's Affordable Housing Plan?","“With a proposed $10,455,838 (pg. 4 in the referendum) to be spent on homeless programs over the next 5 years, how do we protect Durham from attracting an even greater number of homeless people?”",https://www.reddit.com/r/bullcity/comments/doqdvc/serious_discussion_attracting_a_higher_homeless/
"2019/10/29/The Long Shadow of the 'Welfare Queen'",2019-10-29,"The Long Shadow of the 'Welfare Queen'","“When [[Ronald Reagan]] and his advisors wanted to undermine the very institution of social programs, he turned to a news story out of Chicago – the tale of one [[Linda Taylor]], who'd bilked the government benefits system out of so much money she was dubbed the ""[[welfare queen]].""”",https://pictorial.jezebel.com/the-long-shadow-of-the-welfare-queen-1838856900
"2019/10/28/Facebook allows prominent right-wing website to break the rules",2019-10-28,"Facebook allows prominent right-wing website to break the rules","“The [[Daily Wire]], the [[right-wing]] website founded by pundit [[Ben Shapiro]], is a cesspool of [[misogyny]], [[bigotry]], and [[misinformation]]. Its toxic content is also fantastically successful on [[Facebook]], with each story reaching more people than any other major media outlet. A Popular Information investigation reveals some of this success is attributable to a clandestine network of 14 large Facebook pages that purport to be independent but exclusively promote content from The Daily Wire in a coordinated fashion.”",https://popular.info/p/facebook-allows-prominent-right-wing
"2019/10/28/Protests Continue Against Neo-Confederates in NC",2019-10-28,"Protests Continue Against Neo-Confederates in North Carolina","“Anti-racists continue to mobilize in [[US/NC|North Carolina]] against [[neo-Confederate]] and [[white nationalist]] groups, with this weekend seeing two more arrests on the anti-racist side.”",https://itsgoingdown.org/this-week-in-fascism-33-the-fash-shall-fall-again/
"2019/10/28/James Patrick Shillinglaw, American Identity Movement, Jamestown NC",2019-10-28,"James Patrick Shillinglaw, Identity Evropa/American Identity Movement, Jamestown, North Carolina","“[[Asheville Anti-Racism]] exposed [https://avlantiracism.blackblogs.org/2019/10/27/identifyevropa-meet-james-patrick-shillinglaw-child-abuser-and-violent-white-nationalist/ James Patrick Shillinglaw], of [[US/NC/Jamestown|Jamestown]], [[US/NC|North Carolina]], as a member of white nationalist group [[Identity Evropa]], recently renamed the [[American Identity Movement]].”",https://itsgoingdown.org/this-week-in-fascism-33-the-fash-shall-fall-again/
"2019/10/28/Jeremy Bertino, Proud Boy in Charlotte, North Carolina",2019-10-28,"Jeremy Bertino, Proud Boy in Charlotte, North Carolina","“Jeremy Bertino, of [[US/NC/Locust|Locust]], [[US/NC|North Carolina]], was exposed as a [[Proud Boy]] this week after rallying in [[US/NC/Pittsboro|Pittsboro]], North Carolina.”",https://itsgoingdown.org/this-week-in-fascism-33-the-fash-shall-fall-again/
"2019/10/28/Victory over the worst gerrymander in modern history",2019-10-28,"Victory over the worst gerrymander in modern history: Court blocks North Carolina GOP's House map","“On Monday, a bipartisan panel of state court judges delivered a monumental victory against the worst [[gerrymander]] in modern history when it [https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2019/10/28/5db75d06e4b006d49173ae52.pdf blocked] [[US/NC|North Carolina]] from using its [[US Republican Party|Republican]]-drawn congressional map in the 2020 elections, clearing the way for a fairer replacement that could see [[US Democratic Party|Democrats]] pick up three or more seats.”",https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/28/1895606/-Victory-over-the-worst-gerrymander-in-modern-history-Court-blocks-North-Carolina-GOP-s-House-map
"2019/10/21/Statement on GitLab",2019-10-21,"Statement on GitLab","""The [[MoodleNet]] team use products and services from [[GitLab]] Inc. to develop the MoodleNet code base. We were therefore disappointed to learn of a recent decision by GitLab Inc. to change their policies around who they will and will not do business with.""",https://blog.moodle.net/2019/statement-on-gitlab/
"2019/10/20/Amazon is shipping expired food",2019-10-20,"Amazon is shipping expired food, from baby formula to old beef jerky, scaring consumers and putting big brands at risk","“...items are arriving spoiled and well past their sell-by date, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] customers say. Interviews with brands, consumers, third-party sellers and consultants all point to loopholes in Amazon’s technology and logistics system that allow for expired items to proliferate with little to no accountability.”",https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/20/amazon-is-shipping-expired-baby-formula-and-other-out-of-date-foods.html
"2019/10/17/Inside TurboTax's 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free",2019-10-17,"Inside TurboTax's 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free","“Using lobbying, the revolving door and ""dark pattern"" customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government's attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.”",https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free?utm_source=pocket-newtab
"2019/09/30/Richard Dawkins Loves Evangelicals if They Hate Social Justice",2019-09-30,"Richard Dawkins Loves Evangelicals if They Hate Social Justice","[[Richard Dawkins]] is uncompromising in his opposition to [[religion]] – except when it happens to oppose something that he thinks is worse, like [[social justice]].",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtwdNQh25Xk
"2019/09/12/Against neurodiversity",2019-09-12,"Why the neurodiversity movement has become harmful","The movement has good intentions, but it favours the high-functioning and overlooks those who struggle with severe autism.",https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-neurodiversity-movement-has-become-harmful
"2019/08/05/Durham pushes ahead to raise funds for affordable housing",2019-08-05,"Will Durham’s business community support the city’s $95M affordable housing bond?","““A generation of opportunity” could be lost if voters don’t approve Durham’s $95 million affordable-housing bond this fall, [local businessman Steve Toler] said Monday.”",https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article233535487.html
"2019/06/24/Abortion and Ben Shapiro",2019-06-24,"Abortion & Ben Shapiro","“To DESTROY [[Ben Shapiro]], you must first BECOME Ben Shapiro”",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2PAajlHbnU
"2019/04/22/Here's How TurboTax Just Tricked You Into Paying to File Your Taxes",2019-04-22,"Here's How TurboTax Just Tricked You Into Paying to File Your Taxes","""Did you know that if you make less than $66,000 a year, you can prepare and file your taxes for free? No? That’s no accident. Companies that make tax preparation software, like [[Intuit]], the maker of [[TurboTax]], would rather you didn’t know.""",https://www.propublica.org/article/turbotax-just-tricked-you-into-paying-to-file-your-taxes
"2019/02/26/What You Need to Know About the Housing Bond",2019-02-26,"What You Need to Know About the Largest Proposed Housing Bond Referendum in North Carolina History","""In [Mayor [[Steve Schewel]]'s] view, the city's current funding for affordable housing isn’t enough to keep downtown from becoming an expensive enclave for white people. If residents are serious about preventing [[gentrification|displacement]], they need to put their money where their mouths are.""",https://indyweek.com/news/durham/durham-largest-affordable-housing-bond-north-carolina/
"2019/01/03/Transphobia in the UK",2019-01-03,"Transphobia in the UK","a mostly-audio (spoken word) video (35:05) giving a fairly detailed layout of [[transnegation]] arguments [[transnegation/UK|in the UK]]",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91_5OOmK1TQ
"2018/11/05/Why is British media so transphobic",2018-11-05,"Why is British media so transphobic?","""The answer lies in part to the coalescence of a certain set of ideas in a very specific circle of voices in the early 21st century – voices that later went on to hold high profile positions in much of the U.K.'s print and broadcast media.""",https://theoutline.com/post/6536/british-feminists-media-transphobic?zd=1&zi=ngu3tzky
"2018/08/30/Offering a more progressive definition of freedom",2018-08-30,"Offering a more progressive definition of freedom","[[Pete Buttigieg]] is the mayor of [[US/IN/South Bend|South Bend, Indiana]]. He is a progressive Democrat, Rhodes scholar, served a tour of duty in Afghanistan during his time as mayor, and is openly gay. In [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pete_buttigieg-36-year-old-mayor-south-bend-indiana-2020-713662/ a recent interview with ''Rolling Stone''], Buttigieg talked about the need for [[progressive]]s to recast concepts that [[political conservative]]s have traditionally “owned” – like [[freedom]], [[family]], and [[patriotism]] – in more progressive terms.",https://kottke.org/18/08/offering-a-more-progressive-definition-of-freedom
"2018/08/30/Beaten for Autism",2018-08-30,"Beaten for Autism?","The person filmed by KGW News on June 4 [[US/OR/Detroit/2018-06-04 police beating|being struck on the head 16 times by a Marion County sheriff deputy while pinned down by three additional officers]] says the incident may be partly understood as the response of uninformed individuals to [[autism|people they don’t understand]].",https://salemweeklynews.com/2018/08/beaten-for-autism/
"2018/08/16/Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults",2018-08-16,"Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults: A study of parental reports","In on-line forums, parents have been reporting that their children are experiencing what is described here as “rapid-onset gender dysphoria,” appearing for the first time during puberty or even after its completion.",https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330
"2018/08/09/Protester Maimed by Portland Police",2018-08-09,"Protester Maimed by Portland Police: ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’","Anthony, who asked to be identified only by his first name, was injured last weekend when cops in riot gear unleashed flashbangs, pepper spray, rubber bullets and other less-lethal weapons as local [[US/OR/Portland/2018/08/04/protest|protesters demonstrated against far-right groups massed downtown]].",https://www.thedailybeast.com/portland-protester-wounded-by-police-i-thought-i-was-going-to-die
"2018/08/07/Protesters clash with guards at Portland City Hall",2018-08-07,"Protesters clash with guards at Portland City Hall; 2 arrested","Protesters demanding reforms in police use of crowd control clashed with security officers at Portland City Hall after Mayor Ted Wheeler shut down a Wednesday morning City Council meeting.",https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protesters-plan-to-address-city-council-on-extensive-force/283-581509661
"2018/08/06/Allegations Of Protest Favoritism Ridiculous",2018-08-06,"Portland Police Chief: Allegations Of Protest Favoritism 'Ridiculous'","""Everything that was anticipated ... with the very clear intent of what people wanted to do, with the level of confrontation and violence that they were expecting to bring, that did not occur. The officers were there and they prevented all of that from happening.""",https://www.opb.org/news/article/danielle-outlaw-portland-protest-patriot-prayer-favoritism-arrests/
"2018/08/04/Mass Community Mobilization Against Far-Right",2018-08-04,"IGD Portland: Mass Community Mobilization Against Far-Right","Live blog from [[antifascism|antifascist]] mobilization in [[US/OR/Portland|Portland, Oregon]].",https://itsgoingdown.org/igd-portland-mass-community-mobilization-against-far-right/
"2018/08/04/Portland’s Patriot Prayer Rally Could Be Most Violent Since Charlottesville",2018-08-04,"Portland's Patriot Prayer Rally Could Be Most Violent Since Charlottesville, Activists Say","Armed, proto-fascist gangs are set to rally in [[US/OR/Portland|Portland, Oregon]], this weekend, stirring fears that the city could witness the kind of [[political violence]] not seen since the deadly [[white supremacy|white supremacist]] “[[Unite the Right]]” event in [[US/VA/Charlottesville|Charlottesville, Virginia]], nearly a year ago.",https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/portland-patriot-prayer-proud-boys-rally_us_5b646217e4b0de86f4a0ba04
"2018/07/17/Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States",2018-07-17,"Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States","“[[Election Systems & Software|The nation's top voting machine maker]] has admitted in a letter to a federal lawmaker that the company installed remote-access software on election-management systems it sold over a period of six years, raising questions about the security of those systems and the integrity of elections that were conducted with them.”",https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mb4ezy/top-voting-machine-vendor-admits-it-installed-remote-access-software-on-systems-sold-to-states
"2018/07/06/Portland has criminalized poverty and mental illness",2018-07-06,"Director’s Desk: Portland has criminalized poverty and mental illness","“Now we know: More than half of the people arrested in Portland last year were homeless. [...] The [[ACLU of Oregon]] issued a [https://aclu-or.org/en/publications/decriminalizing-homelessness-oregon report] last year documenting 224 laws around the state that target people who are homeless. It identified laws that target people for sleeping in public places, for begging for money and for loitering. In other words, ACLU of Oregon researchers identified laws that matter only if you are homeless.”",http://news.streetroots.org/2018/07/06/director-s-desk-portland-has-criminalized-poverty-and-mental-illness
"2018/07/04/Sheriff's office called on Oregon state legislator for representing constituents while black",2018-07-04,"Sheriff's office called on Oregon state legislator for representing constituents while black","“""Casing"" the neighborhood by knocking on doors and having extended conversations with the homeowners, carrying only a phone, a pen, and some leaflets. [[Janelle Bynum|Bynum]] appears to have, sadly, taken it in stride. ""It was just bizarre,"" she told an Oregonian reporter. ""It boils down to people not knowing their neighbors and people having a sense of fear in their neighborhoods, which is kind of my job to help eradicate. But at the end of the day, it's important for people to feel like they can talk to each other to help minimize misunderstandings."" Indeed. Had the woman who called the cops – it was a woman – simply engaged with Bynum, problem solved.”",https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/4/1777930/-Sheriff-s-office-called-on-Oregon-state-legislator-for-representing-constituents-while-black
Theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749,2018-07-01,"When Children Say They’re Trans","'''«'''Hormones? Surgery? The choices are fraught – and there are no easy answers.'''»''' ...except [[puberty blockers]] are generally a good idea. This article emphasizes the unknowns and the risks, and mistakenly implies they're not a good general solution.",https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/
"2018/07/01/Right-Wing Portland Rally Declared Riot Amid Clashes With Antifa Protesters",2018-07-01,"Right-Wing Portland Rally Declared Riot Amid Clashes With Antifa Protesters","A rally in Oregon sponsored by the [[right-wing]] group [[Patriot Prayer]] turned violent on Saturday as demonstrators clashed with [[anti-fascist]] protesters, who showed up in opposition to the event.",https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/patriot-prayer-portland-riot_us_5b383170e4b0f3c221a17a8f
"2018/06/30/Portland Police Declare a Riot",2018-06-30,"Portland Police Declare a Riot After Right-Wing Marchers Begin Beating Antifascists with Flag Poles","“For the first time in more than a year of street brawling, [[US/OR/Portland|Portland]] police today deemed a march by [[Proud Boys]] and other [[right-wing]] [[political protest|protesters]] too violent to continue.”",http://www.wweek.com/news/2018/06/30/portland-police-declare-a-riot-after-right-wing-marchers-begin-beating-antifascists-with-flag-poles/
"2018/06/27/Portland Police Saw Right-Wing Protesters as Mainstream",2018-06-27,"Portland Police Saw Right-Wing Protesters as ""Much More Mainstream"" Than Leftist Ones","“Newly released draft reports from a city review of how Portland police handled dueling demonstrations last summer reveal cops admitting what activists have long suspected: They saw right-wing protesters as less of a threat than leftist ones.”",http://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2018/06/27/portland-police-saw-right-wing-protesters-as-much-more-mainstream-than-leftist-ones/
Slate.com/human-interest/2018/06/trans-affirmative-care-for-kids-is-safe-and-healthy,2018-06-22T15:21:00,"Contra the Fearmongering Atlantic Story, Trans-Affirming Care Is Great for Kids","'''«'''Given all this [[think of the children|hand-wringing over ''the children'']], it feels necessary to say, unambiguously, that such fears are overblown and can lead parents astray, guiding them toward decisions that may permanently harm their kids and endanger their relationship with them for the rest of their lives. Contrary to the fears of [[Jesse Singal|Singal]] and his ilk, current research supports a flexible approach that does not push children toward any particular outcome, and best practices put the needs of seriously distressed children first.'''»'''",https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/06/trans-affirmative-care-for-kids-is-safe-and-healthy.html
"2018/06/22/Woman who set self on fire in Portland park remembered",2018-06-22,"Woman who set self on fire in Portland park remembered as 'brilliant and tortured' artist","“The 31-year-old woman walked on crutches into a downtown [[US/OR/Portland|Portland]] park. Minutes later, she set herself on fire. Bystanders put out the fire that consumed [[Chloe Sagal]], but she died from her injuries. It was an act, witnesses and friends say, that was a [[political protest]] as well as a [[suicide]].”",https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/06/woman_who_set_self_on_fire_in.html
"2018/06/06/Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw on protests, trust and learning her new city",2018-06-06,"Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw on protests, trust and learning her new city","""The mix-up proved to be a quick, hard lesson for [[Danielle Outlaw|Outlaw]] on [[US/OR/Portland|Portland]]'s unusual commission form of government. Mayor Ted Wheeler, who also serves as police commissioner, doesn’t have the final say on decisions like this. He must wade through established city procedures and gain majority support on the City Council.""",https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/erry-2018/06/39e50222806705/portland_police_chief_danielle.html
"2018/03/28/Is J.K. Rowling Transphobic",2018-03-28,"Is J.K. Rowling Transphobic? A Trans Woman Investigates","""Ultimately, the answer is yes, she is [[transphobic]], at least in the ways that so many average [[cisgender]] people can be. However, because she’s [[J.K. Rowling]], creator of the [[Harry Potter|best-selling book series of all time]] and an idol to so many LGBTQ+ children and now adults, she gets called out for it. I think it's fair that she receives criticism from trans people, especially given her advocacy on behalf of queer people in general, but also because she has a huge platform. Many people look up to her for creating a singular piece of popular culture that holds deep meaning for fans from different walks of life, and she has a responsibility to handle that platform wisely.""",https://www.them.us/story/is-jk-rowling-transphobic
"2018/03/05/Sex Change Physically Impossible Psychosocially Unhelpful and Philosophically Misguided",2018-03-05,"Sex Change: Physically Impossible, Psychosocially Unhelpful, and Philosophically Misguided","""Modern medicine can’t reassign sex physically, and attempting to do so doesn’t produce good outcomes psychosocially. Here is the evidence."" Article presents evidence to the contrary, ignores it, and repeatedly concludes that [[cherry-picking|selected ideologues]] are ''prima facie'' correct.",https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/03/21151/
"2018/02/15/Transgender Women Aren't Women",2018-02-15,"Transgender Women Aren't ""Women""","""I wanted to talk about the fact that I personally find it kind of offensive when transgender people don't own the fact that they're trans."" Video is Tweeted, and much debate ensues.",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZOZY6A62XY
"2018/01/22/Vast majority of new wealth last year went to top one percent",2018-01-22,"Vast majority of new wealth last year went to top 1%","“A new billionaire is created every other day. The three richest Americans have the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the U.S. population. And 82% of the global wealth generated last year went to just 1% of the world's population.”",https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/22/vast-majority-new-wealth-last-year-went-top-1/1051947001/
"2018/01/15/Arsonist TERF thinks trans women are immoral",2018-01-15,"Arsonist TERF thinks trans women are immoral & should be beaten","""I’m quite prepared to threaten violence because it seems to me that politically what they’re seeking to do is piss on all women. That’s what they’re doing for their personal gratification. There aren’t many of them, but what really offends me is the extent to which academia and political parties have listened to them in a way that they’re not listening to us as women."" – [[Linda Bellos]]",http://www.transadvocate.com/arsonist-terf-thinks-trans-women-are-immoral-should-be-beaten_n_21510.htm
"2017/09/04/The Purge Of Transgender People From American Life Has Begun",2017-09-04,"The Purge Of Transgender People From American Life Has Begun","“Five members of [[Donald Trump|Trump]]'s [[evangelical]] executive advisory board, including the founder of the [[FRC|Family Research Council]] [[James Dobson]], [https://www.thegailygrind.com/2017/08/31/trump-advisers-sign-nashville-statement-denouncing-homosexual-immorality-transgenderism/ signed the Nashville Statement]. The Nashville statement dictated that [[transgender]] people should not be tolerated in society, and that anyone who tolerates them is not a [[Christian]].”",https://web.archive.org/web/20170904222612/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-purge-of-transgender-people-from-american-life_us_59ad7f7ae4b0bef3378cda5e
"2017/09/01/How Russian & Alt-Right Twitter Accounts Worked Together to Skew the Narrative About Berkeley",2017-09-01,"How Russian & Alt-Right Twitter Accounts Worked Together to Skew the Narrative About Berkeley","“The narrative surrounding [[2017-08-27 Berkeley protest|last weekend’s protests in Berkeley]] took shape on social media and was picked up, at least in part, by [[mainstream media|mainstream news outlets]]. The result was a skewed presentation of events that was almost entirely devoid of the context in which they took place. Even more troubling: [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-01/russia-linked-bots-hone-online-attack-plans-for-2018-u-s-vote that narrative was influenced by pro-Russian social media networks], including state-sponsored propaganda outlets, botnets, cyborgs, and individual users.”",https://arcdigital.media/how-russian-alt-right-twitter-accounts-worked-together-to-skew-the-narrative-about-berkeley-f03a3d04ac5d
"2017/09/01/The Idiot Boys of Antifa and the Alt-Right",2017-09-01,"The Idiot Boys of Antifa and the Alt-Right","“A lot of what’s happened over the last 10,000 years can be attributed to hormonally charged young men pulling stupid crap.”",http://amp.nationalreview.com/article/451040/antifa-alt-right-idiot-boys-young-men-pulling-stupid-crap
"2017/08/31/Preacher Aligned with Portland Far-Right Group Promises Bloodshed",2017-08-31,"Preacher Aligned with Portland-Area Far-Right Group Promises “Bloodshed” at Future Rallies","“[[US/OR/Portland|Portland]] resident and [[religious right|far-right preacher]] [[Allen Pucket]] has penned an inflammatory Facebook post promising violence at future protests, possibly including the upcoming ""Freedom March"" and counter-protests slated to envelop downtown Portland on Sept. 10..”",https://www.wweek.com/news/2017/08/31/preacher-aligned-with-portland-area-far-right-group-promises-bloodshed-at-future-rallies/
"2017/08/31/White Supremacist Preacher Promises Bloodshed",2017-08-31,"The Right Wing 'God Will Wipe Them Out': White Supremacist Preacher Promises 'Bloodshed' at Future Rallies","“In a video, [[Allen Wesley Pucket|Pucket]] also said that “God’s going to wipe them out one day anyway,” referring to anti-racist and [[antifa|anti-fascist]] counter-protesters who have marched against white supremacist groups in recent months. He also professed a belief that those who organize such rallies shouldn’t cancel them for fear of violent retaliation, but should be ""patriots"" willing to ""fight"" in the streets for their white supremacist beliefs.”",https://www.alternet.org/right-wing/god-will-wipe-them-out-white-supremacist-preacher-promises-bloodshed-future-rallies
"2017/08/19/what the evidence says about Mr. Damore’s Google memo",2017-08-19,"The truth has got its boots on: what the evidence says about Mr. Damore’s Google memo","a detailed rebuttal of the supposedly-scientific arguments supporting [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|Damore's arguments]]; includes links to many other rebuttals and related resources",https://medium.com/@tweetingmouse/the-truth-has-got-its-boots-on-what-the-evidence-says-about-mr-damores-google-memo-bc93c8b2fdb9
"2017/08/13/Damore's Claim There Are Population-Level Differences Between the Genders Is Not The Central Problem With His Manifesto",2017-08-13,"Damore's Claim There Are Population-Level Differences Between the Genders Is Not The Central Problem With His Manifesto.","“In response to [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the Damore manifesto]], ""[[Heterodox Academy]]"", a group that includes multiple political points of view, [https://heterodoxacademy.org/2017/08/10/the-google-memo-what-does-the-research-say-about-gender-differences/ posted] that the scientific evidence is strong that there are population-level differences between the genders. However, the bare assertion that there are population-level differences between the genders is not the central problem with Damore's manifesto.”",https://medium.com/@syntheticzero/damores-claim-there-are-population-level-differences-between-the-genders-is-not-the-central-7d8706779be
"2017/08/11/The science doesn't support the Google memo",2017-08-11,"We've studied gender and STEM for 25 years. The science doesn't support the Google memo.","“These are some issues that males simply do not have to face. The ""anxiety gap"" exists for a reason, and it is not about biology.”",https://www.recode.net/2017/8/11/16127992/google-engineer-memo-research-science-women-biology-tech-james-damore
"2017/08/11/From a logical point of view",2017-08-11,"From a logical point of view ...","“To translate this into practical language, if [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the Google Manifesto]] was correct, then you would expect to see that [[Google]] was full of mediocre female employees, who had been hired by a process biased in their favour despite being inadequate to the task. Whatever [[James Damore|the author of the manifesto]] thinks, Google does not believe this to be the case and as far as I can tell from industry blogs, it isn’t – female employees in tech are generally very good. This would, of course, be consistent with the hypothesis that the current selection process is biased against them.”",http://crookedtimber.org/2017/08/11/from-a-logical-point-of-view/
"2017/08/10/Google town hall meeting canceled after days of online harassment",2017-08-10,"Google town hall meeting canceled after days of online harassment","“The cancellation of the town hall meeting caps off nearly a week of escalating anxiety around the targeted harassment of various [[Google]] employees. Very shortly after Motherboard [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzbm4a/employees-anti-diversity-manifesto-goes-internally-viral-at-google first reported] the existence of a [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|controversial memo]] circulating inside Google, the memo's author was identified as [[James Damore]]. (Damore was [https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damore-fired-anti-diversity-manifesto fired on Monday]). Since then, [[online harassment|various corners of the internet have targeted]] Googlers who have been openly critical of the memo.”",https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/10/16128518/google-town-hall-meeting-canceled-online-harassment
"2017/08/10/James Damore's shoddy defense",2017-08-10,"James Damore's shoddy defense","“I keep getting told that [[James Damore]] loves diversity. It’s the first thing he says in [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|his manifesto]]. [...] Simply put, [http://www.sciencealert.com/a-google-employee-was-fired-after-blaming-biology-for-tech-s-gender-gap-but-the-science-shows-he-s-wrong Damore's conclusions are not backed up] by the [[scientific consensus]].”",https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/10/james-damores-shoddy-defense/
"2017/08/09/Sorry, Google memo man: women were in tech long before you",2017-08-09,"Sorry, Google memo man: women were in tech long before you","“[[James Damore]]'s controversial [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|manifesto]] says women are genetically unsuited to tech roles. Doesn't he know they were the original computer programmers?”",https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/09/google-memo-man-women-tech-original-computer-programmers
"2017/08/08/No, the Google manifesto isn't sexist or anti-diversity",2017-08-08,"No, the Google manifesto isn't sexist or anti-diversity. It's science","“Despite how it's been portrayed, [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the memo]] was fair and factually accurate. Scientific studies have confirmed sex differences in the brain that lead to differences in our interests and behaviour.”",https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/no-the-google-manifesto-isnt-sexist-or-anti-diversity-its-science/article35903359/
"2017/08/08/Conservatives Outraged After Google Fires Engineer",2017-08-08,"Conservatives Outraged After Google Fires Engineer Whose 'Manifestbro' Says Women Biologically Less Suited for Leadership","“[[Dysconservatism|Conservatives]], especially those who seemingly [[freeze peach|don't understand the First Amendment or concepts of free speech]], are outraged.”",http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/conservative_outraged_after_google_fires_engineer_whose_manifestbro_says_women_biologically_less_able_to_handle_stress_fired_by_google
"2017/08/08/The Guy Who Wrote the 'Google Memo' Just Might Sue",2017-08-08,"The Guy Who Wrote the 'Google Memo' Just Might Sue","“The [[James Damore|former Google employee]] who was fired after posting a [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|missive criticizing the company's diversity efforts]] calls his dismissal illegal and says he is ""exploring all possible legal remedies.""”",https://www.wired.com/story/james-damore-author-google-memo-might-sue/
"2017/08/08/The free speech absolutists have a martyr in James Damore",2017-08-08,"The free speech absolutists have a martyr in James Damore","“[[James Damore]], the author of that [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|dumbass Google manifesto]], has been fired. Now he wants to sue Google, and all the usual suspects are [[freeze peach|howling about “Free Speech!”]] [but] It's absurd. This really isn’t a free speech issue.”",https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/08/the-free-speech-absolutists-have-a-martyr-in-james-damore/
"2017/08/06/What differentiates a good engineer from a clueless ignoramus",2017-08-06,"What differentiates a good engineer from a clueless ignoramus?","“Have you read the [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|manifesto published internally at Google]] that has thrown many people into a tizzy? It’s amazingly stupid. Yet another blinkered male engineer babbling about his biases as if they are factual.”",https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/06/what-differentiates-a-good-engineer-from-a-clueless-ignoramus/
"2017/08/05/about this Googler’s manifesto",2017-08-05,"So, about this Googler’s manifesto.","“You have probably heard about the manifesto a Googler (not someone senior) published internally about, essentially, how women and men are intrinsically different and we should stop trying to make it possible for women to be engineers, it’s just not worth it.”",https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/so-about-this-googlers-manifesto-1e3773ed1788
"2017/08/05/Here's The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google",2017-08-05,"Exclusive: Here's The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google (Updated)","Article reports the full text of the memo, minus some graphics and links. “I value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes. When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can’t have an honest discussion about this, then we can never truly solve the problem.”",http://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-diversity-screed-1797564320
"2017/08/02/Allen Pucket",2017-08-02,"Allen Pucket: A Case Study In Creeping Fascism As Facilitated By Joey Gibson","In this article, we will highlight a member of the [[far-right]] that moved over to explicit [[white supremacy]]: self-described white nationalist, [[Allen Wesley Pucket]].",https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/allen-pucket/
"2017/07/17/Transgender People and Biological Sex Myths",2017-07-17,"Transgender People and “Biological Sex” Myths","“...sometimes, efforts to undermine or exclude trans women rely on a somewhat different tactic which takes the following form: A case will be made that sex is distinct from [[gender]] – the former being purely biological in nature, the latter being entirely social. Upon making this claim, it will then be argued that, while trans women may indeed be women (because “woman” is a gender category), we nevertheless remain “biologically male” (a sex category).”",https://medium.com/@juliaserano/transgender-people-and-biological-sex-myths-c2a9bcdb4f4a
"2017/06/27/Debunking Trans Women Are Not Women Arguments",2017-06-27,"Debunking “Trans Women Are Not Women” Arguments","“...since these trans-women-are-not-women claims recur on a regular basis (and are often forwarded by people who self-identify as feminists), I thought that it would be worthwhile to compile all my relevant counterarguments in one essay.”",https://medium.com/@juliaserano/debunking-trans-women-are-not-women-arguments-85fd5ab0e19c
"2017/04/17/Pro-Trump Oregon Street Preacher Kicks Guy at Crazy Berkeley Rally",2017-04-17,"VIDEO: Pro-Trump Oregon Street Preacher Kicks Guy at Crazy Berkeley Rally","“The man wearing a ""JESUS WILL JUDGE YOU"" sweatshirt while kicking a person on the ground – standing next to a noted [[white supremacist]] sucker punching a woman in the face – is antagonistic Oregon street preacher [[Allen Wesley Pucket]]. He traveled with his associates down to Berkeley, California, on Saturday for a pro-[[Donald Trump]] ""Patriot Day"" [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pg5bnm/violent-protests-turned-berkeley-into-a-battleground rally that turned violent",https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/04/17/18954909/video-pro-trump-oregon-street-preacher-kicks-guy-at-crazy-berkeley-rally
"2017/04/06/Breitbart publishes multiple anti-Kushner stories in the wake of Steve Bannon's NSC ouster",2017-04-06,"Breitbart publishes multiple anti-Kushner stories in the wake of Steve Bannon's NSC ouster","''As [[Media Matters]] [https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/04/06/defend-bannon-breitbart-has-opened-fire-presidents-son-law/215938 notes], [[Breitbart News|Breitbart]] published four negative stories about [[Jared Kushner|Kushner]] on the same day that news broke that [[Steve Bannon|Bannon]] was out at the NSC.''",http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/breitbart-publishes-multiple-anti-kushner-stories-in-the-wake-of-steve-bannons-nsc-ouster/
"2017/04/05/Bannon threatened to quit if removed from National Security Council",2017-04-05,"Bannon threatened to quit if removed from National Security Council role: report","''Chief [[Trump-Pence administration|White House]] strategist [[Steve Bannon|Stephen Bannon]] was unhappy with the decision to remove him from his role on the [[US/gov/National Security Council|National Security Council]] and threatened to quit, according to a new report.''",http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/327534-bannon-threatened-to-quit-if-removed-from-national-security-council
"2017/04/05/Kushner Hires Hollywood PR Exec To Help Run White House Campaign To Privatize Government Functions",2017-04-05,"Kushner Hires Hollywood PR Exec To Help Run White House Campaign To Privatize Government Functions","''The [[Office of American Innovation]] is intended to be non-partisan and is working with several industry leaders such as [[Elon Musk]], [[Tim Cook]], and [[Bill Gates]] to make government more efficient and forward-looking. [[Donald Trump|Trump]] won the presidency in part because he promised to [[running government like a business|bring an entrepreneurial style to the White House]].''",http://www.joemygod.com/2017/04/05/kushner-hires-hollywood-pr-exec-help-run-white-house-campaign-privatize-government-functions/
"2017/04/04/Are Butches Disappearing",2017-04-04,"Are Butches Disappearing?","(video) ""I've had enough of anti-trans lesbians attacking me, or trying to ""save"" me, which is incredibly condescending and erases the years of research and soul-searching (I actually prefer soul-creation) I have done. So I wanted to put all my thoughts down into a (big) “bite sized” chunk here to direct them to when they start to vomit a word salad at me.""",https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryUktDRu15k
"2017/03/30/I worked for Jared Kushner. He’s the wrong businessman to reinvent government.",2017-03-30,"I worked for Jared Kushner. He’s the wrong businessman to reinvent government.","''That same obsession with the tech world permeates [[Jared Kushner|Kushner]]'s [[Trump-Pence administration|new project]]. Cost-cutting is important in situations where there is excess, but it is not what catalyzes evolution; if the point here is to make government more effective, not just more efficient, cuts alone won’t do it.''",https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/30/i-worked-with-jared-kushner-hes-the-wrong-businessman-to-reinvent-government/
"2017/03/27/The Civil War is Here",2017-03-27,"The Civil War is Here","“The left doesn’t want to secede. It wants to rule.”",http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/266197/civil-war-here-daniel-greenfield
"2017/03/06/Steve Bannon in 2013: Joseph McCarthy was right in crusade against Communist infiltration",2017-03-06,"Steve Bannon in 2013: Joseph McCarthy was right in crusade against Communist infiltration","''[[Trump-Pence administration|Donald Trump]]'s chief White House strategist [[Steve Bannon]] said in 2013 that Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy]] was right in his 1950s campaign claiming widespread Communist infiltration into the United States government.''",http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/06/politics/kfile-bannon-mccarthy/index.html
"2017/03/04/how Jeff Sessions used his prosecuting power to target Democrats",2017-03-04,"'Gun for hire': how Jeff Sessions used his prosecuting power to target Democrats","As the justice department’s man in Alabama, [[Trump-Pence administration|Trump]]'s attorney general indicted political opponents in remarkably thin cases, court filings show.",https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/04/jeff-sessions-legal-past-democrats-trump-administration
"2017/02/10/Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement",2017-02-10,"Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement","White House chief strategist [[Steve Bannon]] is reportedly a reader of [[neoreactionary]] political theory. A tour through the pro-[[authoritarian]] philosophy gaining visibility on the [[right wing|right]].",https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/behind-the-internets-dark-anti-democracy-movement/516243/
"2017/01/31/Tumultuous Tillamook street preacher in Portland Airport brawl",2017-01-31,"Tumultuous Tillamook street preacher in Portland Airport brawl","A former [[US/OR/Tillamook County|Tillamook]] street preacher is back making headlines, this time entrenched in the recent social unrest at [[Portland International Airport]] (PDX).",https://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/tumultuous-tillamook-street-preacher-in-portland-airport-brawl/article_719e6b58-e7f2-11e6-8381-eb1b08fdf21d.html
"2016/12/09/Trump's pick for White House counsel is wrong for the job",2016-12-09,"Trump's pick for White House counsel is wrong for the job","""The White House counsel operates out of the public eye but has the president's ear. In the [[Trump administration]], with the unprecedented multiplicity of conflict-of-interest challenges facing the businessman-president, the job will take on added importance. As a Democratic commissioner at the Federal Election Commission, I served five years alongside [[Don McGann|Donald F. McGahn]], President-elect Donald Trump's choice for the post. My experience may be instructive – and disquieting.""",https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-worked-with-trumps-pick-for-white-house-counsel-he-doesnt-care-about-corruption/2016/12/09/76f0793c-bcac-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html
"2016/11/25/Trump fills White House counsel and deputy national security posts",2016-11-25,"Trump fills White House counsel and deputy national security posts","""President-elect [[Donald Trump]] on Friday named a [[libertarian]] election lawyer as his White House counsel and a hard-line former [[Reagan administration]] official to a top post on his national security staff.""",https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-fills-white-house-counsel-and-deputy-national-security-posts/2016/11/25/c4dee8d2-b341-11e6-be1c-8cec35b1ad25_story.html
"2016/10/Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences",2016-10-01,"Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences","'''«'''...this report shows that some of the most frequently heard claims about sexuality and gender are not supported by scientific evidence. The report has a special focus on the higher rates of mental health problems among LGBT populations, and it questions the scientific basis of trends in the treatment of children who do not identify with their biological sex.'''»''' This report ''also'' appears to be the entire contents of [http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/number-50-fall-2016 issue #50, Fall 2016], a ""special issue"" of ''[[The New Atlantis]]'', ""A Journal of Technology and Society"" which is published by the [[conservatism/US/org|US conservatist advocacy group]] [[Ethics and Public Policy Center]].",http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/number-50-fall-2016
"2016/09/11/The TSA is a Waste of Money That Doesn't Save Lives and Might Actually Cost Them",2016-09-11,"The TSA is a Waste of Money That Doesn't Save Lives and Might Actually Cost Them","“As a test, [[US/gov/DHS|Homeland Security]] officials tried to sneak guns and bombs through [[Transportation Safety Administration|TSA]] checkpoints. They succeeded almost every time.”",https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-tsa-is-a-waste-of-money-that-doesn-t-save-lives-and-might-actually-cost-them
"2016/08/31/Conway, Bannon Members of Secretive Group",2016-08-31,"Revealed: Conway, Bannon Members of Secretive Group","""The two political operatives chosen earlier this month to lead [[Donald Trump]]'s presidential campaign after two former managers departed have been members of the secretive [[Council for National Policy]] (CNP), Hatewatch has learned""",https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/08/31/revealed-conway-bannon-members-secretive-group