On this day in 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation creating US Department of Justice. Two primary reasons for DOJ’s creation: protection of formerly enslaved people’s civil rights & to oppose domestic terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
Image: Thomas Nast, “Halt.” Public domain.
The past in a puddle.
XYZZY, PLUGH, GNUSTO, and REZROV
the more time goes on the more hardline I become against the "no sexuality for children" stuff. sexuality is, if anything, far greater of a primal force in children's lives than it is in adulthood given that it
* is the reason they exist to begin with
* governs the structure of their family
Edvard Munch, The Sun
"Ham-fisted bun-vendor!"
If I may be allowed to pitch my (familiar) not-quite-omni-cause: I think modern consumerism and “customer is always right” ideology, which have arisen in the post-war world, are genuine sources of pro-authoritarian sentiment.
Dr. Todd Arrington
Happy Father's Day to the dads who are holdin' it down for two families on two planets.
ae
The Lincolnshire Poster
Gaijin Mommy
Snowden St.
Add these 4 words to your vocabulary right now, experts say: They can make you more influential at work
This was anonymously leaked by several Timberland Regional Library employees.
Includes: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston Counties.
Add these 4 words to your vocabulary right now, experts say: They can make you more influential at work
Happy Father's Day to...that's your daughter, sir? Um...okay...Happy Father's Day to the dads adopting women who make their wives jealous?
Lucas Wagner
Incorporating a handful of simple words into your vocabulary can make you more persuasive, according to a Wharton professor, a Harvard study and more.
Literally I think we are seeing a post war democratic problem where a significant portion of democratic voters aren't just willing, they're outright eager to vote to get rid of democracies and go some form of RW autocracy.
Cascadia(PNW)
CNBC Make It
Downtown Brandi Frown 😾
Downtown Brandi Frown 😾
Per Orlando Figes, during the February Revolution protesters referred to police as "Pharaohs" and it makes me wonder about a world where Hitler never overtook the Biblical Pharaoh from Exodus as the symbol of tyranny and we refer to "Pharaoh Particles" and call things "Pharaohite."
Bill McKay
Schnorkles O'Bork
It is very dangerous to ever assume that the appeal of "Here is a list of "others" who are taking your prosperity from you and vote for us and we'll make sure you get it back" will fade for more than a cycle or two within the dominant group in a democracy.
Schnorkles O'Bork
there was a brief period where everyone appeared to go “oh fuck maybe electing the far right is a bad idea” after Trump got back in and apparently that is over now
guys he has not gotten better in the meantime
Micah
what the fuck
Reconstructionist
I regret to inform you that One Nation is outperforming Labor in 2PP polls now
Sharon
Are Albo and Carney the only centre left leaders who aren’t marching into electoral oblivion at this point
