Hasan's "problematic" aspect was never really the same as a lot of others. Sometimes he does get a bit libbed up, and into the electoral spectacle of it all, but he is a news commentator. He's a got a bit of that electoral horse race special interest in him, and a bit of good natured nativity. I think some of that has stripped away over time, as he's more and more hit with the grim reality of how static the system is.
But he's always been pushing an internationalist message towards the audience, about AES and US imperialism. Drip-feeding theory and challenging some of the popular misconceptions of revolutionary figures. It's not always to the same degree as what you'd see here, but he is a propagandist. The message isn't oriented directly at people who are already communists.
So to seem him do such a big action in support of Cuba isn't surprising at all to me in the ideological sense. Though it is of course a big move in real practical terms, and I'm surprised (and happy) in that regard.
You are reading way too much into this lol.
It’s just a variation on the meme about touching grass sometimes.
That's not what they mean by "Be Normal".
It's about being able to connect a bit with everyday life and not being terminally online. Not being a QAnon/BlueAnon type person or painful to be around. Both for personal health, and to not seem crazy when trying to talk to people about important stuff lol.
The actual podcast isn't social conservative lol.
The subreddit can get some occasional overlap with stupidpol or redscare posters though. Kind of an issue. They are called out not infrequently, but stuff can filter through into the general vibe.
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Platner really is a level of organic stupid that we should be proud of. He's the pinnacle of American culture.
CIA sends ‘buyout’ offers to entire workforce
The Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday became the first major national security agency to offer so-called buyouts to its entire workforce, a CIA spokesperson and two other sources familiar with the offer said, part of President Donald Trump’s broad effort to shrink the federal government and shape it to his agenda.
Trump and his allies have claimed at different points that intelligence officers at the CIA have been part of a “deep state” determined to undermine him, and some critics have described the deferred resignation program as a purge – something Trump officials have denied. Some national security officials in Trump’s orbit believe that the CIA in recent years has become too heavily weighted towards analysis at the expense of clandestinely collecting intelligence and carrying out covert operations – functions of the agency’s much smaller Directorate of Operations. Ratcliffe during his confirmation hearing vowed to reinvest in both. “To the brave CIA officers listening all around the world, if all of this sounds like what you signed up for, then buckle up and get ready to make a difference,” he said in his opening statement. “If it doesn’t, then it’s time to find a new line of work.”
Every day a frightening new development of fascism, but also every day, more of the empire apparatus getting hollowed out. I wonder where the critical point is for this to collapse and reform into a new state.
This lady led a secret coup to depose the bourgeois government of the United States, installing a council republic with minimal bloodshed. Now, the next phase comes, to secure revolutionary power, and quell the counter revolution.
Girls rock.
Got an email from my union president a few minutes ago. UAW 4811, the union of academic workers in the UC system, "voted to hold a strike authorization vote as early as next week to give the Executive Board authority to call a strike."
This is obviously in regards to the attack at the UCLA encampments. My opinion of the highest level of my union leadership is kinda bad, there's still a decent bit of corruption that hasn't been stamped out, but I think this might have been egregious enough for the other organs of the union below to push for this. This could be pretty huge if it goes through, there's 48000 people in the union altogether. This would be a massive amount of economic pressure, so I can only hope.
The strike authorization vote will be across the entire union membership, which is good. The membership is consistently better about things than the highest leadership levels.
The amount of people concern trolling about incitement to violence in the replies. Holy fuck. Look at that US senator’s post about killing protesters. I’m honestly furious.
Republican senators were alarmed and relieved when they learned that their colleague Sen. Joni Ernst had choked during a party lunch on Thursday and was rescued by Sen. Rand Paul, who gave her the Heimlich maneuver.
Ernst appeared to be making jokes about the experience on social media, tweeting, “Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks @randpaul!”
“I didn’t actually see it,” said Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican of Texas. “We’ve had that happen one other time to one of our members. It’s kind of scary.”
Thank God. We almost had a tragedy. Imagine losing two American heroes in one day.
Thank you for your service, Mr. Paul. 
In a move that critics are calling “one of the most tasteless events I’ve ever heard of,” Berkeley landlords are celebrating the end of eviction protections in the East Bay city with a cocktail party. The Berkeley Property Owners Association, a trade group for rental property owners in Berkeley, apparently believes regaining the right to throw people out of their homes is cause for celebration — or at least a networking event. The “Fall Social Mixer: Celebrating the End of the Eviction Moratorium” is set for the evening of Sept. 12; the event was first spotted by Berkeleyside.
About an hour passed before protesters entered the bar, at which point multiple fights broke out, Berkeleyside reported. According to one witness, a male BPOA member who attended the event slapped a female protester in the face and pushed her. Videos of the event show other violent altercations, including a protester knocking a party attendee’s eyeglasses off and a party attendee swinging their fist toward a protester.
Statement by the Landlord association:
“We condemn the actions of hostile dissidents who disrupted a private gathering at a local restaurant to intimidate, harass, and physically assault our members who are law-abiding small business owners,” read part of a statement, which was shared with SFGATE.
"Hostile dissidents" is some interesting phrasing for local residents chanting outside of a bar.
Cuba is a beacon of progress and humanity in the Americas. Fidel Castro was a hero. Also a pro at dodging the CIA's kill squads.
Even if that shock happens, China will still be in a better situation. Like, they actually manufacture stuff there, and the government builds infrastructure aggressively. That’s two massive benefits to economic security and health.
This is ironic right? Please be ironic.