#penguintariffs

@beaubishop.bsky.social Hulu. Paradise. Episode 7 is one of the best episodes of TV I've ever seen.

Trump's "who is screwing me" tracker:

- The European Union
- NATO
- Canada
- Mexico
- Ukraine
- Panama
- All our trades deals (many his)
- the Judiciary
- Economists
- the stock markets

Conspicuously unmentioned:
- Melania

House Dems need to do better than Hakeem Jeffries.

The GOP talking point today is:

"It's going to take unconventional methods to get us out of the mess we've been in the past 4 years"

"The mess"
- booming stock markets
- unprecedented job growth
- strong GDP
- wage growth
- plateauing inflation
- strong allies & trading partners
- a sane POTUS

Son: Are we better off now?

Dad: Well son, mom & dad have both lost their jobs. Our savings are gone, gas & grocery prices are up. We did, however, save you from drag queen story time.

Son: What's that?

Dad: A mythical thing they said was happening in your school, which we can't afford anymore.

The Resistance is strong!
#Resist

Turns out calling it the "Gulf of Mexico" is woke. (It's been called that since 1672.)

A sampling of his EOs on day 1:

- Withdraw from the Paris climate accord & WHO
- End constitutional birthright citizenship
- Reclassify federal employees, making them easier to fire
- fed policy recognizing only two genders
- pause the TikTok ban

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The command to love our enemies reminds us that our first task towards oppressors is pastoral: to help them recover their humanity"
-Walter Wink

"You are loved"
-George Reese on every birthday card

“You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul.”
-Gandhi

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”
-Edmund Burke

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."
- Fred Rogers

“If you see injustice and say nothing, you have taken the side of the oppressor.”
-Desmund Tutu

A collection (thread) of quotes that have stayed with me. In the dark days ahead I will turn to them for comfort. For insight. For motivation.

"The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars."
- MLK

Myles is a great human. I have my own ideas about what exactly Mason Rudolph said (minimum racist stuff but probably something more) and yeah the overall feeling is that he is a terrible person.

Happy Holidays from me and The Kid. 🎅🏼🎁🎄❄️☃️

Love this.