Eleanor Lang

Rev. Magdalen Follow @revmagdalen.bsky.so... I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes and cookies for the Resistance Frog, who leaves pocket Constitutions in their shoes. October 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if a president says, in his outside voice, that he hates a big swath of the American people, that should be grounds for immediate removal.

He didn’t say he wanted to euthanize them. He said he wanted to kill them.

I’m of the opinion that if the networks are too spineless to air comedians, they should just go old school and run test patterns after the nightly news.

Stop Trump’s D.C. Takeover Deploying the National Guard for political stunts is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Email Congress now and demand they block funding for National Guard deployments that put politics over public safety a...

Deploying the National Guard for political stunts is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Congress can tear up the blank check—demand they act now:

act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...

Listen, people have been legit loosing their minds that Fox talking head Brian Kilmeade said that homeless people should be euthanized, except he didn't use that word.
He said Kill, in his outside, on air voice. He said "Just kill 'em."
He should lose his job, and be charged with hate speech.

All words are not the same.

Calling it the Charlie Kirk gun safety law, while repugnant, forces republicans to go on record voting against it, and their lionized hero du jour.

It strikes me as a take-it-to-the-Hague level crime.

No kidding

We've done worse than nothing. Those families were hounded and harassed and villified.

Or an elected official.

Just so, except you'd think that the non-MAGA members of congress would have been upset about Hortman.

After Kirk Assassination, Fear and Vitriol Intensify in Congress

Alrighty. Please explain why members of congress are now worried about their safety after the assassination (which I condemn) of Charlie Kirk, but were unperturbed by the killing, at home, of Representative Melissa Hortman, along with her husband and FFS, their dog?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil

This is inspirational. It's just a pity that our SCOTUS are (mostly) a bunch of spineless sycophants.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

They have no bottom.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Gun reform makes every safer. Even right wing nut jobs.

The outrage and piety is completely one-sided.

Assassination is never OK, but he really was a piece of slime from the bottom of a shoe that was attached to the foot of a person who cleaned up sewage in their basement.

Review revealing 'shame' among troops deployed to cities accidentally sent to WaPo An internal review from the National Guard on the occupation of cities was mistakenly sent to the Washington Post and it reveals dismay among both the public and the deployed soldiers who admitted fee...

While we're talking about guns and violence (we were; try to keep up) WaPo inadvertently received internal National Guard documents indicating that the National Guard is feeling shame at being sent into American cities and their role in leveraging fear.
www.rawstory.com/trump-nation...

Charlie Kirk says gun deaths "unfortunately" worth it to ... The conservative founder of Turning Point USA made the comments following a mass shooting in Nashville last week that resulted in six deaths.

Political violence is never acceptable, but let's not pretend that Charlie Kirk was a martyr or a "good guy." This is a good time to remind people that he said that gun deaths were worth the price of the 2nd amendment. He reaped the dissent that he sowed
www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk...

This is a classic moment of reap what you sow. Or karma. Or something.

Just so.

Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit a New Low

Reading and math scores are down by quite a bit, and the venerable NYT blames the plague and screen time, but really, we can look back decades and see how GOP administrations have hobbled educational initiatives. A less educated populace is easier to control.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens The Supreme Court is clearing the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, another victory for President Donald Trump at the high court.

It's not over until an alcoholic justice cries, but as of today, SCOTUS has lifted the lower court ban that prevented ICE in L.A. from indiscriminate arrests based on skin color or accent. If you're a brown U.S. citizen, you might want to carry ID proof.
apnews.com/article/supr...

French government collapses in a confidence vote, forcing Macron to seek yet another prime minister Legislators have toppled France’s government in a confidence vote. The result on Monday marked a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a f...

Bad enough when your football team loses, but far more jarring when the government of #France collapses.

apnews.com/article/fran...

If you have tomorrow off, if your kids attend middle school instead of working in a factory, if you have workplace protections, and if you have sick leave and vacation time, thank unions. Even if you don't belong to one, they're responsible for things we all take for granted. And happy #LaborDay.

Today is the 62nd anniversary of the "I have a dream" speech. Like #MLK, I hope there comes a time when all people "will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Of course, that will be a problem for some.

Simply put, it isn't. It's pure vindictiveness and tying to cover up their own mistake by making him out to be a criminal.

Stop Trump’s D.C. Takeover Trump sent the National Guard into Washington, D.C. to intimidate his opponents and distract from his failed agenda. Email Congress now and demand they end his takeover of our nation’s capital.

Trump declared a fake emergency in D.C. and sent in the military. Congress can end this abuse of power—join @standupamerica.com & demand action now: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...