The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

Remember this.

It’s really crazy that Dick Cheney wielded so much power that he was able to shoot a dude in the face, and then he *made the dude apologize for being shot in the face*

The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction programme and the book The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes

Loved the Oscar Wilde quote read out at the start of Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction ceremony this evening:

“If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.”

Yay books!

(book in pic was in my goody bag, not the winner)

Did you know? Costco has not raised the price of their roasted chicken or its 1/4 pound hot dog….ever.
It’s a thing.

Dick Cheney's greatest achievement is avoiding being charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

It IS Kentucky after all.

Will Bunch made it clear that this is about to get worse for San Diego. ICE leaders out CBP leaders in and the Chicago treatment is coming.

Just about an hour apart by the way

Good riddance to that awful man.

The night before the Obama inauguration I was asleep on a friend’s floor in DC. I had a nightmare that Cheney declared a state of emergency and refused to leave office, and then there were riots in the burning streets. Instead I woke up and joined the cheering crowds as his helicopter flew away.

Does the Speaker of the House know what's going on in the country?

It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.

When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."

He wants to kill Obamacare, but has no other plan. He is not satisfied with his deportation operation because his ICE agents are not abusive enough. He plans to continue murdering people in the Caribbean Sea because the law and these humans are of no concern to him. All this thanks to John Roberts.

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

This is brilliant

This guy is not playing with a full deck.

Anyone who thinks otherwise, needs a padded room of their own.

GO CANADA!
GO JAYS!!!

The Canadian national anthem is vastly superior to the US version.
It’s not even close.

💯

….by the militaries of multiple nations.
This is a concerning comparison.

Report: New revelation details a previously unknown money laundering into Jeffery Epstein Michael Feinberg, Former Assistant Special Agent In Charge at the FBI and Jason Leopold, Bloomberg Senior Investigative Reporter join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss his reporting w...

New information show that an investigation into Epstein accounts at J.P. Morgan was stop under G.W. Bush DOJ. Also there were people from J.P. Morgan involved in Epstein "activities". Some of the people who involved are in the Regime now.
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More evolved than MAGA.

minor Congratulations to you!

SNL skit in 3…2…1…

How the US sets its poverty rate is shocking It's so horrible, it should actually piss you off

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The fact of the matter is that helping people costs money and that is just not popular with corporations that, for all practical purposes, own a vast number of congresspersons.
Get money out of politics and we can move onward and upward
#EndCitizensUnited

Popok: The blue states and cities effectively brought the cases. The red states are suffering, and their AGs are sitting on the sidelines. There’s no red state that brought a case. Think about that: not one red state attorney general brought a case to help prevent starvation and suffering. None.

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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

How an ICE shake-up will bring Chicago-level terror to Philly | Will Bunch The brutal arrest tactics and stepped-up immigration raids that have roiled Chicago are coming to Philadelphia after an ICE shake-up.

My favorite political columnist lays it out pretty clearly: Philly, San Diego, Denver, Phoenix and L.A. should prepare for the Chicago treatment...and SOON!
It's always been a matter of time for blue cities.
Stay vigilant!

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