Have You Taken Freedom for Granted? A Saturday Prompt

In 1941, thinking about acquiescence to Hitler, FDR quoted Ben Franklin: “Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” It’s a message for the billionaires & others capitulating to Trump.
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I had forgotten that.

If I had to pick one or the other I’d pick the Edsel. At least raccoons wouldn’t think it was a dumpster and try to claw their way in.

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See our grades & analysis of 60+ front pages for #NoKings coverage.
Influential news outlets like NYT/ WSJ continue trivialize coverage of the pro-democracy movement & demonstrations like #NoKings. Editors of local outlets did better.
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But did he say “sir” with tears in his eyes when he congratulated you?

Agree. And, he was the dad in my favorite — A Christmas Story. Such a good actor.

Commentary: Who profits most from Medicaid? Employers like Walmart and Amazon, many of whose workers rely on the program Big employers such as Walmart, Amazon and McDonald's stick taxpayers with the bill for healthcare and food for their employees. The GOP budget will make life harder for those workers.

Who profits most from Medicaid? Employers like Walmart and Amazon, many of whose workers rely on the program

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These folks have empathy and understand families in need.

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"

I've saved her some time.

I wonder what it would be like to have a president for all?

These two are in serious need of an exorcism.

Oh, I’d watch that.

No lifetime healthcare.

The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Yep.

Well, we’re ahead of Kazakhstan, so there’s that.

Costco treats its employees well.

Don’t you mean the Epstein Memorial Ballroom?

Finally!

Gold, Greed and Cowardice Trump's corporate and billionaire supporters are emboldening him as he pursues his path of destruction. History proves the future does not bode well for them.

A Nuremberg prosecutor addressed accused businessmen: “They joined in stamping out the flame of liberty & in subjecting the German people to the monstrous, grinding tyranny of the Third Reich, whose purpose it was to brutalize the nation & fill people w/hate.”
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But yet I keep peeking back.

WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

And here’s a list of his sycophants who support and fund the destruction.

I’m so glad we toured the White House in the before times.

Not surprised.

Cartoon by @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social.

How MAGA sees smaller government.