Brak the ATLien

Vicious authoritarianism built on a pretext of shameless lies under the cover of scolding Christianity.

Don't Be Afraid To Speak Up Courage is contagious...and we're going to need it!

It’s Constitution Day. So, of course, Jimmy Kimmel’s show got canceled over comments he made that the administration didn’t like. And DHS Sec’y Noem went on an ICE raid where American citizens were detained. Read on for the update you need tonight: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

In America, Richard Thompson is not a household name; best-known in the UK as a member of Fairport Convention. Gifted guitarist, songwriter, he released a string of superb LPs w/ his then-wife (Linda) from the mid-70s to the early 80s. This is one of the great breakup LPs. His final project w/ Linda

Photo featuring an elderly woman and man holding hands in a interior space

Musician and painter Joni Mitchell (with artist David Hockney) #WomensArt

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has posted statement saying:

“American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is UnAmerican”

SENATOR @chrismurphyct.bsky.social : “Let’s be clear— States with the highest murder & violent crime rates are largely Republican states… this is not about the safety of the people of Washington D.C., it’s about trying to distract from Trump’s corruption and thievery.”

Live Updates: Trump Backs Putin’s Route for Talks, Dashing Ukraine’s Hopes for Swift Cease-Fire

Putin wins www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

a bunny holding a spiked morning star by lily seika jones text: we must remain whimsical to survive the horrors of this world

Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid

They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be.

There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...

Supreme Court eases rapid deportations to countries where immigrants have no ties The high court’s majority offered no explanation for its ruling.

The way it's going, I believe this Court would rule the same as the 1896 Court if another Plessy v. Ferguson came before it. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.

Image of library book display labeled:

“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”

Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World

~TAiLS of a Bookworm

I mean, except Trump?

Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.

Just amazing: Trump grew angry over a Biden-era program with the word "equity" in its name, so he ended it. But a key part of the program was sending money to red states to expand internet access in rural/MAGA country. Now they might not get it.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1950...

We had a revolution because King George III was doing this shit.

DOJ policy expressly prohibits prosecutors from making these kind of statements, following an indictment because everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and this sort of statement is prejudicial. But in the Trump administration, prosecutors can apparently get away with violating the law.

Trump Voter's Wife Taken By ICE Whoops!

If thou fuckest around, thou shalt find out.

This.

We are living in very dangerous, unusual times.

Today, the White House ignored a ruling by a Federal District Court because we have President who is an ignorant buffoon with no respect for the law or the Constitution.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!

As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.

Empire in decline.

Bishop confronts Donold during sermon at inaugural prayer service. Bless her.

Two Damning Investigations Are a Stark Reminder of What We Stand to Lose Republican objections to these investigations tell us something about their cynical worldview.

saying the staggeringly obvious out loud. Happy holidays to you and yours.

"Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass & metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked”

Ah, the faces of cowardice.

A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo

www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...

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