Michael D. Rabin

The real problem, though, is that the damage has already been done. We haven't seen any new videos. They are intimidated by threats of these frivolous but harassing suits.

Indeed. It took Herculean contortions to frame it any other way. Constitution or not, one defining attribute of fascists is they do not voluntarily cede power. January 6 provided sufficient evidence that this brand of fascism does not diverge from historical fascism in that regard.

Hijack an oil tanker.

He thinks this will help earn himself the Nobel Peace Prize. THAT is way beyond pathetic.

Saying today's Republican party has a Nazi problem is like saying the family Canidae has a dog problem. Sadly, it's a category error.

President for Life Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.

Judge Luttig is correct about what Mousse Olini intends.

"With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin."

ICE Barbie’s Goons Unleashed on Streets of Manhattan Officials from multiple agencies descended on an area popular with street vendors, prompting tense protests.

Wonderful how New Yorkers responded.

www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbies-...

They seem to be too busy "just following orders."

Lower Than Cowards The surrender of America’s elites

"Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate stands out because so many other well-situated people have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves. One by one American leaders supposedly committed to principles of free speech, due process, democracy, and equality have abandoned those ideals."

Here's the rest of the headline: ...with two governors demonstrating how sucking up to a dictator in search of promotion when the current chair leaves office leads them to place their responsibilities for the financial good of the country below their own self-interest.

Harvard’s $500 million surrender to Trump heralds an end to US academic freedoms — The Hill Harvard’s elite administrators may think it’s easier to simply pay off the strongman at their gates, but giving the bully your lunch money only invites him to demand more.

“In the 160 years since the end of the Civil War,
“Harvard’s massive concession to Trump is a sign that the long era of American academic independence is drawing to a close.”

I recommend the recent Frontline on Mousse Olini’s abuse of power. A good chronicle of the precarious state of our constitutional order. One thing I noticed while watching, though, is that even through the TV screen you can smell Bannon’s BO.

America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.

"Trump 2.0 is just getting started, yet it already represents the high-water mark of American kleptocracy. There are good reasons to think it will get much worse."

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Have we become the 'ordinary Germans' now? How can American Jews stand by while thousands of innocent people are illegally arrested, imprisoned and tortured?

Every day on my mind:
"What in Gods name has happened to the Jewish community, that we can sit idly by and watch a minority population being targeted in this way: dehumanized, lied about, harassed, arrested, and shipped off to “facilities” around the country? Do we not see the obvious similarities?"

(Continued from previous comment): And most importantly let’s not overlook the poor state of our educational systems that have completely failed at creating a civic minded citizenry capable of critical, analytical thought and of discerning fact from fiction. I believe this is the greatest culprit.

Brooks is overthinking this one. Half the population have an IQ < 100. These are his stupid voters. Next group are the misinformed (victims of Fox, etc). Then the greedy who benefit financially or politically. Finally the nihilists who just want to burn it all down while sticking it to libtards.

Seriously. Funny that Trump is backing off a little as this reality is setting in.

Greeting from sleepy Torrington, CT. Mundus Sine Caesaribus.

Trump is almost certainly privately fuming. Israel couldn’t risk giving him details of the strike and chose to stab him in the back, instead. He’s trying desperately to not look surprised or weak.

Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator Using disorder he had helped manufacture, the chancellor seized control of Bavaria.

History lesson...

"Using disorder he had helped manufacture, the chancellor seized control of Bavaria."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Yes. The whole world deserves better.

Holy fuck, indeed.

Nice sweater.

The ONLY surprise is that the shitshow lasted this long (I predicted the romance would end in March). They should be placed in adjacent padded cells, with a small open window between them, and spend the rest of their disreputable lives berating each other. That would be justice.

The more people open their hearts to us, the less we will have to fight for our rights.
Harvey Milk

The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, that is true perversion!
Harvey Milk

All men are created equal. Now matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about.
Harvey Milk

Hope is never silent.
Harvey Milk