Craig Bachman

"Some days before the fights begin, I think I'll let the dragons win, but then again perhaps I won't because they're dragons and I don't." AA Milne

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten" Neil Gaiman

Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayor's race. It is like a breath of fresh air.

During your life someone will ask you to go on a raft trip. It is very important you say yes.

There are now 2,900 billionaires in the world, and they are worth a collective $15.8 trillion. The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion. Trickle-down economics was always a scam.

This whole life thing is an interruption from not existing.

Someone explain to me why interdiction is not a more efficient annd effective enforcement strategy than blowing drug traffickers out of the water. Explain it to me like I am an experienced drug enforcement leader. Keep I’m mind I may have other questions. You can skip the b*llshit.

Walmart is giving away free turkeys to anyone who can outrun security.

Russian Unreality and American Weakness Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history

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'We Must Overturn Citizens United,' Says Sanders as Analysis Details Billionaire Takeover of US Politics | Common Dreams "If democracy is to survive, billionaires cannot be allowed to buy elections," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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I’d rather be a bit too liberal and open minded than whatever happened to nearly half of this country.

Past time to choose. You are for America or you are for trump. Silence is a choice.

Word on the street is that within the last week Republicans leaders have had one or more closed door meetings with trump to inform him the party will no longer support him on the Epstein issue as it is simply too radioactive. Shades of Nixon.

The 50501 Movement (@50501) 🚨 TRUMP JUST ISSUED A VIOLENT CALL ON TRUTH SOCIAL TO *HANG ELECTED DEMS*🚨 Their supposed “crime?” Asking service members to uphold the law. Everyone needs to LOUDLY speak out against this right n...

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People who are progressive and constructive and kind are fundamentally different from people who are regressive and destructive and evil. More coffee please.

Metaphors be with you.

Public

“Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences."
Robert Louis Stevenson

The book titles practically write themselves: “The President Who Could Only Lie, and the Liars Who Supported Him” - “The Tariff Thief, and the People Who Supported Him” - “The President Who Raped Children, and the People Who Supported Him” - “Mein Kampf, the Resurrection”.

rump & bibi are leading their respective countries for the same simple reason - to stay out of jail.

A trillion is a thousand billion.

Turns out pedophilia, concentration camps, and tariffs aren’t a winning platform.

…and this is why I like the New York Times. “While Mr. Bush eventually asserted his authority and Mr. Cheney’s influence declined by the second term, the image of him as a Machiavellian paterfamilias was never quite dispelled.”

“Machiavellian paterfamilias” oh my

trump should not invade Venezuela or Nigeria.

SNAP benefits should be restored immediately.

Members of Congress who do not return and perform their work should be fired.

Are there any other issues I need to take care of this morning?

AI-related spending now contributes more to the nation’s GDP growth than all consumer spending combined.

Say BOO to a fascist today.

This is a big deal. The 2-1 decision of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which would permit the trump administration to send the National Guard into Portland is vacated. The case will be re-heard by all 11 of the 9th Circuit Court Judges.

We have two lives. The second begins when you realize you have only one.

In one sense it is a kind of superpower that trump can lie to our faces and a certain segment of the people will believe him. The trump lie is direct and dark. Everyone sees it, whether they acknowledge it or not. Now is the time to walk toward the light.

The value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies dropped 11% in the first half of this year, the biggest decline in more than 50 years.

The federal government is presently completely dysfunctional. It serves no practical purpose.

Credit where credit is due. We await the completion of further steps. We await a lasting secure two state solution.