There is not enough therapy and sage to resolve the issues that he has visited upon them.

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pustule
noun
pus·​tule ˈpəs-(ˌ)chül -(ˌ)tyül, -(ˌ)tül
Synonyms of pustule
1
: a small circumscribed elevation of the skin containing pus and having an inflamed base
2
: a small often distinctively colored elevation or spot resembling a blister or pimple.

The Hungarians are showing us the way.

The eventual fate of the GOP

I hope he uses the auto drive function.

Are You Still Gonna Pledge Allegiance to the Shithole Country? Hello. Yesterday, Donald Trump grunted and squeezed and flushed right down his cheap, faux gold-plated toilet the legacy of every good, and even every mediocre, president the United States has ever ha...

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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

Donald Trump Brings Back “Degenerate Art” The president’s obsession with cultural control is evidence of a continued fascist creep, and not just another joke exercise in narcissism.

Donald Trump Brings Back “Degenerate Art” hyperallergic.com/991223/donal...

Federal election commissioner says Trump is trying to improperly remove her Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission, says President Trump is trying to improperly remove her from the post.

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Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.

The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

Ann Telnaes deserves praise for sacrificing her job at the disgraced Washington Post in service of journalistic independence
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Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Washington Post, said on Friday evening that she was resigning after the newspaper’s opinions section rejected a cartoon depicting The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Trump.

Croesus in Ancient Rome.

elling a reporter in October that his company is worth billions. Mr. Trump called him a “highly respected leader in the business world, with extensive experience on the international scene.” The president-elect even lavished what may be his highest praise: a “dealmaker.” In fact, records show that Mr. Boulos has spent the past two decades selling trucks and heavy machinery in Nigeria for a company his father-in-law controls. He is chief executive of the company, SCOA Nigeria PLC, which made a profit of less than $66,000 last year, corporate filings show. There is no indication in corporate documents that Mr. Boulos, a Lebanese-American whose son is married to Mr. Trump’s daughter Tiffany, is a man of significant wealth as a result of his businesses. The truck dealership is valued at about $865,000 at its current share price. Mr. Boulos’s stake, according to securities filings, is worth $1.53. As for Boulos Enterprises, the company that has been called his family business in The Financial Times and elsewhere, a company officer there said it is owned by an unrelated Boulos family.

"Fake it 'til you make it" hall of fame
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On this day in history in 1946 The National Theater in Washington DC bars Black patrons from attending the opening of a musical. H/T EJI.org

“I guess since I’m in prison there’s no point in trying anymore.” —Mandela, never

NASA Complains That Its Spacesuits Are a Decrepit Mess NASA's spacesuits, which astronauts are using to venture outside of the International Space Station, are really starting to show their age.

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It’s out. I have seen some of the sheet music. He is fantastic and what I need right now.