The Grasshopper Lies Heavy

‘Traditional family values’ Michigan lawmaker appears in adult hookup sites  - Detroit Metro Times The name, email address, and home address of Republican state Rep. Bryan Posthumus of Kent County, along with a credit card bearing his name, appear in data from Ashley Madison, a website for people s...

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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S. “Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

A Chicago woman shot by ICE agent has been released from custody because body cam confirmed the agent lied about why he shot her 5 times. He fled to Maine in the ICE vehicle. A Federal judge has ordered he be apprehended & sent back to Chicago-facing up to 20yrs in prison.
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I have to lovingly disagree here. These acts of community defense are direct action, which is a fundamental form of protest. Community defense is direct action, and direct action is protest.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

If you need to explain to an idiot why Tolkien would have despised these goons, I have already grabbed a picture of the relevant passage (and I doubt I was the first):

We wanted to understand what a Zohran Mamdani administration would mean for New York. So we talked to a Kentucky woman who once tied for 5th place in a swim race with a transgender woman and got really mad that she didn't get to hold the trophy.

Pastor who called Heartstopper a 'health risk' to kids charged with child sexual abuse An Ohio pastor who called beloved comic Heartstopper a “health risk” to kids has been charged with child sexual abuse.

Also not a drag queen...

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courtesy Jeff Tiedrich

Never forget

No Kings @ Concord, NH (20251018) Explore this photo album by Marc Nozell on Flickr!

Just posted a ton of photos from the #NoKings protest in #Concord, #NH Unofficial attendance is 10k!

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Protesters on bridge

Protesters on bridge

Sagadahoc County Maine

It’s sad to realize how much of Andrew Cuomo’s career was just riding the coattails of his famous father.

by Meghan McCain

Just wanna let folks know that if you are using NaziBook as your only digital outreach you are highly unlikely to get a dime from me. I'm not on it, I can't reach your content without a login, therefore I won't bother patronizing your shop/bar/whatever.

No Kings — Freedom (video) Why protest is patriotic

Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country. I will be there on October 18th, and I hope you will be too.
#NoKings
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Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

No Kings — Freedom (video) Why protest is patriotic

No Kings — Freedom (video)
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Only a government run by billionaires would berate its employees for not wanting to work without pay.

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

Happy National Pierogi Day to all who celebrate.

😂

YouTube video by JohnnyCashVEVO Johnny Cash - Hurt

#Howl-A-Ween
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
10/8 - pain

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Cash’s 2000s covers weren’t reinterpretations.
They were reckonings.
A dying man whispering truths and reliving pains through borrowed words.
Every cover a eulogy. Every note a scar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHC...

One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.