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"...a case that President Donald Trump has said should lead to the arrests of an expansive list of individuals, including former President Barack Obama and former CIA Director John Brennan."

Yes. Frogs are smarter. But capture of mainstream media, like capture of SCOTUS, has been a longterm goal of the right. This most explicitly dates back to the Reagan era when Reagan and Roy Cohn brought in Rupert Murdoch and killed the Fairness Doctrine and media antitrust. See also Buckley v Valeo

“When the crisis constantly [gets] worse, why do media cover it with the same monotonous…drumbeat?
The media’s desire to sedate its audience is evidenced by NBC News’ new slogan: “Facts. Clarity. Calm.” This is not the time to be calm.
If we start thinking what’s happening is routine, we’re doomed”

In a better world, maybe.

Colorado Senator's indictment of healthcare in the United States. U.S. is the only "rich country" where healthcare is not a right of citizenship. Life expectancy in U.S. is 6 years less than in other countries.

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⭐️ Reposting. PLEASE—read how the cancerous Heritage Foundation *complained about the memorial* [WHAT WAS THE COMPLAINT??] [WHY DID THE NETHERLANDERS COMPLY?]

First snowfall, a whisper east of Buffalo.
It’s all beautiful until about January 1, when we implore the gods for blessed warmth.

@11tulips.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @jakicats.bsky.social @tepizep.bsky.social his trunk is a little short and he is quite thin

⭐️ Terrific thought thread. This bit, re: the “ruling class”

Every word.

USDA orders states to stop issuing full SNAP benefits and “undo” benefits sent for November The record-long government shutdown is affecting air travel and food stamp benefits. Follow here for the latest news updates.

Will Americans understand that it is exclusively Trump & the GOP putting the neediest of us through this hell?

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If you haven't seen this, please read. It should bring rage and tears to learn that this memorial has been removed.

I took drawing classes at university, and an evening oil painting class. Oil painting was interesting; it’s forgiving, but so tough to clean up. I painted a green apple. It wasn’t awful.

This has been the plan since Reagan. Transfer the wealth of the Nation from the 99% to the 1 %. Turn the US into a S American "Republic" in service to Elites.

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American middle class is being pushed out of existence: loss of good jobs, loss of workplaces, loss of income, loss of formerly guaranteed benefits, loss of affordable health insurance, loss of health providers, loss of ATCs, loss of FEMA $, loss of data for govt needs to govern, loss of trust...

Franklin “a Republic if you can keep it” understood human nature and the fragility of the founders’ creation. That fragility is explored in my latest read, Erik Larson’s The Demon of Unrest, covering run up to the Civil War. The South’s insistence on their “facts”, that slavery is benign, resonates.

Quote of the day:

“Suppose a military force is sent into America…They will not find a rebellion; they may indeed make one.”

– Benjamin Franklin

We got a sense of how Virginia was threatened.

I want accountability from the people in THIS administration, too, who covered it up. Bondi, Bongino & Patel at minimum. Mike Johnson.

Considering his lifetime of lies and criminality, I'm not surprised he engaged in the most vile behavior imaginable. When the time comes, every young woman or girl has to be tracked down to see if any are unaccountable. It would not surprise if some "disappeared" while in their clutches.

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Snow and Rocks, 1916. Tom Thomson.
I believe he was as in love as I am with using blue as a common denominator.

Do NOT, above all, provide help feed needy people.

Continuing the trend of rejecting Trumpism. Sad but necessary.

this is utterly disgusting

Denmark is taking urgent action with its 262 Chinese buses after Norwegian city made startling discovery while testing them After a startling security issue was discovered in Chinese buses in Norway, Denmark is having to make a frantic decision over its fleet too

This should have been anticipated. Same for anything Musk produces..

"Effectively, Yutong could shut the entire fleet down in seconds through the remote chip."

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As we walked out Nuremberg, we chatted about the enduring love of WWII flix, when villains were identifiable, and the necessity for the public to remember what bad guys look like, and what they do. We have actual evil men running our government. The outcome is inevitable, it's just a matter of time.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Unf*ckingbelievable.

Bearing witness (and thanking the Dutch).

In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times Librarians are on the front lines of history and current events, when news and change arrive at a furious clip that only quickens every day. And without libraries, my work would simply not exist. I…

“The librarian is a seeker and keeper of truth, and that makes her a dangerous figure in the eyes of those who fear the fullest, most comprehensive, and most uncomfortable truths emerging.”
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