Vic Woods

Senator Jeff Merkley on the backlash against Chuck Schumer for capitulating on the CR:

"I think they will be hugely upset, and well-justified. You don't stop the bully by handing over your lunch money, and you don't stop an authoritarian president by giving him more power."

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

Just the <checks notes> Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”

The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.

“Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results. Now, many of those companies are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s inauguration.”

From the @wsj.com

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Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.

Concerning

“Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.”—Gore Vidal

South Korea's version of General Milley - which is why Trump hates Milley so much.

Kinda feel like an oligarch trying to shut down an anti-corruption agency should be phrased that way

They deserve their checks—everyone else is freeloading.

MAGA spent almost ten years furiously railing against people it pretended trafficked children. #Pizzagate And now Matt Gaetz, someone who genuinely traffics children, is nominated for Attorney General and they can't yawn hard enough.

Fakes, liars, and hypocrites, the lot of them.