Adam

“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

- James Baldwin

Imagine the reaction if Obama’s White House tweeted this

Y'all really voted to end the republic? Shit, I woulda lent y'all some damn eggs.

This is not a normal person 👇

History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."

Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.

Stop and think about what he’s saying here.

When he tells you who he is, believe him.

Same!

The Democratic Party right now is pretty close to f—ing useless.

Old friend alert ⚠️
(Hi Kenya! 👋🏽)

They have a good point. 👇🏽

So, as of now, all we lost in threatened tariffs round 1 is the remaining good will of millions of people who live adjacent to our country and spend a ton of money on stuff we sell. Cool.

Have you tried contacting your House representative?

I can't imagine why 🤔

Fuck that...I'm blaming every horrible SOB that voted for him!

ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY 💯

True story.

No mystery what we're seeing here:
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From Clay Bennett)

Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.

Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.

You want *Don Bacon* to stand up?!? Are you aware that standing up requires a spine?

This link from @theonion.com must be broken...it keeps taking me to another site. 🤷🏽‍♂️

University of Nebraska keeping eye on Trump's pause of National Institutes of Health activity What the pause means is unknown, but NIH supports 393 active research projects across Nebraska, totaling more than $191 million. Alone, NU receives $151 million in federal funding.

Dr. Ali Khan, a former CDC outbreak investigator who is now the dean of UNMC's College of Public Health, said the scope of the pause implemented by the Trump administration was "unprecedented."

"You never hit pause on advancing science," Khan said.
journalstar.com/news/state-r...

Black and white portrait of a young girl with curly hair, wearing a dark buttoned dress with a collar.

26 January 1937 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Polak, was born in Amsterdam.

She arrived at Auschwitz in a transport of 1010 Jews deported from Westerbork on 28 July 1942. She was murdered in the gas chamber after selection.

I may be old, but at least I got to see the world before it went to shit.

MARKET ADVANCES ON BETTER NEWS Favorable Trade Reports and Hitler's Moderate Views Boost Prices --The Macon News, 17 May 1933

1933

You cannot assume Nazis are engaging in “good faith” discourse. They are not. Tolerating their arguments as “good faith” arguments will lead to the tolerant being systematically destroyed and tolerance along with them. Intolerance wins when the tolerant repeatedly give them the benefit of the doubt

Snow’s kitten in a vase

uhh here’s a pic of my kitten in a vase for whoever needs it

skyline harmony tho