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Now Bezos has a propaganda machine to curry favor with dear leader for his Project Prometheus. Who needs sports, arts, metro news. He can spew trump politics and tout his technological progress and it’ll serve them both nicely. Musk has X and Bezos has his new rag. Welcome to state media, ‘merica.

The list is not bad, but how would individuals on the ground invoke it if ICE ignores the rules? Can anyone trust the Executive branch, whether DHS or Justice, to enforce them? Dems could be badly hurt if they take partial responsibility for ICE, and either compromise on these or can't enforce them.

"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany. The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.' The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, 'this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?' But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do--that we are all responsible for what happens in our community. I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."

This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):

Silly Americans, the GOP will never be voted out. Read history. Dictatorships are not removed by votes.

How great is Amerika! Only here could a Fascist Child Molester and his Slovenian Hooker Wife become President and First Lady ....and why, you ask.... BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT DIDN'T HAVE THE BALLS OR SPINE TO DO IT....
and now we enter the Cesspool Years of Amerikan history....

“The Trump admin is tearing down U.S. Attorney’s offices & undermining Main Justice so that there simply aren’t the resources to even respond to the judicial branch. A burn it all down ethos. Catch me if you can.”

MAGA should know that even if the billionaire-traitors buy escape abroad after inciting a US civil war, 99% of MAGA will face the neighbors they betrayed. Harmed families & communities don’t forget. #Accountability

📂 The accusations against Trump are absolutely HORRIFYING

"If you're an American, you should see the things your President is accused of doing.

And no matter where you live in the world, the FACT that a SERIAL PREDATOR is running the world, should probably interest you"

#EpsteinFiles

Chicken Soup for the Soul. #TCMParty #BugsBunny

The best cartoons ARE the ones that are geared towards adults. That’s the genius behind these toons.
And why as kids we were drawn to them, b/c they didn’t talk down to us, they felt subversive & we learned “inference” as a tool to understand things a bit above our grade school level.
#tcmparty

"long eared galoot" is a phrase that I need to start using. 😂
#TCMParty
#BugsBunny

Bugs always has the best equipment.

#TCMParty #BugsBunny

My take on the presidency is this. The president is elected by the electoral college, not the people, and is term limited.

That means they are a temporary government employee.

Nothing the president does should be permanent unless agreed upon by a majority of congress and the people.

I’ve said it over and over again. Trump is not going to allow the country to have a fair midterm election. He’s going to try to rig it, or declare his lapdogs the winners. He’s been saying it.

Gabriel Sterling:

As your Secretary of State, I will always fight for Georgia. There should never be a Federal takeover of our elections. I will never allow this, regardless of the party of the Administration in power.

Me:
👏 👏👏👏👏👏

🚨🚨🚨Please repost this request to all your social media account. #SaveUSdemocracy

JD Vance Says Epstein Files Reveal an 'Incestuous Nature to America's Elites,' but Claims Trump Is 'Outside of the Social Circle' JD Vance addressed the latest batch of Epstein files in a Feb. 3 interview, saying "it just shows there's an incestuous nature to America's elites, and it's pretty gross." Vance also defended Donald T...

Bwahahahaha

Evidently he hasn’t heard Trump describe Ivanka 🤡

people.com/jd-vance-add...

Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leaked tax information President Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion, accusing them of failing to prevent a leak of his tax information to news outlets.

This after he tells DOGE to rifle through IRS records of every person with a Social Security number?
FUCK HIM!
NOT ONE FUKKKIN' CENT!

www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...

Media Blackout Sparks Major Lawsuit Against Trump #FreedomOfThePress #Accountability

SHORT CLIP FROM FULL EPISODE: Trump Administration Sued for Silencing the Press - Historic Petition Filed Against Trump for Media Censorship

#FreedomOfThePress #TrumpAdministration #HumanRights

When Trump orders thugs like this to seize ballots and voting machines, or maybe to run elections, what will happen?

Senate Dems need to think long and hard on how to end this, because democracies don’t allow lawless armed thugs to terrorize the populace.

I'm tired of the (mainstream) media treating what is going on the The Kennedy Center and The White House (Ballroom) as normal. It isn't. You know it isn't.

No regulations, rules, codes, laws followed. Bought by bribes and taxpayer money.

Her appearance is quite altered, resembling that of Mr. Ed
Many older conservative women appear to use Caitlyn Jenner as a role model.
Kristi Noem, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Michelle Tafoya, Laura Loomer, Jeanine Pirro, and Megyn Kelly seem to share the same plastic surgeon.

"Show the video or make the FBI turn over the video", "so everyone can watch it"! "Trump's most damaging video of Trump throwing $1,000 cash at a 14 year old girl after he had unwanted sex with her and told her that's for your abortion"!

Matt McDermott:

Feels like this photo of Susan Collins standing proudly behind Trump in the Oval Office, red MAGA hat in hand, really deserves to go viral.

Me: This is why some Maine constituents have lost their healthcare, she is standing right there. Looking dumb.

Trump is openly planning to steal the 2026 election--we need Democrats to start fighting back! This election is everything

Trump is openly planning to steal the 2026 election--we need Democrats to start fighting back!

This election is everything

#USA #Trump #uspoli

open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

Been missing @audacityofdespair.bsky.social

He has been grumpy with me at times, but I have always loved his work and love that he takes ZERO crap from the MAGA folks

Hope you are well David!

National Park Service dismantles slavery exhibit in Philadelphia The National Park Service has removed exhibits depicting slavery and George Washington's treatment of enslaved people at the President's House in Philadelphia.

Just last week the Trump Administration ordered the removal of a slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park (1/2).

Not every day you see the bad guys speaking openly and directly aboot being the agents of entropy who's stated goal is to destroy civilization.

First they came for The Onion, now they're gonna put ME out of a job. What's next, Trump admits he's Dracula? The fuck...

open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...

ARREST AND INDICT MIDGET MF MIKE JOHNSON NOW!!

He supports the slaughtering of Americans‼️🤬

BTW ANY DEMOCRAT IN CONGRESS WHO SUPPORTS TRUMPS CRIMINAL “secret police” ICE.
Should resign immediately‼️

#AbolishTrumpsCartelICE

☎️🆘🆘🇺🇸🗽

Wow, Mango Mussolini just erupted after being poked about Epstein directly!
Good.
Keep doing it.
He freaks me out every day.
His administration keeps me in a constant state of anxious terror regarding the immediate future.
So if he gets some and it rattles him go to it.
Keep up that pressure.