I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us:

“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

shit ain’t over til it’s over

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Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.

In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.

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Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

Kurt Vonnegut man

Hands Off protest at the capitol in Austin Texas. Numerous protesters holding anti Trump and anti Musk signs in front of capitol steps.

“The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.” - Wael Ghonim

These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere

The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.

You know… Congress and the senate could always pass resolutions calling Russia the aggressor, supporting NATO and calling for a Ukraine victory.

Just sayin…. Stop tweeting start forcing.

This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one.

Just saying.

Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:

Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.

Thank you Paul.

@karenkilgariff.bsky.social I’m a day 7 listener & in the new year’s episode you referenced your Legal Department. I know you guys made it big time but you saying Legal Department really made me stumble. I legitimately love that for you. Happy New Year, this MAYBE the year I send in my hometowns…

Fun to see the people who say “America First” and mean “whites first” fight with the people who say “America First” and mean “money first”

When I see someone wearing a Make America Healthy Again hat I think there’s someone who wants more government regulation who voted for the party that hates government regulation and environmental protections. You’ve been duped nugget.