johnedwinmason

The problem and blame doesn't just fall on Trump. But the US senators who confirmed this cabinet -- especially Pete Hegseth -- should never escape blame for the moral failure they have inflicted on the world.

YouTube video by BillsOldiesUK Country Joe and the Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag written 1967. (Issued in UK 1969)

I still love this song. m.youtube.com/watch?v=EnRf...

"And it's one-two-three what are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn. Next stop is Vietnam."
Probably the first protest song I ever learned. By osmosis. My gang loved it. I can still sing it.
God bless you & keep you, Country Joe. You gave us a crazy, good anti-war anthem.

Exactly.

The corollary is the the Democrats are center-right on a global scale. With exceptions that we're all familiar with, that's true.

I'm open to an argument that the US far right has overplayed its hand: RFK Jr's deadly buffoonery, ICE's wanton brutality, the Trump regime's obvious bloodlust in Iran, etc., & that they'll suffer electorally. I hope so. But it's not just this regime. The entire GOP is far right on a global scale.

Face à Mélenchon, la gauche oscille entre responsabilité morale et responsabilité historique Dans le moment pré-fasciste, la critique des propos de Jean-Luc Mélenchon se heurte chez certains à l’impératif de faire bloc contre l’extrême droite en 2027. Ces injonctions contradictoires tiraille…

Meanwhile, in France, the far right is growing in strength & confidence, the left is in disarray, & the media is calling this a "pre-fascist moment." Upcoming nationwide local elections could be disastrous. Luckily presidential elections are still a year away.
www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...

@andrewsehmann.com Sorry. Pound for pound, you don't stand a chance. 😄

This was my pinned tweet on the other site. It feels appropriate to post it here today. As much as I like the post that I have pinned now on Bluesky, I might replace it with this one.

"I keep telling you, this is a sick society."
--Martin Luther King, 1963

Still true.

Yes. And genocide potentially.

Intent to commit a war crime.

Ladies and gentlemen, this isn't a political party, it's a death cult.

The guy pardoned from a 22 year sentence for sedition. The coup succeeded.

Mar. 8, 1782 | Nearly 100 Indigenous People Massacred by Pennsylvania Militiamen Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org)
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

“…the militiamen bludgeoned them to death and scalped them. Children made up the largest group among those killed. The militiamen then burned the bodies together with the village.“

If the Democrats are terrified of voting against funding for this stupid, illegal war, then they should at least insist we raise corporate taxes above the 2017 rate to pay for it. I mean, come the hell on, it's right there.

Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts. City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social

Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”

Public confidence in the CCS School Board is by far the lowest I’ve seen in the ~15 years I’ve closely following the school division. I hope you’ll take 30 minutes to listen to the often very poignant public comments last week, which cover a range of topics where the school board is failing.

Israeli settlers killed two West Bank Palestinians in an assault on a West Bank town

Israeli settlers killed two West Bank Palestinians in an assault on a West Bank town https://aje.news/s1vevr

“On #InternationalWomensDay, my thoughts are with the many Palestine Refugee women and girls I have met across UNRWA’s operations. “

Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

We used to be able to have moral panics about nonexistent things without AI's help. How far we've sunk.

'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."

In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."

This photo brings back memories. I'm old enough to remember when you had to remove the entire dashboard from your car & take it with you if you didn't want the car's stereo to be stolen.

Je pense que la voiture de gauche est une Cadillac. Probablement de 1954.

I like it a lot. Makes me wish that they could have recorded a longer version.

March 7, 1926: A cartoon to mark the 50th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s patent on the telephone. (Ted Gale, Los Angeles Times)

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I'm crying about this poor deluded sucker's surgery & laughing at his name change. I should probably be more sympathetic. Ideologies are powerful, even evil ones.

A puddle of piss is a very safe bet. God help us.

@markstryker.bsky.social ICYMI. #jazzfromdetroit