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The hard lessons of Germany’s dark history are speaking to us today. The message: It’s easier to lose your democracy than to regain it.

Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

Why Shopping Local This Indie Bookstore Day Is More Important Than Ever Several independent book store owners are encouraging people to go out to their local independent bookstores to buy some novels to help celebrate Independent Bookstore Day and keep independent busines...

Need an excuse to buy more books? Now you have one! Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day! Show your favorite indie some love.

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores. This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

ICYMI: Georgetown Law students made a 853-row spreadsheet of Trump-caving firms. It drew national headlines. Recruiters noticed some talent looked elsewhere. Firms lobbied to change their designation.

An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...

DESCRIPTION: A single panel comic portrays ARTHUR, a yellow duck, sitting on a log with a large glowing sun behind him. Green grass and wildflowers ground the scene. The text arches along with the sun: TEXT: Sitting with my true love… Next to ARTHUR is a candy bar with text on it reading: Literally any brand of chocolate. ——- Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

Sitting with my true love

Under Fascism, the state makes sweeping changes (sold as an attack on waste, fraud, and abuse) in the name of efficiency…and “the trains will run on time!”

Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, there's an excerpt from an email that says "Re: New Tasks. Thanks for your email. Please be advised that I may take longer to answer emails because I'm swamped." And there's a person sitting happily on a rock, deep in a red maple swamp, with a frog and ferns and such. Another email excerpt says "I'm just really bogged down." The person is sitting on a bog boardwalk, surrounded by bog and fen fauna like an arethusa orchid, a pitcher plant, larch and spruce, and a canada jay. The email says "I'm not out of the woods yet." The person is happily wandering through the forest, looking at lichens and mushrooms. The email says "Sorry, it's crunch time." The person is kneeling in a forest, watching a red squirrel crunch away at a pine cone.

Excuses. An older comic.

Now THAT is how you do a filibuster, Senator. Respect.

BTW, DOGE wants to end this program, created by USDS. They say there aren't enough users. Let's prove DOGE wrong it's a great program that simplified filing your taxes

little treat

New Optipess comic!
"Not Powerless"
www.patreon.com/optipess

More of this. Constantly. Every chance we have, more of this.

I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is

All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.

Their finances will be turned upside

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Ten House Democrats voted with all Republicans present to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for disrupting President Donald Trump during his address to Congress on Tuesday: Reps. Ami Bera (California), Ed Case (Hawaii), Jim Costa (California), Laura Gillen (New York), Jim Himes (Connecticut), Chrissy Houlahan (Pennsylvania), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Jared Moskowitz (Florida), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington) and Tom Suozzi (New York).
Green himself voted present, as did Alabama Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures.

Here are the 10 democrats who voted to support the resegregationists

Meet the Black Women Who Say Survivalism Is a Necessity, Not a Trend Amid the uncertainty of the Trump era, a small group of Black women is stockpiling food and arming themselves to get ready for worst case scenarios.

It was a pleasure to be interviewed by @capitalb.bsky.social about my first novel, The Survivalists, and about how sometimes survivalism is about building community. capitalbnews.org/black-women-...

YouTube video by Technology Connections Algorithms are breaking how we think

Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...

“Bless You”

Tariff-inflated prices pass the pain along to consumers, many of whom voted for Trump.
Good job, asshole.

We've been told that gas line repairs will take two weeks. Thank goodness for Camping Jason.

My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad

Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆

tipping the scales

Turkey-Weary Nation Makes Triumphant Return To Eating Shrimp

Turkey-Weary Nation Makes Triumphant Return To Eating Shrimp
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This is even more true today than when I originally drew it

lol this comic spawned a guitarist civil war on facebook

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

Donald Trump tapped drug user Matt Gaetz, who was found by the House Ethics Committee to have had sex with a 17-year-old girl, as America's Attorney General. The country's top cop! If you're not outraged by such blatant hypocrisy, you're not paying attention.

This is epic 😂

Bright colors! Fun! Hope! Krypto! Superman was NEVER a boring, dark character. Endless possibilities — I can’t wait!