Mr. Sethleupagus

Similar to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, each of the items displayed embodies the grief, anger, or pain of real people, with the wish of identifying fascism and promoting constant vigilance in resisting dark eras like Trump’s reign.

When we overcome this era of oligarchy and fascism, the US can turn the #ballroom into the Trump Memorial Peace Museum. A collection of possessions, photos, and other materials that convey the horror of tyranny, racism, nationalism, and oppression.

Mono-color illustration of an unbothered angel effortlessly grasping the wrists of a man struggling to break the angel’s hold. The caption reads: And the angel said to him, Stop hitting yourself! But he could not stop, for the angel was hitting him with his own hands.”

An older meme, but still a ‘hit.’

Anymore, everyone can decipher the real meaning behind his tantrums.

I CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT!!! Canada legally exposed my overreach by using actual quotes from Ronald Reagan’s 5-min radio speech to undermine my manipulation of the United States Supreme Court.
F** AMERICANS FIRST and OFTEN!!!

Missouri: $2.5 million
Argentina: $40 BILLION

Started the audiobook of The Plague this morning. I remember reading it in college, but I do not remember it being taught as an allegory for fascism.
A very fascinating revisit.

At this point it feels like he could appoint himself der Führer und Reichskanzler and both Congress and the Supreme Court would sign off on it.

Ah, Melania’s Who Gives a Fuck Theme for this year’s Christmas Decor is coming along nicely.

He’s saying they are wearing MAGA hats so they won’t be mugged and shot and everything else by MAGA cultists.
Such a stable genius.

The DT’s talking heads are 10x-ing down on their violent rhetoric this morning.
I can hope this means they are desperate, like Gul Madred trying to break Picard one last time before the calvary arrives.

“Make America Great Again” -Trump
“Hate America Rally” -Johnson
“America can’t function if [The DT] has to work with co-equal branches of government” -Leavitt

So when we say “America” we mean everyone.
When they say #America, they mean Fascism.
Got it.

The good life is living in the place you belong, with the people you love, doing the right work, on purpose.
Looking forward to seeing all the people living their good life today. #NoKings

English to MAGA Republicans translator

These reps want to slash your health care with Ann Wagner, Bob Onder, Mark Alford, Sam Graves, Eric Burlison and Jason Smith of MO

🧵 Over 400,000 Missourians rely on Affordable Care Act tax credits to make health care affordable for their families. But those tax credits are about to expire and the GOP is refusing to discuss an extension, even going so far as shutting down the government to avoid the conversation. #GOPShutdown

Until we normalize “the needs of the many outweigh the wants of the few,” there must be active, conscious, and unending resistance.

Image of a post by Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders that reads: If you're the Qatari royal family worth $335 billion, Trump gives you an Air Force facility in Idaho. If you're the President of Argentina, Trump gives you a $20 billion bailout. If you're an American whose health care premiums are about to double? Tough luck.

“The unanimous decision is a critical affirmation that patients can continue to access procedural abortions in Missouri. The court rejected this attempt by the Attorney General, and is continuing to allow Missourians to exercise their constitutional right to access abortion care where they live."

#NoKings profile images via @50501movement.bsky.social

DT = DT

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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within audiobook gets the most replay of my collection. The deep conversations and interweaving stories are lightning in a bottle.

Becky Chambers' Wayfarer Series ranked
by goodreads ratings:

1 - The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (4.40)
2 - A Closed and Common Orbit (4.37)
3 - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (4.17)
4 - Record of a Spaceborn Few (4.12)

They’d be hiding it better.

Meme showing Madonna from her Like A Prayer music video paired with images of men to complete the changed lyric. 🎼 Life is a… Mr. T / Everyone must… Sam Malone / I hear you… Claude Monet / And it feels like… Noam.

Today’s earworm

The US contains multitudes, yet all of our voices get throttled down into two stances. A diversity of voices begets better choices, better ideas, and better representation.

I’d love to see state and federal congresses where SEVERAL parties are viable, not this Red, Blue, untenable 3rd Party bs.

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl ICE: the WORST of the WORST

What are we doing here America?
youtube.com/shorts/s6ZCg...

YouTube video by Robert Reich The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him, and he’s following a four point plan to do it.

Here’s what you need to know about it — and some thoughts on how to respond. www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8v...

The Marco Inaros storyline in Nemesis Games (5) and Babylon’s Ashes (6) also seems scary-relevant right now.

Quote from the novel Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey: It was the logic of Protogen, of Dresden, of Thoth. ‘Here is the problem,’ they say to themselves, ‘and there is the solution.’ That it was drowned in innocent blood was as trivial as the font the reports were printed in. They had disconnected themselves from humanity. Shut off the cell clusters in their brains that made life besides their own sacred. Or valuable. Or worth saving. All it had cost was every human connection. Funny how familiar that sounded.

#LeviathanWakes