Timothy Cooper

What the world needs now is a global humanistic culture. Nihilism is vastly overrated.
We need more humanism, not less. Or so NYTs columnist David Brooks persuasively argues in his final column. Also, enjoy the wonderful quote by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

Doesn't get a whole lot worse than this: US Endangerment Finding is getting the Trump Administration's axe. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

US Endangerment Finding is getting the Trump Administration's axe. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

We knew that had happened in 2024, that the character of the country shifted, had crossed morality's red line.

A period in American history is far, far worse than McCarthyism. It's in a tragic class by itself. Resist until what's salvageable is salvaged.

Thank you. Terrific work.

Not one for self-irony, this one

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Lawyer shoes on the ground.

Kash Patel has recently rewritten the 2nd Amendment. It now reads "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed with the exception that the people "cannot bring a loaded firearm, with multiple magazines, to any sort of protest that [they] want."

An American Street

America's new civil war zone. Trump takes aim against fellow Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

Excellent idea.

A chilling forecast from the Bangkok Post this morning. The eyes of the world are watching.

Yeah, America's last stand. Shut it down.

Funny.

Perhaps if ICE "officers" (is that the right word or are they technically goons?) wore no masks and could be readily identified by name, they would be less trigger happy. Better yet, let's END ICE and pass legislation to create pathways to citizenship. Something that should have been done ages ago.

Good statement. It's now or never. Democratic America must stand up. Our way of life is under siege.

It would be funny if it were not so damn tragic.

Good piece. Cleverly written. Thanks.

Yes, but it makes Democrats look weak when they fail to remove him, as history amply demonstrates. At this late date, it may be a more effective tactic to shut down the government until ICE is disbanded. That's a civil action with teeth.

No democratic society should tolerate a secret police.

Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

The state of terror in america. A good piece. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Eventually, ICE is coming to get us all. That's what it means to live in a police state. That's where we are. MAGA did this. Resist.

Eventually, ICE is coming to get us all. That's what it means to live in a police state. That's where we are. MAGA did this. Resist.

Like everything else that Trump wades into, it didn't go well.

We're long passed the intervention stage. Trump said this today: “I think God is very proud of the job I’ve done.” The Evangelicals or faux Christians have brainwashed him. He's full-on loopy now. The fake Christians have won and America has lost most everything it's earned over the past 80 years.

They've concluded: America is untrustworthy: it's become a shambolic nation. In one year. Down the tubes. And now with all of our allies decoupling, economically and militarily, the U.S. will be bankrupt in ten years, or sooner. Well-played MAGA. Your children will never forgive you.

This is a recipe for global disaster. We're at Defcon 2. Wake up, everyone.

Of course, he could. With three years to go until his term ends, the worst is yet to come, whatever that is.

It already is, regrettably. The American empire is no more.

Agreed.