Jon Randel

A Canadian composer is deported from the US - Slippedisc Message from Andrew Balfour, a Cree composer from...

Inexcusable.

YouTube video by MSNBC 'Can't stand him': From policy to personnel, Trump scores historically low poll numbers

It's worth watching this entire segment. Given these poll numbers, it's astounding that this man is president. Yet he still clams he has a mandate from the people. youtu.be/P2CUFX9kUkM?...

Damn, I missed it on Sunday. Did Punxsutawney Phil see the shadow of four years of chaos ahead and run back into his den?

Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist | Robert Reich America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting

Good advice from Robert Reich.

Mayor Rages as Trump’s Much-Hyped ICE Raids Nab U.S. Military Vet American citizens were detained without warrants, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said.

“He is Puerto Rican and the manager of our warehouse… It looked to me like they were specifically going after certain kinds of people—not every kind, because they did not ask me for documentation or my American workers, Portuguese workers, or white workers.” - Ocean Food Depot owner Luis Janota

Trump Calls for MSNBC to Be Shut Down in Nighttime Rant The president has already sued CBS for $10 billion over its “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.

"Mussolini promised to restore Italy’s glory and unity which made him popular with the Italian people... Fascism’s ability to quickly and efficiently sweep the nation ultimately demonstrates the significant impact of media manipulation"
-Fascism: Rise to Power and Media Manipulation

"His regime was characterized by a cult of personality and strong emphasis on propaganda. The Fascist Party controlled all media forms and used them to spread a myth of Mussolini as a heroic veteran and leader who’d unify Italy and restore it to prosperity..."
nuitalian.org/2023/04/27/f...

I successfully ignored the inauguration today to the point where I forgot what time it was scheduled to happen and accidentally turned on my car radio. I heard Trump’s voice and quickly switched it off, but it was too late — I’d already lost Trumpageddon.

“We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." -Martin Luther King
#MLK

#MLK

“We will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope." -Martin Luther King
#MLK

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” -Martin Luther King

And the time is getting much too late
For more than dreaming new schemes for making the darkness bright

And the dreams are getting much too bad
For more than trying to find a mountain to put them right
- Jack Bruce/Pete Brown

What I Learned From Enduring Pete Hegseth’s Senate Circus Who’s getting a pie to the face? All of us.

I endured yesterday’s Hegseth confirmation hearing a lot longer than Michael Ian Black did. I wish I hadn’t. www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth...

Integrity scorecard.

Seriously, guys? “Our song Y.M.C.A. is a global anthem that hopefully helps bring the country together after a tumultuous and divided campaign where our preferred candidate lost... which is why VILLAGE PEOPLE will be performing at various events as part of the 2025 Inauguration of Donald J. Trump.”

I’m with you on both counts, but I respect Republicans like Steele, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Charlie Sykes, et al, for opposing Trump instead of falling in line behind him like the majority of their party. Phrases like “the enemy of my enemy” and “strange bedfellows” come to mind.

I don’t hold Michael Steele’s past against him. I’m glad he and other former die-hard Republicans had the integrity to switch sides.

Love the vocals and harmony. I can usually tell what the chords are (relatively) the first time I hear a song, but the movement in this was more than my brain could follow. Great tune.