Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. .. It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?" It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe. It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS The GREAT GATSBY FITZGERALD

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

At the Mike Lawler empty chair town hall in Peekskill, 102 year old Dee in danger of losing her Medicaid, heard FDR on the radio in 1935 when he created Social Security. @indivisible.org

Watching The Social Contract with Joe Walsh and he’s giving excellent ideas as to what Democratic leadership should do. Check it out

Think it’s ironic that it’s being streamed on Amazon, based on Jeff Bezo’s recent decisions about the Washington Post

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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They hate the military—unless it's just white guys.

Amazon's Whole Foods cites Trump's NLRB purge as grounds for rejecting union win Last month, workers at a Whole Foods store in Philadelphia voted in favor of joining the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia.

Looks like Jeff Bezos' investment in Trump is paying off.

Congratulations to Trump on securing a $1.3 billion border security deal from Canada.... which was already negotiated in December 2024.

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How the Muskrat is messing with your social security, your religion, and everything else He and his goons must be stopped

How the Muskrat is messing with your social security, your religion, and everything else
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The Mump Oligarchy -- A Glossary Ten Words for the Wise

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Dear Republicans A thought about our former president, our laws, and our future

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Perfectly captured.

This is a national emergency:

So very sorry for your loss

To recap, Trump:

-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI

This is disastrous leadership.

Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!

Thank you for speaking truth to power

Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.

We will have victories and setbacks, good days and bad. We must understand that this will not be over in one election or with the defeat of any one candidate. This is the fight of our generation, and it will take time. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

He’s one whiny baby

Here we go. I knew this was coming

Don't Delete Your X Account (Do This Instead) It's temping to delete your X account now that things have gotten so bad. However, it's not the best move for your security.

The safe way to leave Twitter. lifehacker.com/dont-delete-...

Google's AI chatbot tells student seeking help with homework "please die" A Google spokesperson told Newsweek on Friday morning that the company takes "these issues seriously."

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