Dragon Jo

Havel’s insight must never be forgotten. Tim Snyder kept it alive. Asha Rangappa has reinvigorated it

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

In the #HoC for Friday #QP.
Kmiec in the Big Chair.
Lantsman leads off, demands the government passes their “three strikes” bill.
Fraser reminds her this failed in the US, and he would rather have laws made in Canada.

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Mark Carney’s government says $53 billion merger of B.C. mining giant and British firm must do more for Canada Carney's industry minister said she is looking "very closely" at the $53 billion transaction.

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Since Donald Trump's second term began on January 20:

The U.S. national debt has increased by approximately $1.33 trillion.

US food prices are predicted to rise about 2.9% for all food in 2025, at Home (Groceries):+2.2%.(Restaurants):+3.9%.

The Trump family's net worth increased by $5 billion.

Isn’t this the definition of crony capitalism?

How Americans aren't totally ashamed that they elected a felon, a bully, an idiot and a pure evil person is beyond comprehension.

“Congress” didn’t pass this murder budget.

Republicans did it.

Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate.

Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due

A U.S. citizen who was arrested for filming an ICE raid at Home Depot is suing the federal government for $1 million— and I hope he gets every penny.

THIS‼️ When being transported, Garcia heard agents boasting about how many ‘bodies’ they had gotten that day and saw them celebrate with high fives.

Oh the hypocrisy.

Iran reportedly preparing to mine Strait of Hormuz, a possible boon for Russia's Ukraine war coffers

If the Strait were mined, Iran could block 1/5 of global oil demand and spike world energy prices

(via Kyiv Independent)

Once again, who will benefit from this? (Tip: the one who kills Ukrainians)

Terrific thread from the congressman here:

They call themselves the party of fiscal responsibility?
What a joke.
The GOP Tax Scam shovels hundreds of billions in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires – all while adding more than $5 trillion to the national debt.
Stop them.
#HealthCareCutsKill
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Tornadoes don’t take the night off Trump cut the weather experts who sound the alert when the rest of us are sleeping

2/ I wrote about the NWS cuts in this new piece:

Cutting essential weather balloon launches & forcing regional forecasting offices to shutdown overnight is a recipe for disaster. Tornadoes don't take the night off.

open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Was quite a moment, a sense we reached some kind of inflection point in U.S. history. You can now personally pay a U.S. president to gain an audience.

As we head into Memorial Day remember Trump indiscriminately fired 1,000 National Park employees and froze 2,000 seasonal hires

Plan accordingly: hours long lines at Grand Canyon, camp ground closures at Great Smokey Mountain, shitty bathrooms, limited emergency rescue resources

No lies detected from The Great Jon Stewart 👇

#ResistTrump

A Big, Ugly Attack on Americans’ Health House Republicans’ draconian cuts to Medicaid will strike the most vulnerable — and cost lives.

About those Medicaid cuts...

My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council have been abruptly dismissed as part of a sweeping overhaul that slashes the staff from over 300 to just 50. The move shifts the NSC’s role from policymaking to simply carrying out the president’s directives.

Davey is actively campaigning for separatism.

And he clearly wants the new republic of Alberta to be his own private Gilead.

Under his eye indeed.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

YouTube video by MeidasTouch Corporate Media’s DIRTY TRICKS to SAVE TRUMP Exposed

Jake Tapper's new book should be titled, "I'm all about the money !"

youtu.be/0iTebtC6Zio?...

In a new round of sanctions, the EU is looking at cutting more than 20 Russian banks from SWIFT, slashing the oil price cap, and banning Nord Stream pipelines, Bloomberg reports.

When someone as evil as Dick Cheney openly calls the orange felon the greatest threat to the United States, you know we are in some terrifyingly serious shit.

“Everyone has to make everything in the United States, or else!” he yells… as his family signs deal after deal for golf courses in other countries… and he accepts hundreds of millions in crypto bribes from unidentified foreign actors…

The U.S. has—had—one of the top intelligence operations in the world. What a resource to make informed decisions. Yet we have an ignorant WH occupant who relies on fringe conspiracists to spread false information. What a danger. What an embarrassment. What a tragedy.