Mark

I didn't figure it out but followed you after you posted on FB. I read a lot on Bluesky but post rarely. Kurt posts a lot.

I think you would have excelled in either position but certainly understand your decision. I'm sure we'll see you back in the political arena in years to come.

Good to hear!

Haven't read but added it to the list. Just read On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century by Timothy Snyder. He presents ideas for the present (written around trump's first term) but what is frightening are the parallels he gives as example between early 1900's authoritarian regimes and today.

Musk was wearing a baseball hat and t-shirt in the Oval Office the other day, let's not talk about appropriate clothing choices

"daddy, what did you do in the war"

son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet

we all did our part

I have an iPod from many years back (came with one of my my kid's MacBook.) I have collected about 5,000 songs on ITunes, put them on the IPod and listen to whichever of my songs I want anytime I'm in the car. I think you're correct.

Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....

This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.

www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

Your letter is very powerful. Keep up your fight.

How long until the Library of Congress faces a purge? Should historians be getting what resources they can now? I'm imagining anything related to the civil rights movement, anti-fascism, and even public health could be gone soon.

Great point.

You can’t spell FELON without ELON.

which will come first--Musk giving our info to Russia or China or the twenty somethings on his staff selling it on the Dark Web?

Kim just became NJ Senator in early December replacing Menendez. Now if we can get an organized effort from other senators to call out every illegal act by the Trump administration it would be a start.

And the government is concerned about TikTok?

Graph showing that Americans get MUCH more oil from Canada than they think.

This isn’t going to go well. #TrumpsTariffs

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Good read

If I hated America and wanted to destroy it I’d do exactly what Trump is doing

It is alarming that the LA Times took a piece written by Dr. Reinhart, edited it to say the opposite of what he actuallly said, and then the owner, billionaire Trumper Dr. Soon-Shiong, tried to use the altered piece to amplify his own political beliefs.

It would be nice to see mainstream media acknowledge that every alarmist in their ranks about Trump and his henchmen has been correct, and every single "Let's all calm down" guy--a posture of blasé detachment that is consistently over-rewarded in legacy media--has called it wrong from day one.

Rep. Raskin Pens Letter to Constituents

I’m hearing all the time from federal workers, nonprofits, LGBTQIA+ Americans, immigrant families, and others in our community who have been targeted and harmed by the president’s actions.

I wrote this letter about our path forward.

In only two weeks, Trump has made us less safe at home, less safe abroad, less safe in the air, threatened our health/healthcare, positioned us for higher prices and more inflation, pissed off our allies and emboldened our enemies.

Quite the overachiever.

Reality Bites.

Perfect example of why most confirmation hearings are a crock. Nominees should be judged by their past comments/actions, not by the sanitized image they attempt to portray.

This is not a surprise given what a loon the owner is but still astonishing

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.

Senator Adam Schiff:

"Mr. Patel may be, I don't know, but he may be the first nominee for FBI Director in history who felt it necessary to plead the 5th."

Mic drop.

I feel so much safer now that we've pardoned the guys with automatic weapons and arrested the guys with leaf blowers.

This was posted yesterday morning before the DCA crash. Prescient.