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She/Her. Teacher of small diverse learners. Blue dot in red state. Cats, music, gardens, politics, worry.
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
President Zelenskyy came to the White House, looking for help from his longstanding ally.
He was ambushed, humiliated and berated for not being grateful enough.
Prince Bone Saw bin 9/11 came to the White House, for the first time since he ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
He was revered.
They all are.
15.11.2025 15:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I agree.
14.11.2025 01:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I rewatched it all a couple years ago and it was just as good as the first time. So say we all.
14.11.2025 01:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Turns out that voters don't like the party that invades them, starves them, and arrests them.
05.11.2025 02:49 β π 5420 π 1047 π¬ 68 π 26You know what American entity that no longer exists would've helped Jamaica recover from Hurricane Melissa? USAID. They'd already be ready to provide help as soon as it's safe to come.
27.10.2025 18:22 β π 34 π 13 π¬ 1 π 0Weβre giving $40 billion to Argentina.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
Heβs (Stephen Miller or someone) using all the language that comes from those of us who understand all the horrible things his administration has done. Itβs infuriating!! And the MAGA base will just suck it up.
26.10.2025 22:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The campaign to label art "too woke" or "too liberal" has dark historical echoes. In my op-ed, I draw the parallel to Nazi Germany's "Degenerate Art" exhibitions and the Soviet doctrine of "Socialist Realism." When a government dictates what art is acceptable, we are on a dangerous path.
26.10.2025 13:59 β π 411 π 174 π¬ 22 π 6Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.
24.10.2025 19:00 β π 4556 π 1434 π¬ 189 π 52Itβs hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Donβt want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
22.10.2025 12:12 β π 16741 π 4167 π¬ 296 π 275Knoxville turned out! #knoxvillenokings
18.10.2025 21:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wah wah wah-heβs such a baby.
12.10.2025 17:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0When I was getting my political science degree, Constitutional Law was one of my favorite classes. π
12.10.2025 17:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nice recap
12.10.2025 00:43 β π 20866 π 7502 π¬ 406 π 221I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.
10.10.2025 11:58 β π 10974 π 2441 π¬ 516 π 173And wearing a cross, of course.
09.10.2025 02:35 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running donβt.
And Speaker Mike Johnson wonβt let the House come back to work. So basically theyβre on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.
Did I get that right?
I guess I shouldn't be *surprised* but it is making my head spin that the feds have shot two people, with live rounds, killing one of them, in Chicagoland in recent weeks, and in both cases they were very clearly found to be lying about what happened, and essentially nothing is happening about it.
07.10.2025 13:07 β π 1015 π 376 π¬ 24 π 15New in PN: Trump's invasion
"The Trump administrationβs war on cities just entered a new, more terrifying phase. What stage of fascism is it when the president defies a court order and sends troops into a city anyway? Because as of Sunday, thatβs where weβre at."
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as βState Terrorismβ: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
GUARD IN MEMPHIS: The TN Supreme Court & a federal court have both ruled it is unconstitutional for TNβs governor to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement.
In 2021, TNβs GOP Attorney General wrote an advisory saying the same. It was so damning, the new AG secretly erased it from record!
I can't exaggerate how important it is that every ICE officer is met with contempt & mockery in public, everywhere they go, for the rest of their lives.
02.10.2025 17:39 β π 2598 π 688 π¬ 88 π 33Americans can't afford a pound of ground beef, but Pete Hegseth blew millions of your taxpayer dollars flying in every General and Admiral around the world so he could yell at them about the Top 100 things he hates about facial hair.
30.09.2025 16:03 β π 838 π 349 π¬ 39 π 5"Would you say the US is in a political crisis?"
Yes: 79%
No: 18%
Quinnipiac / Sept 21, 2025
I trust no grand jury assembled for this indictment. I mean, everything they do is shady and untruthful.
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