“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

― Malcolm X, The greatest of all time

*stares at the NYT*

@Aphelion Aww, nice. Mostly, I just grind people's gears.

@fortyseven should have said the smashing

#uspol #USdownfall

These pretend patriots are almost all also pretend Christians. And like their claimed religion where they pick and choose which parts of their Bible they're willing to follow, they pick and choose what parts of the Constitution and laws they want to follow in _their_ version of America.

When they wave the flag and claim to be patriots, they're talking about a new version of America made in their image, with them in charge. They crow about 'the framers' intent' but then have no intention of following anything that doesn't fit into their hurtful, hateful version of America.

The American right, Republicans/MAGA, are brood parasites; like cuckoos taking over the nest of America and coaxing the populace into doing their bidding in the name of freedom, as they take over and push freedom out to make way for the rich to reign.

We can see them if we look, poking at the edges of the Constitution and the republic, seeing what they can get away with, what holes they can make, and then attacking using that knowledge.

This is literally what they're doing with Harvard: 'How far can we go to gain control over higher education'. Because that is what authoritarian regimes do.

'Flood the zone', keep the populace underwater enough they cannot afford to fight, steal it all right from under our noses. In plain sight.

That is today. That is now.

“You submit to tyranny when you renounce the difference between what you want to hear and what is actually the case.”

Timothy Snyder

If you don't believe the judiciary should keep the executive branch in check, you don't want democracy, you want a king.

Overdue Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
#MakeABookLate
#HashTagGames

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
#MakeABookLate
#HashTagGames

KPI = Key Performance Indicators

@mwl obligatory meme is obligatory.

No more breathless, quivery, weak sounding singers. I'm over it!

--end rant--

@LikeItOrLumpIt I was never into it.

In St. Luigi's name, amen.

'I'm not scared of you': Neil Young joins Bruce Springsteen's feud with Donald Trump - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/neil-young-trump/

Good on him.

Bruce Springsteen Escalates Trump Feud With New Music Release

“Springsteen released the new EP “Land of Hope and Dreams” on Wednesday, featuring four songs and two anti-Trump speeches he recorded during his Manchester, England tour”

#politics #Music
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/bruce-springsteen-escalates-trump-feud-with-new-music-release/

Mickey's Monkey bars
#GymEquipmentASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

If I express hostility towards the top 0.01% of people, its because they leech money from the rest of society and force millions of people to work 10 times harder than they ever did.

As the US plans to restrict covid vaccines, remember a well fitted respirator (like an N95) offers excellent protection!

A layered approach including masks, vaccines, tests & clean air work best. They’ve taken away access to most of those things, but you still have the power to mask up!

If you can’t afford a respirator, look for a local mask bloc.

These are volunteer organizations committed to helping people access the best protection they can.

If you CAN afford it, consider donating to them as well!

https://maskbloc.org/

At 1 am, Republicans tried to sneak the Big Beautiful Bill through the Rules committee

Rep. Jim McGovern wasn’t having it

“You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht...this is not policy: This is theft."

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