July, 2025 archive
Devolution 0
We’re living in a movie.
News You Could Lose 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire notes that some government officials and agencies, including the Trump maladministration, are suddenly interested in freedom of repress. He gives several examples of government threats against reporter for, well, reporting.
Here’s a tiny excerpt, in which he talks about Trump’s threatening to sue news agencies for reporting that his bombing of Iran may not have been the glorious shattering victory that he claimed it to be (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Honor the nation’s birthday with politeness.
“Get Me Rewrite” 0
For those who haven’t read it, the Declaration of Independence is primarily a list of grievances directed at King George III. (If you have read it, you know that, after the preamble, it becomes a rather tedious read.)
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth suggests an updated list for today’s wannabe king.
No excerpt of summary would do his article justice. Just go read it.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . . 0
. . . and still trying to promote the lie that the Civil War was about something other than perpetuating chattel slavery.
America’s Stasi 0
Emma and the crew make a compelling case that ICE is being turned into, for want of a better term, my words, not theirs, America’s Stasi.
The Privatization Scam 0
In the midst of a longer article about a school voucher scheme buried in Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bilk, Monica Dickson, almost as an aside, gets to the heart of the privatization scam:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
This New Gilded Age 0
The editorial board of the Bangor Daily News looks at Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and sees little more a transfer of wealth from the poor to the already wealthy, with a healthy side dish of mean for the sake of mean.
I commend their editorial to your attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
In the event of a disagreement over how close is too close whilst parking vehicles at the big box store, settle said dispute with politeness.
We are a broken society.