Definition Deficit 0
Writing at The Kansas City Star, John Lueckert makes a strong case that Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt does not understand what the phrase “law and order” means.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Field looks at the actions of the Trump maladministration and decodes de code. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
Most of us know what the agenda is: To make America white again.
QOTD 0
Kate Duchêne, in the voice of Miss Constance Hardbroom:
. . . highwaymen, thieves, and rogues are usually to be found among the male of the species.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Socieety” 0
Another “responsible gun owner” feels justified in exposing his portable phallus to a fellow driver on America’s byways.
We are a broken society.
American Stasi 0
Grung_e_Gene, who has law enforcement training, shares his thoughts on ICE’s icing an ICU nurse in Ninneapolis.
Warning: He minces no words.
All the News that Fits 0
Steve M. points out that the inhabitants of Trump world can’t understand why all the fuss about Trump’s ICEcapades because their world is so bubblelicious.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
From the Youtube page:
“Make America Great Again, My Ass” is a sharp, unapologetic parody music video that takes aim at the hollow nostalgia behind MAGA politics. While politicians chant about a “better past,” this video highlights the very real ways America is failing people right now — from economic inequality and crumbling infrastructure to culture wars, book bans, and the erosion of basic rights.
Set to biting lyrics and uncomfortable imagery, this parody pulls back the curtain on performative patriotism and exposes the disconnect between political slogans and lived reality. If you’re tired of being told things are “great” while wages stagnate, healthcare collapses, and democracy feels fragile, this one’s for you.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mitchell B. Liester reminds us that “social” media isn’t. He notes that (emphasis added)
Family estrangement has reached epidemic proportions. . . .
What’s causing this destruction? Causes include substance abuse, violence, and personality conflicts, but a newer and increasingly powerful force is social media algorithms designed to increase engagement by promoting divisive content.
In these algorithmic times, methinks the entire article is worthy of your attention.
Precedented 0
In a disturbing and unsettling article at AL.com, Kyle Whitimire addresses
(h)ow a Yale prof’s cruel experiment explains the ICE-y obedience breaking America.
No excerpt or summary can do his piece justice. Just go read it.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and still trying to white-wash (you will pardon the expression) America’s original sin of chattel slavery.