Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom talks with Kymone Freeman about Trump’s military occupation of the District of Columbia. (Warning: Short commercial at about the three-minute mark.)
The Control Freak 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, the Kansas City Star’s Melinda Hennenberger offers what methinks is a simple lens through which to view the actions of the Trump maladministration. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Boy, am I glad my days of stepping on airplanes every other month are so are behind me.
American Stasi 0
Via WHYY, my old NPR station, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner looks at Donald Trump’s military occupation of the District of Columbia and explains why I have trouble sleeping some nights:
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
Numbers Gamer 0
Seth looks at Donald Trump’s decision to have the National Guard occupy Washington D. C. He leads into the topic by discussing Trump’s problem with numbers.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Kansas City Star, Joel Mathis writes of many of the innocent, law-abiding persons who have been swept up in Donald Trump’s crusade against immigrants. He notes that, despite the Trump maladministration’s pledges that criminals and gang members would be its targets, that has not been the actuality.
In the course of his article, he makes this observation, which methinks sums up what’s going on:
Follow the link for context.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino reports that the ABA is fighting back.
Wonder if Trump will sic that National Guard on them?
American Stasi 0
No, that’s not hyperbole. From Truthout:
Much more at the link.
Birds of a Feather, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
Warning: Short commercial at about the 2 1/2 minute mark.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, one of those “responsible gun owners” exposes a portable phallus to children, and politeness becomes child’s play.
We are a society of stupid.
Republican Family Values 0
When you read these stories of persons renditioned by the Trump maladministration without cause or due process, but simply because IDE didn’t like their looks, you will find it difficult to deny that mean for the sake of mean is a–if not the–Republican family value.