“We’re Just Following Orders” 0
The post title is quote from an ICE agent caught in the video.
Where have we heard that excuse before?
Why do I find no comfort in that realization?
Republican Family Values 0
As we know, “suffer the children” is a Republican family value.
Understanding MAGA, Reprise 0
Via the Sacramento Bee, Claude S. Fisher explains why Trump and the Trumpettes want to roll back the clock to the 1950s–or at least to their whitewashed ideas of what the ’50s were like.
I think you will find it a worthwhile read.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we know, politeness takes practice.
Understanding MAGA 0
Methinks this article may help.
A Trumpled Poem 0
Donald Trump is rewriting The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. Here’s an early draft:
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Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free,
And I’ll put them in concentration camps.
Have Cake, Eat It Too, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
Farrno deciphers the duplicity.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
You too can join in the fun and win a portable phallus.
Afterthought:
You do know that the whole NRA-style Second Amendment fetish isn’t about “the right to bear arms,” and it’s certainly not about “a well-regulated militia.”
It’s all about the Benjamins.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
All the News that Fits 0
Above the Law reports that Donald Trump’s personal attorney has threatened to sue news outlets for reporting, well, news.
“Right Now, the Enemy Is Domestic” 0
From the Youtube page:
The drummer of the hardcore heavy metal band Claymore TX, who is also a combat veteran, went on a fiery rant denouncing Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration and the cruelty being inflicted on immigrant communities across the country, proving once again that there are plenty of people from all walks of life willing to unite to protect the people that actually make our country great. Rick Strom breaks it down.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.
We are a society that has chosen to poison itself with lead.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
SFGate reports that the Trump maladministration’s attempt to whitewash (I use that term advisedly) America’s history as told in America’s National Parks is not being received well by vistors to said parks.
The Art of the Con 0
Der Spiegel takes a deep dive into the workings of a massive multinational online consumer con.
Just go read it and remember, just because you see it on a computer screen, it ain’t necessarily so.