Recommended Viewing 0
If you can find them, these two episodes of Family Ties:
All in the Neighborhood: Part 1
All in the Neighborhood: Part 2
They are 35 years old and still quite timely.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
From mass deportations, to mass firings to the crippling of our social support institutions, in two short months we have changed into something unrecognizable; Something we could accurately call “The Broken Promise Land.”
DOGE Bull 0
Farron reports that the chaos caused by Elon Musk’s DOGE at the National Institutes of Health in endangering persons’ health and lives.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He had a pocketful of politeness.
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.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they’re not even trying to pretend about it any more.
Republican Family Values 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Mike Murphy makes a compelling case that a particular Idaho legislator is, well, just plain nutz.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
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Little Marco takes the time
To find himself a rhyme.
Now don’t you have a fit, Sir,
When you find it rhymes with Hitler.
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*Mark Twain.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
We’re running the air conditioner.
In March.
This is not didn’t used to be normal in these parts.
Signal Achievements, Reprise 0
Emma and the crew discuss the increasingly obvious incompetence of the Trump maladministration, with a focus on “signalgate.” (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
Afterthought:
In a video clip, Donald Trump says, “To be honest with you.”
Yeah. Right.
Judicial Restraint Restraining the Judiciary
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The EFF does not think much of Republicans’ latest strategy to help Donald Trump avoid legal defeats by hamstringing federal courts.
Here’s a bit of their article (emphasis added):
EFF opposes both bills. We see this legislation for what it is: a transparent attempt to limit courts’ ability to act as an effective check on the Trump administration’s recent flood of illegal orders and actions – some of which EFF itself is challenging. Congress should firmly oppose any effort to prevent the judicial branch from fulfilling its constitutional duty.
Afterthought:
I guess Republicans’ idea is, if you can’t beat ’em, castrate ’em.
Vaccine Nation 0
Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a vaccine against the epidemic of stupid.
The Bidder’s Bidding 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini looks at Elon Musk’s attempt to bribe persons to vote for lubricate the election of a judge in Wisconsin.
Just go read it.