Re-reading God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater for the first time in 30 yrs. SO timely today!

e.g.
“Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and entirely inappropriate and unnecessary and humorless American class system created. Honest, industrious, peaceful citizens were classed as bloodsuckers, if they asked to be paid a living wage. And they saw that praise was reserved henceforth for those who devised means of getting paid enormously for committing crimes against which no laws had been passed. Thus the American dream turned belly up, turned green, bobbed to the scummy surface of cupidity unlimited, filled with gas, went bang in the noonday sun.”

ALSO:

“You know, I think the main purpose of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps is to get poor Americans into clean, pressed, unpatched clothes, so rich Americans can stand to look at them.”

AND MOSTLY:

“There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.”

On Father's Day this dad is proud/happy to have raised three kids to be on the right side of history

Two daughters and a son, ranging in age from 31-27, and all three are committed to social justice, progressive values, and voting for only those with a D next to their name. Makes this old Gen Xer feel like he did something right

A reminder about Garland:

He appointed Jack Smith within two days of the Lardass of Maralago announcing his candidacy for 2024. It was that event that made a special council necessary in the first place.

That is all.

I for one think today's move will eventually benefit the President politically, especially as the stark contrast between his actions and the slumlord's becomes more apparent.

Voted against a MAGA-fascist incumbent in NM 2 today.

LET'S GO GABE!!!

T-minus 28 minutes till polls close here in the Land of Enchantment.

If you can, please watch the Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein, and Ken Burns: USA and the Holocaust

This is an amazing account of how U.S. antisemitism contributed to the horrors of the 30s and 40s. The analog between American fascists then, and American fascists now is chilling, and, frankly, a clarion call.

https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/us-and-the-holocaust/

Join the Movement to Unplug Fox "News"

I'm sure many here have already joined this movement, and likely (hopefully) this has been posted here before, but it is something that can't be reiterated often enough:

https://checkmyads.org/fox/

Posted without comment. Nobel Laureate Mr. Bob Dylan: He tried to warn us ...

Rights to abortion, contraception, marriage, relationships, and privacy ARE in the US Constitution!!

Amendment IX:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people

In 1791, women had a right to terminate a pregnancy up until quickening, and that was a legal doctrine that went back centuries under British Common Law.

Sorry this needs to be said still in 2022 -- Nazi punks: FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!