The Swamp

Trump is the swamp.

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Donny And Daddy

No, look - I've blown up this new thing so you can't concentrate on that other thing I blew up.

Elephant In The Room

If you can, take a few pictures or a few seconds of video. Then call 911. Tell them you're being threatened by men with guns, wearing masks, and showing no ID. Get something on the record.

And white people: We have to be an ally. But more than that - we have to be an accomplice.

In the 80s, there was a church group thing my mom got involved with called Witness For Peace. She spent time in Nicaragua and Guatemala, simply accompanying women who'd been threatened by the government for resisting - taking part in protests - doing things Daddy State assholes don't like people doing.

And it worked. Or something worked, but those women weren't accosted, and it could've been just because there was a witness.

BTW, my mom made it thru in good shape. Those cops were far less likely to fuck with somebody who had a white-haired gringa walking around with their potential targets.

Because slugs and cockroaches can't stand the sunshine.

POWER WILL BE ABUSED.

AND EVENTUALLY,

THE ABUSE ITSELF

WILL BECOME THE WHOLE POINT.

It's Not Funny

81 Years Ago

"...all experience has shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable..."

-- The American Declaration Of Independence - Thomas Jefferson

In the face of threats and dangers that are meant to intimidate and conquer, the seemingly tiny, insignificant, individual people who decide to stand up and stand together have proven over and over that a certain invincibility is possible - it's just not something you get from yourself alone.

I'm just one guy - one voice - one vote. And besides, what's in it for me?

06JUN44

The Woke Pope

I'm no Christian. I've been actively trying to give all of that up over a fairly long string of years, and I'm mostly atheist now.

I was raised Methodist, so we were taught that Catholics were on the expressway bound for hell because they served wine at Communion. Plus, the nuns were "virgins" married to Jesus, hanging out with unmarried "celibate" priests - so lord knows what they got up to after hours.

But - I was also taught that any clergy who ministered to the poor, visited the sick, and prayed with the imprisoned were OK, no matter who they worked for, or what they did on their own time.

These MAGA jokers are against everything Pope Bob has ever done, and they just can't quite grasp why the rest of us have problems with their shitty attitude.

Pushback

Julie Johnson (D - TX32)

A Parody

Today's Wilson

Do not count Trump out - not until he's been stomped on so there's nothing left of him but a greasy spot on the rug.

We've seen how the guy will go all in on every hand. And now that he owns the house money, it seems he believes he can't be beat, which will probably make him even more reckless - more willing to throw down - and more willing to pull us all into the vast black emptiness where a man's soul is supposed to be.

Just remember - nobody's bulletproof.

No, I'm not suggesting somebody should Luigi the motherfucker - the drugs and the cheeseburgers will eventually take care of that for us.

The Man Who Saved Cancer

Something for its own sake can be good.

Love for the sake of love is a good thing.

Change for the sake of change can be a good thing.

But profit for the sake of profit has invariably led us to ruin.

When you try to model a government after an economic system, you're leaning into disaster.

Call Your Senator

202-224-3121

A Word About What's Next

embrace the suck

stay in the fight

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Vote For Her

When you say stupid, hateful, truly misogynistic things about a woman in a position of some power, she doesn't hear you. But your sister does - your wife does - your aunts and nieces do - your daughter does.

We don't always model the kind of exemplary behavior we want our kids to emulate. Lord knows I haven't. There have been many mistakes, and many regrets for not doing and being better.

Of course, we can't always be at our best when it comes to doing anything, let alone when we're trying to raise kids to be good and decent people, and it's all we can do just to get them through homework, and supper, and bath time, and bedtime one more night without murdering the little darlings.

But we can try. We can maybe hold back a little on our oh-so-clever, sharp-as-a-razor rhetorical wit, and remember 'little pitchers have big ears'. We can make some small effort to be more aware of the example we're setting.

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The dialog is a bit obvious and the acting isn't great, but why the fuck would I demand anything Oscar-worthy when women are dying?

And by the way, there are babies dying as well. The precious little bundles these fuckin' fanatics claim they care about are becoming casualties too.

I can't believe how stupidly we behave sometimes.

Shut the fuck up. Get your fat ass outa the way. And leave people alone.

Trump Is Broken

It's Rick Wilson - one of the GOP's better spin meisters - but there's more than just a bit of reality and honesty in this.

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Because she cares about veterans, and she understands families like yours.

The Bamboozlement Of Innocents

She was bargaining on Facebook.

She asked friends with dead relatives.

She scored some in parking lots.

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