Today's Tweet

This is no small thing and it's from a year ago.

Germans know fascism when they see it.
Today the nation's top magazine, Stern, declares @POTUS @realDonaldTrump a Nazi.
Yesterday Chancellor Angela Merkel came to the defense of US Congress "Squad."https://t.co/JtAvSpZeDN pic.twitter.com/fD7VULGxxY

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 20, 2019

Deep Thought

Our 'civilization' has reached the point where we believe ourselves to be so disconnected from nature that our natural survival skills are now considered a recreational hobby.

50 Years

Apollo 11 landed on the moon at 2:17 PM MDT. 

We pleaded with the boss to let us close the Rec Center Pool a little early so we could get home to a TV and watch Neil Armstrong walk on the moon that evening.

I made it home just in time - about a mile and a quarter in under 8 minutes. I never peddled that little 2-speed bike harder.

Today's Tweet

Amy Siskind has been doing some great work, tracking our slide into Authoritarian Rule.

Your rally seemed somehow familiar...https://t.co/zeJAFnSfLt

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) July 20, 2019

A Night At The Garden

Podcast

The Professional Left Podcast

The Professional Left Podcast

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Springfield, IL 62791-9133

• Every day, 11,000 Americans turn 18
• Every time Pelosi passes a bill that's sure to die in McConnell's Senate, she highlights the seeming contradiction of "There's no point in passing impeachment articles when we know Senate Repubs won't budge"

DO THE MERCH

Phone Polling

Samantha Bee

Here's that tiny bear again

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Today's Quote

“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.“ 

--Frederick Douglass

Today's Tweet

This kind of visual is an important component of what we need if we're going to have any real shot at moving this joint off the slide that takes us down into plutocratic rule.

And we need a lot more just like them.

A nun being escorted out of the #CatholicsAgainstICE protest.

America. 2019.
pic.twitter.com/4wHTZ1Zjq7

— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 18, 2019

Science, Bitch

From NASA:

Today's Pix

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