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I had that Mack on my list of 11s
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“I believe in uttering the truth, even if it hurts. Particularly if it hurts.”
Joyce Carol Oates, We Were the Mulvaneys
Joyce Carol Oates said what everyone’s been thinking and did it with elegance.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Together we can do these things.
July 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Does Trumpland chaos bode better times ahead? I say yes. Happy Fourth!
If difficult times mean something good is trying to be born, let’s celebrate this Independence Day.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
July 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”
― Thomas Jefferson
Here in his farewell letter, UVa president Ryan details the classic mob extortion techniques used by the Trump administration to force his resignation
June 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
June 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reposted by JanetLMP
Why did Hitler storm out of the Olympics when Jesse Owens won gold?

Same reason Trump is targeting Black arts and culture today.

Saida Grundy with a mind-blowing analysis in the @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Trump is terrified of Black culture. But not for the reasons you think
A look back at 1960s Black arts movement explains why Trump is obsessed with eliminating Black artistry and the museums and institutions that support it
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Now it’s our beds….
June 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Words fail me.
June 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’s got layers.
Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice
June 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Is there a deadly sin he’s missing!
Trump: "They should give me the Nobel Prize for Rwanda and if you look, the Congo, or you could say Serbia, Kosovo, you could say a lot of them. The big one is India and Pakistan. I should've gotten it four or five times."
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In case you’re wondering about harm caused by specious beliefs
Time Magazine published a story on Lyme Disease today so today is a good day for me to inform y'all that we had a vaccine to Lyme Disease over a decade ago, but anti-vaxxers were able to get it off the market.
time.com/7295491/lyme...
7 Surprising Symptoms of Lyme Disease
Up to 10% of people experience lingering, serious symptoms.
time.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Any chance to kill dark people seems like an opportunity for these cretins.

PS. Canard is a great word.
Trump was never antiwar. That was always a canard, which somehow persisted even after his 1st term proved otherwise, with escalating conflicts, more civilian casualties, and destabilizing actions that set up future fights.

As @gregsargent.bsky.social writes, it's getting its biggest test with Iran.
Trump Is Suddenly Raging at Tucker Carlson—and MAGA Is Deeply Rattled
Is opposition to “forever wars” really a core pillar of MAGA Republicanism? Looks like we’re about to find out.
newrepublic.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Maps. I love maps. Each one has a little something that makes it unique.
June 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hmm. When the US pulled $ from missions and programs in Africa…
⚡️ Russia cultivates pro-Kremlin African elite through education, Ukraine's intel warns.

According to Andrii Yusov, the agency's spokesperson, the Kremlin's strategic aim is to shape a future generation of African elites that are politically and ideologically aligned with Moscow's interests.
Russia cultivates pro-Kremlin African elite through education, Ukraine's intel warns
According to Andrii Yusov, the agency's spokesperson, the Kremlin's strategic aim is to shape a future generation of African elites that are politically and ideologically aligned with Moscow's interes...
kyivindependent.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Bend can mean so many things…
New euphemism for authoritarian lawlessness just dropped
June 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
When evil just spends.
Trump’s deployment of troops to Los Angeles amid mass deportation protests will likely cost $134 million, the Pentagon’s acting budget chief said.
Troops deployed to LA will cost $134M, Pentagon official says
The acting budget chief said the estimate covers costs such as travel, housing and food.
www.politico.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Stand, there's a midget standing tall
And a giant beside him about to fall
rest in power to the great sly stone.
June 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Worthy read.
June 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
June 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I see that the Terry person has being doing things…
Notable clip today👇 in light of the news that the Trump administration successfully pressured ABC into suspending Moran
Reposting by request the exchange from Trump's ABC interview about Abrego Garcia's tattoos here on Bluesky 👇👇👇

TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!

MORAN: That was photoshopped

TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice.
June 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM