This NYT sleight-of-hand is part of why Trump’s insane racism flourishes. The implication is that it’s possible to “attack diversity” WITHOUT a “racist undercurrent.”

And it “surfaces” - as though Trump hasn’t been a rabid and explicit racist for years, and this is some new tone.

Hounds. 21st century protest music. Kinda alt-folk, with drums & lyrical bite. Worth a listen, especially 'Woke Song', 'Elon', and 'FAFO'.

Glorious ❤️ Now do Punk.

'Bout sums it up ...

“And what does this button do?” -Pete Hegseth on his first day

DID YOU KNOW for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to concerns his grave would be vandalized

Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral.

www.matthewshepard.org/matthew-shep...

She was and is a real hero.

WA Sen. Patty Murray said during a floor speech the bill was a “sham” & a “disgrace . . . killing a baby is illegal in every single state. In fact, we passed a law in 2002 that made that crystal clear.I would know because I was here. It passed unanimously"
washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/01/22/d...

For my fellow pessimists, the stray nihilist, anyone thoroughly underwhelmed by the cheerful optimism of ostrich friends and relations ... "Pessimism is simply 'a refusal to believe that progress is a given.'" What we do with it from there is up to us.

I can’t get over the irony of someone who would be a racist King or worse being inaugurated as our president . . . on Martin Luther King Day.

Vive La resistance!

IGNOREguration, amirite?