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Come on, people. It does not bode well when asking a dictator to pause torture raids for Halloween is what passes for dissent.
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Come on, people. It does not bode well when asking a dictator to pause torture raids for Halloween is what passes for dissent.
It is hard to believe. And in 2017, mental health experts tried to start that conversation.
May 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It is hard to believe. And in 2017, mental health experts tried to start that conversation.
We need Mr. Peabody now more than ever.
April 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We need Mr. Peabody now more than ever.
Here’s Rochester, NY, where nearly 4,000 people turned out to protest Trump. Video by a friend.
April 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Here’s Rochester, NY, where nearly 4,000 people turned out to protest Trump. Video by a friend.
A good day for the resistance. Here’s Washington, DC.
April 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A good day for the resistance. Here’s Washington, DC.
Thank you. Your letter made me cry. My father (left) was a Tuskegee Airman in Italy in World War 2. Not all he did in his life was honorable. But I honor this. I’ll do what I have to to keep it from having been a waste.
March 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thank you. Your letter made me cry. My father (left) was a Tuskegee Airman in Italy in World War 2. Not all he did in his life was honorable. But I honor this. I’ll do what I have to to keep it from having been a waste.
“Leave me alone. I’ve already read about that asshole.”
March 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“Leave me alone. I’ve already read about that asshole.”
Trump is betting that he can overwhelm us into paralysis with attacks from all directions at once: a daily barrage of the unthinkable.
March 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump is betting that he can overwhelm us into paralysis with attacks from all directions at once: a daily barrage of the unthinkable.
Indeed. And today at a demonstration at the US Capitol, Rev. William Barber absolutely tore into Trump and Musk’s agenda.
March 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Indeed. And today at a demonstration at the US Capitol, Rev. William Barber absolutely tore into Trump and Musk’s agenda.
Anyone seen results of the Feb 28 boycott? Wikipedia summarizes the impact as insignificant. I’d think even that would be worth coverage.
March 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Anyone seen results of the Feb 28 boycott? Wikipedia summarizes the impact as insignificant. I’d think even that would be worth coverage.
Boycott 2/28. And show big money you’re not buying it.
February 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Boycott 2/28. And show big money you’re not buying it.
“Open the pod bay doors, Donald.”
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Open the pod bay doors, Donald.”
“Open the pod bay doors, Donald.”
February 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“Open the pod bay doors, Donald.”
This is why George Orwell wrote this book.
February 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is why George Orwell wrote this book.
“DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. …In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.” -Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
February 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. …In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.” -Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
Fight supremacies and greed.
Then find something you don’t have to fight.
Then find something you don’t have to fight.
February 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Fight supremacies and greed.
Then find something you don’t have to fight.
Then find something you don’t have to fight.
This morning driving in DC I saw a banner calling for Netanyahu’s arrest hanging from a walkway at Kennedy Center on the Rock Creek Parkway. I didn’t have time to take a photo, but it resembled this one. He’s visiting Trump. Go home, Bibi. One criminal head of state is enough for this town.
February 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This morning driving in DC I saw a banner calling for Netanyahu’s arrest hanging from a walkway at Kennedy Center on the Rock Creek Parkway. I didn’t have time to take a photo, but it resembled this one. He’s visiting Trump. Go home, Bibi. One criminal head of state is enough for this town.