"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."

—James Baldwin
#blackhistorymonth

I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

“the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state ... in its essence, is fascism.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The U.S. > State Capture

Instead of "Shock and Awe" OPPOSE AND ORGANIZE!

My mother in Law is in a care facility all the workers are black, nurses care givers cafeteria staff so I guess they should be fired I mean DEI hires ? maybe we can get those white college age kids to do those jobs? Maybe trumps grand kids I wouldn’t want a black person taking their jobs

GOP in the Minority: They're coming for your gas stoves, guns, hamburgers, bibles, god, white people...

GOP in the Majority: We're taking your ATC, EDU, FDIC, CIA, FBI, DOJ, Black & women rights & history, we will purge you motherfuckers & your "wokey" ideas from every corner of this free land!

to call this a clown show is unfair to clowns. pure madness. like playing russian roulette with a machine gun.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

It's a coup.
February 2, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-2...

"We must steel ourselves bc things will get worse before they get better—but they will get better. It is a fool’s bet to assume that the American people will sit idly by as their freedoms are stolen by a corrupt oligarch & a convicted felon destroying the govt to promote their selfish interests."