Can someone explain to me like I am 5, why the flags on gov't websites suddenly only have 9 stars?

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Sweet - Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift refused to sing at Trump's inauguration.

Apartheid Elon asked Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga to perform at Trump's inauguration.

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster.

We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

That moment a billionaire realizes the same argument applies to them.

“If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.

-Timothy Snyder, “On Tyranny”

He’s speaking literally.

Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”