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Cruauté Hypocrisie Félonie (Motto of the current Republican Party)

I think I have finally reached a State of Transcendental Meta-Outrage

Wake me up when we see any consequences for any member of the Trump administration for anything other than offending Trump

Has Trump's cruelty finally gone too far, even for his base? Nope. Check back again tomorrow.

Every Republican dances to the strain of the I Am Not A Nazi Polka

Why do the 2O25 elections seem so consequential on a national level? It is not just a referendum on the last nine months of Republican rule It is that there is no more independent local control The Federal government can now march in and disrupt any time, any one, anywhere, city or state

I think part of the problem is that "antifa" sounds a lot like "intifada" and it scares people who don't know the meaning of either word

Bad Bunny will be eligible to run for President of the United States in 2032. He missed being eligible in 2028 by one year.

Been reading about ICE in Chicago Seems like we crossed the "high crimes and misdemeanors" line a long time ago

Ecclesiastes 10: 16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child.

I wish I knew how to get a proposition on the California ballot instructing the legislature to begin negotiations with the U.S. Congress to secede from the Union Considering this would mean a Red USA forever, I would bet they would go for it if we offered them enough money

ICE are less like Nazis and more like the KKK

Granddaughter is working as substitute teacher while earning her degree Sixth day with a 2nd grade class of non-mainstreamed Special Needs (autism, downs, other) They are writing whole paragraphs now Don't know if I'm proud of my granddaughter or frustrated with the school district

After being sent repeatedly to BlueSky.com, this is now BSKYAPP forever

So this is how 1O% tariffs actually work Every time you buy a $20 pizza you set fire to another two $1 bills This is to incentivize you to make your own pizza at home and stop spending money at the pizza parlor The pizza parlor doesn't care about the $2 you set on fire Might care about your attitude

Back in the 6Os my cousin was a tune in, turn on, drop out tie-dyed hippie living on a hippie commune in Northern California. He is now a dyed-in-the-wool Trump supporter. Still. He forwarded me this commentary. Just so you know... www.facebook.com/thewaxsun/po...

"What! Do I not destroy my friends by making them my enemies?" -- Abraham Lincoln

In the history of religion, the greatest conflicts, very on homicidal, were between sects with the very slightest differences of opinions. With all the Democrats now bowing the knee to the Imperial Presidency, I am starting to think that the same is true of Democrats and Republicans

I used to check in with Bluesky once a day to see who was standing up to Trump Now I check in to see if the world has ended yet

Ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord, Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that, Tho’ hundreds worship at his word, He’s but a coof for a’ that. -Robert Burns

“Toutes choses sont dites déjà ; mais comme personne n’écoute, il faut toujours recommencer.” “Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” ― André Gide

I'm considering not paying my taxes to the United States of Trump this year in protest

I have never wanted more for disputes between nations to be settled by Trial By Combat of each nation's leaders

Say, Elon, what do you want to do tonight? Same thing we do every night, Donald. Try to take over the world.

I have to update my list of everyone Trump has suggested the U.S. needs to go to war with. (Its just a distraction until Musk takes over all the money}

In Medieval Times, if the crops were bad, it was because the King was evil Even in the 21st century, there is a tendency, if something is going wrong, to say it is all the President's fault Unfortunately, now, it is true

This is what Chaos looks like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrah...

If the Trump White House says there is nothing to be concerned about regarding the New Jersey drones well, now I'm worried

Excellent post

It’s not just the Republicans anymore. More and more Democrats are drifting towards Trump. Seven Democrats joined in confirming dog-murderer Noem. ALL Democrats joined in confirming Rubio the day before he cut off all humanitarian aid. Sadly, we need to choose our allies carefully now.

Is there hope? Schopenhauer: no. Nietzshe: no. Cioran: no. Camus: no. Spengler: no. Adorno: no. Kafka: yes, but not for us.

But your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore They're already overcrowded from your dirty little war Now Jesus don't like killin', no matter what the reasons for And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore OK, I'm old. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRCL...

The quality of mercy is not strained It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes 'T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown nasty radical left-wing liberal Shakespeare

Bluesky gives me the illusion that people are listening to me, when I am just contributing to the echo chamber. Unfortunately, it is addictive.

At the moment, it would take just two dozen Republicans growing a spine to impeach and convict And there is an overabundance of grounds that could be cited The validity of an impeachment trial is a political question that is nonjusticiable (i.e., is not reviewable by the Supreme Court)

In romance languages Mexico is masculine and America is feminine and I dont want to violate that executive order by recognizing the change in gender in the gulf

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring