jaywitmer

What an idiot.

Problems have solutions. Contradictions do not. They are permanent points of tension that can only be managed within the system in which they are embedded. They only go away when the system as a whole disappears.

I am, in my gloomier moments, convinced he’s trying to flush out anyone with qualms about obeying grossly illegal and immoral orders before 2029.

@barackobama.bsky.social what was that you said about old men building pyramids?

@ericsorensen.bsky.social how’s that bipartisanship score that you’re so proud of?

AOC staying out of the Platner race reflecting better and better on her political instincts

How about breakfast on vacation in a restaurant you’ve never been to before 🧇🥞 🍳

This 👇🏻

@ericsorensen.bsky.social how’s that bipartisan rating of yours?

The hero we need.

@ericsorensen.bsky.social @repericsorensen.bsky.social Are you still feeling gratitude for ICE?

@repericsorensen.bsky.social @ericsorensen.bsky.social

Gotta get down to it. #AbolishICE

How can anyone see the death and destruction in Gaza and the lack of attention to our needs here at home and think “more of our tax dollars should be going overseas”? The policy issues we face here at home are tied to the issues abroad, they aren’t separate.

@cnn.com why are you platforming this garbage?

#WolffBites: "Delusion"

@savingplaces.bsky.social why is this happening?

#NoKings

#NoKings ❌ 👑

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#kavanaughstop

Davenport, Iowa last night. @sanders.senate.gov #fightingoligarchy

The Milan Bottoms, a massive wetland near the conjunction of the Rock and Mississippi rivers in western Illinois, is the largest known winter nighttime roost for migrating bald eagles in the lower 48 states.

Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.

And remember, 93% have no record of any violent crimes. This facility, then, is comparable to the internment camps for Japanese Americans during the Second World War. But let's call it what it is: a concentration camp. Jesus wept.

Boom, bust—and boom again. Take a long-weekend trip to Dubuque, Iowa, to witness how a small town reinvented itself into a thriving community full of charm.

#nokings in Rock Island, Illinois

Word

Buckle up, folks. This is a constitutional crisis unfolding before our eyes.

Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)

Yesterday’s #handsoff rally in Davenport, Iowa

BREAKING: Sen. Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech in history. WATCH LIVE NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...

W. B. Yeats (1965-1939)

QCA veterans and advocates protest federal cuts

Huh…weird…

Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

As it turns out, you can never have too many Al Greens.

Not going to lie…this kind of hurts. My Dad loved Gene Hackman.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

#botd in 1809

The Democratic Party is viewed negatively by 57% of Americans. That will not change until those in the party stop idolizing those in leadership who led the party to that number.

I think about this quote a lot: "Before taking office, Mr. Trump told top aides to think of each presidential day as an episode in a television show in which he vanquishes rivals." –New York Times, Dec. 9, 2017

We're watching a bunch of guys who were born on third base strip the copper wiring out of the ballpark.