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I seriously want someone to justify the claim that Macklemore's public statement in support of the Palestinians was "hate speech". I didn't hear anything that warranted that label. Is it possible to oppose the Netanyahu government's actions without being called an anti-Semite?

When it's our turn, can we rename Stone Mountain, Georgia to something more appropriate? I'm thinking that "Google and Apple Bootlicker Hill" has a nice ring to it.

Am I the only one who has noticed that ABC is turning into one big commercial for Disney? "News stories" that other networks barely mention or, more usually don't mention at all. A steady stream of lengthy features and shorter segments on Good Morning America. I'm over it.

I have no respect for war hawks who never served - less for politicians who use war to gain favor. "It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell." William Tecumseh Sherman

Montgomery, Alabama Just a portion of the crowd gathered on the Statehouse lawn to support No Kings Day! As much as celebration of one another as a protest against Trump and MAGA.

Montgomery, Alabama Statehouse Nice people, great music and a friendly community vibe. Way more people than last time!

Iran has brought oil transport to a standstill in the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration response is to say that they will insure the ships. If I were a crew member, I don't think I would be comforted by the knowledge that my employer will be reimbursed for their property when I'm killed.

This is the worst threat we face as a nation. Willingness to accept the Big Lie and acquiesce in anti-democratic measures disguised as election security has become a loyalty test for Republicans. Trump Says He Wants to Cancel Elections, but Here Is the Real Threat www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

It is commendable that, every four years, the International Skating Union and Olympic judges use their platform to remind us that figure skating is not a real sport.

DC published a bit of backstory on the campaign www.dc.com/blog/2017/08...

I can't be the only person who suspects that the DOJ release of unredacted Epstein documents and photos was not an accident, but was intended to slow the release of the remaining records and evidence.

Did anyone watch the 60 Minutes piece on ICE in Minneapolis? I quit in disgust when it appeared that it was just a puff piece. Softball questions for ICE "balanced" by the police chief voicing his concerns over demonstrators going too far. The decline of 60 Minutes truly saddens me.

I am going to apply for a job as an NFL offensive coordinator based solely on my observation that, in a short yardage situation where the opponent knows you will run it up the middle, you should do something else.

We live in a time when leading an angry, violent mob into the U.S. Capitol is acceptable, but gently mocking an ICE agent is terrorism and grounds for a "justifiable" homicide. How have to return to sanity.

Donald Trump is obviously slipping into the same dementia that claimed his father at his age. Assuming he outlives the Presidency, how long will it be before the Trump-Kushner family shunts him aside to keep him from blowing the spoils of his corruption?

Hegseth claims that he did not order the killing of survivors after the destruction of an alleged drug smuggling boat. Has he ordered an investigation into the incident and prosecution of those responsible? Of course not, because he is lying.

So, one day later and the utter failure of Democratic Party leadership has all but vanished from my feed. I guess the storm has passed and we all just file in line now. I feel utterly betrayed and abandoned. The worst thing is, there isn't a damn thing any of us can do about it.

This is what you get when you give up your only advantage in a negotiation. Republicans are demanding that the bill extending ACA subsidies must include abortion restrictions. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

From this moment onward, I vow to contribute my time, efforts and money to opposing any national electoral ticket that includes Tim Kaine. I hope that Kamala Harris is embarrassed by her association with him.

What side deals did the traitorous eight make on their way to selling us out?

Just trying to make sure that I understand how government ethics work in the Trump era. A mayor can't let Qatar pay for a business trip, but Trump can get a personal gift of a plane and a sweetheart deal for a golf resort from Qatar, in exchange for a foreign military base in the USA. Right?

Schumer is taking the position that he is being a pragmatist, "in the service of his foremost goal of winning back the Senate." Can someone please explain how failing to back a Democratic winner is pragmatic, and how it suggests any ability to pick future winners? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

I'm picturing Senator Schumer doing a lot of head shaking and peering over the top of his glasses this morning, peering past the Times to take in the TV news. The coffee tastes a bit bitter this morning. It must be hard to accept that you aren't the patriarch, you're just a doddering elderly uncle.

The Trump regime will fight tooth and nail to keep Trump-Epstein files from the public. When the Democrats take power and release appears imminent, he will have them destroyed. His justification will be that it is "time to put an end to the witch hunt protect innocent". MAGA will believe it.

I wish the Times and other national media would quit publishing opinion pieces in which far-right writers deign to inform the Democratic Party on the "obvious" path to winning elections. Apparently, all we need to do is become Republicans. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...

Given Trump's increasingly obvious mental and physical decline, has anyone taken a hard look at what a Vance administration would mean for America? Would it actually be any better?

The last time a Republican administration said they had undisclosed intelligence warranting military strikes, we were pulled into a war in Iraq. Bush said they were harboring terrorists and had weapons of mass destruction. He lied. I suspect that Trump's war on fishing boats will be the same.

How twisted and weak does your ethical reasoning have to be to think that pointing out morally indefensible behavior is actually encouraging it? Denying men some ludicrously dubious right to abuse women does not rob them of their inherent masculinity. www.wonkette.com/p/megyn-kell...

It is undeniable that the poorest states are conservative Republican strongholds. They think they are conservatives because they are poor. I am certain that they are poor because they are conservatives.

Hanging out with the haters and terrorists this morning in Montgomery, Alabama. Felt more like a church picnic.

Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid Step out of line, the men come and take you away

I keep wondering what Charlie Kirk was getting at in the final moments of his life. When asked how many transgender mass shooters there have been: "Too many... Counting or not counting gang violence?". Was he using his last words to pivot to the far right lie that most murders are gang related?

I do not believe that the killing of Charlie Kirk was a good act. I will not mourn his death. I did not know him personally. I feel no more than I would about the passing of any stranger. But I do know that he freely spouted conspiracy theories, lies and hateful propaganda. I will not mourn him.