Michael D. Rabin

Judge Luttig is correct about what Mousse Olini intends. "With his every word and deed, Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin."

Wonderful how New Yorkers responded. www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbies-...

"Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate stands out because so many other well-situated people have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves. One by one American leaders supposedly committed to principles of free speech, due process, democracy, and equality have abandoned those ideals."

“In the 160 years since the end of the Civil War, “Harvard’s massive concession to Trump is a sign that the long era of American academic independence is drawing to a close.”

I recommend the recent Frontline on Mousse Olini’s abuse of power. A good chronicle of the precarious state of our constitutional order. One thing I noticed while watching, though, is that even through the TV screen you can smell Bannon’s BO.

"Trump 2.0 is just getting started, yet it already represents the high-water mark of American kleptocracy. There are good reasons to think it will get much worse." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Every day on my mind: "What in Gods name has happened to the Jewish community, that we can sit idly by and watch a minority population being targeted in this way: dehumanized, lied about, harassed, arrested, and shipped off to “facilities” around the country? Do we not see the obvious similarities?"

Greeting from sleepy Torrington, CT. Mundus Sine Caesaribus.

History lesson... "Using disorder he had helped manufacture, the chancellor seized control of Bavaria." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Torrington” - sign up now to join me! #freedomoverfascism www.mobilize.us/freedomoverf...

The ONLY surprise is that the shitshow lasted this long (I predicted the romance would end in March). They should be placed in adjacent padded cells, with a small open window between them, and spend the rest of their disreputable lives berating each other. That would be justice.

The more people open their hearts to us, the less we will have to fight for our rights. Harvey Milk

The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, that is true perversion! Harvey Milk

All men are created equal. Now matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about. Harvey Milk

Hope is never silent. Harvey Milk

Join me at Hartford,CT Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth. I'm hoping to serve up some crushed taco shells. action.womensmarch.com/events/hartf...

We must rally around institutions willing to pay a price for standing up to the rising fascism and the onslaught against the values we have strived to enshrine since the enlightenment. There is no longer time for trying to dance between the rain drops. Unified resistance is the only way through.

“What you are feeling is the disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren’t working … and yet the institutions and the people in power just are, like, ignoring it and pretending everything is going to go on the way that it has.” apple.news/AzWK5A-BBQYq...

"This epic clash between a despotic madman and a feisty little newspaper run by socialists began playing itself out a century ago... The newspaper’s fearlessness is a symbol of how a free press can challenge authoritarianism." forward.com/opinion/7213...

There may not be as much humanity in the world as one would like to see. But there is some. There's more than one would think. James Baldwin

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law. James Baldwin

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain James Baldwin

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless. James A. Baldwin

We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it. James A. Baldwin

One cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own. James A. Baldwin

Bruce… youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Frederick Douglass

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. Frederick Douglass

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. Frederick Douglass

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. Frederick Douglass

"...Americans can understand now that Donald Trump is going to continue to decimate America for the next three-plus years. He will continue his assault on America, its democracy, and rule of law until the American people finally rise up and say, “No more.”

"How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy?" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

We’re going to play “Who stole Noem’s handbag roulette.” Was it a) an immigrant, b) a DEI hire or c) a communist?

Greetings from Torrington, CT.

“…one hopes that other universities that find themselves in the administration’s cross-hairs — and there are many of them now — follow Harvard’s example and make self-respect, and respect for the law, unsurprising again.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

"Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou’s transformative best-selling 1970 memoir chronicling her struggles with racism and trauma. Two copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler are still on the shelves." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

“Judge says man's erroneous deportation to El Salvador prison 'shocks the conscience'” apple.news/AcKG0B5E_SNu...

Greetings from Torrington, CT

Greetings from Torrington, CT

Greetings from Torrington, CT (a protestor on the left with complementary sign- she drew this. Very impressive!)

Greetings from Torrington, CT

Come what come may, 
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. William Shakespeare