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A democracy is being dismantled before our eyes and only cartoonists, comedians, and independent journalists are covering it. threads.com/@jeffkoterba

To be clear, the eight Iranian women who were allegedly political prisoners set for execution and saved by Trump are nonexistent and generated by AI. The 170 Iranian schoolgirls who were blown to smithereens by Trump's orders were all very real, and all are very dead.

You don’t need to think prior U.S. administrations have clean hands—obviously they don’t—to believe the current one is acting in uniquely dangerous and unprecedented ways.

Can’t argue with the last sentence.

The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.

Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

After the House refused to display it, the Senate unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6. It only took five years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

I thought we were long past regime change as policy. Not a popular concept with majority of Americans.

"The world isn’t broken by monsters,” said Bear. “Just small, foolish men who have never been told no. History will not remember them as powerful... only loud.” ©️Tara Shannon, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/tarashan...

Trump may not be a fascist. Does it matter? open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... "Even if Trump and his minions are not fascists, it is undeniable that in his second term, Trump is surrounded by fascist-adjacent enablers."

I grieve the passing of Jane Goodall. As a child went to hear her speak and was so mezmerized and enchanted by her humility, purposefulness, and love of our closest animal relatives. Her work was extraordinary, her life an example. RIP

Pete Buttigieg speaking to global leaders in London today: "I did not come here to tell everybody that things are better than they look. They're not. And they're probably going to get worse before they get better. And yet I am optimistic."

There’s probably a direct link between bombing V and lowering food prices. Media just hasn’t uncovered that for us yet.

Here is an image of the crowd of people that chased a dozen ICE agents out of Columbia Heights yesterday. I don’t see one “elderly white hippie” there. I do see a wide variety of ages, genders, and races; DC residents united in disgust at what Miller is cheering on.

Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border. The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...

A cause everyone claims to care passionately about. Where is the outrage?

The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”

Idiot!

#booksky

I agree. The mid-terms are our only hope. Act accordingly.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries. Always money for war.

And these are the same snowflakes who couldn’t handle wearing a mask during the pandemic.

This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.

Starting to wonder if we took one for global civic democracy. Electing Trump basically seems to have knee-capped every revanchist far-right candidate in the world. You're welcome, world.

We genuinely need to change our relationship with our elected leaders, whom we helped put in office with our vote. Electing a leader is only the first step in a functioning democracy. Once someone takes office...our job shifts from cheering squad to...watchdog. Why? 1/6

Nothing in nature has any value to him unless it’s a golf course

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

I was on the phone with customer service today and when they asked for the last 4 digits of my SS#, I had to stop myself from saying “Ask Elon.” Guess it’s closer to the top of my mind than I realized. 😯 🤬

Wise words. We can do this.

Canadian friends, I can’t even begin to express how much I support and admire you. Continue coming together in unity. Have Justin make it hurt like hell here in the U.S. when it gets bad enough, the same unification will very likely happen here as well.

Can someone identify or define “Elon Musk’s “lieutenants?” WTAF??

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