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The Fracturing of Democracy - A Chronicle of Continuing Trauma.
By: Thomas • History • 98 Comments • 9 Likes • an hour ago
“Saturday, April 19th Find a Rally--Stand Together, Stand Out, Stand Up”
The Constitution only holds when people follow the instructions within. Trump desires to be king, so he deals in not merely bad faith but unfaith, or maybe anti-faith. According to the Trump Regime the Constitution of the United States is a code to get around, not to be followed. This is...
David Brooks: I Should Have Seen This Coming - The Atlantic
Via: Thomas • Op/Ed • 69 Comments • 8 Likes • 2 weeks ago
“When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted...”
I was reading The Atlantic last night. I found an article called “I Should Have Known” that was written by David Brooks, a commentator whom I have followed for many years. He was, in the same breath, chiding himself for missing what a nightmare for democracy Trump is, and yet clinging to the hope...
Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s tariffs and reaction from the markets
Via: Thomas • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 1 Comments • 4 Likes • 2 weeks ago
“And yes, he saw the markets tanking and blinked — but blinked, I think, primarily because of the bond markets. And they — you had a segment earlier...”
Well, we are all moving a little bit closer to reality with each passing day of the Trump administration.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 24A931 DONALD v. J. G. G., ET AL.
Via: Thomas • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 3 Likes • 2 weeks ago
“All tyranny requires is that good men do nothing”
Justice Jackson, Excerpted from the dissent: I write separately to question the majority’s choice to intervene on the eve of the District Court’s preliminary-injunction hearing without scheduling argument or receiving merits briefing. This fly-by-night approach to the work of the Supreme Court...
Obama Speech at Hamilton College: 'Values are Worth Fighting For'
Via: Thomas • Op/Ed • 19 Comments • 12 Likes • 2 weeks ago
“One of the things that has distinguished us in the past has been this basic idea that we are a rules-based society. What that means is that I can...”
Remember the time when the president was not just a bloviating gasbag full of horrible ideas? I don't either, but Barack Obama was the closest we've been to a thoughtful and careful President in a long time. He even still gives us homework. The difference in abilities and style to the current...
Rachel Maddow: Trump Can't Even Fail Properly
Via: Thomas • Op/Ed • 70 Comments • 12 Likes • 2 weeks ago
“ They cannot commit to what they're doing, but they also can't even reverse what they're doing when they try to reverse it because they are so...”
This is truly a revealing day. If you are viewing this or reading this and think that the President has gone too far, that the President is placing this country in peril for his own gain, write, email AND call your Representative in the House and the Senate and let them know that this behavior...
Don’t Roll Your Eyes at Due Process
Via: Thomas • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 7 Comments • 4 Likes • 3 weeks ago
“Last month a federal court of appeals judge made a startling assertion. “Nazis,” she said, “got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act” than...”
Every person in the United States has the right to due process Guaranteed by the Constitution. This shouldn't really be that difficult to understand.
The Fracturing of Democracy - A Chronicle of Continuing Trauma. Part 3 Another Glimmer of Hope
By: Thomas • History Before they can rewrite it • 57 Comments • 11 Likes • 3 weeks ago
“A core principle behind Hands Off! is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential...”
Saturday, April 5th, 2025, Hands Off!, an organization dedicated to slowing and stopping the Trump administration's push to, well, as far as I can tell, ruin the nation, is organizing nationwide a nationwide protest rally. From The organizations website: On April 5, national and local...