kaytee

Politically Independent Texan who loathes hypocritical pontificating fools. I remember when patriotism wasn’t synonymous with hate.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@BadFoxGraphics @foxandfriends Oh no! 10s of fans must be devastated.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

So well stated. Hunter found the absolute right words and tone to express what so many of us feel but often fail to clearly articulate. Thank you!

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
“This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.”
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter

P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@SouthDallasFood @TomsRiverRat I thought it meant she was slinging her Louboutin bag and hitting people with it.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@JoJoFromJerz @Acyn Putting UFC on the same level as Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon demonstrates exactly what’s wrong with this entire administration.
One was the culmination of one of the largest scientific and engineering efforts in history. The other puts two people in a cage to fight.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@Acyn Putting UFC on the same level as Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon demonstrates exactly what’s wrong with this entire administration.
One was the culmination of one of the largest scientific and engineering efforts in history. The other puts two people in a cage to fight.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@adgirlMM Thank you for the gift!

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@jardelito @paulinvietnam IF it is ice cream it’s likely black licorice. But that’s a big “if”.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Today, Jon Ossoff offered an amendment to stop insurance companies from denying or delaying medically necessary care.

Republicans blocked it.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@atrupar If the Supreme Court declaration of immunity doesn’t cover the crimes he’s worried about, the need for change in November is more urgent than we thought.

[Decoding Fox News @DecodingFoxNews]

Trump made some statements about the riot on January 6th the other day. I thought I would pair it with some footage from the event he claimed was full of love. Over 140 law enforcement officers were injured that day some with life altering injuries. Several committed suicide.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@focodereality Athena

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@Mollyploofkins Why is our government incapable keep his putrid hands off our monuments?

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@atrupar Wright’s mind would likely melt if someone told him we (northern hemisphere) are closer to the sun in the winter than in the summer. By about 3%.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

@jake_hansen_ @atrupar Wright’s mind would likely melt if someone told him we (northern hemisphere) are closer to the sun in the winter than in the summer. By about 3%.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

Perfectly said

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

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[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Talarico VS Paxton.

[kaytee @_call_me_kim]

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[Democratic Coalition @TheDemCoalition]

These quick thoughts by Michael Jochum on the disturbing reason Trump gets as much support as he does is a must-read 👇

I used to wonder how it was possible that Trump could have won in 2016, and then again in 2024, given how emotionally toxic and depraved he is.

I don’t wonder anymore. I think he won for that exact reason. Because he carried at least one broken shard to reflect the broken shards in millions of others.

If you’re a racist, you found your guy. If you’re a misogynist, you found your guy. If money is your only religion, you found your guy. If your heart is armored shut, you found your guy. If you mock the disabled, you found your guy. If intelligence makes you insecure, you found your guy. If you’re a sexual predator, you found your guy. If you trade in humiliation and conspiracy and filth, you found your guy.

If you’ve never done a single hour of emotional inventory, you found your guy. If you cheat, stiff contractors, bankrupt your obligations, and call it savvy, you found your guy. If you lie as easily as you breathe, you found your guy. If cruelty feels like strength, you found your guy. If white grievance is your comfort food, you found your guy. If your ego is a black hole no title can fill, you found your guy. If warmongering fuels your ego, you found your guy, If empathy feels like weakness and dominance feels like oxygen, you found your guy.

If he’d only carried one or two of these pathologies, he might have been dismissed as just another loud, damaged man. But he carried a buffet of them. That was the appeal. Millions could locate themselves somewhere in the wreckage. They didn’t have to agree with all of it. They just had to recognize a piece of themselves in it.

It was never really about him. It was about the validation. The absolution. The permission. He didn’t invent the resentment; he amplified it. He didn’t create the cruelty; he normalized it. He gave millions the intoxicating relief of hearing their ugliest impulses echoed back at rally volume.

Trump is a symptom. The deeper illness is collective. If there’s one sentence that defines his power, it’s this: “He says the things I’m thinking.”

And that’s the part that should chill us.

Because what does it say about us that so many were thinking those things? That tens of millions of Americans harbored resentments so deep, so seething, that they were simply waiting for a demagogue to baptize them as virtue? That after decades of supposed progress on race, gender, and equality, so many white men felt so threatened, so displaced, so furious, that cruelty became a political platform?

Maybe we were living in a fool’s paradise, mistaking silence for healing, politeness for progress.

Now the mask is off. Now we know.

And knowing is a far more dangerous place to stand.

– Michael Jochum, Not Just a Drummer: Reflections on Art, Politics, Dogs, and the Human Condition.