Americans love to say "this is not who we are"
when the latest atrocity surfaces.
The torture photos.
The school shootings.
The Epstein files.
But this is exactly who you are
when there are no consequences at the top
and endless punishment at the bottom.
A country where poor people go to prison for crumbs
while rich men build islands of unrecorded crimes.
"It wasn't like he left me. It's more like he died, right in front of my eyes, and became someone new and different. He regenerated like the Doctor, and all I could do was mourn the man he was without offending the man he became. And now he's like a ghost when I'm around." --ekz
Dolly Parton tells Khloé Kardashian that she doesn’t believe in idol worship:
“Being in show business, the way people follow you [the Kardashians] and the way they follow me. I’ve asked God every day, ‘Do not let me fall under that. If they see something good in me, let me find my way to give that back.’ I think you have to be very careful. That’s one of the reasons I stayed very humble, and asked God to keep me humble and to keep my— I could say feet on solid ground, but with these heels! I’m still grounded, even with these high heels... You need to stand for something good, if you’re lucky enough to get in a position where you touch people, you reach people, you need to do that in the right way.”
Compare and contrast scenes from yesterday in America.
On the one hand, Trump's low-energy Dear Leader parade (that cost you $45 million).
On the other, millions of people across the country gathering peacefully to say:
Here, we have no kings.
@kylegriffin1 Thank you, Danielle, for at least trying. Why people would assume you would lie under circumstances like this I will never understand. Thank you for your service to humanity, successful or not. ❤️
@McNicollb @Octim1 @Matthewtravis08 I seriously doubt any kids were affected, let alone protected, by that law change. They're just more likely to search up truly sick shit that can't be blocked - the mainstream stuff is all that's affected. Meanwhile adults are asked to submit sensitive private info for access.
@McNicollb @Octim1 @Matthewtravis08 Actually, I thought that limiting free expression for ADULTS was a BFD, I thought limiting abortion access was a BFD, and I thought that some of the truly ludicrous priorities of an all but fascist party would maybe, possibly, *actually* have an effect on a red state. 🤷♂️
@jimjenkins80@JoJoFromJerz@therealroseanne Then he needs to put his money where his mouth is, cuz that's not what he's been willing to promote in the past. God knows that man can say whatever he feels like on any given day! If trump wants us to believe that, he needs to do something to confirm it, without contradicting.
Remember this photo MAGAs shared as proof Haitian immigrants are eating cats, ducks and geese in Springfield? The Ohio Wildlife Organization says he was actually picking up 2 geese that were hit by a car in Columbus, which is 45 minutes from Springfield, and he's not even Haitian.