We've always had assholes who wanted to get away with doing horrible stuff, but bad optics & the threat of consequences used to act as guardrails against them. Not anymore. They'll do shit anyway now & make you MAKE them stop. It's the trump effect. Making Villains Great Again.
“Trump spent six hours on Saturday afternoon having a manic episode - furiously posting self-aggrandizing memes meant to appeal to his followers and demean his political opponents.
He did this, of course, in lieu of brokering any sort of peace deal with Iran - and his meltdown was surely noticed by those he wages unprovoked and illegal war against; as well as our allies, who are having to cope with an unhinged POTUS seemingly grounded at the White House while undergoing whatever medical treatments are being shielded from the public view.
To say it is uncharacteristic for him to not be on a golf course for the last two weekends in May would be an understatement. Not surprisingly, he covered over his unacknowledged infirmity by going on a xenophobic hate spree.
The central pitch of the MAGA movement is that immigrants are taking away money and resources from real Americans and destroying communities that are the backbone of patriotic, wholesome, red, white and blue life. The images POTUS posted buttressed this despicable and false narrative.
Nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to their reactionary theme: Trump’s war on immigration, spearheaded by Stephen Miller (as odious as a wood grub without the charm and social skills), is a national disgrace.
Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, is a tiny, rancid man who is causing huge problems for a nation that prided itself as being a beacon of freedom.”https://t.co/1ulQFV6Odg
June 1st Music History:
1957 Sam Cooke records "You Send Me."
1957 #Elvis Presley releases the two-sided hit single "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" b/w "Loving You."
1956 Doris Day signs a five-year recording contract with Columbia Records worth $1 million.
Whoever the next Democratic president is, they better not start talking about forgiveness and pardons to unify the country. This country will unify behind prosecutions and prison sentences. We're still fighting because the Confederacy was never properly punished. End the cycle.
After wildfires leave forests bare, an unexpected team steps in border collies with a mission Wearing specially designed backpacks filled with native seeds, they run across the land, scattering new life with every step. Fast, agile, and tireless, these dogs are helping forests grow again one stride at a time.
Republicans in North Carolina just proposed a bill that says if a woman is caught with an IUD or attempts to get an abortion then men are allowed to use DEADLY FORCE to try and stop her. They are proposing a bill that will allow men to kill women for using birth control. It’s House Bill 1232. Keith Kidwell is the Republican who proposed the bill. He claims it counts as self defense to use deadly force to stop abortion. This is a man who claims to be pro life. Feel free to give his office a call and let him know how you feel about his opinion.
And for anyone who says “obviously this will never get passed” that’s not the point. The point is it’s fucking insanity that a government official would even try to make a law like this. It’s insanity that there are men out there who are trying to make it legal to kill women for making decisions for their own bodies. This is real and it’s happening right now in front of our eyes.
#OnThisDay in 1986, Jeff Krulik and John Heyn shot footage of heavy metal fans attending the Judas Priest / Dokken show at the Capitol Center in Landover Maryland.
The documentary short became the cult classic "Heavy Metal Parking Lot". A must watch!
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