Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The “suspending indefinitely” of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one’s political or financial self-interest.” By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.
Here's a cool way to resist.
On Thursday, E. Jean Carroll started it: Paper Clip Protest.
“Comely Reader! I suggest we all start wearing the paper clip. Subtler than a red hat, more powerful as a CONNECTION,” she wrote, explaining they were also worn during World War II as a sign of resistance against the Nazis.
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Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures.
Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims.
Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
🚨BREAKING: Speaker Mike Johnson just LIED - blaming Democrats for ending session early… while Republicans run the House.
That’s like your dad crashing the car and blaming your mom.
Truth: They shut Congress down to dodge an Epstein files vote. RELEASE. THE. FILES. NOW.
JOANN Fabrics, Party City, Toys R Us, Red Lobster — private equity drove all of them to the ground.
Now, Donald Trump is giving private equity the green light to keep running their destructive playbook. I'm fighting back.
The terrorist on the left went on a stabbing spree yesterday at a Traverse City, MI Wal-Mart. Not an immigrant. Not a Muslim. Just another white guy domestic terrorist.
On the right is Derrick Perry, the hero who stopped him from harming others.
Thank you, Mr. Perry.
2 weeks ago, Trump incinerated 500 tons of food that could’ve fed around 1.5 million children for a week.
This week, he’s burning $9.7 million worth of contraceptives intended for foreign aid.
He’s actively destroying resources that could save thousands of lives. It’s inhumane. https://t.co/jc8k5JW2Ms
There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine.
A starving human being needs food today, not tomorrow.
People of good conscience must stop the starvation in Gaza.
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Any meeting between Blanche, DOJ, or any other Trump representative, on the one hand, and Ghislaine Maxwell and her attorneys or other representatives, on the other, should be audiovisually recorded. Full stop.
The floods ripped through Texas on July 4.
On July 5, FEMA received 3000 calls from survivors. 1% were unanswered.
That night, Trump/Noem fired the people who answer the calls.
On July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls. 65% unanswered.
July 7: 85%.
Sick. https://t.co/UHQiVOSL0z
Trump's mental clarity during today's hostile and sometimes incomprehensible presser is as obvious to foreign intelligence agencies as it is to us. This is just one clip but both our allies and enemies have eyes and ears too.
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
Donald Trump is over 30 minutes late to the wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
He clearly doesn't care about making people wait outside for him in the cold.
The American public has the right to know former Special Counsel Smith’s conclusions regarding the criminal allegations against President-elect Trump. We’ve submitted an expedited records request to get them. https://t.co/CDTeEbP0BA
Watching so many people having spent money to go to the inauguration, and then Trump canceling it because he’s worried about the pictures and small crowds, is a perfect picture of his whole relationship with his supporters.
They give and give, he takes and takes.