fascism
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For Renee Nicole Good
There’s not much I can add to the story of what happened in Minneapolis yesterday—the murder of Renee Nicole Good by agents of ICE, for the offense of having been watching them (which is not a crime), and then trying to drive away from them. I can tell you that the official stance of the Continue reading
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Donald Trump Violates International Law and the U.S. Constitution
It seems like it would be a waste of time to explain to my fellow countrymen that, if some other country were to conduct a military strike on Washington, D.C. as part of an operation to abduct the President of the United States and force him to stand trial in a foreign court, all while Continue reading
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The Immorality of the Lynch Mob
One of the worst habits of intellectual ages gone by is the tendency to make sweeping generalizations about the nature or character of entire cultures, societies, nations, or other abstract assemblages of of people. I say “ages gone by,” but I really ought to admit that this is a bad habit of all ages, and Continue reading
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Political Murder
How horrible it must be, to love somebody who dies, and then to hear some stranger say that they are not especially moved by their death. I would hate to be in that position. I would want people to share, even in a small way, in my loss. That’s the human tendency: to seek comfort Continue reading
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I don’t see how I can post about politics anymore
I don’t have the heart to say I told you so. The last few days I’ve been getting the same old pleas to call my Senators and Representatives if I live in a Republican state or district, and tell them to oppose the bill that will cut taxes for the rich, slash funding for Medicaid, Continue reading
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No Kings
The President is attempting a military occupation of Los Angeles; his secretary of Homeland Security is calling it a “liberation” from their duly elected mayor and governor. Her goons put handcuffs on a United States Senator and wrestled him to the ground for daring to confront her with questions. I understand the President’s poll numbers Continue reading
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The Squares of Squares
Counting by the squares of squares,an escalation:One idea, the exception;Sixteen strokes of a pento sign essential orders for security;Eighty one minutes of sleepdivided by exhausted nightmares;Two hundred and fifty six accounts takenof extenuating circumstances;Six hundred and twenty five descriptions pulledfrom all existing manuscripts in storage;A thousand hopes extinguished,two hundred and ninety six deferrals;Two thousand, four Continue reading
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Sick to my stomach
The vast majority of people living under an arbitrary and authoritarian government are never disappeared from their homes, or herded into concentration camps, or stripped of their property and due process rights. If I could grant the people of the United States an understanding of anything, it is that it is still a moral and Continue reading
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Scenes from the capitol today
Let the Trumpists know that we will not submit to their fascism, and we will not pretend that it isn’t real when it is happening right before our eyes. The Resistance encompasses all of American history. It will not stop its demand for justice now, or ever. Continue reading
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I’m not calling it that
So yeah. The Gulf of Mexico has been in the news. Not because anything happened there, but because of a baby’s fit of pique. I’m on the record in multiple forums stating that Donald Trump is a fascist, that we’ve had reason to believe this for well over a decade, that we’ve known it for Continue reading
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