POST 1226 BSO Mastery Sure, Trump is a constant tsunami of snow job, obfuscation and BSO (Bright, Shiny Object) distractions. He always needs them because of his blatantly illegal, unconstitutional, cruel, anti-America vice king blitzkrieg. There is nothing he won’t do to keep us looking somewhere else so that the Epstein files don’t reveal proof… [read more]
In Case You Didn’t Hear About These
POST 1225 1. From Robert Reich on October 20: The Other Demonstration on Saturday – what happened during the NO KINGS demonstrations: The Marine Corps — under the watchful [creepy] eyes of JD Vance and Pete Hegseth — staged a demonstration on Saturday in southern California. It wasn’t a No Kings demonstration, though. It was… [read more]
Why We March
POST 1224 We had a fine NO KINGS! day. We danced in our disgust over everything Trump. We wallowed in the warmth of Trump vilification with our compatriots. We reveled in our righteousness. We marinaded in our mighty morality. We stood in strength and we cheered We The People in a thrilling moment of feeling… [read more]
Cruelty
POST 1223 When your political universe is sorted into “pure” and “traitor,” cruelty becomes a tool. The point isn’t just to be offensive—it’s to police loyalty. – Dean Blundell _______________________________________ Here’s some clarity from @JoJoFromJerz: @JoJoFromJerz is right, of course. This intentionally cruel material dumps onto us every day. Here’s another example. In Cicero, IL… [read more]
Deals, Awards & Spray
POST 1222 The Hostage-Ceasefire Deal Likely, you’ve heard highlights dissected and discussed, but being an intelligent person, you don’t need a TV blabber to be your interpreter. Here’s a link to “Trump’s” 20-point plan. As you read it, try to imagine Trump sitting at the Resolute desk, thinking deeply about a myriad of critical details… [read more]
WAR!
POST 1221 Reporting From War-Torn Chicago . . . . Adapted from Edward R. Murrow’s March 9, 1941 broadcast from London. This is Chicago. Soon it will be winter in America. Already the flowers in the parks are browning and wilting as though there will be no renewal next year. There’s good fighting and invading… [read more]
First They Came
POST 1220 No One Left To Speak From friend Jay Becker of Refuse Fascism: [Over] just a few days, here in Chicago, masked, heavily armed federal agents: . – fired toxic pepper balls and tear gas at [non-violent] protesters in Broadview; – shot a woman in Brighton Park; – carried out a military style assault… [read more]
Don Quixote and You
POST 1219 What Motivates Likely you’ve heard about the government funding war now being waged between the “just-found-our-cojones” Democrats and the “we don’t give a crap about the people” Republicans. Maybe you’re wondering what kinds of things are about to happen, like Trump saying he’ll fire another 100,000 federal employees, which means he’ll likely do… [read more]
Civilian Leadership of Our Military
POST 1218 Yesterday we were given the full screen picture of our newly renamed War Department. Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, set the stage with absolutist war drum pounding and attacks on everything not MAGA. Fie on DEI and Woke! They are the core of our problems, he’ll have us know.That plus facial hair, overweight… [read more]
The Real Charlie Kirk
POST 1217 It is one of our more peculiar behaviors in America. I don’t know if it’s common in other cultures, but it is pervasive here. When someone dies we only speak of that person in complimentary ways. We never mention the meanness, the cruelty, the bad things done by the departed. I suppose the… [read more]
