We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again

Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VA) just now on CNN:

"We have a President moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism. He's suing media who criticize him. He's going after law firms that have clients who were against him. He's suing universities who teach courses he doesn't like"

We’re deeply disappointed in much of the U.S. media. Grateful, however, to international journalists who are telling the truth.

You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.

This administration is such a freaking joke.

Finally!

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

Fridays used to be the best day of the week. Under the Trump cluster-funhouse they are the worst. All the most deplorable, anti democratic crap happens on Fridays.

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, which began the American Revolution. Our nation was founded on resistance to arbitrary authority and monarchical power. We built a democracy in the face of impossible odds. We must continue to protect it.

Receipts:

“With these staffing changes, the top United States military official is now without a chief of staff, a deputy chief of staff and a senior advisor, less than 100 days into his tenure.”

More and more the words

Play stupid games
You win stupid prizes

Is a *perfect* descriptor for this train wreck called the Trump Administration

This is an embarrassment.

It’s unfortunate this teacher - who it appears is an excellent teacher - is losing their contract.

But take a moment lament the long term psychological, mental, emotional impact on the teen. Imagine parents so devoid of compassion/ability to see their child that they have a teacher fired.

Elections have consequences

Yep.

The United States Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process. The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable.

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Things you absolutely do not want to see in a judicial opinion against you: "has no legal authority," "unconscionable," "not . . . within her lawful discretion," "most assuredly violated the Fifth Amendment," "This is a slippery—and dangerous—constitutional slope."

When the deep ruby red swath of the US is having huge turnout today, you know the Republicans have a problem.

It’s one thing to see pics from NYC, Boston, St. Paul, Seattle.

But Utah? Indiana? Nebraska? Let’s. Go.

#protest

This is accurate. Mine isn’t on the list (West Side Story).

But my sophomore show is spot. on. (Hello, Dolly!)

This was….five months ago

Cory Booker's epic Senate speech puts Democrats back in the spotlight Democratic voters grown impatient with leaders who won't counter Trump more aggressively.

“You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything.”

The longest filibuster in history was Strom Thurmond against the Civil Rights Act. Poetic justice. Keep it up, Senator.

I have almost entirely quit shopping on Amazon.

Since Bezos attendance at the inauguration (and subsequent moves at WaPo) I’ve purchased 2 items. Two.

Boycotts aren’t necessarily loud, abrasive moves… their daily, conscious decisions.

Get to Wisconsin stat. Musk is trying to bribe people to vote in a MAGA sympathetic judge. Help Wisconsin make some noise.

More people waking up to the realization they voted for the devil because they didn't bother to understand the details.

The devil is always in the details.

All of that is to say. The next generation isn’t put off by sensationalism. And off the cuff, flippant remarks. Trump and the MAGA movement is the clear evidence of that.

The Dems need to get over being whatever convoluted obsession of political niceties and protocol and go to the mattresses.

Then, all of a sudden forced to figure it out during the pandemic, often looking particularly fake and usually low quality. The churches that thrived and are thriving tended to have a robust presence *before* it was necessary for their future existence.

It makes Dems look even more out of touch.

Democrats' new digital strategy tops trending charts but also draws mockery from allies and foes Democratic lawmakers are courting online content creators, podcasters and celebrities in a bid to find new ways to boost their message to voters.

apnews.com/article/demo...

Tbh, this is somewhat embarrassing, how far behind the ball and out of touch Dems are with the use of social media. It reminds me of the church - utterly opposed to online presence…

Things you hear on pastoral visits to elderly shut-ins.

“Trump is the worst president of my life and I was born during the Hoover years.”

90 year old woman. 😂😂😂😂😂

So Bond. James Bond has always been about the tension, the nemesis, between Bond and - Russian based org.

So the whole Bond thing at #Oscars a rebuke of the Trump/Russia marriage?

Well played.

Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.

The week in review: