This is a core question & the right has no answer. Their real answer is simply Wilhoit-ism: we are good & right, therefore anything we do is good & right. They are bad & wrong, thus anything they do is bad & wrong.

It's not torture or genocide when we do it, because we're good! QED

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Congress is completely useless at this point.

Glad to know the US Congress is out on a vacation and is resting from the strong effort they demonstrated.

It's Draw a Picture of a Bird Day! According to numerous online sources, 7-year-old Dorie Cooper visited her uncle in a hospital in England in 1943, after his right leg had been destro…

Apr 8 is Draw a Picture of a Bird Day!

Color me completely unimpressed until articles are rolled out and a conviction is made.

Ive seen this show before. Ive heard this all before. Jan. 6 should have been the end of it. It wasnt.

It would take only THREE House Republicans to stop Trump. Will any have the courage? Dozens of GOP Members of Congress are retiring. If a few decided to switch sides — even just temporarily — they could save democracy from a madman.

[Hypothetically, if three Republicans crossed the aisle and voted with Democrats, they could change control of the entire U.S. House overnight.]

Read & Circulate.

If you live in a district w/ an exiting GOP House Rep, put the pressure on.

open.substack.com/pub/defiance...

Many have been protesting all day. Just because you didn't look for doesn't mean it didn't happen even some MAGA die hards were at it. Even Alex Jones was at it!

The President of the United States is threatening war crimes. That alone is illegal. He is unfit for office. I am urging the entire military command to remember your oath to the Constitution. Do not follow illegal orders. Do not commit war crimes. The stain and repercussions will be endless.

Members of the Iranian Jewish community inspect what is left of their synagogue in Tehran after Israel bombed it. On Passover...

Far Side comic I'll tell you what this means, Norm-- no size restrictions and Screw the limit.

Just because gallows humor is all I’ve got left.

And some people gave us shit for Don’t Look Up being too over the top.

Man oh man do I wish it was.

Between the Impossible and the Inevitable: The Case for Defiance (aka Never F**king Surrender) I have been hesitating to hit send on this one, because across the world we are all under the shadow of Trump's threat to commit war crimes that will "eradicate a whole civilization" in Iran while Ira...

Claims we have no power to impact what happens are nevertheless an intervention in what will happen, by discouraging participation, by encouraging passivity, surrender, acquiescence. If you insist that a given outcome is inevitable, you are lobbying against resistance.

Congress just convene yourself without Johnson, pick a new leader and impeach this guy

The warnings are getting louder about Trump trying to take over voting at the national level.

Are we paying attention?

Sen Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is sounding the alarm, and he’s not guessing. That committee sees things the public can’t.

NYT reporting that under this ceasefire each ship will pay $2M to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It was $0 before Trump launched this illegal war.

100-130 ships pass the Strait daily.

Trump just gave Iran an extra $100M-$130M per day. Masterful gambit, sir. Impeach and remove this fascist—NOW.

Average U.S. gas prices per gallon on April 7, per AAA:

• Regular: $4.14 (⬆️ $1.16 since war in Iran began on Feb. 28)

• Premium: $5.02 (⬆️ $1.16 since war began)

• Diesel: $5.65 (⬆️ $1.89 since war began)

Spoiler alert: we’ve always been the bad guys

In Korea, when the president declared martial law after midnight and erected barricades in Seoul, congressional reps from all parties ran into the streets, yanked ak47s from the army at the barricades, broke down the locked door to Congress, repealed the martial law order, and arrested the president

Iranians form human chains at bridges and power plants Tehran had urged people to gather outside potential US and Israeli targets after Donald Trump threatened to attack civilian infrastructure.

The United States has become its own worst enemy.

www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Screenshot of a Twitter exchange in which user @kimerrikin notes that the city of Lynchburg VA declared April 7 2008 to be Leland Melvin Day, and Leland Melvin (@Astro_Flow) thanking them for reminding him.

Happy Leland Melvin day to all who celebrate. 💚

I mean, a lot of us are trying. I have a feeling we are coming up against very similar barriers to US citizens trying to stand up to trump (media smear campaigns, fascism, lack of resources, reduction in wages/public services/support networks etc etc). Please let's try not to turn on each other

check yo self before you dox yo self

after a quick review of my timeline i feel the need to point to the sign

BBC News headline: Frankenstein is monster success at Venice film festival

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

Time to decide. What will your story be...

So, we just spent 130k to dispose of 800k of rotting food in warehouses destined for USAID . Why yes , you may read this again. Good luck America.