The whole war on “woke” and “cancel culture” was contrived to protect the worst people in our society and make it possible for them to keep doing despicable things to other people.

“Turn the volume UP.”

Obama photographer Pete Souza posted this pic of Obama on that UN escalator… www.instagram.com/p/DO9GFjUEZi...

Can you imagine what a disaster our country would be if we had elected a president whose laugh was kind-of-annoying to some people? The whole world would be laughing at our gross incompetence. Unlike reality today, of course, where our actions command respect. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😵💀
#whatisthisworldweactuallylivein

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

every word of this

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I did not have Gustavo Dudamel/LA Philharmonic/Cynthia Erivo/Purple Rain on my Coachella 2025 Bingo card

But thankful it happened

U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days

“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him,” Layva said. “I think they would have kept him..."

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@maddow.msnbc.com

My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!

Protester forcibly removed from Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall.

Harvard rejects Trump administration's demands for change - BBC News "The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights," the university says.

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"No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful. If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music."

RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.

En Ukraine, être gay sur le front Les militaires ukrainiens gay ne se battent pas seulement pour défendre un territoire. Ils luttent aussi contre un régime russe ouvertement homophobe qui menace leurs existences, même si le sujet ne fait pas consensus dans leur propre pays. Le photographe britannique Jesse Glazzard a recueilli leurs histoires personnelles, marquées par les discriminations.

En Ukraine, être gay sur le front

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.

Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.

Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill.

NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.

NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.

We need to push back.

'Chilling effect': Arts organizations react to end of DEI initiatives from fed agency The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.

The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.

“…We have come over a way that with tears has been watered.
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.”

“Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast’ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?…”

1986’s #frankzappa was correct about the biggest threat to America.

So Congress is about to ban TikTok but can't do shit about assault rifles? Our country is so lost.

The 25 Richest Families in the World - 2024 The Waltons are back on top after Walmart’s stock surge sent their combined wealth to $432.4 billion.

The 25 richest families in the world collectively gained $406.5 billion in wealth this year. Here’s who made the list

Réouverture de Notre-Dame : en avant la musique ! « Le roman de Notre-Dame » (5/5). Républicain, ecclésial et télévisuel, tel sera le scénario en trois mouvements des cérémonies pour rendre la cathédrale de Paris au culte, les 7 et 8 décembre, en présence d’un parterre de chefs d’Etats et de prélats.

Réouverture de Notre-Dame : en avant la musique !

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