“It’s the economy, Stupid!” But it’s also the blatant sacrifice of the most vulnerable and neediest of Americans.
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It’s a matter of limited resources and making Americans safer and more secure? There are always more violations than the system can handle, so spending law enforcement resources wisely is crtically important. That’s my perspective as someone who worked in the system as a Special Assistant AUSA.
It’s a matter of limited resources. Where and how do law enforcement agencies and prosecutors and courts use those limited resources and do the outcomes make Americans safer and more secure? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
I don’t want to make a mess on Dr. Beorn’s thread, so I deleted my response. Have a nice day.
Mine are locked up and secure. Are yours?
I would destroy all my guns if that would save just one schoolchild’s life. Of course, I keep my guns locked up in safes and my ammuntion in another, so they are not the problem.
Sad but accurate. As a gun owner I must admit, “It’s the guns.” What to do?
“Women’s rights are rights for those who are women. As a white cisgender man I don’t need women’s rights. I need white cisgender men’s rights.” Is that the way it works? 🤔
Can anyone explain the Cracker Barrel logo thing in terms that make sense?
I thought a prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich . . . 🥪 Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Arrest quotas don’t make America safer either.
Buyer Beware!
Democrats have a bigger tent than Republicans. I welcome you under the tent flap.
Nyet!
Why do so many bigots need someone they love to “teach” them of their bigotry? Do they utterly lack empathy? Are they selfish?
It’s good that Timothy was honest with Bill and that came to accept his son’s sexuality. That is encouraging as their personal story. However, I don’t wonder what broad damage Bill would have done in the name of his Christ had he not been father to Timothy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
#MarchingIntoDarkness
Gummy pierogis are acceptable if purchased from this guy.
Karen Dershowitz
My grandsons. #summer
Some Germans joined the NAZI Party because they were True Believers in the antisemitic ideology. Others joined because it seemed like a ticket to career success. All were effed up.
And a model of consistency, just like his exemplary career was.
I can still see his home plate ritual in my mind’s eye.
After the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is hamstrung by federal funding cuts we won’t be able to read reports of people suffering from federal funding cuts. www.cascadepbs.org/p/0e6396cf-3...
I’m a direct descendant of William Brewster, who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. Maybe I should have greater status as an American citizen than Vance. 😆😆😆
I’m old enough to remember when Tip and Bob Dole cooperated to improve our lives, even though they had different visions of our future.
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Your account is a gift!
If you aren’t subscribing to The Atlantic, I ask why you are not?
Yeah, logical reasoning is not always dispositive. In fact, reasoning rarely makes the difference. Feelings do. And a “leader” can leverage those feelings into support based on emotions rather than reasoning. And here we are.
I am old so I have read lots of books. One is The True Believer, by Eric Hoffer Hoffer states that mass movements begin with a widespread "desire for change" from discontented people who place their locus of control outside their power and who also have no confidence in existing institutions.
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It’s a deportation numbers game. Deporting gardeners is easy and requires little investigative effort, but it doesn’t make America safer. And ICE agents know it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Triumph of the Grok
I love this machine. #motorcycles
#motorcycles
Impressive attention to detail. It’s a piece of rolling art.
Was America always just a nonpartisan collective of greedy mf’ers who climb the staircase on the dead bodies of the deceased poor?
No. And no.
Block this account now. You can thank me later.
My wife and I are financially better off under the new bill, but we are disgusted by the selfishness of its supporters. I work in a church ministry that helps the poor. Private charitable giving doesn’t meet their needs and it never will do. Sit across the table from the poor, then we’ll talk.
Recurrence is not your friend. Excellent.
tmi, George.
Inherit the Wind becomes relevant again, oddly . . .
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Their accusations were confessions. It is a cliche, but not if it’s 💯 accurate. I answered a questionnaire on the NYTs app and discovered that I am better off under this bill. But my adult children aren’t. The needy people my church serves are not. I feel bad because I am not a selfish bastard.
Indiana Jones and the Big Beautiful Bill.
I am a Christian. I believe in the redemptive power of Christ. I believe in a Jesus that loves the last, the least, the last and the lonely - the powerless among us. That’s who I try to help. I serve in a church ministry that helps the poor one-on-one. Try that. It will break your heart.
Our current situation lies 100% on the voters.
YEOW, George!
Who said, “All politics is local!”?
I have been a quintessential Establishment Democrat for years. I am so ready for change!!! Go! Go! Go! Progress is not inevitable, but it’s worth supporting!
My “good” cancer ultimately resulted in resection of 95% of my stomach and a substantial portion of my pancreas. And a significant risk of stage 4 recurrence in the next 3 to 7 years. Yeah, there’s no “good” cancer.
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Can America reverse the xenophobic racist policies of this administration and this Congress? The midterms will provide an indication, but TBH I think Pandora’s Box has been opened. This may be what America has become.
whoa
Neutralize Trump
I love the little notes my wife leaves for me.
I wanted a tattoo to document my health journey, but I decided that my surgical scars were more authentic than any body art I could possibly imagine.
Would I burn the USA flag to protest administration policies? No, because flag-burning can easily be dismissed as anti-American and anti-patriotic. Fine, but the First Amendment doesn’t protect only speech I agree with. This is a fundamental principle that self-proclaimed patriots should learn.
THAT’s the thing about American right now.
Four Dead in Ohio - MAGA says they deserved it!
I could be angry, and I am. I could be afraid for the future of my country, and I am. But mostly I am sad.
I've seen a bunch of references to this, but I hadn't seen the post itself until now. The menswear guy intentionally, riskily revealed that he's undocumented—that he's a DREAMer—as an act of public solidarity and witness in the face of our current fascist ascendancy.
Yes, good strategy. It doesn’t matter if many in flyover states are flying Confederate flags. They won’t see the hypocrisy.
At some point perhaps your book will be published and I will read that too.
Thank you.
I wonder if you can recommend a book or two exploring the instersection of American radical-right thought and Christianity belief.
Is it impossible for people to be kind toward each other? I mean, John Lennon told my generation that years ago. I paid attention to him but I guess he’s just out of fashion now.
Cheap labor or automation - neither benefits American workers much. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...
And quit pretending to balance the federal budget on the backs of the most vulnerable and needy and improverished people in the United States. We see what you’re playing at.
Interesting but wholly immaterial to my point, which is directed at MAGAs who defend Netanyahu’s genocidal attacks against Palestinians in Gaza.
@trace247.bsky.social I feel I want a tattoo that documents my feelings about my current life/health/family situation. The issue? My perception changes over time. I am afraid that body art will become obsolete as my perception evolves. Is this a common fear? That a tattoo will become obsolete?
It’s amazing to me that MAGA Americans by and large conflate Israel’s right to exist and Netanyahu’s brutal policies in Gaza. People, you can support israel’s right to existence and simultaneously oppose Netanyahu. Lots of Israelis do that too.
Yes, well, I had a suit made to measure for a wedding (not mine). I love the longer coat, higher-waisted trousers, and the fabric. Every man should pursue his dreams!
Family of six detained at Blaine border facility for more than three weeks. The U.S. is a lawless police state. www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/w...
The Secretary is a delicate flower.
If American voters don’t trounce Republicans in the midterms I am drinking a bottle of sour mash whisky to commemorate the demise of the Republic.
Paid the ticket price for the latest - last? - Mission Impossible installment. What a mess! The obvious choice for the leading supervillain role was Esai Manuel Morales Jr. (who killed it!) but he was relegated to obscurity because of a stupid focus on a confusing AI theme. This movie is not good.
America is very much in a MAGA state of mind. I don’t think we can move forward without fully acknowledging where we are now as a nation.
My big error was thinking that social progress was inevitable. That was some Pollyanna bullshit I told myself to feel better. There is no inevitable arc toward social justice. It’s not happening simply because time passes. Justice takes hard work. Work with the people who need it.
This is America. Ignorance is King. The majority of voters support it. We elected it. It seems like we’re in an inevitable Death Spiral into dictatorship.
What I mean is that I have been naive. Naivety is dangerous. My mistake.
My colossal error was assuming that the inevitability of social progress would smother this twisted philosophy. Big mistake! It’s as vital now as it ever was. Social progress isn’t inevitable. It must be worked toward and earned. I am a slow learner and overly optimistic.
Noem managed to get it almost 180 degrees wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
I am NOT saying that The Atlantic is the only mainstream media outlet with a spine or the only mainstream magazine with writers of stature commensurate with Anne Applebaum and Tom Nichols, but you should consider subscribing. Because it’s that good.
“Anglo-Saxon Christianity” is still with us in 2025, stronger than ever and just as ugly.
Again Republicans sacrifice the most vulnerable Americans on their altar of greed and selfishness.
I’m virtually bald.
Anyway, it’s exciting that the NBA Blue-Bloods are out of the hunt.
And then KD was drafted . . .
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Noah, I know it’s petty to feel like I do about it. I just can’t get over it . . .
I am a Sonics fan. I am rooting against the Thunder for obvious reason.
May be a Messianic Jew in there somewhere . . .
I feel inadequate if I haven’t formed an opinion on every single political/economic/social/medical/scientific/sports/entertainment/art issue in the news. Everyone else has! 😅
Ultimate weapon
What’s Jack Poseur prattling on about?
Conversely, right-wingers encourage their constituents to have larger families, which means buying more dolls.