Why didn’t some of the Epstein survivors speak out earlier? “I thought someone was going to kill me,” one explained. As another asked, “Why did the government work so hard to protect Jeffrey Epstein and not victims like me?”
poetry, micropoetry, the art process, painting, bunkum hokum & hooey in the tradition of Tom Waits n' Sam Clemens. https://johndaoproductions.wordpress.com/art/
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Why didn’t some of the Epstein survivors speak out earlier? “I thought someone was going to kill me,” one explained. As another asked, “Why did the government work so hard to protect Jeffrey Epstein and not victims like me?”
wow! an artist that I've admired followed me back. though I abhor it, I guess that I'm not entirely immune to the effects of celebrity. here's a flower in return.
good one! I practice character voices and accents when responding to cold callers.
the sad mood of this one is considerably different from just about every painting of yours that I've seen. your brushstroke style is of course still discernible. This one is fascinating, unusual.
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
art saves.
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Science is real
I know. my post was parody, dark satire .. often hard to distinguish from the extremities of cult-think these days.
those are "patriot training videos" .. just training FBI employees on how to be good Americans. I don't see what the trouble is. "DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA"
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
Little kids with brain cancer. That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
Let that sink in.
Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of ‘Did this dictator die or just disappear for a day?’ We’ve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.
a number of times seeing your paintings … *wow*, am I following this guy?!, make sure, check: yep. … at least 3x so far, lol
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Learn to decipher the codespeak.
Well-behaved sandwiches rarely make history
Today’s update from Weirdo HQ.
destruction is SO MUCH faster than creation.
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As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
Paul Klee
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them? This is an insane person.
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... without a conscience, no limits.
Fancy an all-you-can-eat salmon buffet? Then head on over to Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It's the salmon run season right now, and the waterfall is absolutely swarming with bears. They've all gotten so chubby from feasting. 🐻🧸 Yummy.. #nationalpark #bears #salmon #wildlife
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Just logging on to argue with anyone who doesn’t agree with me
Another successful cabinet meeting with Dear Leader
20 years ago it was the 80s. permanently.
Water (life) returning to a dried river bed after a good rain.
Two weeks
water polo in high school: all the hitting and kicking buffered by water ... PERFECT!!! I remember fighting during water polo ... my opponent and I suddenly looked at each other in the eyes and both started laughing and laughing! GOOD TIMES!
I don't see a link, confirming the book ban. there is plenty of legit horrific to point out with Trump and MAGA. (The psych professionals nailed it from the very beginning.) I don't wanna delegitimize our voice by saying falsehoods.
We all know the goal was always to “own the libs.” And in chasing that, too many have given up their own freedoms just to claim a hollow “win.” What they don’t see is that the monster they fed never stops, it eventually comes for us all. And now their silence is deafening.
I don’t think satire is dead, but the fact that any modern satire about politics is going to have to figure out how to make pedophilia funny is uh not great.
It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things. ~Stéphane Mallarmé
If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, he’d likely: 1. Purge govt of non loyalists 2. Weaponize law against opponents 3. Use military to police opposition strongholds 4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel 5. Change election rules in his favor.
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
y’all know this doesn’t end without a ton of violence right
Just heard a great line: Cynicism can be mistaken for intelligence — and often is.
I have a senior role at my company, have attended many leadership training seminars, and learned all the leadership philosophies and buzzwords. None of them work as well as simply asking myself "what would an arsehole do in this situation?" and then doing the exact opposite.
Sept. 3rd, 10:30 a.m. EST Press conference to bring attention to legislation that would force the public release of the government’s full records related to Epstein.
The pardon is a red herring, a distraction from the fact that the deal & the payoff has already been made. they know the pardon can never happen, they always knew that. The grift is to make a real payoff and then act as if the pardon is the payoff and not pardon. simple, simple con.
And right after this interview with Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, Maxwell was the only sex offender in the US penal system to be transferred to a minimum security Club Fed and is fast-tracked on the pardon list. What a joke.
“Alligator Auschwitz” would be more accurate
I think it's cool that every country gets its own dangerous conman for ignorant people to follow.
Trump going out with DC patrol: sadism on parade. Megalomaniac domination sadist fantasy come true.
I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity. It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
around here, almost as many grass stations as Starbucks.
Aug. 10th Jaimen Hudson "Somewhere over the rainbow 🙌🏻 I filmed this last Friday while out on my regular morning Cruise. I had to wait for awhile to get this shot but it was definitely worth it!"
of course, Trump wants Civil War: more cause for martial law. he wants every stupid young white boy to grab their AR 15 and have at it at other US citizens.
Because you all needed a Turtles meeting... 🤣🤣 #bluesky
many red states are already heavily gerrymandered. Middle America white Christian monoculture protecting itself. A greater portion of this than most people realize is religion.
"When the lights go down in the citaaay .. "
The subtle variations of color. The gradual shifting of focus from loose background to sharp foreground. !
Untitled Cat resting in a meadow. Mario Tartari (born 1960). Italian watercolor artist. #art #painting #watercolors #cat
Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing. W. B. Yeats
gaaaaahhhh! BLASPHEMY!
Newsom releases new ad 🔥
I’m going to read a book and have a nice day instead of be mad on the internet.
Outside Dupont north metro
very good writing; a triple right there.
Worse than Helsinki: Every reputable journalist in the world knows what happened in Anchorage, Alaska.
Perhaps an award for “Breakout Autocrat”?
I didn't write my poems because I wanted to, they were wrung from me. I had to write them. —Maxine Kumin
Beehold 🐝
Nothing says “tough on Russia” like giving Putin a red carpet, an air show, and a bro hug.
A tale of two vibes.
Here are some nice mushrooms
Oooo! that GOP acronym needs to be put in a meme! GOP guardians of pedophiles.
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled (White over Orange) , 1959 Oil on paper laid down on canvas 75.3 x 54.9 cm. (29.6 x 21.6 in.) © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS) 𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
for a narcissistic tyrant, there is no external reality, no facts. truth = will. selfish domination is the game. within that context, people who point out facts get destroyed.
martial law is Trump's dream. that's the reason. We all know it. That's the only reason.
gerrymandering is already heavy in red states. middle American white Christian identity is threatened and, for them, it's at a religious level of priority. (Above everything, own self interests, healthcare, democracy, etc.). "Red state" documentary by Michael Sheahan: excellent.
The thing is, it’s not a mystery. He’s typically right up front with his disorders.
"Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only child-rapist in history to receive well-wishes from a president of the United States." Lawrence O'Donnell
1. The probability that Trump(Kushner) sold some of that classified intel? 2. The probability that Trump legit won all 7 swing states?
Logic L1 
Troy 