Joni B
dancingwaters76.bsky.social
Joni B
@dancingwaters76.bsky.social
We are living through a revolt against the future. The future will prevail.” — Anand Giridharadas

I try to find articles of substance and interest, plus beauty and comedy when I see it. Posts do not necessarily imply agreement.
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The classiest living Presidential couple by such a wide margin it's no contest.
February 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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He is them, and they are him, and that’s just how this is.

And since they will not part from him, we will need to part from them.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trumps-mem...
Trump's Meme About the Obamas is Vile and Racist, and No, It Won't Lose Him a Single Supporter
Donald Trump shared an unspeakably racist meme about President Obama and Michelle Obama on social media.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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If they possessed the decency and goodness we still give them credit for, they would have abandoned him long ago.

They will have no great awakening.
They will not publicly condemn him.
There will be no epiphanies or moments of clarity...
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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They will cling tightly to his side as he sinks rapidly like a bloated whale carcass toward an ever-deepening moral bottom, because they either harbor that same bigoted ignorance or they lack the courage to oppose it...
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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And so, no, his targeting of the Obamas with the kind of vulgar white supremacist propaganda that has forever poisoned our national bloodstream will change nothing for the people we know and love who have spent ten years fiercely tethered to him...
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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No violent rhetoric toward individuals or people groups has been a moral dealbreaker.
No vicious attack on women or people of color or immigrants or queer people or Democrats has proven beyond the pale.
No lawless or immoral word or act has been the catalyst for their defection...
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Fun fact! FDR proposed a 100% tax rate on all income over $25,000 ($350,000 current)! It failed to pass, but he did get through a 94% rate on everything over $200,000. It helped fund our war effort!
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM