Because he actually looks like a pig, so the outrageous nerve of it all.

Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.

We need to re-radicalize ourselves around literacy education in general. I think too many of us (even some folks in the classroom) have forgotten how high the stakes are and how important that labor is.

I just ranted about this to a friend for a long time yesterday. 😄

Every time we talk about this government, we have to wonder if the money is funny. Surreal.

Yes.

The... bifurcation of the responses was bothering me, and I think your response gets at why.

Some folks got the best love their village had to offer in some of the most dire conditions.

And some raised purely on survival have worked hard on themselves to end that cycle.

We need to boycott in a way that will impact quarterly earnings statements.

I'd heard of this, but that doesn't seem like enough. A boycott for an identified amount of time, which companies can anticipate, on either side of which people increase their spending to compensate will likely have diminished impact.