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Pro democracy, justice, & firm believer that education is a life-long and necessary process, & humility over all you don't know is key to compassion & enlightenment. Blogs: http:// rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com and http://legallegacy.wordpress.com
From the NYT re the disinformation and misinformation from Trump Admin about Gaza:
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
From the NYT re the disinformation and misinformation from Trump Admin about Gaza:
The Chinese, as compared to say this story from the NYT on 5/30/25: "Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans" .. gosh I hope the Chinese don't catch anyone flushing Huggies!
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Chinese, as compared to say this story from the NYT on 5/30/25: "Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans" .. gosh I hope the Chinese don't catch anyone flushing Huggies!
Finding out the qualifications could be interesting. Race? Ethnicity? How you voted? What you think of MAGA/Trump/DOJ? One wonders...
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Finding out the qualifications could be interesting. Race? Ethnicity? How you voted? What you think of MAGA/Trump/DOJ? One wonders...
Important article at Just Security blog...
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Important article at Just Security blog...
Possible illustration for the next discussion about how someone should have told "Sleepy Joe" Biden he was too old... (not that there was ever a picture of "Sleepy Joe" sleeping during an Oval Office event, but that point seems to elude MAGA, Jake Tapper, et al)
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Possible illustration for the next discussion about how someone should have told "Sleepy Joe" Biden he was too old... (not that there was ever a picture of "Sleepy Joe" sleeping during an Oval Office event, but that point seems to elude MAGA, Jake Tapper, et al)
We are conveniently conditioned to look downwards for blame, not up . . .
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We are conveniently conditioned to look downwards for blame, not up . . .
Roundup from Gaslight Central by JustSecurity:
October 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Roundup from Gaslight Central by JustSecurity:
One of many frightening posts from the (all-taxpayer-funded) US Dept of Labor promoting the normalcy/preference/restoration of white christian hegemony.
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
One of many frightening posts from the (all-taxpayer-funded) US Dept of Labor promoting the normalcy/preference/restoration of white christian hegemony.
Has there been a more perfect metaphor for Trump's Presidency?
October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Has there been a more perfect metaphor for Trump's Presidency?
DOJ Advisor on "weaponization of the Justice Department" proves why such a department is necessary....
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
DOJ Advisor on "weaponization of the Justice Department" proves why such a department is necessary....
And now the bailout to Argentina is doubling, all to benefit Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s allies. (see NYT article: "Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout". . .
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
And now the bailout to Argentina is doubling, all to benefit Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s allies. (see NYT article: "Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout". . .
Every word of this by David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social - while we celebrate the "non barbarism" (per Jared Kushner) of the Israelis . . .
October 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Every word of this by David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social - while we celebrate the "non barbarism" (per Jared Kushner) of the Israelis . . .
This New Yorker cartoon absolutely captures the essence of what it means for Trump to hold the power he does
October 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This New Yorker cartoon absolutely captures the essence of what it means for Trump to hold the power he does
How come I only get a bowl with grains and vegetables in my bag at Cava? Per NYT:
September 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
How come I only get a bowl with grains and vegetables in my bag at Cava? Per NYT:
Cava: where the prize in a Happy Meal isn't always a toy!
September 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Cava: where the prize in a Happy Meal isn't always a toy!
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Davis, Ibram X Kendi, Gloria Steinem, Nikole Hannah Jones, Cornel West, Kimberle Crenshaw, & others in 2023 in an open letter pointed out (presciently):
September 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Davis, Ibram X Kendi, Gloria Steinem, Nikole Hannah Jones, Cornel West, Kimberle Crenshaw, & others in 2023 in an open letter pointed out (presciently):
The appeasement of Trump has no parallel! Oh wait - checks notes - there was Germany and the rise of Hitler and the Nazis in the 1930s, but that's just old irrelevant history, apparently...
September 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The appeasement of Trump has no parallel! Oh wait - checks notes - there was Germany and the rise of Hitler and the Nazis in the 1930s, but that's just old irrelevant history, apparently...
So sad and so true...
September 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
So sad and so true...
Telling the truth about Charlie Kirk IS speaking ill of him, because per HIS OWN WORDS he was a hate-mongering misogynist racist. #Justsaying
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Telling the truth about Charlie Kirk IS speaking ill of him, because per HIS OWN WORDS he was a hate-mongering misogynist racist. #Justsaying
From the UK Guardian on Charlie Kirk (& this is for whom Trump insisted the flags be flown at half mast....)
September 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
From the UK Guardian on Charlie Kirk (& this is for whom Trump insisted the flags be flown at half mast....)
So true...
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
So true...
Maintaining perspective is important:
September 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Maintaining perspective is important:
Sorry to point this out, but...
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Sorry to point this out, but...