"Besides, as the vilest Writer has his Readers, so the greatest Liar has his Believers; and it often happens, that if a Lie be believ’d only for an Hour, it has done its Work, and there is no farther Occasion for it. Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it." - Jonathan Swift

Welcome home, Integrity! #artemis

Remembering Andrew Profound sadness cannot describe the shock of losing a friend so unexpectedly.

Titanic Anniversary Celebrating the five-year service anniversary at my employer.

Happy Anniversary Celebrating Natalie and Bradley's first wedding anniversary.

A Thin Look Back Looking back and appreciating the distance traveled so far on my journey.

Separation of Church and State Is Good For Christianity "We must resist the myth of a Christian nation, not because we reject our faith, but because we refuse to repeat the tragedies of history. We must defend religious freedom for all, because coerced faith is a blatant contradiction."

Three Videos A fascinating look at how the FCC's attempt to silence a political voice spectacularly backfired.

Where’s Gil, Bro? This Lenten season, it's time for me to take a step back from social media.

What a humongous piece of shit

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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.   This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.   Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

A Nostalgic Valentine Today, I took a love-filled trip down memory lane.

It's time to flip #Zephyrhills blue. Support Darren McAuley for #Florida #CD15 🌊 darrenforflorida.com

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

Tauntauns! #SuperbowlCommercials #Mando #Grogu #StarWars

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, Karoline Leavitt, and Jeanine Pirro are the best friends a group of pedophiles and rapists ever had. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-powerf...

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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.

I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.

Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March

"(Authoritarianism) depends on compliance through fear and despair. ... People who outsource moral responsibility to slogans and systems that implement their way by force. People who are convinced that questioning is dangerous and total obedience to power is holy." - @brcremer.bsky.social

I often wonder how much longer we can continue to resist, to push back, to ward off the ever increasing encroachment of fascism. This post by @ryan-holiday.bsky.social is a reminder that sometimes it gets worse before it gets better, but nevertheless, we persevere.

Get ICE out of our home! #ImmigrantsBelong

Excellent point from @jamestalarico.bsky.social

This is all of us right now finding out about the passing of Catherine O'Hara. 😢

"One way that we say 'no' is that we mourn, we do not celebrate death, and, what is probably worse, we do not pretend it doesn't happen. We say names. We pray for the dead. We mourn for a world, a country, that allows 5-year-olds to be legally kidnapped and protesters to be slaughtered." #ResistICE

Monday Thoughts from a Canadian🤔🍁💪 'Boycott US Travel'

This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years. These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.

Amid these dark moments, something important is beginning to shift. It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.

“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.

Breaking: Republican candidate for Minnesota Governor Chris Madel drops out of the race. “I can’t look my daughters in the eye and say I’m running as a Republican, when they’re pulling over Hispanics and Asians because of the color of the skin... I did not sign up for that.”

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

USC and UNC have never had a former quarterback start in the #SuperBowl. That changes in two weeks. #SamDarnold #DrakeMaye #Seahawks #Patriots #NFL @usc.edu @tarheels.bsky.social

Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.