a breath has left; a country is dying; and a man laid his face on its pavement today as though he were listening to a patient's heart— - @josephfasano.bsky.social The dying patient is our country, a part of all of us also died with Alex

"It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race." - Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor

We are past the "Authoritarianism is coming" stage, after one year into Trump's second term we are all now living in a facist state, no different than Russia, N Korea, Iran or even Nazi Germany. Wake up people "Authoritarianism is already here!".

A joke for the history buffs: Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

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Front page of the New York Post.

Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.

Simple but powerful words

Scott Pelley—American author and reporter for CBS News for more than 31 years, did not hold back

D. & R.G. Locomotive - 1925 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104048

Ranch House - 1925 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104531

Fox Business analyst.

Trump and Musk are about to give refugee status to 60 white South Africans — who do not need it — while Trump locks up and deports refugees here who face genuine dangers in other countries. This is the sick global apartheid policy being adopted by this lawless administration.

Helluva opening paragraph that.

I love this Guy’s news summaries.

Larry David destroys Bill Maher in the most perfect way. (gift article)

It's surreal to me, not as an immigrant but a human, that the "send people back where they came from" is a burning issue in 2025. From dawn of civilisation people have travelled, not just to invade and conquer, but to grow, create new cultures. It's how the world's been shaped for 2 million years!

Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections. This particular decision was a fait accompli.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (April 8, 2025)

happy bday in Japan Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha, who was born in Lumbini, Nepal, around 563 BCE. "Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace." "Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule." "What we think, we become."

“If Harris wins this election, the result will be a Kamala economic crash. .. A 1929-style depression. When I win the election, we will immediately begin a brand new Trump economic boom.” - Trump, 8/14/24

Apropos of nothing: Kamala Harris predicted this exact moment happening: “Understand that part of Trump’s plan is to put in place a national sales tax of at least 20% on everyday goods and necessities.” She warned us over & over again & she was so right.

Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."

Being AGAINST diversity is being FOR racism.

elon musk wants ANSWERS

This is only going to get worse. Much, much worse.

Akseli Gallen Kallela, Finnish (1865-1931), Mary Kallela on the Kuhmoniemi Bridge, 1890, oil on wood, 32 x 33 cm, private collection

"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A California fourth-grader's interview with her grandfather, who was forced out of Uganda before moving to the U.S., is one of our outstanding podcasts.

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

Just got out of jail. Only forty four left to go to catch John Lewis’s record. Remember - peaceful civil disobedience. Don’t comply in advance.

It’s not a coincidence—it’s a warning.

KLUWE: “MAGA is profoundly corrupt, unmistakably anti-democracy, and, most importantly, MAGA is explicitly a Nazi movement. You may have replaced a swastika with a red hat, but that is what it is." @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Today is good day to remember we have had good run for 249 years

Add china and xi to this and you get what Trump is trying to achieve

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Rembrandt, Dutch (1606-1669), The Mennonite Preacher Anslo and his Wife, 1641, oil on canvas, 173.7 x 207.6 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

"Daddy says he owns you. Can you get me an ice cream?"

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895

F. Scott Fitzgerald's letter to his 11yr old daughter.