If you're an English teacher and you make your students diagram a single sentence from the president's formal remarks, you will be charged with felony assault and sent to prison for the rest of your natural life.

These chucklefucks in the UK are looking at what's going on in the U.S. and salivating with glee I hope you get your shit together, British friends You do not want to emulate us

The drunk uncle theory. You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

the “i’ve never protested before but this is not who we are!” guys would not be popular posters on bluesky but they’re proof that we’re winning.

I was indoctrinated by my Plymouth Brethren upbringing to watch for signs of the Antichrist. Even though my beliefs have changed drastically I’m feeling a bit triggered by Trump’s rants about voter ID. A number on the hand or forehead would be so…convenient. 😳🫣🫥

ME: Lord, I just pray that you send a hedge of protection. GOD: Say less.

kathygriffin Minnesota 22h Imagine how you’d feel if the whole country FORGOT about YOU under these conditions? The entire state of Minnesota is being VIOLENTLY occupied by the federal government. Not just Minneapolis, but all over the state.

It’s important to keep the size of the MAGA movement in perspective. Same with ICE and other arms of the Trump regime. They act big and are loud enough to seem omnipresent. They do awful things to make splashes. But as tonight showed, they are terribly, terribly small. Don’t forget that.

Whatever vibe in the culture that was shifting right is dead. Over a hundred million Americans watched and enjoyed a Spanish language performance about love and family, and a tiny crowd of losers streamed a used up Kid Rock lip syncing 20 year old hits.

no eres mis casa bonita no eres mis esposa bonita

and you may tell yourself 'this is not my beautiful circus' / and you may tell yourself 'these are not my beautiful monkeys'

I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.

Generalize your skeets. What's your most typical, most average skeet? My brain is too muddled to sound sensible. Here’s a repost from someone profound I agree with.

I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity. They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.

There's a lot to do, and none of it is your sole responsibility, and not everyone is in a position to do every task. But as Gandalf said of Merry and Pippin -- the falling of small stones can start an avalanche. So look for small opportunities to love your neighbors.

I have heard him in the whistles of the ones on watch for ICE I have seen him in detention with the ones who pay the price He calls us all to stand against injustice, hate and vice: his truth is marching on!

I think about this thread all the time. "This fucking sucks" and "all is lost" are two different sentences. The first is often true and necessary to acknowledge, the second is both false and demobilizing.

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

This is exactly why I no longer get happy when he speaks up about an issue. Too many times I’ve emailed that man thanking him for standing with for democracy, only to receive a reply reiterating his firm support for Trump. 😒

This thread is very helpful and calming! Good reminder that we have a system for elections and it can’t be disrupted as easily as Trump says.

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

The only visible, tangible sign that a person loves God is how they treat the powerless (widow, orphan, foreigner, poor). Biblically–you can wear a cross, pray the most beautiful prayers, write books on christian ethics, but if you won't love the Least, your faith is not in God. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Agreed! I may be going to Hell in a bucket, Babe, but this daughter of an English professor still has spoons to care about grammar and usage.

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

Oh, goodie. My congressman all dressed up in his little Top Gun cosplay doin’ some racism and warmongering. This is what gerrymandering gets you and it stinks to high heaven.

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

It's a good morning to read Spurgeon.

Also we could have just believed 1000 women instead of going to war with Venezuela. That was an option.

We're the baddies.

We watched Wake Up Dead Man tonight and…wow. I knew it was going to hit me hard, but I didn’t realize how hard. Such moving writing. So much grace.

The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.

Like, there’s no One Weird Trick to success in life or love, but I gotta tell yah, really seems like deciding between presumably painful surgery to break your femurs and lengthen your legs vs. Having A Personality shouldn’t be much of a choice.

Explaining to my husband about “meal planning” and “dense bean salad”. Which led to us choking with laughter at the thought of an office where everyone ate dense bean salad every day. Our ancient colons could never…

With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind: If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist. If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist. Pretty clear

Watching “Together At Christmas” on Britbox. It’s truly beautiful and moving, and I appreciate Kate using her wealth, power, and influence to celebrate people in the UK doing good for others. Merry Christmas! 🎄

Random Tuesday morning thought: I really want a cat named Fiona. Not the Shrek kind of Fiona, the Lyle Lovett kind. With the crazy brother who might bite you…

Please take that dog home he just wants to finish his book

Evergreen

I believe this is the New Math my parents freaked out about back in the 70s.

My head canon is that these are the same guy