Under Trump’s Regime Only Obedience is Legal and Even Discussing Defiance is a Crime?!?
I’ve been feeling something unusual these past few weeks: optimism.
Did Denmark Find the Answer to Immigration—While Trump Chose Barbarism Instead?
Razor wire in the sunrise, shadows waitin’ at the gate,
Larry Summers, Epstein and the “End Game” Memo
Forgive me, but I have to send a little thank you to Jeffrey Epstein. The latest cache of the predator’s memos have finally brought down Lawrence Summers, once President of Harvard University, once US Secretary of the Treasury and the dark eminence behind banking deregulation and mass home foreclosures. And worse.
The Radical Power of Gratitude to Rewire Your Brain and Life
Practicing daily gratitude is a habit I picked up from my spiritual mentor, Gottfried Müller; when Louise and I took a long hike through the trails of Forest Park here in Portland yesterday, for example, we stopped a few times to look around at the forest and just notice what an amazing world we live in and then to say “thank you” to all the life around…
Trump's Lies Echo a Dark Era, But One We Survived and Reformed — and Can Do Again
Yesterday was probably, politically and spiritually, the darkest Thanksgiving for our nation in our lifetimes. So how about a quick story out of America’s earliest history that eerily echoes this moment and may give us some hope?
Breaking News: If Hegseth Gave an Order to “Kill Everybody,” He Must Be Removed and Prosecuted
Shocking as this moment is, none of us should pretend we weren’t warned. When Donald Trump installed Pete Hegseth — a television provocateur whose public record is soaked in belligerence, booze, and culture-war performance — as America’s Defense Secretary, the world could see exactly where it was headed.
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— Is Trump in mental decline or has he always behaved like an ass? For Thanksgiving, Mango Mussolini tweeted out a series of vicious attacks, calling Minnesota Governor Tim Walz “seriously retarded,” repeating the disgusting, well-debunked rightwing lie
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