I think about this quotation about #Trump's destruction of the East Wing vis a vis Rob Reiner's life, which was all about creating value. The President loathes people who create value. "The whole thing is a too-perfect symbol of Trump’s second administration: They are very good at breaking things, but they don’t know how to create anything of value." @Amanda Marcotte
Salon.com
The White House ballroom will never be built
Trump can't focus long enough, even on his $400 million passion project
 #USPol #RobReiner
Trump's post about Rob Reiner and his wife's murder is what you get when a lack of empathy is championed as Christian virtue and a fascist is president. #USPol #RobReiner #Trump
The Daerie Queene #FastFoodABook #HashTagGames #EdmundSpenser
Cruelty by #StephenMiller, #KristiNoem, #JDVance, & #DonaldTrump. This is what #MikeJohnson, alleged #Christian, & the cowards in Congress & the fascists on #SCOTUS are doing. "Islas pulled out a brown teddy bear to ease the toddler’s nerves while she faced Judge Irene C. Feldman. Islas is not formally representing Lucy, but provided Feldman w/information regarding Lucy’s case due to her age & inability to understand #immigration proceedings."
Copper Courier
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal ...
 #USPol #fascism
#3GoodThings 1. A wonderful student wrote me a beautiful thank you note for being her #teacher and #mentor, and added a box of shortbread to the gift! 2. Students in my US literature each wrote very kind things on a thank you card and gifted me a 12 pack of coke zero; I consumed a can during each class. 3. These blooming roses. #Bloomscrolling #Humanities image
@Amanda Marcotte on 🔥 in this takedown of war criminal (& maybe other crimes) #Hegseth & the "small-D energy that fuels him." "He’s tried to purge all military schools & libraries of any historical infor. that might makes him feel icky, such as reminders that racism exists or that slavery was a bad thing. . . Even by MAGA standards, Hegseth is the most delicate of snowflakes.
Salon.com
Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice
He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
 #USPol #Fascism #PeteHegseth
Trump's Piggy is a consequence of the #disinhibition that accompanies his cognitive impairment (aka #dementia). The media's deafening silence about #JenniferJacobs being the recipient of his outrageous, puerile, and misogynistic name calling is a profound ethical impairment. www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/stages-and-symptoms/dementia-symptoms/losing-inhibitions #USPol
"To be neutral is to have a political position." -- Raoul Peck
Salon.com
At Yale University, things are getting Orwellian
As a Yale student, I see the university’s double-speak on “institutional neutrality” as dangerous
 #USPol #Yale #Orwell
How does he do it? I'm sure the MRI provides the answers. Sleep problems are a hallmark of #dementia. “None of us can keep up with him, we always joke… I don’t know how he does it,” Attorney General Pam Bondi told Katie Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s wife, during a September appearance on her podcast.
The Daily Beast
Gavin Newsom Declares ‘Dozy Don Is Back’ After Oval Office Shuteye
The president appeared to drift off as Mehmet Oz talked about sleep and obesity.
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I'm struggling to understand the perpetual framing of the shutdown as a question of whether Democrats will "cave" or not. Why isn't the media asking if the Republicans will "cave," "especially when "caving" means giving people the subsidies that will allow them to access Obamacare, that will allow them to live or die? #USPol