From some days ago…
From a few days ago…
… right-wing activist Jack Posobiec opened this weekend’s conference of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) … with the words: “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely.” … “After we burn that swamp to the ground, we will establish the new American republic on its ashes, and our first order of business will be righteous retribution for those who betrayed America.”
… i can’t begin to express how disappointed in, and angry with, Christian culture in this country…
February 25, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
More important than that, even, is that it shows that even in a strongly Republican state, 40% of primary voters–the party’s most loyal voters–prefer someone else. As Mike Allen of Axios wrote today: “If America were dominated by old, white, election-denying Christians who didn’t go to college, former President Trump would win the general election in…a landslide.” But, Allen added, “It’s not.”
Which may be precisely why Trump loyalists intend to overthrow democracy.
… at what point can we call them traitors?…
The State of the Culture, 2024 - by Ted Gioia
The tech CEOs know this is harmful, but they do it anyway. A whistleblower released internal documents showing how Instagram use leads to depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Mark Zuckerberg was told all the disturbing details.
An important read?… I am wondering if the dopamine addiction depression is what prevents people who have otherwise good lives from seeing they are good?… is this a reason why a lot of people are thinking about voting for 45 again?…
Destabilizing national security threat???
Every day I have to take a few deep breaths, in, out, in, out. These are frightening times. Ukraine deserves our support. I don’t want to live in a world where Russia succeeds in occupying Ukraine. 45’s brownshirts in congress are trying to make sure I do.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/februar…
Today’s big story continues to be Trump’s statement that he “would encourage [Russia] to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if those countries are, in his words, “delinquent.” Both Democrats and Republicans have stood firm behind NATO since Dwight D. Eisenhower ran for president in 1952 to put down the isolationist wing of the Republican Party, and won.
I would vote for a paper bag over 45.
As I watch the hand wringing about 45 on MSNBC, I wonder, how could anyone be considering voting for 45 again? How is it we as a country seem prepared to be that stupid? It shouldn’t even be close. Yet it is.
I am starting a statement necklace collection! And yes, I do wear them:-)
From this morning’s walk…
Now heading into my third week of COVID. My first time in the rodeo. Can’t imagine what getting it in the beginning would have been like. I am fully vaccinated and got Paxlovid in the beginning of this round. So tired of not being able to go anywhere.
Self portrait with resin necklace and b&w zigzag knit cap…
Honk if you agree with this sentiment!
Who’s to say that intelligence won’t escape the bounds of instinct one day?
I have been doing some tidying up of various online accounts and replacing debit cards in those accounts with a new one necessitated by the compromising of my old one. I am astonished by how uniformly badly the majority of these websites work and how awful the experience is.
Anyone else trying out Kagi search?
January 24, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
More news dropped today about the damage MAGA Republicans are doing to the United States. A report published today in JAMA Internal Medicine estimates that in the 14 states that outlawed abortion after the Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, 64,565 women became pregnant after being raped, “but few (if any) obtained in-state abortions legally.”
… let’s repeat… since R v W overturned, in just 14 states, 64,565 women became pregnant after being raped and were unable to obtain legal abortions…
January 20, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
An interesting HCR this morning…
The attempt to create distrust of large financial institutions is part of a larger attempt to destabilize the institutions of democracy. Trump is the figurehead for that attempt, but it is larger than him, and it will outlast him.
It’s Always Been Michael, Never Mike :: Essays On Attention Paid
Feminine me is tossing masculine me’s uniform aside. Boring! She has brought purple, magenta, blue/green, and blue into the mix. Her preferred clothing purveyors are J. Jill and Poetry. She likes contemplating questions like, what color lipstick looks good on me? Should I get purple highlights in my hair? Should I get my brows done? What sort of eye makeup should I wear?
Creativity is less a ‘what’, a thing that is done, than a manner in which whatever it may be is approached. It is not an entity, but a disposition towards the world.
(Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things)
This is the proper way to prepare a Christmas tree for burial.
