The quicker you let go of any notion of how the system has worked in this country, the quicker we can start to work on what we should do about it. Democracy is not dying. It’s dead. We are not on the verge of a constitutional crisis, we are in the aftermath of one. If you still think there will be national elections that will be honored, those now in power have already shown you the plan.
There’s a lot of people out there calling their thing a “revolution”, alright? And they want you to join their “revolution” because their “revolution” is the best revolution. I’m going to tell you a real simple way to know if someone’s revolution is a bullshit revolution. It’s a real simple method. It spans all borders, all countries, all flags, all languages, all right? And I’ll tell you what it is.
Former NFL punter arrested for calling MAGA “Nazi movement” - Boing Boing
Kluwe, who played eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, listed what he believes MAGA represents… After finishing his speech to audience cheers, Kluwe approached the council dais in what he called “peaceful civil disobedience.” Police officers quickly pushed him to the ground, handcuffed him, and removed him from the chamber.
This is the way.
“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house… They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. And this fact is only threatening to those women who still define the master’s house as their only source of support.”
Shower enclosure is installed. Still have lots of small detail work to do. But the big rocks are done.
Centerpieces.
Valentine’s Day so far! Art, beer, and cooperative planning and dreaming.
Random question: I don’t suppose I have any followers out there with some knowledge of the Poughkeepsie, NY area. We’re headed out there in March and, since Vassar is near the top of Beatrix list and we didn’t have a chance to get a sense of the town on my last visit, I’d love suggestions.
Choose Democracy What can I do to fight this coup? - Choose Democracy
If you look, there are people resisting at every level. Blockades of freeways. American Bar Association urging an end to illegal orders. Past inspector generals penning op-eds, as a current inspector general refuses to accept her illegal firing. The Pope slamming VP Vance’s theology.
We can’t put everything you could do in here — including ways to ground yourself in these times — but here are some starting points on how to orient and help fight the coup.
Practical. Hopeful. Important.
The border tile that I had to special order finally arrived. So I was able to finish the tile work in the walk-in shower at our Summit house today. I will find the time to do the grout sometime this week for those following along, going to go with a dark gray grout.
