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On this #420day, we celebrate the 52nd anniversary of performers “Gail & Dale” singing the hit, “One Toke Over the Line,” on Lawrence Welk. Neither had an idea the song was about pot, and Welk thought the song was a “modern spiritual.”

This cracked me up. Cartoon by Brendan Loper in The New Yorker.

This man is insane. Thoughts completely disordered and he’s entirely unaware that he makes no sense. Caught in the throes of cognitive dissonance trying to reconcile his fantasy’s with reality.

I don’t know if they’re gaslighting us or totally stupid. Probably both.

that Noem video reinforces my belief that there is a streak of sexualized sadism on the US right that goes back to lynching imagery but began in its most recent form with the enthusiasm for torture during the Bush years.

Schumer evidently sees fascism as something like Zeno's arrow, always getting closer but never arriving

Would like to report some gang tattoos.

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

Ouch. That's very sad and important.

Another strong woman speaks the TRUTH…

Half expecting an EO declaring, despite being dead, that Sylvia Brown will be the new Secretary of the Department of Astrology.

DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen backs New Founding (NF) where Josh Clemans is a partner. Clemans graduated from an Idaho-based college founded by pastor Doug Wilson, a self-professed Christian Nationalist. Here, Clemans wrote “Cascadia Reconquista.” “Cascadia” includes parts of Canada, CA, OR, & WA. 1/

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Good morning and Happy Monday to everyone who stands with the Yosemite National Park workers, who have hung the upside-down distress flag in opposition to trump and Elon, and every patriotic American taking a stand in protest against the bullshit. This is OUR fucking country.

. General Mark Milley was right . . . ... and he's still right ! 💠 👊 💠

ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

Thank you, Janet Mills. This is how all our elected officials everywhere should be confronting Trump's authoritarian "we are the law" sentiment. Head on.

True story ⤵️

This is an excellent template and should be disseminated widely

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The entire democratic world wishes Zelenskyy was their leader, so I would say he is doing an admirable job. Carry on and Thank you for the example.

Resisting comes in all forms. Here is a very creative one starting to pop up.

Father Pence is not having the ‘King’s’ BS.