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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

Chilling

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. — especially at the state level, where local election officials rely on CISA resources to securely run elections — at risk. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Good morning!

"Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff use plastic bags for post-VP grocery run" is a New York Post so-called breaking news headline. We are living in the upside down.

NYT: “Pam Bondi cast herself as an independent prosecutor who would keep politics out of the Justice Department” WaPo: “She walked a very fine line on election denial and Trump prosecuting his enemies.” Democracy Docket: “Bondi refused to say who won the 2020 election.”

The weather forecast for Washington, DC is predicting brutally cold temperatures — in the low teens — on Inauguration Day. Good.

When the Secretary of Defense transitions from a black 4-star general to a white cable news host, we’ll have ended DEI and brought back the meritocracy. by Charlie Kirk

What is this madness? Pollster Nate Silver called for President Joe Biden to step down and let Kamala Harris assume office, saying he does not appear capable of making “high-stakes” decisions.