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I took him to Sears Portrait Studio

A Christianity that gets offended at the idea of a society using its resources to care for one another is a Christianity that has abandoned Jesus a long time ago.

You can’t do “mass” deportation and give due process, and what conclusion you draw from that says important stuff about your commitment to law.

I agree. In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.

"The 2024 election wasn’t a restaurant where you could order cheaper eggs but politely ask for the server to hold the fascism. You’re still getting the fascism, and your eggs aren’t just overpriced now, they’re broken and rotten." -- @playtyperguy.com

Consequences. The real issue facing all of us is there are No Consequences for Trump. He isn’t living paycheck to paycheck, he isn’t going to lose his job because of Musk’s purges, he isn’t going to see his business drying up from tariffs . Der POTUS is completely insulated from the consequences😡

Great piece: deanblundell.substack.com/p/carneys-ch...

Hats off to Maine’s Gov. Janet Mills. Unlike too many others, she refuses to bow to Trump. “I have spent the better part of my career listening to loud men talk tough to disguise their weakness,”. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

I’ve been around politics for nearly 50 years, trying my best to stand up for the little guy. But my generation of Baby Boomers failed to stop the bullies. In my new memoir, Coming Up Short, I examine what went wrong — and what our children can do to build a better America.