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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.

If you are concerned about your Dem congresscritter taking part in some mushy budget compromise the thing you should do is call them.

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

Made seven more calls to Oklahoma's members of Congress, this time about the planned takeover of the Postal Service. I made sure to note how rural people need it more than most, and screwing with it screws with them. This issue has a better chance of moving them than usual. Will it? We'll see.

It’s absolutely a Nazi salute. But note how weak it is. Whether it’s sincere or “ironic” (and that doesn’t make a difference), he doesn’t quite have the cobbles to do it vigorously. He does it like grandma struggling to put her shawl on a hook.

Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If "reap the whirlwind" spoken by Chuck Schumer is being treated as a true threat, they're at the point where they believe any language of retribution is a physical threat and there's no way to express any outrage.