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he did this just *after* going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl. he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Deeply disappointed by the cancellation of Joy Reid show, loss of other shows hosted by minorities, and layoffs of many staff at MSNBC. We are watching cruelty in DC. Didn’t expect it by station that has stood for values, inclusion, and democracy.

I am a fan of Chris Hayes' new book. In Nia (a wonderful combination of dance, martial arts, & healing arts), we always begin with a focus and and an intention. (e.g. Focus on core with Intent to strengthen it.) Being clear about our intent is a profoundly important help to maintaining focus.

In one month, undercutting restored ties with NATO, (from Heather Cox Richardson's letter): “We now have an alliance between a Russian president who wants to destroy Europe and an American president who also wants to destroy Europe,” a European diplomat said. “The transatlantic alliance is over.”

A reminder from Psych classes and Kohlberg's theory of Morality Development. Everyone starts at ME then travels up the ladder, including more and more people. The MAGA gang wants to keep it low... maybe about #2 or 3?

From Heather Cox Richardson, a brilliant summary: "Musk and the technology billionaires want to smash the government to enable their futuristic visions, and Christian Nationalists like Russell Vought want to smash it to replace it with religious rule. Trump wants to smash it for money and power."

autisticadvocacy.org/2024/11/asan...

I hate to see bullies win. I grew up around some and witnessed and experienced the pain and destruction they leave in their wake. Our new Bully-in-Chief president just bullied the president of Colombia into accepting deportation flights with fear of severe sanctions. The deportees were handcuffed.

Mitch McConnell? I never imagined saying anything positive. Still, he, Collins, and Murkowski voted NO against Pete Hegseth. Then JD gave a tie-breaking vote to confirm this profoundly unqualified person for Secretary of Defense. The rest of the Republicans folded. It is not a hopeful portent.

NO MORE FEMA? I wonder what the folks in North Carolina and California are feeling about Trump's winsome idea to dismantle FEMA. Neighbors often come together and help after tragic events, but neighbors can't pay to rebuild homes, schools, churches, and infrastructure. This is not acceptable.

While my intention is to light a candle in these dark times, Charles Schulz also depicts the way I feel some days!