Lilliana Mason makes a great point that one of the lasting effects of Trumpism is the erasure of shame as a tool that can rein in really hateful, violent speech. (Via @onthemedia.bsky.social)
Who's better for one to meet in the woods, a bear, Tim Walz, or JD Vance?
"I suppose Old Man Trump knows Just how much Racial hate He stirred up In the bloodpot of human hearts" --Woody Guthrie (1954)
If you visit downtown Tupelo, there’s a store with a sign telling the story about how a young Elvis walked in hoping to get a rifle and got sold a guitar instead, and in all seriousness there should be a national grassroots initiative to do that all the time everywhere.
"Anti-monopoly" is the larger theme. A lift for small businesses is anti-monopoly on economic level. Guardrails against autocrats ("day-one dictators") is anti-monopoly on political (distribution of power) level.
FWIW, probably just a coincidence, but every 16 years (D) party has a younger fresh face outfront: Kennedy ('60), Carter ('76), Clinton ('92), Obama ('08), Harris ('24). Only works in most recent postwar era though. Why? Generational? But 16 years seems bit short to define generation...
"Kill the best and buy the rest It's just spend a buck to make a buck..."
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