How many of our country’s schoolteachers must consider, every day, whether to explain to their students that the President is a liar? The alternative—simply accepting those lies—would be devastating. It would change our language and change us, if we let it.… Unfortunately, that world is now upon us. Facts deserve our support. And lies do not.
Well said!
It’s unfortunate for the nation, but good for me. I no longer have to put up with the idiotic bullshit. I could have sucked it up and went along, but I stood by my principles. I could not let them overpower me. I fought even though I put myself at risk. I did not get any support as promised. Although the broad is gone, the jackass is still remained. I’ll just do what I have to do to survive. I am just a tiny fish swimming in a polluted ocean. What more can I do?
Whenever an extremist in the Muslim world does something crazy, people demand that moderate Muslims step forward to condemn the extremism. So let’s take our own advice: We Americans should now condemn our own extremist.
In that spirit, I hereby apologize to Muslims. The mindlessness and heartlessness of the travel ban should humiliate us, not you. Understand this: President Trump is not America!
Ms. Alonzo is charming and conversational. Her materials on Lower Classy range growing up poor to being a Mexican-American to working out (or lacking of). She lands lots of punchlines including one my favorites: “Encyclopedia is the internet in book.” A compelling and entertaining watch.
In the next four to eight years, American children will be born in a country led by a vainglorious man who wishes to fit facts—and their future—into the convenient shape of his ego. But democracy, freedom of expression, and, above all, the right to truth are not antiquated pieties. They belong to citizens who can still make their voices heard, before resignation metastasizes into complacency, exhaustion into self-doubt. The struggle will be to maintain openness and tolerance as the norm, the values that our children absorb into their identities naturally—to be defended rather than be defensive about.
Empowering voice.
Kanye West, “Jesus Walks”:
We’re at war
We’re at war with terrorism, racism
But most of all We’re at war with ourselves
These words are more relevant now than ever.
Our little Xuân started daycare on Monday. The first day, the entire family dropped him off. I didn’t cry when a teacher held him for a few minutes. Then he realized she was holding on him for too long and started to bawl. He was doing fine when we came to pick him up. I have been dropping him off in the past two days and the old feeling came back. Even though I know he will be fine, it is still heartbreaking hearing him cry.
Last night before bedtime, I told Đán to use the bathroom. He replied, “I don’t need to go to the bathroom. My cu said he doesn’t need to go pee pee.” OK son, you’ve made the case.
In his latest NetFlix special, Brennan showcases with writing skills. His materials, divided into three categories (one-liner, emotional, and traditional), are clever, provocative, and honest. Brennan bares his soul when he talks about his personal stories including his battle with depression. A dark and beautiful performance.
Unlike the two gutless cowards, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, the acting Attorney General Sally Yates defies the incompetent president. In a letter to Justice Department, she writes:
My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts.…
Consequently, for as long as I am the Acting Attorney General, the Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the Executive Order, unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so.
Although she understood the result of her action, she has made a powerful statement. It takes courage, and even career, to stand up for justice and the people—something many men (including the two spineless GOP leaders) could not do.
In just two weeks, we have witnessed how the people had stood up to the incompetent president. The Women’s March trumped the inauguration. Do we need to see the photos again? The beautiful, hand-crafted pussyhats trumped the “Make America Great Again” red caps, which made in China.
While he was boasting that his Muslim ban was “working out very nicely—you see it in the airports,” the video of the airports showed chaotic scenes with protesters and lawyers.
Thanks to social media, organizing protests against the incompetent-in-chief is fast and effective. More crowds are to be expected in the nomination of the Supreme Court Justice, marches for science, protests for Tax Day, and fights for healthcare.
With the $20 million dollars raised in two days the ACLU, the people have demonstrated that no one, not even the president, is above the law.
Let’s keep the momentum going because the size of the crowd matters. The protesters get under his skin because they have stolen the limelight from him.