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The American notion that "both parties are getting more extreme" is absurd. One party supports shooting people in the street. The other party's 'extremists' support universal health care. Come on.

The reason ICE keeps killing people is simple--there are no consequences.

It's time for some law from the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Prosecute Netanyahu, Putin & Trump for war crimes. Lift U.S. sanctions against the ICC. Let the chips fall.

Hunter Biden: "The single greatest mistake of my father's administration was the leadership of Merrick Garland."

Interesting that Hunter Biden is choosing to remember Graham as he was before Trump. Because he believes in an America after Trump.

The new American Conservative mantra: "When the masked gunman demands to see your papers, do exactly as you're told."

There is also the matter of Melania's visa. It is not credible that Melania should receive an EB-1, or 'Einstein Visa.' These are reserved for Nobel laureates, Olympic athletes & acclaimed researchers. There is another story here that must be told. Let's also remember that Melania questioned Obama's citizenship.

It's also estimated that 52 people have died in ICE custody in the first 500 days of Trump 2.0 (according to Human Rights Watch).

@dbattistella@mstdn.ca It would be a good day on the planet.

Trump's FIFA fiasco ends with an embarrassing 4-1 defeat at the hands of Belgium. A slapstick loss. If Trump's superpower is shamelessness, so be it. He still managed to make himself & his country a laughingstock. His FIFA peace prize is as fake as his orange tan--a pathetic prize made of fool's gold.

Shocked to hear of the death of actor & singer-songwriter Glen Hansard. Aside from memorable roles in Once & The Commitments, Hansard knew how to tell a story--spinning a yarn here about meeting Van Morrison. #GlenHansardhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29abxJgCyOI

Right on cue Iran turned America's slapstick World Cup loss to Belgium into another LEGO banger. Trump / America humiliated on the global stage in the great game. My goodness.

The percussive crack that opens Like a Rolling Stone is like a shot fired, a sound that kicked open the 60s and changed songwriting in a thousand ways. Surreal.

David Pakman breaks down some disturbing aspects of the Maine ICE shooting. Graphic content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwLu8IwVa-E

'You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers & the clowns' -- the dreamlike clarity

@c_9@mstdn.ca Green with envy.

I seem to recall that Maggie Haberman is a Trump family friend. Not a fan of her work---or anyone else in the WH press corps.

@susankayequinn@wandering.shop Everything is evolving--even, especially? relationships.

@susankayequinn@wandering.shop Yep--the boys are playing catch-up--and have been for decades.

@_elena@mastodon.social 'And the shame was on the other side. We can beat them for ever & ever.'

@joyousjoyness@mastodon.social Power in the darkness. 💙

@matthiasott@mastodon.social thank you #Berlin 💙 💙 💙

"Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth, that around every circle another can be drawn, that there is no end in nature ..." - Emerson, Circles, 1841

Impossible to overstate the influence of Joni Mitchell. Yeah, she's Canadian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5BnE5_lPqE

Most important / influential American performance? Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone?

Good to see James Talarico talking about the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and calling it what it is: murder.

@setsly @becha This is an interesting point that I've been thinking about. This could really drive a revolution. On the other hand, the worldview that supports capitalism labels humans as consumers; undermines agency, reduces relationships to transactions, distorts freedom and weakens democratic participation. But if we harnessed the market to the health of people & ecosystems ... good things would happen.

In the wake of the lethal Maine ICE shooting, Susan Collins 'urged' DHS to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops. Collins also voted to approve an additional $70 billion in ICE funding.

The WH correspondents' dinner with Trump was an embarrassment. The WH press corps is an embarrassment.

@GracelessHippo@mastodon.ie @c_9@mstdn.ca my god

@GracelessHippo@mastodon.ie @c_9@mstdn.ca When is the revolution kicking off?