VBLes

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Pro-democracy, anti-fascism, anti-white nationalism, anti-fake-Christian, anti-fake-patriot. I judge people on how they think other humans should be treated. Sorry (not sorry) if this inconveniences anyone.

Also, it's the blimp Frank, the mothership!!!

right there

"Donald Trump … showed a level of viciousness toward Reiner in death that we rarely see in anyone, and have never before seen in an American president. And yet Trump is president mainly because of the early and undying support he has received from white evangelical Christians and fundamentalists, not all of them but most of them."

~ Peter Wehner

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristians #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/12/trump-rob-reiner/685280/

Trump’s Inferno of Hate Is Intensifying

When a man with the president’s personality feels besieged and abandoned, he becomes more desperate and more dangerous.

The Atlantic

"The Trump administration's drug boat campaign has assassinated about one person each day since early September. These are murders, and our basic humanity demands that we not get complacent about them.

Moral countries don’t summarily execute people without due process, and moral people don’t support countries that do."

~ Radley Balko

#Trump #Hegseth #murder #Venezuela #morality #ethics
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https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/104-murders-in-107-day

Trump Announces New ‘Dodger Dividend’ For Anyone Who Avoided Military Service

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theonion.com/trump-announces-new-dodger-dividend-for-anyone-who-avoided-military-service/

Biden Eagerly Anticipating Jake Tapper’s Book About Trump’s Mental Decline

“Jake must be writing one helluva long book," the former president said.

The Borowitz Report
When we can't believe anything anymore, they can get away with everything.
Rob Reiner on the murder of Charlie Kirk. Bookmark this.
Feverishly working on this
Stole this from bluesky. The year 2025 summed up nicely

Steve Cropper, Guitarist for Stax Records, Booker T. & the M.G.’s and The Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
#MusicNews #News #Obituaries #SteveCropper

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/steve-cropper-dead-booker-t-stax-records-guitarist-1236441839/

Steve Cropper, Guitarist for Stax Records, Booker T. & the M.G.’s and The Blues Brothers, Dies at 84

The songwriter, two-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer riffed on “Soul Man,” “Green Onions” and “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay.”

The Hollywood Reporter