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A quote from writer/activist Dan Savage: “During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for. It didn't look like we were going to win then and we did. It doesn't feel like we're going to win now but we could. Keep fighting, keep dancing.”

Always a great reminder. Also, I believe this is something written/said by Dan Savage in the context of the MAGA era. Whether one likes Dan Savage or not, his full quote is worth citing for its reminder to keep hoping, fighting, and dancing:

Get ready for the incredible Mercedes McCambridge!

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

Jan 6ther Andrew Paul Johnson was molesting a child before he was imprisoned in 2024.

Trump pardoned him - and he immediately went back to molesting that child, AND that child’s friend.

Then he tried to buy their silence by claiming he’d give them some of the millions in restitution he expected.

Well, it’s a neo-Western, but: Johnny Guitar.

Opinion | Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?

freakin get their asses, daryl hannah

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How I Saved Roosevelt YouTube video by Joy Franz - Topic

Tell me you've never seen Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" without telling me you've never seen Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins."
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Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

Hooray and congrats! So happy for you and Peter. We’ll miss your insights about season 50, but you have earned this break a thousand times over. Now enjoy season Rory!

TBH, any Democratic member of Congress not calling to abolish ICE absolutely deserves to be primaried. Go Lander!

Feds asked New Mexico to halt Jeffrey Epstein Zorro Ranch sex trafficking probe, records show Former AG says feds halted New Mexico’s Epstein inquiry without sharing promised evidence as state reopens Zorro Ranch investigation.

Former New Mexico Attorney General Balderas details how the FBI forcefully shut down New Mexico's criminal probe into what was up at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe Co. The feds insisted that they were running their own criminal probe and that NM's involvement would not be tolerated. It was a lie.

I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice, Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

uhhh oh my god

Happy March! In just one week, on March 8, Daylight Saving Time returns.

“I think we all have the same values. And that’s to treat people as we would want to be treated.” Thank you Holly Neaton for joining me after the SOTU on @ms.now.

Cue sad trombone.

Tara is seemingly a very lovely human being, but she’s also objectively one of the very worst players ever seen on #TheTraitorsUS.

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico.

Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.

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Because it’s a presidential library and archives, the architects deliberately designed a dearth of windows to control the lighting inside.

This is the most fun I’ve had listening to a Big Pic pod in a long time — and I always enjoy when I listen! But this topic is just such fertile territory. Please get this band back together and repeat the draft next year, with the simple caveat that this year’s picks are off the table.

I’m out and about now, running errands by bike. (Currently waiting in a line indoors.)

Have you heard the original demo of Losing My Religion?

Yes it is wonderful!

Although people say that the drums are different in the final version but I’m no expert.

Enjoy

Greg Rucka’s run on Wonder Woman is [chef’s kiss]

ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.

For context, $38 BILLION would cover one full year's extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that ended Dec 31.

The current administration's priorities are quite clear: jail brown people (many of whom prove to be legally in the U.S.) + leave more Americans without healthcare.

Nothing like a state Supreme Court Justice flouting the spirit (and arguably the letter) of the constitution they’ve sworn to uphold! Provinv once again that cheating, lying, and outright law-breaking are bedrock conservative values.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Part of me lives in a happy parallel world where season 3 is getting produced. Even now, I like to imagine that, if the live show is a big enough hit, Apple will greenlight that already-written third season. #schmigadoon

Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency.

She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.

Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’ The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.

Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

new dunk and egg hitting us with the game of thrones theme for real after literally shitting on it in the premiere was god level television