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"A group of strangers who sing together develops demonstrable bonds in only an hour."
~ Holly Berkley Fletcher
#authoritarianism #fascism #resistance #hope #soul #spirit #music #song #singing
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Singing Next to Karen: Notes on Resistance from the Choir Loft - Good Faith Media
Singing together feels like a cure for what ails us.Holly Berkley Fletcher (Good Faith Media)
"I think I'm feeling the weight of the tragedies that we've had domestically, especially here in Minnesota. Then just seeing the world move on so quickly, but we never grapple with the grief or the pain or the loss from anything. We just move on to the next thing and it just piles up, piles up, piles up. And I think that we have been engaging in denial and distraction as Americans for a long time."
~ Angela Denker
#authoritarianism #fascism #resistance #hope #soul
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An Unholy War
This episode of Dangerous Dogma features a conversation between Word&Way Editor Brian Kaylor, Lutheran minister and journalist Angela Denker, and Disciples p...YouTube
"The confusing answer at a press conference in Doral, Florida this week did not befit a wartime leader armed with stirring rhetoric and a lucid plan. ... as the conflict with Iran enters its third week, impacting nearly every corner of the Middle East and causing economic tremors around the world, Trump has emerged as America’s commander-in-chaos."
#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
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"'Mr President,' said a reporter. 'You’ve said the war is "very complete" but your defence secretary says, "This is just the beginning". So which is it?' Donald Trump’s eyes darted left and right then down. 'Well, I think you could say both,' he parried."
~ David Smith
#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
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Trump wages war on Iran his own way: commander-in-chaos
Erratic rhetoric, shifting goals and mixed signals leave allies, foes and voters unsure what the president wants from warDavid Smith (The Guardian)
"Donald Trump is lost in his fog of war. ...
The belief that coherent sense can be made out of Trump’s shuffling words is a weakness of the rational mind that refuses to accept the impulses of the inveterate demagogue for what they are."
~ Sidney Blumenthal
#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
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Trump faces a ‘personal Vietnam’ in Iran
He is stuck in a quagmire. His goals are elusive. His bombing does not force a surrender. He has no exit strategy. Good morning, VietnamSidney Blumenthal (The Guardian)
"Personalist regimes always suffer from this, but then on top of that we have a personalist regime built on a man who is not just ignorant and malign, he is properly non compos mentis. Pretending he's capable of holding public office and giving orders at all is a kind of mass delusion."
~ Andy Craig
#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
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"This is Trump’s Derp State in action, an administration full of people who are not only ignorant and stupid, but believe that anyone who knows what they’re doing or tries to anticipate problems that might arise is a traitor to the cause. This is not something unique in history; authoritarian regimes are often characterized by the way they elevate idiots to positions of power."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #authoritarianism #idiocy
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Welcome to the Derp State
The dumbest president, surrounded by the dumbest people, making the dumbest mistakes.Paul Waldman (The Cross Section)
Whenever you hear "ban for kids" on the internet, read in reality "ID collection by a sketchy third-party company that will definitely use it or leak it or both for every adult."
Because that's what this truly means.
Also, it doesn't even help the kids.
#AgeVerification #Privacy #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism