"Something that's struck me about the Trump Administration throughout its second term is its profound misunderstanding of power. Over and over again, Trump and his minions demonstrate that they think they have a monopoly on power and that history will unfold as their actions without any reactions, a literally inconsequential view as in 'there will no consequences other than the ones we impose.'"

~ Rebecca Solnit

#Trump #power #stupidity #ignorance #history
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Flowers Bloom on Soldiers' Graves: Lessons in Power and Consequence

What is power? It is at its most essential the ability to influence an outcome on any or all scales, to protect one's own at a minimum and to influence, even control others at a maximum.

^{Rebecca Solnit (Meditations in an Emergency)}

We don't care about #MAGA

We don't care about #rightWing #media

But we are allowed to peek over the fence sometimes and see what's going on over in the cesspool of #bigotry, #ignorance and #narcissism

"MAGA Influencers Are Salivating Over Jailing Each Other"

{insert "oh no! anyway..." meme here}

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MAGA Influencers Are Salivating Over Jailing Each Other

And it’s all over a supposed DOJ probe into whether foreign money is influencing conservative content on Iran.

^{Will Sommer (The Bulwark)}

‼️ #Idaho #Criminalizes #Transgender Use of Some Bathrooms in Private Businesses‼️

The bill passed Friday by the Idaho legislature would make it a #crime punishable by up to a year in #prison to use a #gender designated bathroom that does not conform to a person’s sex at birth.

#law #CriminalLaw #ignorance #bigotry #discrimination #LGBTQ
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