That is (was?) one of my fave documentaries. I’ve had it saved on my DVR for years. I also bought Hitler: Ascent and was waiting until after the election to read it, but now I know it’ll just freak me out.

we are rome

Give comfort to citizens in times of trouble; i.e. listen to their sorrows, commiserate, and *gasp* hug them.

I will never stop being furious about this.

While we forced Germany to remember what fascism means, we allowed ourselves to forget with a pat on the back.

“We’re looking into this- this hurricane thing. It’s a very complex issue. I have always been against hurricanes, even when the New York Times lied and said differently. But we’re looking into it, and I can promise there will be no more hurricanes.”

Between the uppers and the fast food I cannot begin to calculate how much of his day is spent on the john.

God, his State of the Union addresses are going to sound like 10th grade speech class where you have to make your one paragraph prepared speech last for 30 minutes.

One girl is Trump, one is his apologists, and one is the american public. I’ll let you figure out who is who.

Jesus, he isn’t even in the chair yet and he is already threatening people.

Learn how a bill becomes a law.

*chuckle*

That’s the opening of a great book right there.

Don’t ask the audience

Reminds me of this Santa toy we used to bring out every Christmas. It had a string in back you could pull to get Santa to say various phrases, like “ho ho ho” or “Merry Christmas.”

I have a coworker that says “bling” all the time. Sets my teeth on edge.

Kate McKinnon is an openly LGBT woman, and one could argue that the rhetoric of the Trump/alt-right has been more vitriolic towards those folks (actually, one hardly has to argue the point as there’s already some discussion about going after gay marriage in some circles). So no, I think Kate was the perfect choice.

Whatever happens, this election is proof that we need more smart, awesome women in the world influencing others. There’s plenty for you to do here, if you want to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines Just in case you or anyone else needs it.