Angela Merkel, leader of the free world, summed up Putin pretty succinctly: ‘I understand why he has to do this — to prove he’s a man,’ she told a group of reporters. ‘He’s afraid of his own weakness. Russia has nothing, no successful politics or economy. All they have is this.’

That’s what’s terrifying/frustrating, it seems like they’re stacking the cabinet etc. to essentially remove checks & balances, so that when we cry “you can’t DO that, that’s illegal!” they’re just like, “so?”

But honest question, what are we going to do about it? What are the next steps here? I feel like we are shouting into a void about federal law and ethics and its making me very tired.

Yessss

May I make a confession? I am so angry and sickened by this country that frankly nobody in politics gets me excited anymore. I am done. Patriotism is over with me. The American flag that has flown outside my house, replaced every year to make sure it still looks nice, is no longer there. I threw it in the trashcan on…

Let’s call this what it is — They just told a brilliant woman to sit down and shut up. They would have never done this to McCain or Markey or any other man.

I remember this.

ahh, back when our fright seemed staged.

I am a public school teacher. I am sitting at my desk, which is in a classroom in a public school full of minorities and SpEd students, and I am weeping. I have about 9 minutes left on my lunch break, and I don’t know that I can pull it together in time. I am crushed, absolutely gutted. I am afraid for my students, I…

Mike Pence can go fuck himself. Ditto for all who endorsed her.

First ladies have often served to promote style and oftentimes their fashion, decorating, or diet choices have triggered big sales for designers or for nutritional movements. Jackie Kennedy (style and culture) Lady Bird Johnson (environmentalism) and Betty Ford (wellness) all come to mind. But not one ever cashed in…

Oh shut the fuck up. The left fucking harassed her for a year for being too “middle America” and so she decided to go further left and lost middle America and the election. You’re fucking useless.

Yes, by all means, all of those people who are concerned about practicalities like health care and jobs will be better served by the President who gets rid of the ACA and starts a trade war with Mexico/China/everyone.

“Artist’s rendering of White House transition of power. Image via Kensington Palace/The British Monarchy.”

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.”-The Handmaid’s Tale

1. I have never seen Miracle on 34th Street.

The article felt kind of Shakespearean- dude wants nothing more than love and respect, so much so he runs for President thinking that it’ll be the sure-fire way he’ll get love and respect. But upon becoming President, he finds himself neither loved or respected and is instead mainly alone, by himself, watching Cable…

So it never occurred to anyone to ask the White House staff how to turn on the lights?

He has no moral compass. He’s going to give them their theocracy no matter what it requires him to do/sign. He knows it’s the only way they won’t impeach him.