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The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out public life and make people afraid of participating. From the January 6th, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, to the attack on Paul Pelosi, to the attempted kidnapping of Michigan Governor Whitmer, to the murder of Minnesota Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman and her husband, to the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, to the shooting of United Health Executive Brian Thompson, and the shooting several years ago of Representative Steve Scalise, this chilling rise in violence has targeted public officials across the political spectrum.

Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon. We all remember the assassinations of President Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Senator Robert F. Kennedy, John Lennon, and Medgar Evers, and the attempted assassinations of President Ronald Reagan and Alabama Governor George Wallace.

Kinda sounds like this has been a problem in the US for decades. Maybe the government should look into that.

But bottom line, if we honestly believe in democracy, if we believe in freedom, all of us must be loud and clear: Political violence, regardless of ideology, is not the answer and must be condemned. Thank you very much.

Ah, that should solve it! Well done, Bernie!

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Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

They shouldn’t be allowed to feel safe going to work until kids feel safe going to school.

I actually read 1984 because of all the “literally 1984” memes. It’s dry but it does hold up surprisingly well.

This all disappoints me in a way that I have never been disappointed before and it genuinely makes me lose my faith in humanity in its entirety.

I used to think that, in general, humanity was good. There are of course bad people, but humanity as a whole isn’t bad. Then I saw the world’s reaction to covid and had this exact same experience. Humanity is arrogant and selfish. A giant asteroid could be hurling towards the planet with a guarantee to cause the extinction of all humans but if the way to avoid that extinction involves the average person being slightly inconvenienced, we’re all dead.

In a statement on Tuesday, Nadler said that the decision to step down “has not been easy.” “But I know in my heart it is the right one and that it is the right time to pass the torch to a new generation,” he said.

He’s 78 years old.

Mocking Fascists; Making them look foolish and ridiculing them, works

I once heard “There’s a reason neo-nazis idolize the nazi brother from American History X and not the Nazis in Springtime for Hitler.” One takes the neo-nazi ideology seriously and provides counter arguments. The other is making Nazis look lame.

Actually, I have a permit for that