Reposted by GariTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump’s Monumental ObsessionThe president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself. 1332719725
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026@calmlypanicking.bsky.social Calmly panicking… the most apt two-word picture of my internal state I’ve ever heard; I hereby borrow and take on “calmly panicking” and thank you for distinguishing this perfect match of a word and an uneasy feeling 1200
Gari @badass-elder.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Please let’s retire the limp term “not normal” as if sounding an alert. This is useless old language in this post-Orwellian dystopia that IS normal now and increasingly so—until our courageous actions can shift the narrative 0201
Reposted by GariDr. Manhattan @thenewthinker.bsky.social · 29/04/2025the question isn't: will fascism take over? the real question is: how much of fascism have you already normalized? 27685201
Reposted by GariPhil Senderowitz @psenderowitz.bsky.social · 07/01/2025If Biden releases it, isn’t that just a Presidential act and immune from prosecution? 510310