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US Politics

[It] never ceases to amaze me that there exist people who believe that global warming is a hoax, the acidification of the oceans no big deal, COVID a flu ... and that the real menace to humanity is somewhat faster cellphone connections.

David Frum
October 25, 2021

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Thomas Jefferson
July 28, 2021

I see in the near future a crisis approaching. It unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country …the Money Power of the country will endeavour to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.

Abraham Lincoln
July 3, 2021

"I'm going to be reinstated as president and become Speaker of the House" is all the proof you need that the family of raccoons living inside Donald Trump's head have completely chewed through the wires.

Jeff Tiedrich
June 6, 2021

An ex-conservative friend of mine told me a story about a conversation she had with someone who remained much more active in the conservative movement. The active conservative had raged about “liberal elites” until finally my friend could stand it no longer: “You went to law school. Why aren’t you an elite?” The active conservative paused, reflected, and then answered, “Well, what do you want me to call the people I hate?”

David Frum
June 1, 2021

When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.

Edward Snowden
May 9, 2021

I’m so sick of seeing Christians in America claim persecution. You aren’t being persecuted for loving Jesus, you are being held accountable for not acting like him.

Mariah Lee
March 1, 2021

Do you know why we can fly a helicopter on Mars, but can’t turn on a light in Texas? Because scientists are in charge of Mars, and Republicans are in charge of Texas.

Sylvester Tweetycat
February 20, 2021

There is a desire felt by tens of millions of Americans, lumped into a diffuse and fractious movement known as the Christian right, to destroy the intellectual and scientific rigor of the Enlightenment, radically diminish the role of government to create a theocratic state based on ‘biblical law’, and force a recalcitrant world to bend to the will of an imperial and ‘Christian’ America. Its public face is on display in the House of Representatives. This ideology, which is the driving force behind the shutdown of the government, calls for the eradication of social ‘deviants’, beginning with gay men and lesbians, whose sexual orientation, those in the movement say, is a curse and an illness, contaminating the American family and the country. Once these ‘deviants’ are removed, other ‘deviants’, including Muslims, liberals, feminists, intellectuals, left-wing activists, undocumented workers, poor African-Americans and those dismissed as ‘nominal Christians’ — meaning Christians who do not embrace this peculiar interpretation of the Bible — will also be ruthlessly repressed. The ‘deviant’ government bureaucrats, the ‘deviant’ media, the ‘deviant’ schools and the ‘deviant’ churches, all agents of Satan, will be crushed or radically reformed.

Chris Hedges
January 21, 2021