Voices of the Hopeful US in Crisis: Week 10 — March 28, 2025
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by Joyce Wycoff
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JUST ANOTHER WEEK …
Our best friend divorced us … The middle school cabinet decided to do a war … and invited a journalist to listen in … College students on visas became Public Enemy #1 Kristi Noem cosplayed war correspondent in El Salvador wearing a $50K watch
If the Dow drops any further, Musk may have to go back to work … without his chainsaw
Greenland said, “No thank you, please.”
RFK, Jr. touts mineral oil; child dies of measles
“We have found the enemy and it is us.”
— Walt Kelly
since 1985
Cartoon by Randy Bish who has been drawing cartoons at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Perhaps we should have a class action lawsuit as restitution for what they’ve cost our country?
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"I believe in empathy, like, I think you should care about other people," Musk said as part of the same discussion on Joe Rogan's podcast, "but you need to have empathy for, for civilization as a whole, and not commit to a civilizational suicide.”
— Elon Musk
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Empathy (caring) for people could lead to civilizational suicide?
Uh… isn’t a “civilization” a complex organization of PEOPLE?
been
for over 20 years,
the last
Cartoon by John Darkow who has
a professional cartoonist
spending
10 as the staff cartoonist at the Columbia Daily Tribune. He is syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons.
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And, now the same judge gets to hold court on signalgate!
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OLIGARCHY: it’s not just the wealthy, it’s the attempt to gain control by a minority group … tech bros, christian nationalists, anti-vaxxers …
since 1985
Cartoon by Randy Bish who has been drawing cartoons at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Here are 10 MORE ideas to choose from:
21. Volunteer.
22. Go to a protest.
23. Believe someone when they say they’ve been sexually assaulted.
24. Defend a person’s right to choose an abortion.
25. Defend everyone’s right to die with dignity.
26. Speak out against police brutality.
27. Hold the police accountable.
28. Push for police reform.
29. Push for prison reform.
30. Push for prisoner’s rights.
This may not be on the list!
These people seem to have a thing about empathy. Too much empathy is bad … it might make us … care for the poor or sick, treat strangers with compassion, shelter the homeless, or any of that other commie nonsense!
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