I'm pleased to repost and amplify this 10.2.26 Facebook post by Michael Jochum. It's a brilliant analysis and prescription for much of what ails the US. Peace & Justice, MAA I keep coming back to the same exhausted, nauseating question: where do we go from here? Because whatever this is, this country, this moment, this … Continue reading The Grinding Collapse of Decency
Michael Jochum
The Suicide Pact of a Crybaby King
A recent Facebook post by Michael Jochum in which he describes the US as a gangster state whose actions accelerate the decline of the US empire. What Jochum views as detrimental I, as a global citizen without national affiliation, see as a silver lining: 1) "we would create a unified enemy across the Atlantic," 2) … Continue reading The Suicide Pact of a Crybaby King
The Lie Is the Lesson: Renee Nicole Good and the Anatomy of American Authoritarianism
I felt compelled to repost this essay on Facebook by Michael Jochum. The murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota is not an isolated tragedy. It is a case study in how authoritarian rule manifests in the United States, courtesy of Trump-style fascism, an administration that no longer governs but commands, a complicit GOP that … Continue reading The Lie Is the Lesson: Renee Nicole Good and the Anatomy of American Authoritarianism
Truth Social Dressed Up With Studio Lighting
Gemini created this image based on the text. This is a brilliant (a word I use sparingly) Facebook post by Michael Jochum. Below are two versions of a song I created, Prime Time Panic, based on the essay. Donald Trump hijacked prime time for twenty minutes and delivered absolutely nothing, no plan, no facts, no … Continue reading Truth Social Dressed Up With Studio Lighting
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