Weekend Quotables
Post political cartoonist: 'Why I quit.'
JANUARY 6… Will Trump make this a neo-fascist national holiday?
Dem leaders blame ignorant working families for their loss.
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
He said Sunday that voters “didn’t realize how much” the Democratic Party had done for them over the last four years heading into November’s elections, claiming it played a key role in his party’s demise. — MSN
James Clyburn
Clyburn says Americans don't yet understand how consequential Biden's term was and that history will vindicate him. "Joe Biden is going to have to wait...for the country to look back and give the full understanding of what he was able to do in those four years." — MSNBC
On the anniversary of the failed MAGA coup attempt, Clyburn hailed the “peaceful transition” of power to the man he had previously described as a fascist.
It’s “what makes America great,” he told MSNBC.
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Ann Telnaes
Over the years I have watched my overseas colleagues risk their livelihoods and sometimes even their lives to expose injustices and hold their countries’ leaders accountable. As a member of the Advisory board for the Geneva-based Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and a former board member of Cartoonists Rights, I believe that editorial cartoonists are vital for civic debate and have an essential role in journalism. — Substack
Andy Mukherjee
“Crypto bros are heading into 2025 with great expectations. For the $135 million they have donated to President-elect Donald Trump and dozens of successful congressional campaigns, they want unhindered access to the global banking system and an end to lawsuits against the industry by the Securities and Exchange Commission. — Bloomberg
Matthew Livelsberger, Green Beret, Las Vegas suicide bomber.
“Why did I personally do it now?” he wrote. “I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I’ve lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.” — Daily Beast
Joe Biden scolds reporters
"I might be the oldest president, but I know more world leaders than any one of you have ever met in your whole goddamn life!" — Fox News
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Fred Kerley, 2024 Paris Olympics medalist, was arrested, and stun-gunned during a confrontation with police in Miami, Florida.
Kerley's defense attorney Yale Sanford
"It just goes to show that no matter how hard you work, how many medals you earn for your country, and how many people across the globe you inspire, in Miami Beach, Mr. Kerley was treated like millions of African-Americans, male and female, around the country...with a lack of humanity, compassion, or respect.” — CNN
I so enjoy being actually connected (in a six degrees of separation sort of way) to someone who keeps a stethoscope on the people and events affecting our world. Keep up the good work. (Note: no vet comes away unscathed by war; and it's pure bullshit that Black people continue to be treated like shit by law enforcement--there needs to be a John Quiñones "What Would You Do?" training for folks who want to go into law enforcement.)
The Las Vegas bomber also declared himself a proponent of 'masculinism' and an opponent of 'DEI' programs, in tune with the Trump-Vance campaign themes. Let's hope we don't see more Tim McVeighs, but don't be surprised if we do. We know the source at the top will keep up their end of it.