Anyone else see the #libby app for #audiobooks start losing it's place, restarting, or jumping to wrong chapters randomly when stopping/starting? Last two books I listened to I had to constantly remember to set a bookmark so I could find my place again when stopping because at least 25% of the time it would lose place.
"The Republican base actively embraces Trump’s grievances; it emulates his pettiness; it supports his childlike inability to accept responsibility. These voters are not sighing in resignation and voting for the lesser of two or three or four evils. They are getting what they want—because they, too, are set on revenge."
"These voters are not settling a political score. Rather, they want to get even with other Americans, their own neighbors, for a simmering (and likely unexpected) humiliation that many of them seem to have felt ever since swearing loyalty to Trump.
A lot of people, especially in the media, have a hard time accepting this simple truth."
"Millions of Americans, stung by the electoral rebukes of their fellow citizens, have become so resentful and detached from reality that they have plunged into a moral void, a vortex that disintegrates questions of politics or policies and replaces them with heroic fantasies of redeeming a supposedly fallen nation."
The electoral rebuke that stung them bitterly was Obama's election.
These voters want chaos. They want cruelty. They want vengeance. They want power-grabs. More than anything, they want a sense that people like them are in control — and people who are not like them are being put back in their place.
"Hard to keep track of all the racist, unhinged, authoritarian comments by the former president? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. … See our list of the 10 worst things Trump said in 2023."
You may believe that the likelihood of #Trump destroying democracy is low. You may think he will lose the election, or that our system of checks & balances will hold him back. But what if you are wrong? — Marc Elias #quotes#quote#TrumpDictator#authoritarianism#Vengeance#Hate
It is possible that our constitutional system simply cannot handle a threat like #Trump. It is possible that the divisions in this country are too deep to rally against him. But we need to try — Marc Elias #quotes#quote#TrumpDictator#authoritarianism#Vengeance#Hate
#Trump believes his authority in a second-term would be absolute. He would wreak #vengeance against enemies. He would #crush press freedoms. He would #gut the mechanisms of government. None of this is speculation. These are things Trump is exclaiming openly, proudly — @rbreich#quote#quotes
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KREATOR's MILLE PETROZZA Aims for Progression and Innovation
Mille Petrozza discusses KREATOR's evolution over four decades, emphasizing a desire for musical progression and new ideas...
If #Trump is allowed to return to the #WhiteHouse, our #republic is done. He's planning on an #agenda of #vengeance and #retribution; openly leveraging the power of #government to literally persecute his perceived enemies, and anyone else who says mean things about him. He will declare the end of the #Constitution, and try to impose an #authoritarian regime based on his personal glorification. I don't want to live in that nightmare, so please #voteBlue!
"Terrorist attacks are designed to not only murder individuals but to kill the possibilities offered by complexity and compromise. Grief-stricken people, the fearful and angry, lose the capacity for much of anything except for the immediacy of pain or revenge (as is our nature). We seek out who or what to blame — to know where to inflict equal pain or cast vengeance."
Another move straight out of the #fascist playbook—blame others for the choices you make. #Vengeance is a primary motivation for #Trump, but he's too much of a #coward to own the decision to seek #revenge on his perceived #enemies.
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Georges est un orphelin lakota recueilli par un pasteur qui l’élève comme un singe savant et l'incite à taire l’Indien en lui.
Mais l'enfant va croiser la route d’un étrange trio emmené par Little Knife : un personnage aussi charismatique qu’ambigu, animé par un désir de vengeance et poursuivi par un chasseur de primes…
Hier, des soldats israéliens ont tué des citoyens israéliens : "Trois hommes de 25, 26 et 28 ans ont été « identifiés » par l’armée israélienne « comme une menace » alors qu'ils se trouvaient dans une zone de combat du nord de la bande de Gaza."