Local reps worried about youth that will do a smash and grab and when released say they will just do it again. Naturally their thoughts of how to address that have to do with increasing penalties, eroding due process, increasing penalties, etc.

But they need to think for a minute about the message they sent to the youth in the 2024 election. It wrote to them and the world in big orange neon letters that the law does not apply to everyone in this country. And when the law does not apply to everyone it stops being justice and becomes oppression.

When we handed felon sex offender Trump the oval office we made crime an act against oppression.

You cannot expect people to abide by rules that do not apply to everyone. Can you blame them for thinking "If we are not all in this together then it is everyone for themselves. "?

You can't parade blatant hypocrisy in front of people, piss all over their rights, their viewpoints and their futures and not expect them to act out!

You can't exclude people from the game and expect them to keep playing by the rules!

#uspol #philosophy

State and city Republican reps had a town hall here. In typical fashion they left only 20min out 90 for questions. All was reasonable until one started blathering about how to improve law enforcement. I left saying "I will not sit here and listen to a Republican talk about law and order. You all voted it out!"

#uspol #copol

Now to locate Ann-Margret!

#jokesfortheold

I love the premise of this TTRPG!

#TTRPG #Kill Hitler #Fight Nazis

“Here in Illinois, we don’t hide from the truth, we embrace it,” said Governor JB Pritzker in a press release. “Young people shouldn’t be kept from learning about the realities of our world; I want them to become critical thinkers, exposed to ideas that they disagree with, proud of what our nation has overcome, and thoughtful about what comes next. Everyone deserves to see themselves reflected in the books they read, the art they see, the history they learn. In Illinois, we are showing the nation what it really looks like to stand up for liberty.”

ilsos.gov/departments/library/…

Felon Trump or his appointee: I have no knowledge of that.

Interviewer of my dreams: Why don't you? For someone that wants to be in charge of everything you show a shocking lack of awareness and control within your sphere of influence.

#uspol

#poem #poetry