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Charles Schulz wrote this letter in reply to a 10-year-old kid who had written and asked, “What makes a good citizen?” Although this letter was written in 1970, almost 54 years to the day, it very much reads as if it could have been written today. Let’s keep asking ourselves this question, as well as trying to be good citizens. Let’s help others to be good, to be kind, and to keep helping others, every single day. #movehumanityforward

A small occurrence like a BUTTERFLY fluttering its wings can cause a tornado… 🦋 Theres some great people over where the skies are blue. @dionnewarwick @mcuban @pattonoswalt @VDOOZER @paytonsun @Phil_Lewis_ @RexChapman @chrissyteigen @levarburton @YNB @franklinleonard

We need to turn our righteous anger into an insanely thorough political autopsy of how this happened. If we don't do that, if we don't study it, learn it, and ADAPT to this new world we will lose again in 2026 and 2028. Anger without a plan is meaningless.

This is the best explanation yet about why compassionate and moral, democracy-loving Americans are excising MAGA fascists from their life. 🎯🎯🎯👇

Stephen Miller proves that only in America can a young Jewish boy grow up to be a degenerate Nazi.

To actually fight back against Trump and the oligarchs who control him, we’re going to have to change how we approach politics and our own lives. The bad news is we’re in a struggle. The good news is that there is an actual way forward. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/where-we-are…

I've been involved in winning presidential races and races that lost. One common thread is that everyone seems to have a reason why you won or lost which usually reflects a personal perspective or agenda. So here's mine: I think VP Harris ran a very good campaign that operated at a high level. She had a great convention, crushed Trump in a debate, and put on a series of big event rallies that were the best I'd ever seen. As a Republican operative, I spent years pointing out flaws in the Democratic Party and I'm not here to say it doesn't need to go through a period of questioning and self-reflection. Those are much larger questions than one election and one campaign. But the Republican party is an anti-democratic movement, attacking the pillars of American democracy from elections to the judicial system. I understand those who say that if there had been a "normal" Democratic primary, the results would have been better. Maybe. But think about it. In modern political history, every time a sitting VP has run for the nomination, that VP has won. Perhaps it would have been different this time and the eventual nominee would have emerged stronger for the process. But more likely there would have been a bloody primary fight that left the nominee broke and trying to patch together a fractured party to face a Republican party that has become Donald Trump's party. In all probability, VP Harris would have won that primary and been in a weakened and vulnerable position when it was finally resolved in May or June. I would say to my Democratic friends to go through this post-election process with open minds and hearts but never doubt that the Democratic party is the only pro-democracy party in America. No one will have a position in Trump's administration who is not an election denier adhering to the Big Lie. That's toxic to a country's sense of self and the damage will take a generation to repair, if it is possible to heal. Losing an election does not mean that you were wrong and they were right. It means you lost an election. I grew up in Mississippi watching my parents back candidates opposed to segregation. When those candidates lost, and they did for a long time, my parents didn't question if they were on the right side. They didn't ask themselves if the majority who supported segregation had proven the justness of their cause by winning. The mid-terms start after the Super Bowl. It will likely be a good election for Democrats and then the 2028 presidential race will be upon us. After a loss, the days seem long but the months will pass quickly. Reflect, rest up, but come back prepared to fight. Fight not because victory is assured but fight because not to fight is to give up. And if we do that, we no longer deserve to call ourselves Americans. Read less

@YNB would you kindly RP? 📚❤️

New Column: Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won? newrepublic.com/post/188197/tr… Follow @newrepublic

Nobody in the GOP can replicate what he's done. Vance can't do it. Don Jr. can't do it. DeSantis or Kari Lake sure as hell can't do it. He's been the driving force of American politics for a decade, and will likely take his cult with him once he leaves.

We know now that Trump outran the rest of the GOP. They lost Senate seats in states he won. House Dems might not actually lose any seats - as R's are on track to gain just three, and three were vacant. This wasn't a "red wave." It was Trump. And he won't be a candidate again.

We all want "the reason" Trump won. What if the reason is just that he's Trump? He disrupted politics in a way nobody ever has, created an unreproducible cult of personality around his celebrity and image, and with him off the board as a candidate, the map will scramble again.

@tribelaw Time to listen to the hacking community who are telling us this election was stolen just like they all witnessed and watched the election being stolen in 2016. Time to listen to the coders tell us our election process is broken and insecure.

I respect those who say otherwise, but it’s just not true that “all the guardrails are gone.” They’re weakened, but many remain — at the state and local levels, and even in key aspects of federal law that remain very much in place. Our Constitution is more than just empty words.

This is why this Lake is Superior.

A must read. Entire article gives us our to-do’s.

White friend:I don’t understand what happened? Me:You have family who voted for #Trump? Them:Yeah, lots. Me:Did you ever talk to them about voting for #Harris? Them:No! We have a family rule, we don’t talk politics, it just makes everyone upset! Me:Well that’s what happened.

If you voted for Trump, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party. I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion and humanity. I judge you for your support of racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, treason and fascism. So will others. So will history.