Here are the 173 mayors who refuse to accept President Trump’s withdrawal from the treaty and instead, vow to adopt the historic agreement of their own accord.
Here are the mayors refusing to honor Trump’s dismissal of the Paris Climate Agreement
Category: Society and Civilization
Wonderful take on President Donald Trump from a man who’s lived through banana dictator leadership
I clipped this response, written by a man from Buenos Aires, for my own personal collection. After reading it a few times, I realized it offered wonderful insight into a political system most Americans are not familiar with. Below is Luis M. Gonzalez’s answer to the question, “Why do some liberals vehemently loathe Donald Trump?”
Iconic visual – activists hang 70-foot “RESIST” banner from crane behind White House
Several Greenpeace activists hung a 70-foot political banner from a crane near the White House today. The banner measures 70-by-35 feet and is strategically positioned so that anyone looking at the South Lawn can clearly see the message directed at President Donald Trump. The sign has just one word – “RESIST’.
Geek Slop’s Civil Disobedience Handbook – a practical guide to demonstrations, protests, black bloc tactics, and getting rowdy.
Civil disobedience, in the form of marches, rallies, pickets, protests, sit-ins, vigils, or demonstrations, is a necessary component of a functional, free democracy. Although potentially not pleasant, civil disobedience is often required when other attempts to invoke societal change fail.
Collection of Trump “Nope” posters (including one for Trump fans)
Here’s a collection of fashionable Trump “Nope” posters based on the iconic Barack Obama poster.
Full text of ICA-2017-1 – Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections (with annotations)
The following was released to the general public on January 6, 2017 by the DNI (Director of National Intelligence). In short, the release accuses Russia of attempting to influence the US’s 2016 election using a persona known as Guccifer 2.0 to release stolen (hacked) documents via Wikileaks. Regular readers will not be surprised by the…
Why are students at Texas State University dying to have a good time (while officials ignore the elephant in the room)
Conveniently situated off I-35, splitting the authority of Hays County and Guadalupe County, the campus sits near San Marcos River and Guadalupe River – both popular party destinations for students of an age when rational adult-like decision-making is just beginning to take root. Being a “party school” may be a good draw for the local…
Amazing park benches turn mundane seats into stunning works of art.
There are literally millions of park benches across the world and all of them are fairly standard structures – plain, blocked supports with a horizontal surface to sit on. But some cities have thought out of the box and turned their park benches into beautiful, sometimes stunning, works of art. Check out the collection of…
Americans are intelligent but history shows they could still elect a fascist, Hitler-like leader
To determine if America could indeed reshape the world by “accidentally” electing a fascist leader, we have to look no further than Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany was inconceivable, unbelievable, and sadly, irreversible. Although everyone is familiar with Hitler’s Nazi regime, many fail to recognize the subtle series of steps that allowed it to be.
CIA documents reveal systematic torture – have we forgotten the cost of freedom?
New documents were released this week which detail the brutal interrogation techniques sanctioned by the CIA after the 9/11 attacks. The published CIA guidelines reveal that the acceptable level of prisoner discomfort is measured by the amount of permanent physical damage it inflicts on the detainee and not whether or not it violates our humanity…
