Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

The willow is too close to the house.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Text STOP to opt out of updates on war plans.

Trump should be leading, not lying.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

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Lights for Liberty – Cookeville, Madison, St. Petersburg

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Alcanox in Cookeville, Tennessee: It was a nice event with a little over 100 people in attendance, which is not bad for a small college town.

Omnes Omnibus: Some photos from the Madison WI vigil. We had a good 300+ Sorry for the Cole-esque quality of some of the photos.

Joy in FL: There were a lot more people by the time the event began at 7, probably about 300. After the vigil, Indivisible FL 13 and ACLU had 4 breakout sessions about contacting legislators, protecting immigrants, visiting the Homestead detention center, and Actions to Enforce the Flores Agreement.

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  1. 1.

    Uncle Jeffy

    In a normal world, the transplanted Hitler Youth leader would already be on trial for crimes against humanity

  2. 2.

    Florida Frog

    Good night in Fernandina Beach. At least 100 people. Outdoor site at the marina was rained out but plenty showed up at the AME church in town. Good singing and practical help on what to do next.

  3. 3.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Interestingly, the crowd in Madison was very white. Madison has a decent sized Latinx population, and the group did not appear to reflect that. It was, however, heavily Jewish if the number of “Never Again Is Now” shirts and signs were an indicator.

  4. 4.

    Mary G

    Thank you to Cheryl for curating these and everyone who attended and sent in photos.

  11. 11.

    Another Scott

    Thanks for the photos and the reports. Great stuff.

    Relatedly, Twitter:

    Dave Weigel Verified account @daveweigel

    Sherrod Brown, talking before 2020 candidate forum: “I called Donald Trump a racist, because he was, and he is. And I won the swing state of Ohio by 7 points. Elections aren’t about some ‘electability’ question. They’re about the question, whose side are you on?”

    12:53 PM – 13 Jul 2019

    Yup.

    (via LOLGOP)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  14. 14.

    Jay

    Important thread:

    My wife was a flight attendant and I was an Army officer in Atlanta in the late 90’s. I used to drop my kids off at a daycare that wasn’t bad and had cameras I could watch online. My daughter was maybe 3 or 4. I started noticing her spirit fading. pic.twitter.com/A37BpjIids— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) July 13, 2019

  16. 16.

    debbie

    @Jay:

    Take another look at the first photo in that thread. I am convinced Pence has his hand on that woman’s ass.

  17. 17.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @debbie:

    I thought the same thing, and did a little digging. It’s his wife.

    Well down in that thread there’s a group photo of the delegation, and she’s standing next to him. Without being the least bit catty, she looks terrible. I don’t like anything about the woman, but I hope she’s not seriously ill. I seriously would never have recognised her.

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    CaseyL

    It’s great to see all these posts! I went to a small gathering at a Unitarian Universalist Church on Whidbey Island (Washington) – it has singing, poetry, and not much in the way of followup. One attendee did have specific advice for people who want to give actual in-the-moment help, which sounded quite useful, but which I feel a little paranoid about stating in a blog (an advocacy group could probably give the same advice).

    There were also supposed to be candlelight vigils on the island in Freeland and Coupeville, but I didn’t know about them ahead of time and could not find them.

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    debbie

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Someone must have removed it, but I believe you. The only time I saw her, she would not have looked like this woman. I believe the gray-haired guy on the left is Rob Portman. I feel another email coming on.

    I picture Pence and Mother sitting in church, while the ICE raids go on, outside of the church. Kind of like The Godfather.

  22. 22.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @debbie:

    Someone must have removed it, but I believe you.

    Weird. They apparently did.

    Luckily, I captured it a few hours ago. If you want to send your email addy to me at SiubhanDuinne at gmail dot com, I’ll gladly send it to you. Don’t see much reason to clutter up BJ with it, but for those of us who like to analyse photos, it’s pretty interesting.

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