“But while the threat to American democracy is real, I want to say as clearly as we can, we are not powerless in the face of these threats. We are not bystanders in this ongoing attack on democracy. “ — Joe Biden last night. #letter
So, was he planning to sell (or has he already sold) access to top secret nuclear technology to the Russians, the Saudis ($2b to Jared), or China? (And apologies, since the story broke I cannot get that song out of my head!) #letterpress #linotype #t
“You gotta assume the stuff trump keeps in his safe is pretty wild and also likely crimey.” — Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast #letterpress #linotype #typecasting #maralago #fbiraid #crimedoesnotpay #floridaman #cloggedtoilet #insulin
“It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan…we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the dark ages.” -Admiral Willia
From the authoritarian Republican Party who stood still when their cult leader called dead U.S. soldiers in European cemeteries “suckers” and “losers”…. #letterpress #linotype #veterans #PACTAct #jonstewart #fordtocityd
“If there is no accountability for Jan 6 - for every part of this scheme - I fear that we will not overcome the ongoing threat to our democracy.” - Jan 6 Committee Co-chair Bennie Thompson #linotype #letterpress #radiotower #derelictionof
"The Watergate break-in was like a Cub Scout meeting compared to this assault on our people and institutions." — Congressman Jamie Raskin in todays hearing. #letterpress #linotype #copingstrategies #teambuilding #january6th #jan6heari
“When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir…. It is obvious today that America has
"With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent." — Justices Breyer, Kagan, and Sotomayor in their joint dissent. #lett
“The only reason I know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime,” -Adam Kinzinger, calling out his fellow Republicans in jan 6 hearings today. #linotype #letterpress #jan6 #italygate #jewishspacelaser #pardon
Mike Pence, profile in courage? Please. He won’t even testify to share what he knows about the guy who sent his goons to kill him, and more importantly our democracy. ADDED NOTE: THIS PRINT should serve as an example that if you ever need to ma
“What I saw was a war… it was carnage” — US Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, testifying at the Jan 6 hearings last night. #linotype #letterpress #linotypemachine #jan6commission #coupattempt #republicanshavenoshame #
"mother's life mattered. My mother's life mattered." — Garnell Whitfield, Jr., son of Buffalo shooting victim Ruth Whitfield, testifying in Congress yesterday. #letterpress #linotype #gunviolence #massshooting #buffaloshooting #uvald
“The pro-death gun lobby knows the mass shootings in this country are the direct result of our pro-death gun laws. They know it, and they like it. The fear of guns sells guns, and the fear of guns being restricted sells guns. The only thing tha
"This would be a good day for every politician in this country, ... every media figure in this country, left, right, and centre, to come out and unequivocally condemn white nationalism, so-called 'replacement theory,' and any other hateful ideol
What does it mean that the phrase ”the domestic supply of infants” is being used to threaten a woman’s constitutionally guaranteed right to control her own body? #letterpress #linotype #alito #domesticsupplyofinfants #thehandmaidsta
"How dare they? How dare they tell a woman what she can do and not do with her own body? How dare they? How dare they try to stop her from determining her own future?" - VP Kamala Harris speaking last night. #letterpress #linotype #woodtype
“Ask yourself that question every day.” -Trevor Noah. #linotype #letterpress #typecasting #hotmetaljournalism #whitehousecorrespondentsdinner #trevornoah #wadwiggins #electratypeface Cast in 8 and 11pt Electra with cursive
What news? Such news! “Twitter is a hellsite that also houses a vital time-stamped chronology of state corruption. It shows who know what and when, and gives some insight into why. Chronology is an enemy of autocracy. Altering Twitter is alteri
Oops! ERRATA: Latin for “errors,” a list of a book’s mistakes printed on a smaller sheet and pasted into the book by the bookbinder. No longer a common practice. (Unlike the phone call, the weather in the Black Sea the other day was