A quotation from Victor Hugo

Who is the father of privilege? Chance. And who is his son? Abuse.

[Quel est le père du privilège ? le hasard. Et quel est son fils ? l’abus.]

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French writer, journalist, human rights activist, politician
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 8, ch. 7 (2.8.7) (1869) [tr. Phillips (1894)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/86217/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #themanwholaughs #abuse #advantage #chance #corruption #fortune #luck #power #privilege #success #superiority

Good new day....

#TrumpVirus vs #democracy #accountability #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #treason #corruption #WarCrimes #elections

A #Muskville moment of #Truth - from 2x Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich

#oligarchy #Kleptocracy #corruption #TrumpVirus #evil #Musk #Luckovich

#TrumpVirus #Truth

“I Don’t Give a Damn”

Trump is finally being honest about something

“I could just see the fake headlines: ‘President Trump is talking about all the money they’re making while people are suffering at the pump.’ That’ll be the headline. But I said, ‘I don’t give a damn. I’m gonna say it: We’re making a freaking fortune.’”

Honestly, we could end this post right here. As we used to say when a politician steps in it, “check, please.” But let’s unpack this.

#treason #corruption #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #emoluments #madness #media #sanewashing #GQP #cult #War

The Fall of “Scientific American”

"People had no idea how 'lily-livered and weak-kneed and cowardly' Springer Nature was, he said. 'They are so fucking afraid of the Trump administration.'"

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/scientific-american-springer-nature-trump/

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga #science #journalism

The Fall of “Scientific American” | The Nation

When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain.

^{samantha.schuyler (The Nation)}

After 10 days of #war and #WordSalad, with Congress away & no news from the courts...
For anyone who remembers the #TrumpEpsteinFiles & demands #justice & #accountability.

What's Happening with the Trump-Epstein Files? Here's the latest from Katie Phang, direct.

Court Doc: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291779/gov.uscourts.dcd.291779.59.0.pdf

[1/3] UPDATE: Blanche has finally filed his Notice of Compliance and states that he provided at 10:55 am ET today to Judge Sullivan a binder containing the "handwritten notes underlying the typewritten [FBI interview reports]" in marked-for-redaction form.

Money Laundering, Sex Trafficking, and the wonderful secrets shared in Mar-a-lago, NY, and #Epstein Island. Still secret.

So, here, from the source, is the latest update.

Happy/Safe/Productive #NoKings Day, USA

#FollowTheMoney #law /Stop #media #sanewashing #corruption #WarCrimes #Kleptocracy #coverup #TrumpVirus

Among my favorites too, from the latest #NoKings Day events (seen on Mastodon, this…)

#TrumpVIrus #Kleptocracy #tyranny #treason #TrumpEpsteinFiles #WarCrimes #corruption #sedition #insanity #tariffs
#MakeAmericaSane (er / ish)

Speaking of The Guardian and #TrumpVirus warriors like #Kegseth and all the #corruption amid #WarCrime & #Kleptocracy

Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors

Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentagon defense board raises conflict-of-interest concerns

"By installing the tech billionaires Elon #Musk and Palmer #Luckey to advisory roles in a #Pentagon project about the future of warfare, the defense secretary, Pete #Hegseth, bestowed extraordinary influence on two of #MAGA's most significant campaign donors – and both men own companies that benefit from federal defense contracting." - C. Darwin

#emoluments #nepotism #incompetence #nihilism #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #distraction #madness #sanewashing

Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors

Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentago defense board raises conflict-of-interest concerns

^{Aram Roston (The Guardian)}

Water company boss has an idea

• British #Comedy Guide [short video]

Yet another #water #contamination issue... but the water company has a plan.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/videos/28529/water-company-boss-has-an-idea/

#Spicer #sewage #ClearWater #corruption #contaminated #MichaelSpicer #humour

Water company boss has an idea - British Comedy Guide

Yet another water contamination issue... but the water company has a plan.

^{British Comedy Guide}

Meanwhile..

Vapid depravity': Rudy Giuliani ordered to prepare for 'sordid' sex trial

#Vapid #Depravity - seems like the key words for the whole #TrumpVirus / #GQP / #Kleptocracy #cult
But Rudy, like Sir, is special. Perfect vapid depravity. Like so many stars of the #TrumpEpsteinFiles and Cabinet of #Corruption

'Vapid depravity': Rudy Giuliani ordered to prepare for 'sordid' sex trial

Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to prepare for trial after he failed to silence “sordid” sex claims hurled against him — and a lawyer made famous by a movie took up his accuser’s case.

^{Adam Nichols (Raw Story)}

Fact vs. Fiction

#TrumpIsACriminal #TrumpIsAPedo #ElonMusk #ElonMuskIsACriminal #Criminals #Crime #Corruption

Massive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57FrioeuE

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga

Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground

Film created by Massive Attack (working with US photo artist thefinaleye). This montage work portrays a momentous American epoch that is yet to be named, and...

^YouTube

How did we get here? When a culture tolerates small amounts of corruption and accepts bribery as normal deal-making, we get there gradually, even if it appears sudden.

https://www.notzen.net/2025/03/not-zen-203-suddenly-not-so-sudden.html

#notzen #buddhism #stoicism #corruption #bribery #culture

The #network from forgotten times when #crypto meant #privacy, not #corruption:

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Connect to your friends with #Hyphanet to have a safe haven to coordinate when bad comes to worse.

#freenet #decentralization