The Daily Populous Thursday May 30th, 2024 morning edition
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SativaSawdust on May 29th, 2024 at 22:36 UTC »

As someone who has listened to hundreds of hours of Ken Burns documentaries, when Ken Burns tells you shits fucked, shit is fucked. This oughta perk up everyone's ears.

Yeeaaaarrrgh on May 29th, 2024 at 21:41 UTC »

Ken Burns Civil War documentary came out when I was in high school and quickly became one of my all time favorite docos. But I remember Columbia University historian Barbara Fields in it and she said something to the effect of how fragile democracy was and that the war could still be lost. My 15 year old self thought it was an over exaggeration at the time. How wrong I was...

Hopeforpeace19 on May 29th, 2024 at 21:38 UTC »

His speech is moving, it’s worth watching it in its entirety.

A dire warning in a compassionate style

Trump, the four-time-indicted presumptive GOP presidential nominee, is “the opioid of all opioids, an easy cure for what some believe is the solution to our myriad pains and problems,” Burns said. But with Trump in office “you end up re-enslaved with an even bigger problem, a worse affliction and addiction,” he predicted. “Do not be seduced by easy equalization. There is nothing equal about this equation,” said Burns. “We are at an existential crossroads in our political and civic lives. This is a choice that could not be clearer.”