This feels like Wallace getting betrayed by Robert the Bruce.

That scene in Braveheart when it looked like the common Scott had done his part to win the day. Then the landed, noble Scott pulled his forces in deference to the powers that be.

Leaving the bloodied commoners to the slaughter.

Were on our own. Make no mistake.

Done with these poll dancers.

For those with TikTok, here is a link to No Kings

local rally Saturday afternoon in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago. I didn't go down town because I wanted to stay close to my younger daughter who wasn't feeling well. My older daughter and wife were working. There is no commentary in the video until the very end. It was really heartwarming.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMuuM8Nj/

Tad Stoermer post on eve of No Kings

He has excellent analysis of American history and it's connection to today's context.

Hey Pope Leo is on TikTok!

This

Absolutely this

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6aKSU1j/

Merrick Garland was complicit.

He was an institution that rolled over. He knew what the people behind trump were up to.

A few from Trouble live

Trouble came out of Chicago in the 80s and were a big influence for many more famous bands. If you know, you know.

Have they swept the Capitol steps yet?

Is Chuck having dinner in Georgetown first?

Our politicians like to scold us for not being more active. Only a handful of our guys have been in the fight.

It matters what you do and say in public. In the cities and towns.

Decades of struggle to try and attain a modern, inclusive democracy, now wiped away by privileged footmen.

Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell standing in the gap.