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  1. A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

    Perhaps people who read and write and have enough vocabulary to think with are universe disturbers. But we need to disturb the universe if, as human beings on planet earth, we are to survive. We need to have the vocabulary to question ourselves, and enough courage to disturb creatively, rather than destructively, even if it is going to make us uncomfortable or even hurt.

    Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
    Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/836…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #candidate #choice #democracy #election #illusionofchoice #partisanship #politicians #selfdefeat #selfinterest #voting #creativity #writing

  2. A quotation from Douglas Adams

       “It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see ….”
       “You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?”
       “No,” said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, “nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.”
       “Odd,” said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy.”
       “I did,” said Ford. “It is.”
       “So,” said Arthur, hoping he wasn’t sounding ridiculously obtuse, “why don’t the people get rid of the lizards?”
       “It honestly doesn’t occur to them,” said Ford. “They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.”
       “You mean they actually vote for the lizards?”
       “Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.”
       “But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?”
       “Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in.”

    Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
    Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 4, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, ch. 36 (1984)

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/49165/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #hitchhikersguide #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #solongandthanksforallthefish #candidate #choice #democracy #election #illusionofchoice #partisanship #politicians #selfdefeat #selfinterest #voting

  3. A bi candidate runs to unseat Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman in rural Ohio

    Democrat and Lima Pride Alliance Co-Founder Jeff Givan faces an uphill battle in a region that voted overwhelmingly for Trump.

    #candidate #jeff-givan #lgbtq+-candidate #lima #matt-huffman #rural #sub-hb-96
    thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/04/10

  4. A quotation from Olivia Butler

    Choose your leaders
       with wisdom and forethought.
    To be led by a coward
       is to be controlled
       by all that the coward fears.
    To be led by a fool
       is to be led
       by the opportunists
       who control the fool.
    To be led by a thief
       is to offer up
       your most precious treasures
       to be stolen.
    To be led by a liar
       is to ask
       to be lied to.
    To be led by a tyrant
       is to sell yourself
       and those you love
       into slavery.

    Octavia Butler (1947-2006) American writer
    Parable of the Talents, ch. 11, epigraph (1998)

    More about this quote: wist.info/butler-octavia/48539…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oliviabutler #candidate #choice #coward #democracy #despot #election #fool #leader #liar #thief #tyrant

  5. A quotation from Olivia Butler

    Choose your leaders
       with wisdom and forethought.
    To be led by a coward
       is to be controlled
       by all that the coward fears.
    To be led by a fool
       is to be led
       by the opportunists
       who control the fool.
    To be led by a thief
       is to offer up
       your most precious treasures
       to be stolen.
    To be led by a liar
       is to ask
       to be lied to.
    To be led by a tyrant
       is to sell yourself
       and those you love
       into slavery.

    Octavia Butler (1947-2006) American writer
    Parable of the Talents, ch. 11, epigraph (1998)

    More about this quote: wist.info/butler-octavia/48539…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oliviabutler #candidate #choice #coward #democracy #despot #election #fool #leader #liar #thief #tyrant

  6. A quotation from Olivia Butler

    Choose your leaders
       with wisdom and forethought.
    To be led by a coward
       is to be controlled
       by all that the coward fears.
    To be led by a fool
       is to be led
       by the opportunists
       who control the fool.
    To be led by a thief
       is to offer up
       your most precious treasures
       to be stolen.
    To be led by a liar
       is to ask
       to be lied to.
    To be led by a tyrant
       is to sell yourself
       and those you love
       into slavery.

    Octavia Butler (1947-2006) American writer
    Parable of the Talents, ch. 11, epigraph (1998)

    More about this quote: wist.info/butler-octavia/48539…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oliviabutler #candidate #choice #coward #democracy #despot #election #fool #leader #liar #thief #tyrant

  7. A quotation from Olivia Butler

    Choose your leaders
       with wisdom and forethought.
    To be led by a coward
       is to be controlled
       by all that the coward fears.
    To be led by a fool
       is to be led
       by the opportunists
       who control the fool.
    To be led by a thief
       is to offer up
       your most precious treasures
       to be stolen.
    To be led by a liar
       is to ask
       to be lied to.
    To be led by a tyrant
       is to sell yourself
       and those you love
       into slavery.

    Octavia Butler (1947-2006) American writer
    Parable of the Talents, ch. 11, epigraph (1998)

    More about this quote: wist.info/butler-octavia/48539…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oliviabutler #candidate #choice #coward #democracy #despot #election #fool #leader #liar #thief #tyrant

  8. A quotation from Olivia Butler

    Choose your leaders
       with wisdom and forethought.
    To be led by a coward
       is to be controlled
       by all that the coward fears.
    To be led by a fool
       is to be led
       by the opportunists
       who control the fool.
    To be led by a thief
       is to offer up
       your most precious treasures
       to be stolen.
    To be led by a liar
       is to ask
       to be lied to.
    To be led by a tyrant
       is to sell yourself
       and those you love
       into slavery.

    Octavia Butler (1947-2006) American writer
    Parable of the Talents, ch. 11, epigraph (1998)

    More about this quote: wist.info/butler-octavia/48539…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oliviabutler #candidate #choice #coward #democracy #despot #election #fool #leader #liar #thief #tyrant

  9. Municipales à Rennes : la candidate LFI Marie Mesmeur dénonce « le choix de la division » de

    Marie Mesmeur répond à Nathalie Appéré. Alors que la maire sortante avait assuré dans un entretien au Télégramme…
    #Rennes #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #actu #Actualités #appéré #bretagne #candidate #choix #dénonce #Division #europe #lfi #marie #mesmeur #municipales #nathalie #redon #Républiquefrançaise
    europesays.com/fr/759785/

  10. Jesse Jackson, the well‑known American civil‑rights activist, died at the age of 84. His family announced the death on Tuesday.Jackson first gained national att... news.osna.fm/?p=34836 | #news #candidate #civilrights #democratic #dies

  11. “The #MSM just buried a damning report into Keir Starmer’s government”

    by James Wright in The Canary @thecanaryuk @UKLabour @uk_politics @BBC5Live
    @BBCRadio4
    @BBCNews

    The #MI5 #candidate [my edit] “Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’ is all talk, a new report by charity Carnegie has suggested. There has been no improvement in people’s overall wellbeing since Labour came to power”

    thecanary.co/uk/2025/10/31/sta

    #Press #UK #Labour #Starmer #Austerity #WFA #ChildPoverty #Genocide #Complicity #EpicFail

  12. Japan’s main opposition weighs unified PM candidate to block Takaichi

    Japan leadership race Komeito exit from ruling LDP-led coalition creates ‘one-in-a-decade chance,’ says leader Noda The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan failed to gather votes from other opposition parties for its …
    #Japan #JP #JapanNews #Block #candidate #Japans #main #news #opposition #PM #Takaichi #Unified #weighs
    alojapan.com/1388862/japans-ma

  13. Japan’s main opposition weighs unified PM candidate to block Takaichi

    Japan leadership race Komeito exit from ruling LDP-led coalition creates ‘one-in-a-decade chance,’ says leader Noda The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan failed to gather votes from other opposition parties for its …
    #Japan #JP #JapanNews #Block #candidate #Japans #main #news #opposition #PM #Takaichi #Unified #weighs
    alojapan.com/1388862/japans-ma

  14. Think about it...

    In #America
    a #criminal (already convicted), and indicted for numerous other crimes
    a #draftdodger
    a tax evader
    a recognized #sexual pervert
    a #scammer
    #sexist #misogynist
    #fascist (who has already attempted a violent #coup with casualties)
    #racist (hating #immigrants in a #Nation of Immigrants)
    ....

    is a ... >>>> '#candidate' <<<<
    for the highest #Office in the #Nation...

    just... let it sink.

  15. One of the emails details close collaboration between the #Trump campaign, #Rasmussen, & the #Heartland Institute, which calls itself a national free-market public #policy *think tank*. However, it’s also a 501(c)3 *#nonprofit* & is not allowed to engage in #political activity benefiting a political #candidate.

    #law #ElectionLaw #FEC

  16. They're not suing for monetary damages. They're suing to make the state put them both in jail, the only thing that will stop them. The two continue to act criminally regarding the innocent immigrants they attack without base or factual claim.
    #Haitian #NonProfit #sues #state to #arrest #Trump & #Vance for #aggravated #menace #telecommunications #harassment #false #alarms #disrupting #public #service #demonize #harass #stochastic #terrorism #jail #candidate #VicePresident news5cleveland.com/news/local-