@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialI rediscovered this image from several years ago in my meme stash this morning and I've been giggling about it ever since. I realize we shouldn't be laughing about him (but we should be laughing *at* him) but if it makes you smile a little then I think it was worth it. 
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialThe law is clear: flags shall be flown at half-staff for thirty days after the death of a President.
But, you know, fuck the law.
Right?
Fuck. The. Law.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/trump-inauguration-flags-full-staff
Trump gets way as flags to fly full-staff at inauguration despite Jimmy Carter’s death
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/proclamations/03044.html
Proclamations | National Archives
![(Screenshot of the article from The Guardian titled "Trump gets way as flags to fly full-staff at inauguration despite Jimmy Carter’s death")
President-elect complained about possibility of flags remaining at half-mast for swearing-in despite US tradition
[by] Anna Betts
American flags at the US Capitol will fly at full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington DC on Monday, despite a White House order for flags to remain at half-staff for 30 days after the death of former president Jimmy Carter last month.
The House speaker, Mike Johnson, first announced the change on Tuesday. In a post on social media he wrote: “On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump.” He added: “The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter.”
Following the death of Carter on 29 December 2024, US flags have been flown at half-staff at federal properties, by tradition after the death of a former president, including at the Capitol. Joe Biden ordered the flags to be lowered for a period of 30 days, in accordance with the US flag code.](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/835/087/687/573/078/original/bd74ca0d46851129.png "(Screenshot of the article from The Guardian titled \"Trump gets way as flags to fly full-staff at inauguration despite Jimmy Carter’s death\")
President-elect complained about possibility of flags remaining at half-mast for swearing-in despite US tradition
[by] Anna Betts
American flags at the US Capitol will fly at full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington DC on Monday, despite a White House order for flags to remain at half-staff for 30 days after the death of former president Jimmy Carter last month.
The House speaker, Mike Johnson, first announced the change on Tuesday. In a post on social media he wrote: “On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump.” He added: “The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter.”
Following the death of Carter on 29 December 2024, US flags have been flown at half-staff at federal properties, by tradition after the death of a former president, including at the Capitol. Joe Biden ordered the flags to be lowered for a period of 30 days, in accordance with the US flag code.")
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialThe "change my mind" meme (originally with Steven Crowder) has been updated for 2025.
"If trump walks free, why not Luigi?"
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.social"Everyday that he remains free is another day the story is in the news cycle, and everyday the story remains in the news cycle exposes more class traitors. The people are realizing who's really on their side and they're taking notes."
comment from justaphil on this amazing thread that's definitely worth reading:
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1h9b9ol/right_wing_corporate_grifter_getting_cooked_by/
#Rightwing #corporate #grifter getting cooked by his own audience over Co-Pay #Killer
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialI don't want to cause extra work for the moderators but fuck that guy. 
https://www.404media.co/brian-thompson-social-media-reactions-reddit-facebook-twitter/
Moderators Across #SocialMedia Struggle to Contain #Celebrations of #UnitedHealthcare #CEO’s #Assassination
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialPICK YOUR JOKE! 
"...lead pollution had cost Americans approximately a collective 824 million IQ points."
And they all belonged to trump.
** OR **
The AP says trump got 77,234,710 votes so, just for the hell of it, if we only counted his voters, that works out to about 3.1 IQ points each — about a third of what they started with.
https://www.popsci.com/health/lead-exposure-mental-illness/
Childhood #LeadedGasoline exposure damaged #Americans’ #MentalHealth
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialFact: The average lifespan of an empire is (was?) around 250 years.
Fact: The USA is 248 years old.
These facts are unrelated. I don't even know why I brought them up.
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.social"Her life would have been much easier had she had a right to maternity leave, paid by her employer.
"Under a new law in Belgium - the first of its kind in the world - this will now be the case. Sex workers will be entitled to official #employment contracts, #health #insurance, pensions, maternity leave and #sick days. Essentially, it will be treated like any other #job."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ygn31ypdlo
#Belgium's #sex #workers get #maternity leave and #pensions under world-first #law
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2119677-chimps-beat-up-murder-and-then-cannibalise-their-former-tyrant/
Chimps beat up, murder and then cannibalise their former tyrant
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialThis is mostly the way I see it. #YMMV
edit: the source has a lively discussion going on:
https://lemm.ee/post/48337939?sort=Top
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialSo what's everyone doing to mark January 20, 2025, the day US democracy dies? I haven't seen any news about mass protests or marches anywhere. Surely people in the US (or elsewhere) are planning something to show how dissatisfied we are about electing a fascist, right?
I've been suggesting that we all wear black armbands, like they did for funerals back in the day. Any other ideas?
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.social
"Stuck in the middle with you" 
meme:
There's a joke circulating in Germany:
What borders on stupidity?
Mexico and Canada
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialIs this a thing? Because I wouldn't blame #women if it were.
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialIt's #NationalComingOutDay!!! 
Yay!
But it's OK if you're not ready!
Besides, you can't really "come out" in only one day anyway. Coming out is a process, not an event. And it's *your* process so do it anyway you'd like.
Taking baby steps is totally acceptable!
#LGBTQIA #LGBT #Gay #Lesbian #Bi #Trans #Questioning #Interested #Ally #ComingOut #Love #Acceptance #LoveIsLove
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.social#JeffTiedrich made reference to this earlier post of his from March, 2023, and I thought it was worth sharing here too. It's the impetus of the post I linked to above.
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/republicans-dont-give-a-fuck-about
#Republicans don't give a fuck about #children
#SchoolShooting #GeorgiaShooting #MassMurder #Winder #Georgia #ThoughtsAndPrayers #FuckYourThoughtsAndPrayers #Guns #ItsTheFuckingGuns
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.social"When you buy a gun, you’re shown pictures of gunshot victims.
"If your neighbor suspects you of buying a gun, they can call a hotline.
"If you’re from a state where guns are illegal, you can be arrested if you buy a gun out of state.
"Oh sorry, these are all abortion laws."
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/shove-your-thoughts-and-prayers/comment/67997432
#SchoolShooting #GeorgiaShooting #MassMurder #Winder #Georgia #ThoughtsAndPrayers #FuckYourThoughtsAndPrayers #Guns #ItsTheFuckingGuns
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.social"we really do live in the shittiest possible timeline."
Yes we do, Jeff. We really do.
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/shove-your-thoughts-and-prayers
shove your thoughts and prayers.
we've been thinking and praying since Columbine — and it hasn't done shit | Jeff Tiedrich, Sep 05, 2024
#SchoolShooting #GeorgiaShooting #MassMurder #Winder #Georgia #ThoughtsAndPrayers #FuckYourThoughtsAndPrayers #Guns #ItsTheFuckingGuns
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialRE: school shooting in Georgia leaves at least four students dead.
To politicians who consistently vote against helping children to /not/ be shot to death at school, I have a honest, heartfelt message for you from me:
Fuck you, fuck your thoughts and, especially, fuck your prayers. 
#Guns #ItsTheGuns #ItsTheGoddamnGuns #DoSomethingGodDammit #MassShooting #SchoolShooting #Winder #Georgia
@IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.socialKnow what that is in that photo?
It's a dumpster full of books —mostly LGBT stuff but others too— heading to the landfill.
Know what *that* is?
It's goddamned fascism.
This is what hate looks like.
This is what hate does.
#USpol #USnews #DeSantis #Republicans #GOP #ChristianNationalism #Fascism #BookBurning #LGBTQIA
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/education/2024/08/15/new-college-of-florida-throws-away-hundreds-of-library-books-diversity-lgbtq/74814756007/
#NewCollege of #Florida tosses hundreds of #library #books, empties #gender #diversity library
h/t to @alexwild and @futurebird
