"Mr. President, You're No Jack Kennedy"https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4321
(sincerest apologies to Bob Dylan)
Democrats and Liberals won't stand up to fascists and ICE thugs, but they'll raise holy hell over the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial. They'll gladly abandon Palestine to the IDF to avoid appearing
antisemitic and won't lift a finger for transgendered people because that might cost the DNC an election, but they'll man the barricades for the goddamn Kennedy Center. That's right, they'll try to appease fascists by throwing basic human rights and dignity to the wolves while they protest for A GODDAMN BUILDING.
John the Baptist, after torturing a thief,
Looks up at his hero, the Commander-In-Chief,
saying, “Tell me, great hero, but please make it brief –
is there a hole for me to get sick in?”
The Commander-In-Chief answers him while chasing a fly,
saying "Death to all those who would whimper and cry!"
And dropping a barbell, he points to the sky,
saying, "The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken!"
– Bob Dylan, 1965
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John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts:
https://www.kennedy-center.org/
"The “Pro-Human Assembly” on AI: Sanders and the trade union bureaucracy
join hands with the fascist right" Joseph Kishore at the World Socialist
Web Site 09.16.2026
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/17/wrke-s17.html
"58 Democrats join House vote to grant Trump additional war and tariff
powers" Andre Damon at the World Socialist Web Site 09.17.2026
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/18/pjtu-s18.html
"Joe Biden arrives in Middle East on first trip as US president" Al
Jazeera 06.13.2022
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/joe-biden-on-way-to-middle-east-in-first-trip-as-us-president
"Bone Deep" editorial cartoon by Mike Flugennock 07.16.2022
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3484
Algae Bloom at the Lincoln Memorial via Reuters, 06.20.2026
https://www.sinkers.org/posters/poolalgae/lincolnreflectingpoolJun2026-02.jpg
"It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs
saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal
rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems
are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff
like this..." Paul Tompkins on Bluesky 09.19.2026
https://bsky.app/profile/pftompkins.bsky.social/post/3mvtufh6twk2t
Bob Dylan, "Tombstone Blues" 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag-Esuy44ks
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