Civics Watch: Committed to the Defense of Liberal Democracy

I though it would be fun to have a place to put the best political cartoons. Here's the best one I've seen in a while:

I searched for a place to report what happened to me today and vent my anger, but I couldn't find one. Then I thought a lounge may be a good place for small talk and less important matters. Hence, I created this thread. Feel free to report whatever is on your mind that isn't related to a specific thread,

I'm not even half done cause it was lenghtier than I suspected. But if anyone can spare the time they could perhaps correct my most blatant errors. (Be aware it's political and has to do with the crack epidemic in Denmark. We're basically 10 years behind the US). https://omecc.dk (Whatever you answer to the "cookie warning" has no consequence. The translation is on the "News" page...

I was looking for a thread where I could post stories that are in my mind highly alarming, condemnable, or generally a sign that the USA is currently on a dangerous path toward a country that contradicts its own (former) values. Since I didn't want to hijack other existing threads, I will start a new one.

At a Women's History Month celebration event at the White House on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

Will Europe be able to keep Ukraine out of Russian hands if America pulls out entirely (as we have pretty much done at this point) ? Would they even be WILLING to do that, given that it will likely be quite expensive? I'd love to hear from some of our international members.

I want to respond to the below snip from another thread and my response OT for that thread so I'll start a new one. I view the RvW decision as activist. I am in favor of the RvW policy, not how the US got there. SCOTUS has purview where constitutionality is concerned - the more of a stretch applying that document to a specific case strikes me, the more I want to call that activism. The constitution says nothing about abortion. SCOTUS based that ruling on the Bill of Rights providing...

Let's discuss what's happening in Iran because it's taken me a bit by surprise. How did these protests start and what is fueling their intensity? What chances are there for true revolution? Will Trump meddle? Would that help or hurt? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/iran-edges-closer-revolution-reshape-010833012.html

What is seldom mentioned is that the whole theory of eugenics started in the US. So, in biological terms it's phenotype was most obvious in Germany during the Hitler-regime but the genotype was "sown" - so to speak - in the US. Isn't that true also for phrenology? EDIT2: phrenology is older. Or maybe I'm completely wrong. I didn't check any of this. EDIT: Not completely wrong: Eugenics, Academic Origins (Wiki)