№ 388: I, Donald

Guardian: Trump threatens government shutdown over immigration

President tweets demand for Democratic co-operation

“I would be willing to ‘shut down’ government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security,” the president tweeted, “which includes the Wall!”

The Cæsars and the Napoleons

and, of course, all of the tsars —

not to mention Hohenzollerns,

Hapsburgs. . .Ming the Merciless 
with Flash Gordon on Mars! —

would never permit the slightest whit

of opposition to darken their sky,

I herewith submit, if they took no shit,

then neither will I.

Tim O'Brien The Village Voice

Notable birthday for yesterday, July 29:

BORN ON THIS DAY

1883

Benito Mussolini

Born this day in 1883, Benito Mussolini was the first of 20th-century Europe's fascist dictators, assuming absolute power of Italy in 1922, and his harsh rule and involvement in World War II  led to his death in 1945. —  Encyclopædia Britannica

BORN ON THIS DAY

1883

Benito Mussolini

Born this day in 1883, Benito Mussolini was the first of 20th-century Europe's fascist dictators, assuming absolute power of Italy in 1922, and his harsh rule and involvement in World War II  led to his death in 1945.
—  Encyclopædia Britannica