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This economic stagnation should worry everyone. 1 and 4 companies has a hiring freeze right now. Hiring managers are anticipating a recession. And instead of doing anything to fix it, Trump fired the person who counts the jobs.
We are on our own, Cascadia to a fault. Letās stick together WA-CA-OR
Governor Newsom @governor.ca.gov, Governor Kotek, and I launched a new West Coast Health Alliance today to ensure residents remain protected by science, not politics. The Trump Administration has undermined the independence of the CDC and dismantled its vaccine panel.
More of this.
Cal is amazing!
Trumpās Department of Energy made up a āreportā on climate change ā and itās full of lies. Their real objective? Continuing to sell out our environment, air, and water to Big Oil billionaires. Weāre fighting back. www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...
No kings. No dictators. No using the military on U.S. soil. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Moving Space Command away from NORAD is stupid. Colorado already has the existing ecosystem to support both the command and the operations. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Wall Street was closed for Labor Day, but Monday was a big day for the crypto market with the launch of the Trump family's digital token. The launch reportedly means a windfall of billions of dollars for the family. The White House has often denied any conflict of interest for the president.
Yes, indeed! Very cool!
Wow, beautiful! Bright and cheery! Thank you for sharing.
The Trump administration is now asking foreign mail carriers to act as import tax collectors on behalf of the U.S. government ā something they aren't set up to do or may be just refusing to do.
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarezās willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.ās personal mission to destroy public health in AmericaāIām glad that I was wrong. If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.
We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
It just gets dumber every fucking day.
And that's actually my favorite way for football and baseball games.
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šØBREAKING: A leading election conspiracy theorist has been named to a new āelection integrityā post at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
These look so good! Enjoy!
Ours are small (just planted cherry tomatoes), but we have the largest number we've ever had. Yay!
Trump is working to make it harder to vote. This is nothing more than another authoritarian act meant to weaken our democracy. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
When I was writing this chapter, which is entirely a discussion taking place in a Slack App, I did indeed wonder how @wilwheaton.net was going to pull it off in the audiobook. The answer: wonderfully. As he did with the rest of audiobook. I am delighted I get to work with him on so much of my work.
Thank you for the bright colors and wonderful flowers!
My law firm is currently litigating 50 voting and election cases in 22 states. Here are the states with the most cases: GA, AZ, FL, NC, LA, MT, NV, WI. The fight for free and fair elections is the fight for democracy. Please, pay attention.
Joey Scarbury was a 26 year-old backup singer for Loretta Lynn ā with no record label ā when he was picked to sing the theme for āThe Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)ā. āI thought it was a really cool song. I had no idea it was going to become iconic.ā Peaks at #2 today in 1981.
Good news. Thank you for this info!
This was great! I really liked the "surprise" entrances and exits from the squirrel and pigeon. I actually laughed! A much needed moment. Thank you for sharing!
Folks are going to go into debt over groceries. Trump did this šš¾
No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued Heat Advisories and Extreme Heat Warnings for parts of Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, and Oklahoma as a dangerous heat wave persists through the weekend and into next week. www.newsweek.com/millions-ame...
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This is my favorite part of quilting, taking fabric shapes and creating something new. Your colors and blocks are amazing! Have fun!
I'm glad you are taking care of you. We need you for the long term. Enjoy. Relax. Decompress. And make some wonderful memories with you family!
Today's jobs report shows 24,000 factory jobs lost in the past three months. Trumpās first term brought a manufacturing recession. Now his reckless tariffs are making Americans worse off, again.
Step one: Trump tanks the economy Step two: Data shows that Trump is tanking the economy Step three: Trump fires the person who puts out economic data so that in the future, no one will know heās still tanking the economy
Please pay attention.š We cannot afford to leave our democracy in the hands of a process that requires this DOJ to act in good faith. We must act now to harden our election systems. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
Across the country, a wave of investigations launched by election officials, local prosecutors and Republican-led legislatures sought to uncover evidence of widespread noncitizen voting. They found ā again ā that noncitizen voting was nearly nonexistent. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/sta...
This is truly an amazingly beautiful picture. I love herons and this is the most wonderful photo I've seen. Thank you for sharing.
No, this is not a joke. This is real. North Carolina Republicans have introduced a sweeping elections bill that, among other steps, would bar election officials from encouraging or promoting voter turnout. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/don...
Very cool!
This looks so calm and peaceful. I'm really glad we got a bit of a break from the higher temps (I live in Kent WA). Today was just perfect! Thank you for sharing your photo.
RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH. These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures. How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?
The shadows and light and soft colors are wonderful! Very quiet and calm. Thank you for sharing.
Trumpās āno tax on tipsā is a shiny object to distract you from the richest 1% getting TRILLIONS of dollars in tax breaks. Poor and working people will struggle to qualify for short term benefits while getting their Medicaid and SNAP ripped away. Read my op-ed: www.newsweek.com/rep-pramila-...
The US is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in over 30 years, with 1,288 cases reported just six months into the year. The vaccine-preventable disease has led to three deaths, two children in Texas and an adult in New Mexico, and dozens of hospitalizations.
To the āI voted for thisā crowd: You voted for the guy who gutted the National Weather Service. Now weāve got dead families and missing kids in Texas, because storm warnings didnāt go out in time. And he gutted FEMA so they canāt properly respond to disasters. Thatās what you voted for?
Thereās something SERIOUSLY WRONG with a political system like this.
āCongressā didnāt pass this murder budget. Republicans did it. Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate. Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due
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Congrats to Lisa Murkowski on voting for a bill that she herself admitted was not ready in hopes that the House would change it. Now itāll become law. She had the power to stop it, and instead chose to become complicit. Thatās her legacy.
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. Iām sorry we have to live through this.
GOP: this bill is fucking terrible. Itās going to kill people, explode the deficit, and completely kill the renewable energy market in the US. Also GOP: so anyway, hereās why Iām voting for the bill
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans. This is Washington at its worst. We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
I donāt think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make whatās happening now look like childās play. And people are disappearing.
Two of Seattle's professional sports teams are in action today on Thursday, July 3rd, 2025ā¬ļø @seattlekraken.com finish dev camp Storm take on the Dream on the road. Mariners finish a four-game home series against the Royals. #SeattleSports #TridentsUp #NothingButStorm #SeattleMariners #SeattleStorm
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
No lies told here.
If the Senate's budget is enacted, millions will lose health insurance, millions will fall into poverty, and the national debt will increase by $3.3T. All of this to provide a major tax cut mainly to the rich and big corporations. There is no justification for this.
Trump's budget includes massive cuts to vital programs in exchange for tax cuts skewed to the rich. It's so unpopular that the House GOP voted on it in the wee hours of the morning last month. Now, the Senate GOP is ramming it through over the weekend. They want to hide it.
Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.
It needs a few typos, grammatical errors, insults, random quote marks, and misspellings.
Some thoughts on the current situation with Iran. Screenshot from the bad place.
And just like that, the āNo New Warsā people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.
Soā¦ People seem to think that weāre just done now? We bombed the shit out of three nuclear sites in a country we werenāt at war with, and thatās justā¦ it? Oh, my sweet summer children.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Streetās greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allowāand will continue to resistāthe politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.
Iām still waiting for CNN to devote multiple programming days to Trumpās obvious cognitive decline and dangerous mental instability.
If you think it canāt happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.
LA DODGERS just now: āThis morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonightās game will be played as scheduled.ā Right on, Dodgers! More of this, please.
The White House called a lid, meaning that Trump isnāt expected to be seen or heard from for the rest of the evening. Cool, cool. Not like the American people need to hear from POTUS while weāre tweeting our way into a war, or anything.
There are widespread reports of ICE agents abducting people while masked, without warrants or identification. Due to recent events, we strongly advise: do not open your door or car for anyone you donāt know. Thatās the message. No need to elaborate.
Yesterday, millions of us reasserted the āWeā in "We the people." We gained strength from our solidarity. We celebrated our numbers and our power. We will be steadfast. We will not cower to a dictator. We will win.
Weāre closing in on the 3.5% rule! 8.6 million and counting! Weāre in awe. Lots of events still happening make sure to be counted. Big towns, small towns you showed up.
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
Over 4.8 million and counting and many events havenāt even kicked off yet. Weāre aiming for over 10 million today to hit the 3.5% rule. The crowds are massive and still growing. We are so proud of all of you. Huge shoutout to Texas you showed up!
Don't let them lie to you about Senator Padilla. DHS is claiming the agents DID NOT KNOW he was a senator. He CLEARLY says (BEFORE he is tackled and cuffed) "I am Senator Alex Padilla and I have a question for the secretary."
On 6/12, DHS Secāy Kristi Noem said āWe are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.ā This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.
For the first time in 20 years, the International Atomic Energy Agency has passed a resolution of noncompliance against Iran, claiming they are not adhering to their nonproliferation obligations. In response, Iran says they will up enrichment. Not good. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/w...
i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a presidentās domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Minnesota was just ranked the 5th best state for child wellbeing ā hereās why: ā Free school meals ā Nation-leading Child Tax Credit ā Paid family and medical leave
The national guardās deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway. History shows the results. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/09/trump-police-state-robert-reich
Karen Bass: "The 100 National Guard soldiers that are downtown LA are guarding one federal building, so there is no need for this...it's all part of an experiment that is taking place in Los Angeles...what happens when the federal government intervenes and takes power away from a governor & mayor?"
Remember this: be unpredictable. āOutrun, outlastā¦ make it impossible for them to justify the cost.ā Theyāve already wasted $131 million. We are fully committed to peaceful demonstrations, and just as committed to protecting our communities.
Trump threatens to use "force" against any protesters who show up at his big military parade: "They will be met with very big force. People that want to protest will be met with big force. I have not heard about a protest but this is people that hate our country. They will be met with heavy force."
this is good
Gavin Newsom is responding to red state critics who represent states with higher murder rates than California, including Mike Johnson (Louisiana) and Tommy Tuberville (Alabama).
I am a bit wiped out from travel so I am in a bit of a "low activity" mode and most of my posting today will likely be of inconsequential stuff, but please be aware that some incredibly fucking consequential stuff is happening in the US right now, as others here are detailing, and it all matters.
That is one truly amazing bird. Look at all the colors and patterns. Thank you so much for sharing!
Deploying Marines to LA isnāt normal. Itās a gross abuse of power similar to what we see from dictators around the world, setting the stage for martial law or full-on authoritarianism.