My mother had a favorite pet rooster that would sit in her lap. Glad your neighbor and your hen have become friends!
My mother had a favorite pet rooster that would sit in her lap. Glad your neighbor and your hen have become friends!
Poland recently got out of a dictatorship and returned to democratic rule, while Hungary is still stuck. The main difference is that Orban managed to take control of the press. That didn't happen in Poland. We seem to be in a hybrid situation--media trying not to get sued.
And no one tried to stop them??? This looked like the start of a lynching. God. This is why we need to learn from our messed up history.
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Together with the labor movement of Maine, together with Bernie Sanders — We will defeat the oligarchy, and we will defeat Susan Collins.
Love the Pan Am logo behind them.👍😜
Michael Wolff said it was crack that damaged RFK Jr.'s voice.
Religion and political power combine to form an explosive mix. Best to keep the two separate.
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Amen!
Platner: Our taxpayer dollars can build schools and hospitals in America, not bombs to destroy them in Gaza.
When Trump was promising to deport more than 10M people, it was clear he wasn't talking about criminals--because there aren't that many.
This pup is clearly up for an adventure!
Thank you on this labor day!!
And it's not even an election year. People are hungry for change.
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
We're a big, pluralistic country. Differences are okay. Trolling is not.
Wise words from a sage cat.
Good Morning & welcome to marvellous marmalade Monday You must tell yourself, no matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, I'm going to make it. You will ❤️
The Daily Beast interviews Michael Wolff on RFK Jr.: Crack voice, night terrors, a possible '28 run, and a Jeffery Epstein quote ("Oh, my God. He's nuts!") www.thedailybeast.com/podcasts/
Sky News tracks ICE raids in DC where they are rounding up landscapers and restaurant workers. The communities they are policing want them out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KolI...
China hosts 20 countries with a warm welcome and a message: The US is an erratic bully. China is reliable and responsible. Trust us. And right by Xi's side--Putin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkRp...
Hannah Arendt was 27 when she was first detained by Nazis. She used her training in philosophy to understand the horrors she witnessed. Totalitarianism is a mindset in which groups people are deemed dispensable. Thinking through is the way to resist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgj7...
Hannah Arendt: * Everyone matters...no one is expendable * Think critically--think for yourself * Protect institutions (schools, museums, an independent press) that create space for independent thought
She was chatting with her daughter in Spanish on the phone in a restaurant and was told she was being too loud. So, on a trip back, she returned with a Mariachi band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n05Z...
More FAFO. Not all Trump voters are still with him. www.youtube.com/shorts/tTsa7...
How Ali Wong responded to a comedian who complimented on her new schtick--pregnancy. www.youtube.com/shorts/3IAxz...
The flotilla on its way to Gaza is psyched! www.youtube.com/shorts/J1nJj...
Wage extremes: AP News has a calculator for you to compare how many years you would have to work at your rate to earn one year of a CEO's pay, and also, how fast could they earn your pay. apnews.com/business/ceo...
Our wealth inequality has become so extreme, it has downwind effects like unaffordable housing. We may not see the wealth extremes, but we feel them.
My cats make this noise when they watch birds.
Viva the tan suit!
The Graduate.
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I greatly respect the NIH and the CDC. But I did have one major gripe about something Fauci said early in the pandemic--he told people masks don't work. Later, he admitted that was a lie to save masks for first responders. Lying to the public erodes trust, and trust is hard to get back.
Last night, at the final show of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper brought out Joni Mitchell (for “Carey”), Cher (“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”), SZA (“True Colors”), John Legend (“Time After Time”), and more. www.stereogum.com/2321337/cynd...
Republicans have devoted so much time and energy justifying Trump's decisions that they wind up believe their own BS; they have indoctrinated themselves.
Trump believes reality is whatever he demands of it. The Constitution says whatever he thinks it does.
I still can't get over how the biggest research fraud scandal of recent years, is about a researcher who studied lying, cheating and dishonesty journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... It's life imitating art or something. @datacolada.bsky.social
He's always looking for novel ways to rip people off.
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
They clasp hands to show they are united in their disdain for democracy. They want no freedom anywhere, so their citizens won't long for anything better.
FOX has been telling them for years that they are to blame everyone but the Rupert Murdochs, Elon Musks, and other rich white guys.
Think of all the good this money could be doing, instead.
They even look alike.
Zero--the dog from "Nightmare before Christmas." (He appeared as a skeleton.)
The push toward uniformity and conformity, rather than open exploration and inquisitiveness may stifle progress.
When politics polarises society, the lifeblood of progress—#science & #innovation— runs cold. @martingreenacre.bsky.social distils in @sciencebusiness.net our RP findings, showing how a drift toward extremes saps #Europe's engines of growth sciencebusiness.net/news/interna... doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
It's the "Down with Democracy" crowd.
The hypocrisy is thick.
For such a media hog, his absence is perplexing.
He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
I have no love for Maduro. He's in office now because the robbed the election from the real winner, and the vote theft has been conclusively proven. But sending our war ships to Venezuela based on a presidential whim is bonkers.
Good choices for this wall!
Love this Jon Stewart rant about Trump. www.youtube.com/shorts/jLTKa...
I think it was the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, Waco, the Gingrich scorched earth playbook, and George W. Bush's push to tear down the separation of Church and State that kicked this off. There may be more to it than that.
I think since Waco, they have been afraid of tackling this issue.
Just for fun: A song from Cuban artist, Haila, called, "From This Day Onward," about growing from past mistakes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbxI...
Love this film!
Thank you, Chicago, for standing up to the wanna-be tyrant.
For years, white grievance has been festering in small sleeper cells. The FBI has long ignored this, and some in the bureau seem sympathetic. A few years ago, NPR did good reporting on the rise of alt-right extremism in the US.
CHICAGO…
#BeThere -- www.newsweek.com/map-list-cit...
They never want to do anything beyond thoughts a prayers.
Notice they are NOT buying from the US.
The trolling mock apology from a cemetery ended Ernst's political career. She's been a lame duck since that post.
I'm suddenly a fan of federalism; it's keeping him from taking full control of voting.
The Journal reported that this outrage was fanned by an activist investor who would like to greater control of Cracker Barrel. He is currently atop the board at Shake Shack. www.wsj.com/podcasts/the...
“I have faith in people outside of government. The professional organizations, doctors, nurses, and other providers—and also the parents…So I’m hopeful in that sense. I’m just not necessarily hopeful that the federal government is going to be the answer anymore…” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Maybe he should protect children by looking for ways to reduce school shootings.
If we accept the presence of armed guards throughout our cities, we agree to live in a police state. The guards are picking up trash now, but what if they were given orders to do mass arrests? That's Minsk. It would be terrifying here.
Thank you, Netflix!
BREAKING: Chilling words about Trump and the 2026 elections by Illinois Governor Pritzker: "He would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
In the 90s, Americans were mostly centrists, and religious attendance was at a nadir. By the end of that decade, those trends started to reverse. What caused these trends to flip? www.statista.com/statistics/2...
Trump promised to lower prices by imposing tariffs. And if you believed him, you fell for a scam. www.youtube.com/shorts/bi7q_...
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
Let Axios know, then, please. This was their bulletin.
We need leaders who call what they see. www.youtube.com/shorts/w1VOr...
China is leaving the US in the dust. And with Trump taking America into reverse, it isn't even a competition anymore.
John Roberts does all he can to support Trump's deconstruction of democratic institutions. He totally loves what Trump is doing.
Axios put out a list of states where you can get a Covid booster without a prescription. www.axios.com/2025/08/29/c...
American federalism goes to work. As RFK Jr. heads down the road of more measles, more COVID-19 and more flu, public health states must develop our own strategies to stay safe.
Much better than FOX!
In eastern Washington, the government leaked radiation from a nuclear reactor into the air for years, just to see how it would affect local communities. Many got thyroid cancer. Search, and you will find other stories like this.
If you're under 65 and you'd like a Covid booster, you can get one at a pharmacy without a prescription depending on which state you live in. Here is a list of those states. www.axios.com/2025/08/29/c...
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Just for fun: A jam session in Colombia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8myB...
We shouldn't get used to the military policing our streets. This is what happens under Marshall Law.
Upcoming: 3rd Congress of Social Sciences and Government: Discussions on violence and insecurity in Latin America, Oct 7-9, 2025, at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMSC...
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
This 👇👇
Everyone close to Trump gets sullied.
Worse than stupid, he is actively trying to harm Americans. (He vaccinated his kids, but he doesn't want vaccines to be available to others.)
Anne Applebaum recently said that whether elections going forward will be free and clear, Trump is openly trying to rig the midterms.
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That's one way to end a career in an instant.