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Happily retired..love gardening..adore dogs(I have had 3-that’s Bella in my profile picture). Voted for Hillary and Kamala.
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They are treating people worse than mere numbers, not even bothering to track them once they’re in the system. Unacceptable.

It’s the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

We have a madman in the White House who is actively trying to trigger total war. If Jeffries, Schumer, or any other Democratic leaders try to justify this, shrug indifferently, or write a strongly-worded letter and call it a day, they need to step down or be aggressively primaried.

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

The East Coast has shown up, 2.4 million and counting, with massive turnouts in small towns across the country. Shoutout to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Ohio for showing up strong!

Chicago

One passed laws for your kids. The other passed his hat for your cash.

"Well, we are all going to die." --Senator Joni Ernst That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Next week's cover of @newyorker.com, out this morning.

Very cool. #australianmade

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 63 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

Andry Hernandez Romero, the Venezuelan makeup artist sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison, claimed asylum in the US because he was persecuted as a gay man. Chris Van Hollen met in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Andry lived in San Diego—why hasn’t Alex Padilla or Adam Schiff met with him? 🤨

"I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again"

A little splendor from my garden.

I met Wilkinson during production of "Constitution USA." Very conservative, but principled to the last.

38 of the 43. "38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic. "The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Always be alert now ‼️

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

This is the answer. Stand together.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social

@maddow.msnbc.com @votevets.org

Massive props to Stephanie Ruhle, one of the only anchors out there *actually* covering the markets and the economy with the depth, attention, and urgency it deserves. She is sounding the alarm, and we should all pay attention.

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

Social Security currently has 547 employees in the nearly dozen regional offices, down from around 700. "After the cuts, the number is expected to be closer to 70." Via @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/social...

This is disgusting and has to be stopped. @socialsecurityworks.org @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @connolly.house.gov

@maddow.msnbc.com

a friend sent me this one

Sign of the day…Chicago

True ✅

This!

No notes needed. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

an historic moment in SNL history and SNL socials are already out there posting the bleeped version and we can’t have that so here is the unbleeped one god bless king Ego

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL. #HandsOff

Best case he turns off Apr 2nd tariffs Monday. Leaves the 10pct tariffs (not great, but realistic). Elon leaves Doge, which decides to stagger the cuts over 3 yrs, accounting for local impact. That slows the economy, reducing interest rates, reducing payments on debt to affordable levels.

THIS IS TERRIFYING‼️ Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines. He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.

St Louis Fed Study: For every Dollar an unmarried white man has, an unmarried black woman has 8 cents & an unmarried Latino woman has 14 cents DEI was narrowing this gap slightly, yet Trump is eliminating the fairness doctrine www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-econo...