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Running for my sanity. Carbs are my happy place. Apprehensive about our future.
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"In my home, the America I love — the America I've written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 yrs is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous admin.” Bruce Springsteen www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj5hnX55/

Please enjoy these shelter pups reacting to getting a kiss. Some are bashful, some have butterflies, and all deserve approximately 10 million more. 14/10 for all

Goodnight, Skylights! 😘 Remember you only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow. (ps, this is really impressive! ⬇️)

This regime is gutting vital services relied upon by millions...all to extend even more tax cuts (and subsidies) to the super-rich. (Art work by @doodlebymeg)

Somewhere in the Opus Dei Conclave, Leonard Leo and JD Vance are scheming on how to make Samuel Alito the Antipope. Brett Kavanaugh just showed up with beer and snacks and they're trying to convince Amy Coney Barrett to come out of the bathroom she locked herself into.

Long thread of real life, anecdotal stories of #TrumpsTariffs impact on businesses. This is a FRACTION of stories happening across the country. Post yours here.

This from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social is very worrying and also important

Mom & minor daughters are citizens who just moved from MD to Oklahoma. This statement from the Mom should be read, absorbed & circulated. ICE cannot be allowed to terrorize vulnerable families. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social kfor.com/news/local/w...

"What makes you think I had anything to do with it?"

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 44 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

My painting LAKESHORE

This is Chachamaru. After much contemplation, he has decided that yes, you may have this dance. 13/10 (TW: chachamaru_pug)

This is also a remarkable statement from a prominent journalist who himself works for a large wealthy corporation. “Hope you enjoy the money, Shari.”

Omg, the shade 😎 Chinese Embassy for the win!

Spring reminder to support USPS (aka stop gov from gutting it and trying to make it private)! 🌸💌

This is Alan. He just tried his first strawberry. Loved it so much he couldn't imagine wasting a single bite. 12/10

Excellent as always from @stevevladeck.bsky.social., if you need a primer on this case. I give you permission to skip to sections IV and V “Taking Stock” and “Now What” because the analysis is so good. And also it’s Saturday morning & we all need to touch grass. www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-su...

The President of the United States fears only those who do not fear him.

Dear senators who think you can’t do anything, Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT. ~ All of Us

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

You saw the video of the ICE agent breaking a car window near the border, right? He wasn’t an ICE agent. He’s the founder of Veterans on Patrol, a FAR-RIGHT MILITIA patrolling the border for migrants. They’re basically deputizing militias to act as federal agents. This is dangerously out of control

Science doesn’t improve by cutting Black, Hispanic, and women experts. But that’s exactly what happened—38 out of 43 removed from NIH boards were just that. And they wonder why trust in institutions is fading.

From your lips to a prosecutor’s ears.

•••IMPORTANT UPDATE••• The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Gerry Connolly, is calling for an investigation into DOGE's access to the National Labor Relations Board following NPR’s bombshell reporting on the sensitive data DOGE has allegedly been manipulating and stealing…

Boom in your face 💥🤣

This is some scary shit—and everyone needs to pay attention because it could affect any one of us. Rachel Maddow & NPR just blew the lid off Musk’s DOGE team. A whistleblower at the NLRB says they accessed data without authorization and breached security. The potential motive is pretty shocking. 🧵

Dear DC Bar lawyers! Please remember to vote in the bar elections. Brad Bondi must be defeated, as well as Alicia Long. Vote AGAINST both of them!!

I’M GOING TO KEEP POSTING THIS STORY UNTIL ANDRY IS FREED: Gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced cop's report Andry Hernandez Romero sought shelter in the U.S. because he was persecuted as a gay man, one of the "particular social groups" allowed to claim asylum.

Let’s keep saying it: IMPEACH… CONVICT… REMOVE.

Get yourself a senator willing to rescue you in a foreign country after your messy president wrongfully deports you… …seems like a sentence I shouldn’t have to write in 2025 but here we are. Senator Chris Van Hollen leaves for El Salvador tomorrow to initiate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Des scientifiques sont parvenus à établir le schéma de câblage fonctionnel complet d'un minuscule échantillon de tissu cérébral pas plus gros qu'un grain de sable. 200 000 cellules, 4 km d'axones (les branches qui rejoignent les autres cellules) & 523 millions de synapses. Source shorturl.at/VJGfu

I think I’m right

Exactly. And if he had committed a thousand crimes, it wouldn’t be a heavy lift to prove just one. But DHS and the White House offer nothing but conclusory bullshit.

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...