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Living in the Midwest in a small blue dot in a very red state. Supporter of democracy and TeamPete. Interested in science, nature, bloomscrolling, and politics. Also, cats. Not actually childless but my wonderful children are grown. she/her. No dms please.
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it goes that way, too, right?

Firing the Black general is racist! They even said they are being racist. “Because if DEI” they said. And then they appoint a less qualified white person. All the things they do are openly the things they do. Nazi salutes, all of it. It’s all crystal clear.

Worst. Episode. EVER.

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

Chonk Boi Update Day 3: he is still chilling in a bedroom but demands frequent pets and scratches as tribute Young Brat Cat decided to sneak in there and steal food like he does from everyone else. About 4 seconds later Brat Cat departed the room at high speed. The political order is changing

Telling people to ask an algorithm questions instead of just asking other people sounds really stupid until you notice that the idea is to make employees whole livelihood dependent on machines owned by the boss instead of on each other's skills

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

#WeJustNeedToPee Republicans never think of this when passing all these ridiculous anti Trans bathroom bills.

I preferred when civ-mil stuff was one of those important-but-mostly-in-a-quiet-and-steady topics rather than (looks ominously at dumpster on fire) this

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

I suspect we’re going to be hearing more stories about failing farmers having their land bought for cheep—it’s not a coincidence. Is this why USAID was cut—to make way for billionaires?! Watch til the end and keep an eye on national parklands too. 🧵

Life in Ukraine is going on. We resist with every breath, every step, every day and night. We protect what we inherited from our proud ancestors. Ukraine.

Up late watching the hockey last night, but still at his desk before 7:00 am. hard working cat!

CARTOON OF THE DAY

LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

At the press conference, McConnell stated, "I already broke everything there is to break. Time to die. I really hate you all." He had more prepared remarks but once again did a full reboot in public and ran out of time.

This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

Life is going on in Ukraine. I witnessed this picture earlier today. My hometown. Western Ukraine. Nothing extraordinary, just life.

Can't blame Freddie for hiding in a box. 🙀 #cats #CatsofBluesky

Well now.

Go girl . Jasmine Crockett so witty. And she always checks them

IL Gov. Pritzker is one of the great leaders of our time. You can watch his full IL budget address here. If you forward to the 26 minute mark, you can watch as he shifts to a dire warning about the direction our country is taking, but also words of hope. We should all take heed.

PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”

He should be our messenger.

from today's post — link is here: bit.ly/4hHvgj7 please go read the whole thing, thanks!

The same people who think it's just fine to let unqualified, drunken, psychopaths hold the highest offices in the land without any basic background checks or thorough vetting, tell the American People they shouldn't be able to VOTE unless they can provide some form of valid identification????

“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

What Democrats did today, February 19, 2025.

www.pbs.org/video/museum... This is an amazing, amazing show. Check it out if you can. It's wonderfully and beautifully done. Attenborough looks at some of the museum specimens & then they cgi these prehistoric creatures in so they're walking around & interacting with him. He's a master.

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

"If it was up to you, Putin would be sitting in Kiev with eyes on the rest of Europe, starting with Poland. Why don't you tell the 800K Polish Americans in PA how quickly you'd give Poland up, for what you think is friendship, to a dictator who would eat you for lunch!" - Kamala Harris at the debate

Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

European Parliament member 👇🏽

During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived. His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Sláva Ukrayíni!

As detailed in Proof of Destruction—see below—the claims that America has sent hundreds of billions to Ukraine and that half of what America sent is missing were laundered by the Kremlin and the FSB through Tucker Carlson, who Canada calls a Kremlin agent. The actual figures: $56 billion and <2%.

IT’S HERE! Mugs and tees: shop.dailybeanspod.com/products/low...

After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.

I believe that's about one twentieth of a Scaramucci if I'm not mistaken 🤔

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

They are going to wipe out farmer's and then throw a bone to look competent. Farmer's are in big trouble. Global food insecurity will be very ugly, especially for those who have never wanted tor anything

Rand McNally Atlas for 1888. Posting for no particular reason. 🤷