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Refugee from the bad place 😏. Old, slow, mediocre rec pickleball player, #gh is my valium. Living each day as decent a human being as I can 🤷‍♀️ Dabbler in all, master of none 😁
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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt ~

So true! He knows too much 🤣🤣🤣

Kerry Kennedy made the case against her brother during a stop by CNN on Monday.

According to The New York Times, Bill Owens, the longtime Executive Producer of 60 Minutes, has resigned, saying he can no longer maintain his journalistic independence. Let that sink in. #WEARETHEMEDIA

🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."

Vatican to announce its choice of a new Pope in a Signal group chat.

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —*Arrested* at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

China’s reaction to the US Tariffs

This week is kicking my ass, but my latest #GH column is here — better late than never, right?

On this #420day, we celebrate the 52nd anniversary of performers “Gail & Dale” singing the hit, “One Toke Over the Line,” on Lawrence Welk. Neither had an idea the song was about pot, and Welk thought the song was a “modern spiritual.”

Dark Ferris Bueller.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." —Louis Brandeis

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.

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

UPDATE…

Baby steps 🤗 it is interesting to hear which points resonate with that audience and which don't land as well.

Morons

That didn't take long. ICE is now disappearing US citizens.

Goldman Sachs now blaring the alarm. 👇 www.reddit.com/r/antitrump/...

Glad House Dems are demanding a full briefing—because immigration agents showed up at L.A. elementary schools, and DHS lied about it. Watch the video. Hear the truth from L.A.’s superintendent. Then ask why the hell Homeland Security is targeting kids. Don’t let this go!!!

WOW. One of the Venezuelans whom Kristi Noem tried to render to El Salvador's slave prison managed to avoid removal and was able to make it to immigration court, and you'll never guess what happened: THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF HIS GANG MEMBERSHIP. Due process ftw

A #crab in a fish tank discovered the air pump… and turned it into a personal jacuzzi. Crabs are curious creatures and often interact with their environment in surprisingly playful ways.

The erasing continues. Erase them and disappear them. They're definitely coming after women's rights -- voting, right to work, right to own a biz, right to have a checking account, right to body autonomy, you name it. They're telegraphing the whole play with these moves.

JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)

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Classic New Yorker 🤣🤣🤣 "Diversity protects your teeth"