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Love both cats & dogs. Tho, my naughty dog, Milo ate my 3 favorite poetry books. 😱 Love jazz, poetry, art. Free Palestine! 🇵🇸 BLM. Feeling too old n grumpy to put up with the nonsense n hate going on right now. I’m having trouble envisioning our future.
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I was just remembering how we all used to make fun of George W. We used to think he was dumb. He looks bright next to 47. Ann Richards summed it up with her brilliant meme, “Poor George! He was born with a silver foot in his mouth!”

theworld.org/stories/2016... Under Dictator Trump, the USA joins these countries in punishing those who dissent..

Finally. Universities with backbone. Thank you, Harvard and Princeton. Well done! Courtesy of Amy Siskind

grist.org/health/scien... 31 C is 88 F 35 C is 95 F

grist.org/wildfires/af... No, emergencies do not bring out the best in people. 😖

grist.org/food-and-agr... Ooh, I read that wrong as “people compost” like Soylent Green. 👀

This meme was brought to you by Kraft-Heinz, the makers of A1 steak sauce…

grist.org/wildfires/lo... It’s just about the Benjamins.

grist.org/extreme-heat... Over 100 degrees can kill people.

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www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Why we must keep our dogs on leash and our cats indoors!

Throw Musk in jail!

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... Y’all fergit them electric cars now. Git yourself a coal-powered vehicle! Your kids can shovel!

www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/11/t... I’m trying to remember a time when our immigration policies weren’t hideous. Was it the 1960s when JFK hollered, “Mr. Trump, tear down this wall!” 🤪🤪🤪🥳

progressive.org/op-eds/trump... His entire administration lies through their teeth!

Trump's EPA just moved to reverse state and local bans on toxic "forever chemicals" that can lead to birth defects and cancer.  So much for "Make America Healthy Again." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals

Over 10,000 Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to Carlisle between 1879–1918. Only 158 graduated. Thousands never came home. They were not just students, they were stolen generations. Remember them. Honor them. Never forget.

Hernandez: This administration wants you to believe that the reason you can't buy eggs is because of your immigrant neighbor, they want you to blame trans folks for your troubles, blame unhoused people for the housing crisis. You know what I say to that? Bullshit.

Millions of people across the United States could be drinking contaminated water, according to a new report.

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The Social Security Administration will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.

www.alternet.org/anti-science... Trump’s violent threats are working. Scientists are allowing themselves to be silenced. I thought they were our future. Our future could be silent, ignorant, and backward.

It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.

What a pathetic vain loser.

www.alternet.org/amy-coney-ba... Rabid MAGAs appreciate neither nuance nor values.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m... Call out a Warning!

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Or indigestion.

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www.commondreams.org/news/ice-det... Private detention centers are reaping massive profits.

www.commondreams.org/news/us-soci... This is a sign of ownership. This is hideous, illegal and unconstitutional!

www.commondreams.org/news/trump-g... What will we do when there are no more trees and the birds are silent?

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a... A perfect gentleman and a gentle soul..