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February 23, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Preview of my newest mixed-media painting in the Urbex Kitties series, no.7! This house hasn't been occupied with people since the 70's 😸 #cat #art #artist #painting

Hold the fuck on — members of Elon Musk's private security detail have been deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service? What the actual fuck?!?!?

Joy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b... Saw this coming months ago...

substack.com/@jason527134... This woman is saying everything we're thinking, saying and screaming!!!

Ratner predicts the appointment of Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, will impact vaccine availability and hesitancy: "It is much easier to scare people than to un-scare them," he says.

This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

Jen Rubin and Heather Cox Richardson on the broken promise of presidential integrity open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

LEGAL UPDATE: Shock and Awe vs. Trump HOPE CONTINUES TO SPRING ETERNAL! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Posted around NYC, Chicago, DC and other cities. Be creative. Do something!

Let's keep one another aware of all the sneaky stuff so we can be squeaky wheels!

LISTEN! Just reading headlines IS NOT ENOUGH!

Take 20 minutes and listen to Sen Angus King (I-Maine). The calm and clean view of what's going on.)

Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.

TIME Magazine's latest cover features Elon Musk at the Resolute Desk. After spending at least $290 million on the election, the world's richest man is making it clear who really pulls the strings in the White House.

Trump has accused South Africa of "human rights violations" and a land grab. The South African government has hit back.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. "One ringy-dingy..."

So the White House claims that Musk will self-regulate when he identifies a conflict of interest. WTF! Everything he does is a conflict of interest.

Democracy is Fighting Back open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

"Human jar of expired mayonnaise" says Seneca Project Co-Founder @michellekinney.com

We just got to make sure every voter in Maine knows next year that her act of pretending to be a “moderate” independent of Trump and MAGA is a fraud. I intend to do everything in my power to facilitate that, and these kind of posts are extremely helpful.

I’m old enough to remember when y’all lost your minds over a blow job, but a traitor and his foreign born jumping-minion take a blow torch to our government and your response is “LFG”. So, is it just that you’re fucking stupid?

Did I hastily draw this out when I remembered what today is? Behold, my best creation ever (OK prob not!) Happy National Fart Day! 😹 *I don't make these days up, I just illustrate them #cat #art #doodle #fartday

Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now Stay up to date AND CALL YOUR REPS IN DC! It's beyond squeaky wheel time...

"I certainly hope Congress takes action because what is happening here is illegal."

Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects to further U.S. interests.

Follow the Money open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Must read. Musk has taken control of all of our money!

Don’t Believe Him Listened to this first thing this morning. It is a very complete, thorough, and accurate overview of what's going on and why we shouldn't believe him - immediate Creative Chaos and then retract, rescind, and retreat only to distract with another horrific announcement.

Mexico, Canada, and China Cut off Elon Musk’s Supply of Ketamine K--k-k-k-k-k-ketamine - not the first time I've heard this about the MuskRat.

Good article -

The Week Ahead

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. YES! There is! Unless you want to look like PeeWee Herman!

Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.

Bishop Budde and Mike Johnson Debate the Bible My money is on The Right Rev. Mariann Budde. (And, it is ALWAYS on Borowitz!)

Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.

Happy Caturday 🍩☕ #cat #art #artist #caturday #donut

I saw this last night on Bill Maher show. It was stunningly CORRECT! And, reading about it this morning, I still see it as stunningly CORRECT. Smith's dramatic delivery certainly helped!… See more

Following Trump's Monday freeze on foreign aid, a subsequent memo calls for for a stop-work order for current grants and contracts.

Piece of shit doesn’t want us talking about how expensive the eggs we can’t get are going to be, so might as well hand Europe to Putin on a silver fucking platter.

Donald Trump is daring us to stop him. He is daring the courts and Congress to STOP HIM. If they don’t stop him right the fuck now, they will never be able to. Congress — STAND UP. Do your fucking jobs!!!! I’m calling my pro-Ukraine Republican Rep right now.

Trump’s vengeance machine is even more dangerous than it was before. He's effectively the mob boss who keeps his hands clean while others do his dirty work. Some thoughts.

California Democrats are searching for the right balance between collaboration and confrontation with President Trump, who has threatened to condition federal aid to the state. via @kqednews.bsky.social

My War with Facebook It's Borowitz and as usual - he's nailed it!

Some really important things in this, but I just can’t get over the part where Republican members of congress were sexually harassing Cassidy Hutchinson to the point where they now are afraid to call her as a witness. I guess it’s on brand for them, but these kinds of things used to be scandals.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. NY TIMES - better than nothing sometimes - Maggie Haberman is good and fearlessly straight forward.