So, Iran is now in a better position than before the war. And we are calling that a “deal.”

Hoping for an enormous, wrath of God like, rain and lightning storm in my DC home today for no particular reason other than the drought we are in.

Our Country is very good at making a small number of people absurdly wealthy and making so many more barely able survive. Why?

I’d love to see a running list of every new law and constitutional change needed to restore our democracy.

Anybody else disturbed that we are burning through US ammo and have not decisively won anything yet? We don’t have enough weapons to even win a war against a much smaller country?

The Pink Party approaches. The bar has been consulted. Raspberry cosmos, pomegranate margaritas, rosé sangria, and a strawberry-mint lemonade of remarkable dignity await. This year’s games require wit, taste, and a willingness to be observed. #ifyouknowyouwearpink

If Dems want to win they need people like G. Platner to vote for Dems.

Made raspberry simple syrup and a strawberry-mint syrup today. #the5thPinkParty prep underway. If you know, you better wear pink.

Democrats will keep struggling if they keep having purity tests for candidates and take the position that people can’t evolve or change their views. This holier than though stuff is why so many voters can’t stand Dems.

This is private equity citizenship. Strip your country of value, run up its debt and leave for another country so you don’t have to pay for any of the mess you made. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/w...

Bezos didn’t help his cause today in his CNBC interview and comments about taxes. He showed no appreciation for the society and infrastructure and country that made his success possible.

MAGA proved tonight that they will put Trump before America. Their tolerance and embrace of corruption, pedophilia, and willingness to ignore the constitution seems irreparable, even with the wars, the price of gas. The suffering. America is choking on the smog of fascism.

Tonight Republican primary voters sided with pedos over the guy trying to expose pedos. We are literally lost.

This feels like a good time for Dems to do everything they can to stop this corrupt government from working.

Today is a good day for Virginia politicians to agree that taking donations from the state power company and putting their people all over state government on boards and commissions isn’t a great thing for regular citizens who have to pay the bills.

To bike, or to park, that is the question.

The collective bargaining bill needs to get done for public employees and I expect that will happen next year in Virginia. The legislature also needs to address the impact higher employee wages will have on property taxes. It is not insignificant and responsible leaders should have a plan.

With Trump hanging in China with his best boys, JD is officially entering his Dan Quayle era.

Our country is in a slow moving civil war right now. I’m not sure how it ends. The fighting is escalating. With each day, partisan hatred grows.

Hard not to see this as a massive fail for Dem legislative leadership in Virginia. Real confidence killer. This plus all the infighting over the budget and it’s hard not to wish for a new group to be in charge.

When the Supreme Court says gerrymandering by race is bad, they are really saying gerrymandering focused on white people is ok.

It is important to realize that our national debt represents how much money politicians are passing on to very wealthy people at the expense of everybody else. When we deficit spend, rich people get richer and we all are stuck paying for it. www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...

The redistricting wars are on track to destroy democracy. The Supreme Court just poured gas on the fire.

Happy to see the W in the redistricting fight in Virginia. Sad that our country is engaged in this trench warfare against itself. I pray for listening and hearing and understanding…all are needed if Freedom and Democracy are going to survive.

Been pushing for this change for a long time. Sometimes patience and persistence are the most important part of civic life.

Fun (not really) to see infighting Dems in Virginia doing all they can to prove they don’t know how to collaborate or govern.

New cocktail syrup in process: lemon, honey, sugar, dandelion petals, and vanilla. I was this years old when I learned dandelion plants have tons of good for you things from roots to leaves to flowers. Let’s see what happens…

So much of America’s success has been built on the idea of America. That idea is in hospice right now and the world is planning for what comes next. It turns out you can’t manage the world in ALL CAPS and 280 characters.

Is there like a citizen report link anybody can share for war crimes?

Started watching the old Sherlock series with my 12 year old. It is so good. We need more like it.

There are fewer men going into therapy work. I think that is a problem. Here are my thoughts and a little about why I changed careers to do this work…one of the best decisions of my life. www.rivergrovetherapy.com/post/why-i-b...

Once again Alexandria needs to find a superintendent. Our community expects excellence from our schools, but refuses to pay for it. We want it on the cheap. Our schools are harder to manage than others near us and our community complains endlessly about them. I don’t know who would want this job.

It is funny, but mostly sad, that the new media and the stock market seem to take seriously anything the President says about the ongoing war. They just can’t bring themselves to believe he is totally winging it and lying regularly to cover it up.

I am always (I shouldn’t be) surprised to hear people argue against making voting easier and more convenient. What part of America do you not understand?

Went to Hill House Nursery for native plants today to place around my Sperryville place. There is something really spiritual about planting things. It is a way of creating hope.

Love that Hegseth is trying to cos play the crusades. Really swell. I’m sure no other world culture or religions will mind at all.

It seems clear that Silicon Valley’s goal is to stop people from coupling up. They have and are creating technologies that eliminate the need to manage, pursue, or otherwise engage in romantic relationships. AI, social media, robots take the complexity out of it. Who needs to deal with people…

It’s almost like all those programs to encourage clean energy production were not about being woke and may have been about national security and our over-dependence on global energy markets.

I’m building an amaro garden this spring. Native plants from Virginia. I have no idea how it will work out, but we all need to create our own path towards off grid living for the end of times.

I wonder what all those hyper masculine guys who like to burn oil and brag about gas guzzling trucks think about energy diversification and energy independence now? Think they are noticing how relying on one class fuel may be both expensive and risky?

There is too much risky debt out there. It is easy to see if you look for it. All the cards are eventually going to fall down. Trump bankrupted his businesses and he is on a path of bankrupting the world economy.

The fact that Dems in Virginia can’t pass a budget plus their huge obsession with family destroying and bankruptcy creating gambling is really disturbing. They look like they are unable to lead. I also have real worries about their redistricting push passing. I’m not sure who they are fighting for.

It is strange to see the US Senate pass a big pro housing bill by large bi-partisan margins and then watch some Alexandria VA residents back a professed anti-housing city council candidate.

I’m in New Orleans. No bike lane issues here.

My weather app needs a therapist. Says it will be 70 degrees and two inches of snow tomorrow.

What is this warmth that commeth from the sky? Have the heavens been set on fire?

Saw Scream7 with my middle daughter. Horror movies are a thing we do together and we have watched this whole series. It lived up to expectations. Fun times. Can’t wait for 8

We know phones and social media are causing cognitive declines and mental health issues. So….where is the action. Kids under 18 should not have smart phones.

I just don’t buy that Open AI found a way to avoid US surveillance or autonomous killing but Anthropic couldn’t. Something isn’t mathing.