The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect. /1

Truly. I am begging white liberals to stop pronouncing the death of democracy or America. This place has always been cruel to the people it knows it can exploit for profit. The only change is that you're on that list now too.

@merriam-webster.com I just received your words of the week. In honor of "tickety-boo"... youtu.be/I9GryY5oSuI?...

The People in Minnesota are setting the standard for the rest of us. Bless them and keep them safe.

I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.

All gardeners eventually become either scientists or witches.

Terrifying.😱

Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.

Happy Birthday Larry! 🥳 🎉🎂🎁❤️ This week, Larry the Cat from Downing Street in the UK turns 19 years old. That's >90 yrs old in comparative human years. #cat #celeb #larrythecat #uk

Of course this isn't about protecting our Southern border. Especially in Minnesota. It was bullshit to start with and it's bullshit still.

Holy sh*t.

Dropped a coat at my library book drive yesterday. On the way back to the highway, I passed a yard absolutely full of robins! Don't they know it's January, FFS?

Per Merriam-Webster, explaining trending word "perfidy," also notes: #PERFIDIOUS not only implies treacherousness, but also an inability to be reliable or honorable. Yep. The perfect word for the regime Which Shall Not Be Named.

Just sharing something completely normal and not at all stressful or disturbing. My cat thinking he's hidden under a piece of paper.

Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America

In Minneapolis

I am at a vigil for Renee Good at St Mark's in the Bowery. They handed out cards bearing the names of people killed by ICE in this second Trump era. There are a lot of cards.

Dropped in to see what was trending and you know who is up first, so I'm just going to like a few cats and leave again. See you tomorrow...

ICE shoots, kills woman in Minneapolis, by anntelnaes.bsky.social. WaPo lost one of the best when she exited their compromised editorial staff.

Another droplet in the river of daily outrage. #Smithsonian is again under threat unless they turn into Trump propaganda. Gifted.

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” ― Edward R. Murrow

Not to get too political but it would be nice if everything would stop getting worse.

I don’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a politician but not having every day be a nightmare of horrors would be pretty high up so someone should run on that

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?

Oh, THIS should be interesting...

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

New Year's Eve with my cat, a glass of white wine and a bowl of ice cream, and whatever I can find on the boob tube at midnight.😺🍇🍨 May 2026 be a better year for us all.

Any Constitutional attorneys out there? He is openly selling pardons. The US President is selling pardons. He is selling a privilege of the people’s elected office. Is there really no recourse … no procedure for arresting a president for fraud, malfeasance, bribery, something?

Interesting... Is that stacked or end to end? 🤔🧐 #Booksky

It has been a year. Those we've lost. Gifted.

JFC. Any way they can, they're working to f*ck up elections.

Happy Sunday 😄

Always interesting to see the span of someone else's reading choices. I read mostly fiction/mysteries, with just a few histories and the odd biography. Your reading list is more eclectic by far. 👍 #Booksky #AnnualReadingList

Turkey dinner leftovers tonight. Also, baked the extra filling to be put in the freezer for future meals. I'm spent today clearing everything from my dining room so ceiling repairs can be made following a plumbing leak on Monday. More to do tomorrow. Cookies and milk, and to bed. 🍪🥛

#BoxingDay at my home was about packing up my dining room so contractors coming on Monday can repair a water-damaged ceiling after a plumbing leak. 🙄

Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...

#KennedyCenterHonors are airing tonight. This may be the first time I am not watching, because I refuse to watch the self-centered host claiming the stage meant to honor artists.

Feet hurt, back aches, and I'm tired. But, filling is made and in the fridge until Thursday a.m., and the nut cake is iced and sitting in a cool place. Two days to go, but still with gifts to package. Christmas cookies while listening to a concert. Wishing you all some calm before the holiday. 🌟🎄

What if the wealthiest people looked around and said, "hey... If I paid better wages and stopped being a greedy bastard, maybe we'd no longer have homeless people"? Celebrate those who refuse to look away, and choose to do what they can.

Lovely afternoon with three good friends. Pizza party, gift exchange, conversation, time with my friend's grand-dog in the sun. Chilly, but calm. I needed this weekend.

Baked scones (from a mix), but they turned out pretty well. (Not sharing photos because I'm too tired for the food critics). Off to visit my bestie this weekend. Christmas is a week away...🎄🎁❄️

What are the odds they grab another "wrong guy"? Now they're tying the #BrownUShooter to a slain MIT professor. But at least several of the injured students are no longer critical.

"We have monetized the dysfunction" pretty much describes everything USA right now. 😒

It's a week until Christmas. The President is on national TV having a loud hissy fit. I am just trying to figure out what my final Christmas to-do list looks like without adding to the crazy by listening to someone for whom the 25th should mean something entirely different...

Good to see 3 PA Republicans voted to bring forward the ACA extension without any poison pills as proposed by other members. Also, all of those PA Repubs are in swing districts for 2026. 🙄 Pressure works.