2 months after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a bright 3-story-tall #mural honoring her legacy by N.Y. street #artist Elle. Also features the “The Contemplation of #Justice,” a statue outside the Supreme Court. Details here: www.villagepreservation.org/2025/01/31/i... #StreetArt #murals #art

“...Roem continued, “because all the heavy hitters of corporate Virginia hate this bill, and so they don't like it because it will limit their ability to make as much money as possible from sticking these things where they don't belong.”

As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.

apnews.com/live/brown-u... shooting suspect may have been wearing a camouflage mask

After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.

You voted for “concepts of a plan”. Yes, you voted for this.

Governor J.B. Pritzker: “We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.” Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.

Progress shot of the latest #embroidery! I always find depicting water reflections to be an interesting challenge, and it’s a bit part of this one.

This is the entire piece, last updated a half hour ago. They never give the name of the bystander, Ahmed el Ahmed, and they never note that he’s Muslim. Other outlets have done so, but not the NYT.

Epstein Photos Spark Questions About Trump—And Missing Bannon Footage newrepublic.com/post/204353/... via @newrepublic.com

So, this happened😱 no one is talking about it.

Investigadores finlandeses desarrollan método para reciclar plata de basura electrónica sin cianuro, usando luz y ácidos similares al aceite vegetal. ecoinventos.com/investigador...

The Soulless Train

“Instead of 3% or 4% GDP, it should be able to 20% or 25%. I don’t know why it can’t be.” Anyone with even a modicum of knowledge about economics knows but the Stable Genius clearly does not.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but early intelligence reportedly suggests the Islamic State was responsible.

Happy Hanukkah to my friends who celebrate. This is not a political post, so please refrain from making it one.

substack.com/@scottdegrof... I am old enough to remember NOT having to wake up to random 3am weird posts from the so-called LEADER of my country!!!

Bloody Hell! @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social is an absolute disgrace. Our train - 5 carriages down from 10 - is dangerously overcrowded. Who cares about a New Timetable? Sort the current system out first.

More than 126 cases have been declared in the latest outbreak and 303 people have been quarantined.

"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."

🌱 ¡Pequeños cuidados, grandes recompensas! 🌳

Horrific mass shooting at Brown. Thinking of the victims and their families. We simply do not have to live this way. The failure to pass gun safety legislation is a moral stain & innocent Americans pay the price time and again.

I'm refraining from saying more or sharing facts about gun violence right now because it's all been said before. Repetition doesn't get us anywhere.

JB Pritzker: “We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”

"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."

Any time I comment on shootings in the US, I invariably get told that "you need guns to defend against tyranny". * looks back over 2025 * .... does "tyranny" mean something different over there?

Found only in the Galapagos Islands the marine iguana is the only marine lizard species in the world, they can dive as deep as 30m (98 ft) and spend up to 30 minutes at a time underwater 📹Shelton Dupreez

Are ya’ll really afraid?😫🤣😂🤣 #Safari 🦓🦒

Sen. Jack Reed: "This is really outrageous. Mark Kelly is a veteran, he's fought in combat, he's an astronaut. And even was simply repeated what the law is. If a US senator can't do that, then this country is in profound difficulty."

anyone want breakfast?

Warnock: "If you live in Claxton, Georgia, if you live in rural America, even if you have wealth and resources and you're having a stroke and there's no ICU within a reasonable distance because of these draconian cuts, your life is in peril. We can do better than this."

Trump has done irreparable damage to our reputation.

Any Port in a Storm When the storm is so full on that a mere 6 seconds is bordering on over-exposing the image! So bright. Soooo bright. - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #Night #Stunday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Nightscape #Bucketlist #Travel

More plans to make US think the gov isn't doing a good job. Just like the cuts to the IRS staff. Can't do your job if you are doing the work of 10.

Confira a íntegra do discurso que motivou o impeachment da presidenta Dilma Rousseff Leia no @blogdomello.bsky.social

I'm old enough to remember when they started playing commercials before trailers in theaters. People older than me were offended by it, I didn't think it was a big deal, but I should have listened. We should have held the line. I should have listened.

DUH!!!

Donald Trump is a sick man. And Trump's dementia could begin World War III, bankrupt America, or kill us all.

All the Dems that refused to impeach the Traitor should all be removed at their next election. If they are supporting the Traitor, we don't need them in our government. No matter their past deeds.

I don't think I have come to Montreal a single time without visiting Dieu Du Ciel and I want to keep it that way forever.

substack.com/@scottdegrof... When you know the walls are closing in on you. (Not once does he says, I didn't know Jeffrey Epstein)

DOJ, RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES UNREDACTED! NOW!!!

If twere true, all 18 trillion would have come out of American pockets.

#TrumpEpsteinFiles! www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat. The claim collapsed because it’s a cover. Check my latest… open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...

i HOPE the men connected to #EPSTEIN & ghislaine maxwell and whose names have NOT been made public yet - are SH*TTING their pants right now knowing what will eventually come out maybe not this friday...but it will...and they need to be held accountable BELIEVE THE SURVIVORS RELEASE THE FILES