The early morning sun shining through the withered seed pod lights it up like a stained glass window. The strands of spiderweb give it a spooky "Stranger Things" vibe. #Nature #photography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #bokeh

#Blueskyartshow #Vibrant

The 1916 Lord Roberts Memorial in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow. While Lord Roberts himself stares off into the distance, his charger Volonel eyes up this morning's setting supermoon. #glasgow #sculpture #kelvingrovepark #moon #lordrobertsmemorial

While the main university buildings were designed by George Gilbert Scott and were built in the 1860s, this distinctive spire was only added by his son, John Oldrid Scott, in the 1890s. #glasgow #glasgowuniversity #supermoon #silhouette #architecture #architecturephotography

Winter Wander. https://www.pocket-ireland.com/blog/winter-wander #nature #forest #trees #winter #landscape #woodland #pathway #outdoors #naturelovers #scenic #hiking #moss #treetunnel #calm #smartphonephotography #photography

Antidote to gloomy morning weather? #sunflowers #bluevase #yellow

Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.

What will we tell future generations about January 6th? I hope to be able to tell my boys that we can heal this country.

My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.

This will further damage our reputation – already hurt by Trump’s policies around the world – and only isolate us in a time when we need our friends and allies more than ever.

This strike doesn't represent strength. It's not sound foreign policy. It puts Americans at risk in Venezuela and the region, and it sends a horrible and disturbing signal to other powerful leaders across the globe that targeting a head of state is an acceptable policy for the U.S. government.

Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.

Good morning, Glasgow. It's a clear, but chilly start to the day, but the rather spectacular sunrise made getting up and about early well worth the effort. #glasgow #sunrise #sculpture #silhouette #queenstreet

On the spur of the moment, I decided this morning to head up to Loch Lomond for New Year's Day dip, and to take a picture of the Milarrochy Bay Oak, one of Scotland's most photographed trees. Cont./ #glasgow #lochlomond #tree #newyearswim #newyearsday

On this day a person was born who healed the sick, comforted the suffering and gave the world compassion when it needed it the most and that legacy still continues. Happy Birthday Clara Barton!

This isn’t just a loss for Trump’s lawlessness, it’s a win for the American people. We have laws; you and your family are safer when everyone — including the President — plays by them.

Greenland has announced it will annex the United States, citing humanitarian concerns, chronic leadership instability, and an urgent need to protect valuable land from reckless mismanagement. Officials assured Americans they'll soon enjoy free healthcare, quieter politics, and less gold plating.

Lawrence O’Donnell’s MSNOW show has 2 Epstein survivors blasting DOJ for failing to properly redact names, leaving some survivors‘ identities newly revealed. They suspect DOJ’s top priority is to protect other people — not the survivors. “We’re being re-traumatized by our government.”

The 1860s Kibble Palace glasshouse in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens lit by the last bit of this afternoon's sun before the rain clouds blotted it out once again. #glasgow #glasgowtoday #architecture #architecturephotography #kibblepalace

🔥WOW— Sharyn Alfonsi to her @60Minutes colleagues: “Bari Weiss spiked it without a call to discuss… a political decision… we have effectively handed Trump a kill switch… we go from an investigative powerhouse to a STENOGRAPHER FOR THE STATE… corporate censorship…”

The woman who made being Jewish the central part of her identity has now suppressed a story about concentration camps.

It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now. It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.

"The Epstein files implicate billionaires and political donors that they're trying to protect. Epstein also had close ties to our intelligence agencies and Israel's intelligence agencies." Thomas Massie on why they're withholding and redacting most of the Epstein files.

First Paramount / CBS and now TikTok. Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies. Americans deserve to know if the President struck another backdoor deal for this billionaire takeover of TikTok.

The TikTok algorithm is about to be handed to right-wing billionaires.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

Who does the FCC Chairman think is his boss, Donald Trump or the American people?   It’s not a hypothetical question.

I’m about to force the Senate to consider my bill to require the release of the “second strike” video to the public. The American people deserve to see it. x.com/i/broadcasts...

Ex-Trump lawyer John Dowd defends Jack Smith: "Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. In that investigation, Smith proved himself to be fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts … [R]ecent attacks on Smith are motivated by partisan politics."

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

❗️"We must not stand aside and watch as the world is being reshaped," — German Chancellor Merz. We are not puppets of great powers. "Russia is already attacking us every day — with drone flights, assassinations, sabotage, espionage, cyberattacks, and targeted disinformation."

And she's right about all of this—Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has urged the United Nations to “prevent any bloodshed” in Venezuela, as Donald Trump piled more pressure on the South American country. “The United Nations has been conspicuously absent. It must assume its role to prevent any

It seems awfully telling that Republicans were unwilling to hold this hearing publicly. It’s not like the case hinged on classified information; they’re just afraid of the public hearing what Smith has to say.

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social: I think that overwhelmingly, Americans are opposed to this reckless interventionism—People are sick of these endless wars, and every time we wind one down in one area, there seems to be an excuse to start hostilities in another.

One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.

What do you call it when a foreign power’s agents target and damage your transportation infrastructure, drinking water and food safety?

Every mass shooting is a horrific, preventable loss and a reminder that we have traded the rights of the many for the rights of a few. University or school shootings are especially gutting, not just because of their nearness (I’m a professor) but because it feels like such a violation of the sacred.

Christian Nationalist Is Not Christianity.......

One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.

Sunday morning. Overnight snowfall in the churchyard. #photography #snow #Christmas #wreath

A new investigation revealed that school districts and local governments are reportedly overpaying for supplies because of Amazon contracts that bind them to dynamic pricing. Rather than allow for competitive bidding, the deals “covertly raise prices and inflate costs for governments.”

Couldn't be anymore succinct!!!

What a powerful video! Words matter. The R word blinds people from seeing capabilities. Its use degrades and dehumanizes people with disabilities. When it's hurtful and wounds millions of people, their families and friends. Via Grace Strobel on IG #Pinks

@Rep_Walkinshaw (D-VA) represents my brother and dad who live in VA and boy did they elect a good one. Watch👇 as he asks Michael Glasheen if the FBI still designates the Proud Boys as an extremist organization. Glasheen nervous as hell, refuses to answer. Bravo Congressman!!