U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has taken roughly $5 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry over the course of his career. Now he’s pushing a federal bill that would shield Big Oil companies from any laws or lawsuits seeking to hold them accountable for fueling the climate crisis. 🙄

@planetmoney.bsky.social, I look forward to an update to your episode!

Delightful mystery conversation tonight with authors Lori Rader-Day (@loriraderday.bsky.social), Catriona McPherson (@catrionamcp.bsky.social) and Jennifer J. Chow. Thanks, @peoplesbooktakoma.com, for hosting! #BookSky

"Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life." Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American to play major-league baseball on this day in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers

Happy Victory in Virginia Day! The US Army defeated the slavers and traitors, saving democracy, freeing 4m from bondage, destroying slavery, and saving the USA!

Song for today.

When Ellen left Alex Keaton, & he's sitting at the kitchen table after writing her a farewell letter with Billy Vera's "At This Moment" in the background, it just crushed me. Still useful whenever I just want to wallow in my sadness. (Minimal consolation that they're still married in real life.)

HAPPY FIRST CONTACT DAY! #StarTrek #FirstContact

"The founders knew this type. They built the mechanisms specifically for him. The question isn’t whether the charge is fair. It’s whether the mechanisms still work."

Ever Grateful. Ever True.

RIP Robert Mueller. By me. No paywall. fallows.substack.com/p/one-man-a-...

Cam Heide!! #NCAA

Inside the mind of Braden Smith, college basketball’s new assist king www.nytimes.com/athletic/713...

#Purdue's Braden Smith breaks Bobby Hurley's NCAA career assists record with #1,077. His first assist, eight minutes into his first game as a freshman, as to fellow freshman Trey Kaufman-Renn. The recipient of the record-breaking assist fellow senior Trey Kaufman-Renn. Full circle. #NCAA #BoilerUp

Purdue is in the WSJ!! Purdue’s Braden Smith leads the country’s top offense and is about to break a 33-year-old record for career assists. Strangest of all, he’s done it by staying at one school in the transfer portal era. www.wsj.com/sports/baske... via @WSJ

What Would Jesus Do? "We ... are called to do more than charity. We are called to challenge the systems that make charity necessary."

We've all been there. On both sides.

Indiana University's football crown was the feel-good story of the year. Off the field...not so much Ranked last for free speech, DEI cuts, slashing the humanities while paying its coach $13M under MAGA trustees My column on how IU ranks No. 1 in moral bankruptcy www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

"We must not see how the rest of the country is living. We must not allow ourselves to suspect that they are America too."

"Trump administration officials have suggested that the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery create a section in the museum to display multiple images of the president in addition to his official portrait."

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Here is how you can stand with Minnesota. This is a giant list with dozens and dozens of ways to donate and help people in Minnesota from personal GFM to mutual aid to grocery delivery and pet food groups. www.standwithminnesota.com#gofundme

Song for the Day: Ohio - Crosby Stills Nash & Young youtu.be/MN_9VqfVQ9c?...

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

Try.

I am in awe of this woman, of these women. May we all aspire to their level of strength and grace. "there are people building a better world for him. ... the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way."

I continue to be enraged by everything the secretary of health and human services is doing www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events

In this New Year, May our aspirations overcome our anger; May brotherhood overcome bigotry; May hope overcome hatred; May peace overcome prejudice; May our faith in each other overcome our fear. Onward.

I haven't done a thread on here in awhile Let's do one about governmental decision-making, priorities, and morality I'm looking at you, Indiana Here we go, a quick thread 1/

Hey @peoplesbooktakoma.com, Lori is amazing and would be a great guest author when she's in town next Spring! #BookSky

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 25: "You Gotta Get Up," by Rich Mullins #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 24: "One More Sleep 'Til Christmas," Kermit the Frog #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 23: "Christmas Time Is Here," by Vince Guaraldi Trio #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 22: "(Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag," by Kay Starr #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 21: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," by Judy Garland #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 20: "We Need a Little Christmas," by Angela Lansbury #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 19: "Home for the Holidays," by Perry Como #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 18: "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," by Bruce Springsteen #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 17: "Winter Wonderland," by the Eurythmics #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 16: "The Christmas Song," by Nat King Cole #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 15: "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," by Bing Crosby #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 14: "The Christmas Waltz," by Doris Day #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic

Twenty-five days of Christmas music. Day 13: "White Christmas," by The Drifters #Christmas #ChristmasMusic #25DaysofChristmasMusic