My poor girl is so sick. She had 2 UTIs this summer, which seem to have developed into a kidney infection. She'll spend the next 2 days at the vet getting IV fluids and come home at night, as they don't have overnight care. She is so very miserable. #CorgisOfBluesky vcahospitals.com/know-your-pe...

My statement on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump’s meeting with military officers at Quantico:

If the Government will shut down tomorrow, blame these 2 morons. They don’t care: - To fire thousands of Federal Employees. - National Parks will close. - The Military won’t get paid. Republicans control the House, Senate and the WH and they will try to blame Dems. FUCK THEM BOTH…

This is absolutely heartbreaking. This man should not have been murdered. His children should still have a father. His wife should not have to tell people her trauma. This government is committing war crimes.

My parents have moved from #35 on the VA Home waiting list at the end of June to #8 today. My brother and I are waiting with bated breath that their move happen soon and smoothly. This has been a multi-year saga involving many different authorities and interventions.

"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government." -Abraham Lincoln

Since when is the Substack feed filled with so much right-wing drivel and propagandist tripe? Ugh.

Low key I don’t think the U.S. military can take the Pacific Northwest

We’ll survive, but it’s going to take time to rebuild for sure. We have to be patient with the Democrats when we’re back in the White House. No instant gratification bullshit - this isn’t a one term fix. If we want to see real change, we make the GOP the minority party for a decade or more.

I confidently declared at work that "we don't have a fish in this fight" and now it's a new saying.

If we’re renaming departments and calling the DOD the “Department of War”, we might as well go ahead and make the DOJ the “Department of Revenge”

I feel so seen.

Medication prices not high enough for you? BAM: 100% tariff to double them!

If Amazon Prime would deliver the Epstein files, I'd re-up my membership.

"I know that the great volcano at Washington, aroused and directed by the evil spirit that reigns there, is belching forth the lava of political corruption ..." -Abraham Lincoln

The beef industry supported trompe. I won't support them. I'll find other protein sources.

Enough Said.

Antifa 🐶😉🤣🤣💥

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

Husband (unvaxxed) is on day 4 of feeling like utter dogshit with COVID. Kid and I (vaxxed) are like budget airline attendants: tossing him snacks from a distance and avoiding him as much as possible. If I weren't already a vaccine believer, I would be now.

Do we need to tell Carlson that he can Google everything he ever wanted to know (and then some) about all variations of sex acts? Heck, he would get pictures, videos, and offers of said acts. With a Grindr account & a valid CC, he could even try for himself.

It's official. My Hulu and Starz subscriptions have gone the way of my Amazon Prime and my Target accounts: CANCELED. My library account is getting a workout, and I increased my NPR support from $20 to $50 per month.

Let the record show that Trompe is in the Epstein files.

It is an old maxim and a very sound one, that he that dances should always pay the fiddler. -Abraham Lincoln, 1/11/1837

Is it a new thing for mass shooters to be engraving bullet casings, or is it a new thing for engraved casings to be planted?

First Trump rapes children. Then he rapes our nation.

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

"The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities." -Abraham Lincoln

A good rule of thumb I’ve come to realize over the last decade: if you‘re on the same side of any issue as Stephen Miller, you might be a bad person.

I saw this yard today and thought it was beautiful. The way the sunlight hit the dandelion heads, turning them into little, glowing globes of ephemeral wishes.

Reading is way better for my mental health than doomscrolling. I was happy to remember today that I had @hcrichardson.bsky.social's book waiting on my bookshelf. Will it be inspiring or gut-wrenching?

I rushed to get my teen and me our COVID vaccines on 9/12, before RFK Jr. made it harder to get. My husband, a MAGA follower, hasn't gotten vaxxed since the original one in 2021. Guess who is fucking miserable with COVID today... ❎️ me ❎️ teen ☑️ un-vaxxed spouse I Fucking Told You So

There's a wrong way and a right way to report this

I'm was named my father's guardian in Feb after a multi-year battle to intervene in my parents' declining situation. My dad got himself into so much debt. I'm still grappling with how much money he spent on meaningless junk and junk food. It's astounding that a bank would extend credit to him.

Last spring, as I was cleaning out my parents' house, I found my mom's dementia-fueled hoard of about $10k in cash. It was maybe 2" thick. In case you're trying to imagine what $50,000 looks like, it'd be 5x this.

It’s not a crime to be in this country as an undocumented person. It’s a civil violation. But you know what is a crime? Taking a bribe from undercover agents in exchange for the promise of government contracts WHEN YOU’RE THE FCKING BORDER CZAR.

I'm sick of this man. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I canNOT with the world tonight. Gonna go read a paper book.

I'm boycotting: Amazon Walmart Hobby Lobby Chic-Fil-A Target Disney Sinclair Beef What should I add to the list?

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)

This may be the dumbest timeline but there remain glimmers of beauty in it.

we want more Epstein list!

I don't feed the hummingbirds over the summer because once my black currant blooms in May, the birds have plenty to eat in the wild. A sign of fall coming, I hung up the feeder last night, and my little Anna's was back within 12 hours!

I finally found and yanked out the chin hair that has been evading my attempts with tweezers for the past week. The rest of my day is just a bonus.