Gift article. THIS IS WHY YOU VOTE DOWN-TICKET. Show up and vote in 2026. Vote for Senate and House in 2028 even if you leave pres blank. The Senate voted 51-48 to legalize Trump's slashing of USAID and public broadcasting. VOTE FOR SENATE AND HOUSE EVERY TIME. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...

Columbia University acted to appease Trump. Now the Trump Administration is challenging its accreditation www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news... Forget ideology fora moment. There is no point making deals that will not be honored.

Let it never be said I keep my thoughts to myself.

I keep picturing #KermittheFrog doing an awareness spot for #chytridiomycosis and I don't know if it'd be satire or the most effective wildlife conservation spot ever.

Last Nov, on the first day of early voting, the place was packed to the gills! The parking lot was so full that I'd have gone faster if I'd walked. One guy drove for an hour to come vote. Today, on primary day, the place was near empty. Americans, the #primaryelection is where the action is!

Voters Head to the Polls in Key Primaries for New Jersey Governor www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/n...

A New Trend in Global Elections: The Anti-Trump Bump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w... Trump has inspired Australian and Canadian voters and the South Korean Constitutional Court to uphold democracy. Someone kindly tell him he's done.

On one hand, I'm glad to see so many Trump voters are capable of taking in new information and changing their minds proportionately, but I am frustrated because it is NOT new information. What even I can say about #DonaldTrump is that he was very open about what he planned to do if reelected.

I typed "-ai" at the end of my Google query and it still wasted fuel giving me an #AIOverview. How do I tell Google to take no for an answer?

Drat. Looks like he figured it out: Trump Asks Stefanik to Withdraw Bid to Be U.N. Ambassador www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

United at the Capitol today. Don’t stop fighting!🐝🐝

EVERY SUNDAY- Noon-1 pm Minnesota State Capitol. Join them!! A couple of small non-partisan groups have independently started to to rally at the Saint Paul capitol each Sunday from noon till 1 PM protesting the current administrations policies and practices. Spread the word!

Wonderful day at the Minnesota State Capitol! Great turnout for the #InternationalWomen’sDay march!! @lwvminnesota.bsky.social organized and our local St Croix Valley @indivisible.org group was there! #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike

WV Women’s Day March yesterday! 300+ in attendance 💙✊💛

#InternationalWomensDay #Morristown

#SCOTUS just ruled that Trump can't freeze $2 billion in USAID's money, but I don't know if it means the workers are re-hired: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... Dissent reads, "One judge shouldn't decide that this money goes out." One judge didn't. CONGRESS did.

The #StateoftheUnion speech was less depressing than the cheers.

Would the tri-state equivalent of "#JDVance skis in his jeans" be "JD Vance puts catsup on good pasta"? #InternationalWomensDay

At Supreme Court, Mexico to Offer Culprit for Cartel Violence: Gun Makers www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...

Judge Rules Trump Can’t Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u... Dellinger will stay at his post, says Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

21 #DOGE staffers quit rather than help Musk trash the government: www.npr.org/2025/02/25/n...

We should support these three law professors from Harvard and Columbia for telling the Supreme Court to protect the independence of America's banking system from presidential interference in #BessentvDellinger. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

Is THAT why the #Duolingo Owl had X's for eyes this week! #LastWeekTonight (But John should be learning Hungarian, amirite?)

#JohnOliver is back on the air! Surely we shall hear some hope tonight. #LastWeekTonight

Not Quite a Unified Theory of Trumpism, but Still an Alarming Pattern www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...

HAPPY HALF-PRICE CANDY EVE!!

Then it is the duty of the courts to order the executive branch to cease what it is doing. I know I said Trump would do more treason, but he has gone far and away beyond my expectations.

This also affects people who work in science and medical support roles. Investments in science often pay for themselves in increased economic activity.

Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of U.S. Aid Agency’s Staff www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u... The unions are suing. #VOTEUNION.

Live Updates: Trump Administration Rescinds Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01... This is probably best. As satisfying as it might have felt to see Congress or SCOTUS put Trump in his place (albeit the Oval Office), why waste the government's time?

It sounds like the FL governor and legislature don't have materially different platforms on illegal immigration. This is about whether the governor has to obey the law and the state constitution. If so ...good? Checks and balances prevent tyranny. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...

The attempted repeal of the #InflationReductionAct has almost zero chance of passing. Ditto for the talk of a #thirdterm. They are distractions. Conserve your energy. Conserve your sanity. We will need you strong.

I miss the kind of #Republicans who cared about the constitution or at least pretended to hard enough that denying it so blatantly would be unconscionable to them: Twenty-two States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

Good morning to all my American SISTERS!!

In 2000, Ralph Nader shouted and cheered in a way that reminded people of Hitler. That was IT. Zero fascism in his platform + a long history of defending the little guy. He got red in the face and it REMINDED people of Hitler. That ENDED HIS CANDIDACY RIGHT THEN. I hate missing those days.

See? Some people in other countries have our backs.

Some good news. I expect some clash on virtue ethics (usually conservatives) vs consequentialism (usually liberals) on this one. "But then they could overcome addition with less hard work?" "Yes they could. That's GOOD?"

Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u... VPV's comment, "'If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned [...] "there’s a little bit of a gray area there" elicited almost immediate outrage among many of the rioters.

Inauguration Day.

I’ll be posting this today

I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Obama’s inauguration - 28 degrees I’m going to leave this here ALL day Jan. 20 …..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

This is an odd-numbered year. You know what happens in odd-numbered years? STATE and local elections. Most of the laws Americans live under day to day are state laws. State legislatures pass laws on health care and taxation and school boards accept or reject book bans. Vote local this year!

Live Updates: Trump Pardons Jan. 6 Rioters and Signs Order on TikTok www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01... While I think "they go low, we go high"/"we need to be better than they are" may have failed, NO ONE GO COMMITTING TREASON JUST BECAUSE TRUMP SAYS IT'S OKAY NOW.

Just so we’re clear: 1. Audiobooks count 2. Reading is political 3. The orange man is a piece of 💩 Thanks for stopping by 💃

Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions

Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u... I am already overwhelmed by the stupidity and incompetence, and yet I expect there will be more.