Looking forward to the Thrilla in DC zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Volunteering at the Harvard Forest Fisher Museum in Petersham MA, I took a few minutes to walk up into the facility to admire and talk to cows in Jonathan Sanderson's former barnyard. I will always find time to visit with cows.

Took a trip with Dave Small of the Athol Bird and Nature Club with a talented group of birders and naturalists from around the state to the Quabbin Reservoir's Prescott Peninsula in New Salem Ma. The peninsula is normally open only for research.

My questions would be, Did he harass someone? Did he threaten someone? Did he send unwanted and harassing images? He used poor judgement, but many people use poor judgement. He still seems like a better bet than the current senator who has been an apologist for all that Trump has done.

The Maine Wire recently alerted its readers to a scary Pride crosswalk in Bangor. I decided to investigate the situation for myself. It turns out, shockingly, that the Maine Wire is full of it. I stand proudly with the LGBTQ+ community, today and every day. #Pride2026 #mepolitics

This is pretty pathetic when a woman goes so far down a rabbit holes believing election conspiracies that she goes to jail and still doesn't wake up. She is no better than the My Pillow guy, Rudy and other Trump supporters.

Ossoff: They tried to run Kemp, but he refused. So we're left with the congressman who's only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman and the coach, who's only a coach because his daddy was a coach.

Lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia: I don’t want it to be lost how courageous Kilmar has been and how he’s made some very hard decisions in the course of this litigation. He didn’t have to go down this path of fighting and exposing the administration for what they’re doing.

What a great line "I've been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton's first indictment."

This whole concept that rather than buy raw materials from countries for a fair price, we want to steal them or punish the countries if they don't give them up is horrible and antidemocratic. This is not the way we should be.

The newsmagazine stressed the importance of free speech under Trump 2.0.

Happy Memorial Day to those who served our country and believed in our Democracy. Our nation will always be stronger with a focus on national defense, not on the Department of War Mongering.

You can't be much weaker as a president than that when you are so owned by a comedian that you have to create crap like this to pretend you are a tough guy.

This is great.

That's a great idea. If he turned out to be the kind of leader Zelensky is, he would be someone we could be proud of.

Well said.

For more than a decade, Stephen Colbert has been one of the top voices of late night—making us laugh and, even more importantly, reminding us who we are and what America stands for. Michelle and I enjoyed being Stephen’s guests—even when the games were rigged—and we’re grateful to call him a friend.

When the thought, "It's disgusting and insane," occurs to you, it is likely you just read about another deplorable act by Donald Trump. Regardless of how things play out, that will be his legacy.

It was kind of the opposite of Blue-sky tonight, but pretty.

For the most part in wars, individual families lose one person. That loss is devastating. To act like the number of deaths in this war are meaningless because it is 13 rather than 10,000 shows me we have no leadership. Leaders care about all casualties. The comments should anger military leaders.

I am struggling today to make sense out of Trump's slush fund. Is it for a brown shirt army? Many of the J-6 rioters were ID'd as threats before the riots.They invaded the US Capitol. They were prosecuted and found guilty. Now they get victim compensation? Why are so few in power questioning this?

Went down to the Quabbin Reservoir for our regular spring visit to hear the whip-poor-wills that gather there. I wish I could add a video of them calling because it was fun and a good memory from my childhood.

With much sorrow I removed my newspaper boxes from in front of my house. The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester MA and the Gardner News began delivery by mail recently. I had papers delivered here for the 40 years I've lived in the house. With no carrier, my Sun. Boston Globe also went online.

Happy 100 year Birthday Sir David Attenborough 🎂🎶🎶

This is great. The intensity of Willie May and the delighted smiles of the kids.

I live next door to the town once named for Elbridge Gerry and always believed gerrymandering was a bad thing, but with what is going on in the Supreme Court, I would be all in for gerrymandering Massachusetts. The state is nearly all blue anyway, so I fully support changes in other states.

Joined Maria (Fairness) Barnes and Anne O'Connor for an Indivisible standout yesterday in Fitchburg, Ma over Route 2. Had some wee lad on a failing scooter drive by carping at us, and a few other middle finger MAGA acting foolish, but the reception was pretty good and the weather was great.

www.cnn.com Roberts fooled people into thinking he might do a good job. His only job is to poison democracy.

It is a little amazing to me that Supreme Court justices everyone expected would try to dismantle the cornerstones of democracy in this country if appointed, have wildly exceeded expectations, going out of their war to try to destroy all the things that once made us a hopeful vision for humanity.

I was on vacation in Florida last week and I think I met the governor, Florida Man Ron Desantis. Is this him or did I misidentify him? He seems weird enough. He kept squawking about wanting to redistrict the state. I did think his boots were supposed to be white.

If those visiting Homestead, Florida want to do one fun thing, go to Robert Is Here fruit stand for great produce and to-die-for fruit milkshakes. The rescued animals there are also delightful.

This is the life. But literally the wonderful food is killing me. I need more exercise.

Another pleasant reason to visit Key West is it is infested with amusing roosters and chickens.

I really like this. Hearing Awkward Vance trying to tell a very bright new pope that he should be careful in talking about theology should be a Saturday Night Live skit where the audience is in fits of laughter over the absurdity.

It is delightful to see JD Vance try to school the Pope on his religious responsibilities while senile Grandpa Trump is saying the Pope should be tough on crime. It is truly a confederacy of dunces.

The yoke of Orban is off Hungary! What a wonderful turn of events. JD Vance is now 0-2 in just a week. No Kings.

Why are we trying to rig the Hungarian elections? Why is our president, who stripped so many budgets here and ruined the leadership of this country, promising to fill the coffers of Hungary? Is it a bribe? Is it to please Putin? Donald Trump is a blithering idiot.

Nice. He's a real voice for a better America.

Did Orban actually request this? Has he decided he wants to lose so he invited the most awkward, mean-spirited and tone-deaf human on earth to campaign for him?

Happy Easter to those who celebrate it. My hope is democracy will rise from the dead and throw the money changers out of our city on the hill.

I always wonder before he makes a speech, how much of it will be misleading and how much outright lies. I never expect to get any insight into anything other than his poor character.

Happy Poisson d'Avril!

youtu.be/8j9EE-At4LM Great interview with Ken Casey of the #DropkickMurphys. This is what resistance is all about.

I wonder why the land I love calls me a terrorist. Great day in Boston.

On Boston Common today the Dropkick Murphys were great, Sen. Elizabeth Warren was fierce and 200,000 people gathered with some pretty clever signs. No Kings!

No Kings but a Kick ass band. Join us!

Dust off your best sign. Bring your enthusiasm. Get out and march today. It's important. Save our democracy. Save our immigrant neighbors. Save our colleges. Save our scientists. Save the sovereignty of other nations. Honor the Constitution. And much much more. We are the last line of defense.

I will be in Boston Saturday. I hope all of you go out to a No Kings protest somewhere. We are at a point where our nation has lost its way. Congress won't help us. The Supreme Court is as bad as the Trump administration. We need to let them know we will resist.

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This, and the fact that Europe was being attacked by Germany in WWII. We are attacking Iran. We are the aggressors. Whatever Iran might be geopolitically, it is a sovereign nation defending itself any way it can. Europe has no obligation to carry our water.