"The number of troops wounded in action during...Epic Fury rose from 414 to 427 on Friday..., according to the Pentagon’s casualty database. It’s unclear when or where the 13 additional injuries occurred. Iran has targeted service members in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Jordan over the last week."

And y'all think we have problems. Here's the sad part: I'd vote for Count Binface before I'd vote for Nigel Farage. Trump (and his buddy Nigel) is a pox on Democracy.

Well that was cutting it close. Not even the whole disc of the Sun got above the horizon before it started moving behind a cloud. Sunrise at Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 220mm F8@1/125th ISO 400 DSB_2898.JPG ©Don Brown 2026 #photography

I’m going to assume the powers that be at @theatlantic.com recognized the irony. 🤠

Via Dennis Pillion and Inside Climate News: The Trump administration is moving to approve an Alabama program that could allow millions of tons of toxic coal ash to remain buried, even though much of that material sits in groundwater where it can leach into the environment. https://ow.ly/VYUe50ZoCTt

I can shoot with an iPhone too. 🤠 After I was packed up to go….

What’s a man to do? I can’t put up another God-beam picture even though I have a hundred. I was late for today’s sunrise. I guess it’s back to the archives. July 10, 2026. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 50mm F8@20 seconds ISO 400 GND filter DSB_0140.JPG ©Don Brown 2026 #photography

E. Jean Carroll spent nearly a decade in court fighting one of the most powerful men in the world. She fought with tenacity and grace — and she won. She is one of my personal heroes. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.

Fascism is here. If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention. “Left-wing political terrorism” will mean those who oppose the regime — while actual right-wing extremism is allowed to grow and thrive. We are very far off the cliff, folks.

News you can use.

Sometimes, everything comes together. One of favorite people walks into the light, on the Bankhead Trail, Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, AL. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 44mm F4.5@1/125th ISO 2,900 Polarizer White Balance on Flash Cropped DSB_1784.JPG ©Don Brown 2026 #photography

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Dear #Alabama voters. Senator Katie Britt is a member of the Committee on the Judiciary. Todd Blanche is having his confirmation hearing in front of the Committee today. Call Senator Britt's office and ask her to vote NO on his confirmation. Senator Britt's DC office: ‭(202) 224-5744‬

it's fundamental

Russia is in Ukraine. The U.S. is in Venezuela with Iran, Cuba and Greenland lined up. Israel is in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Lebanon. If we aren't careful, we'll have World War III (if we don't already).

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Lizzy is on Bluesky! I love this woman's work so much. In 1989, I saw this photo of Cindy Crawford in British Vouge (by Patrick Demarchelier) and knew it was the photograph I wanted to make -- in color. Unfortunately, my talents and duties lay elsewhere. Lizzy comes very close to what I see.

You never know, this might be useful information one day. 🤠

Huge thanks to the Blount County Democrats for hosting us at your July meeting! Grateful to everyone who came out to support our campaign and every Democratic candidate running this cycle. Let’s keep this momentum going! 🇺🇸 amandaforalabama.com

If I skimmed the chart well, Amanda is running in the reddest district in the country. One of the bravest people I've ever met.

It was a wild morning. The low clouds fought with the high clouds all morning. The low clouds won and blocked the sunrise. Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 48mm F8@1/10th ISO 400 GND filter DSB_1154.JPG ©Don Brown 2026 #photography

I am not alone! 🤠

If only I had a Photography Park.

Yeah, and follow this guy too. He actually has a chance to win the Congressional District in North Alabama. And wouldn't that be something? Flipping a House seat in Alabama?

Hey! Do me a favor. Follow this guy. @dougjones.bsky.social

I say again: I suck at #politics. And articles like this prove it to me. "Republican groups even provided free access to expensive computer software that could craft the new districts. Democrats eagerly accepted the help." Huh? Why would Republicans help Democrats? (Continued...)

50501 Demands Justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo & Joan Sebastian Guerrero

As ICE continues its murder spree, some of America's biggest corporations are still profiting from the agency's cruelty.

Okay, I'll play. #SongBuilding #MusicChallenge Day 14. Market. "Running up and down the aisle of the Mini-Mart, sticking food in our jeans."

"Somewhere South of Juneau" I decided to delve into the archives and leave summer in Alabama behind. I wound up somewhere south of Juneau, Alaska. Sunrise, September 28, 2025. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 180mm F8@1/400th ISO 400 GND filter DSB_9399.JPG ©Don Brown 2026 #photography

It's worse than you thought. "Finally, the decline of unions in a hostile political environment removed one of the major counterweights to rising oligarchy."

Just in case you are keeping up with the Dan Berulis case. The tech guy at the National Labor Relations Board that blew the whistle on DOGE and whoever (Russia?) took the NLRB's data.

700 overcast on a 1,700 ft mountain. 🤠

Brilliant. Stop whatever you're doing (that includes looking at my pictures) and read this. All of it. Whatever you are doing -- or planning on doing -- in the next 15 minutes isn't as important as this.

Read this. All of it.

Okay. You might think it a non sequitur but... How many of y'all realize Hawaii has cowboys? 🤠

You've been warned. #MartiniHour

My son came home this weekend. #HappyHour might be a little late. But I might guide you to pictures. I have no idea why I've been looking at old pictures. (Does it really matter?) But I have. I've been doing this a while. February 4, 2013

And this is the way it should be done, folks. We’re opponents, not enemies. And even if you think we are enemies, you must find a way to make peace…or lose everything you love. Senator Graham is dead. Our disagreements are over. May he rest in peace.

And the first step? Stop cutting down trees. Here in Huntsville, Alabama, they still clear-cut lots before building. Anything.

“In response to the posts, Mr. Trump’s followers called the students “future terrorists” and said the children wearing hijabs were a “disgrace.” They called on him to “deport all Muslims” and to ban Islam. One account with more than a million followers declared that Mr. Trump had exposed a…” #bigot

Says the guy that left CBS after it was bought by Trump's oligarch. "MacFarlane has won over 20 regional Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Awards." "MacFarlane emerged on the national scene during his coverage of the prosecutions following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol." Wake up America.

After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government. Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.

I’d love to. If only the fancy coding would let me.

The Alaska National Guard successfully completed four remote rescue missions over a two-day period, utilizing six aircraft and mid-air refueling to extract critically ill and stranded individuals from across the state.

Yesterday’s was better than today’s sunrise. But there is always hope, that tomorrow’s will be even better. Sunrise, July 10, 2026 in Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 155mm F8@1/8th ISO 400 GND filter DSB_0356.JPG ©Don Brown 2026 #photography

Cartoonist: Mike Luckovich

Let me ask you a question: Do you want the United States of America to conquer Cuba? If so, what are we going to do with it? Have a listen. And remember -- this is being done in *your* name.

"South of the Sun" All of the color stayed south of the Sun but, I don’t really care. Do you? About 30 minutes before sunrise in Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 105mm F8@6 seconds ISO 400 GND filter DSB_0155.JPG ©Don Brown 2026 #photography