Kaine: "I couldn't watch that video and say, 'Okay, America says that's okay,' then think about McCain getting shot down in North Vietnam & say, 'But it would've been wrong for the North Vietnamese to kill them rather than capture them.' If the US says this is okay, why wouldn't that have been okay"

On this day in 1944: A Supreme Court ruling upheld President Franklin Roosevelt’s early 1942 executive order that called for nearly all 120,000 people of Japanese descent in the U.S. – two-thirds of whom were American citizens – to be relocated to detention camps as prisoners of war.

Trump called troops "suckers and losers." Apparently he thinks they are so stupid, he can bamboozle them now.

A good haul (and a well-loved, hand-knitted gardening cardigan)! Found, mid-century photo.

Hunter-gatherers in what today is Turkey may have smelted copper more than 10,000 years ago share.google/Gmi3bxqg1pgT...

Phillip Island, we are here to see the fairy penguins at sunset. Western Port bay Victoria Australia. #phillipisland #australia #friends

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Soft spot for scrapers? Batty about burins? Loopy for a laurel leaf? If this sounds like you, you'll be thrilled to learn that #OCAArchTeam excavations, ahead of Sizewell C, have uncovered abundant evidence of stone tool use through the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age

Stingray educating the public at estuary facility in Apalachicola Florida. #coloraday #pinkmon #stingray #macromonday #photography #eastcoastkin

MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…” Lawless.

texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room. www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...

Rand Paul: "The president also said, 'Be careful Colombia, you could be next.' I mean, if we're gonna go and topple regime after regime in South America, there's no amount of money that could be printed to pay for that and I don't think lives should be lost without a vote by Congress."

This x 1,000,000

Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers share.google/QfMOyeyQFz1f...

"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...

Fact-check: true

Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian forces. “It seems that conflict over the years gets worse and worse and worse. There is less regard for human life, whether it’s men, women or children.” apnews.com/article/mali...

No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.

I guess the dike didn't work! Oh Well! 😏

Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.

DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data. My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.

Someone was looking for a reason to be outraged.

Yesterday, Spc Sarah Becstrom was laid to rest in West Virginia at a VA National Cemetery. Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff. Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him. www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...

I couldn’t leave Chicago without getting a cut from my old barber, Zariff!

Sounds great... Not sure I share the enthusiasm 😬 share.google/jBBDQTjLs0bY...

What RFK Jr.'s escape from accountability in the Olivia Nuzzi scandal tells us about the Trump administration share.google/FrL5nY1JykiL...

ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”

English daisy December 9th 2025

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."

Feeding the birds. Chokeberry in the foreground with Hydrangea tardiva sp. in the background. #coloraday #redwed #chokeberry #berries #photography #winter #gardening #bloomscrolling

Well said, Hope.

This #HumanRightsDay I am proud to be supporting Amnesty International’s efforts to support asylum seekers, immigrants, and refugees, as well as stopping the spread of dangerous authoritarian practices. Join me! amnestyusa.org/act

Accurate! 😂

This is the second time I have photographed one of my favorite Mycena species - this one is found on leaves and has regular water droplets along the stem for a reason which remains a mystery to me. From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador. #mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends

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Golden Moonglow lichen on quartz. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

S2025 U1 orbits 35000 miles Webbs IR Uranus view - Learn how to choose the perfect telescope --> https://www.telescopeadvisor.com/how-to-choose-a-telescope.php and Get started with this beginners telescope --> https://amzn.to/3JaxN9u #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #NASA #Space

WATCH: An ICE agent pushes away a home security camera as she approaches a house. This is what a police state looks like.