I still can't believe these goddamn fools are trying to get into a patriotism dick measuring contest with a guy who was a combat pilot and an astronaut and space flight commander.

Indeed. Though you don’t need religion to be a good, caring human being who treats people with kindness and respect.

The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations? Actually the whole security establishment pivoted

Vets are standing with Senator Mark Kelly 💙💙💙. Drop a 💙 if you agree…

One significant way to fix the federal deficit? Dramatically raise the minimum wage across our country. It will cause an increase in tax collections, much less people on federal assistance, and health outcomes will improve causing less reliance on federal health programs.

a bit of Hafiz for this Wednesday: “And still, after all this time, The sun never says to the earth, "You owe Me." Look what happens with A love like that, It lights the Whole Sky.”

FFS, msm: cover this!

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

glad to see jones getting back in the ring

There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask. Cowards

One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

happy bday reformer/journalist Ida Tarbell, b1857 "In walking through the world there is a choice for one to make. ....choose the fair & open path, the path which sound ethics, sound democracy, & the common law prescribe, or choose the secret way by which he can get the better of his fellow man."

on this day in 1930, writer Sinclair Lewis becomes first American to win Nobel Prize in Lit. “Call me a socialist or any blame thing you want to, as long as you grab hold of the other end of the cross-cut saw with me and help slash the big logs of Poverty and Intolerance to pieces.”

Folks the short answer to why government is shut down: GOP holds White House, House, and Senate; refuses to compromise; does Trump's bidding; and doesn't care about the damage to our country or people's lives. End of story.

Two new polls out today for NYC mayor (including a Fox News poll) and both polls show Mamdani up 16 points. He is ahead on every major issue including crime. And in two way race with just Cuomo he beats him soundly. Let's do this NYC voters.

The hypocrisy is staggering

RIP English writer H. G. Wells, died this day 1946. “We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.” “Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be....

happy bday writer Cormac McCarthy, b.1933, Providence, RI. “Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” “Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.”

RIP Swedish-speaking Finnish poet Edith Södergran, died this day 1923. “The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.” “In the shadow of the rocks my wildness stays awake, ready to fly at the slightest whisper, at approaching steps... I have a door to all four winds....

The truth is I don't trust Netanyahu and Trump with access to nuclear weapons any more than Iran with nuclear weapons.

The mightiest person on earth can still be undone by a single mosquito 😈

Trump’s crypto corruption is blatantly bad, but this is extraordinarily evil.

Victoria Brownworth, @VABOX on Twitter, lost her battle with cancer yesterday, May 22, 2025.

So we’ve got $90 million to throw the parade he wanted, but we don’t have the money to fix North Carolina. Got it!

And I just shut off PBS who felt it needed to have Jake Tapper talk about his horseshit book. @meidastouch.com here I come

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Good graphic highlighting GOP budget: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Always telling on himself.

Can we just fix the airports and work on planes crashing?