Ok ICE/CBP, what are you doing about this urban lawlessness? Neighborhoods are under threat every day that these criminal actors terrorize citizens.

Next up: Chicago

The same guy who "doesn’t want to hear about affordability" posted about his new marble bathroom 7 times last week.

"I am a gray rock. I am a floating cloud. I am a happy little tree. The other week, I spent a whole day in a sensory-deprivation chamber. It was awesome! By the time I emerged, I felt like I almost had a great idea for a health-care plan. Almost."

"If you ask me, Have you seen this news story? Have you seen that news story?, the answer is no. I have not seen it. And that’s just what I need to do right now, and it’s okay. I am also shutting down the House to lower the stress in my personal life." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Hey @washingtonpost.com , instead of hauling out the tired Dems in Disarray trope, this headline could just as well read "After strong election, Dems now are converging on a unifying message of affordability" After strong election, Democrats now face battle over who defines party

Don’t take it from me, listen to Snopes! Speaker Johnson signed a bill to cut $186 billion from SNAP. And again, it’s HIS party that won’t help millions of Americans put food on the table this month.

Pour one out for troops who have to sit straightfaced through speeches like this.

This morning, my spouse spotted 7 National Guard members picking up trash in DC's Malcolm X Park. This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day. Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?

Predator practice for #caturday

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Ripping out the East Wing is part of a much larger story about authoritarianism and design. Learned a lot editing this insightful piece #polisky #history theconversation.com/demolishing-...

An archaeologist and historic preservation expert explains how Trump is "mobilizing heritage and architecture as tools of ideology and control," in the manner of authoritarians through history. Learned much from editing this piece for @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/demolishing-...

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Potatoes

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Such extremism! So much terror!

#NoKings Miami!

No Kings protest kicking off in Washington, D.C. Here’s the view down Pennsylvania Avenue from near the front. Street is totally packed for blocks.

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Seven

Rare moment of journalist solidarity as major news outlets, including WaPo, NYT, CNN, Newsmax, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Reuters and the Guardian, along with the trade publications Task & Purpose and Breaking Defense, all reject new Pentagon reporting rules (no word from Fox yet)

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments that could result in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits, according to people familiar with the plans. Gift link: wapo.st/4qa8yoq

Support politicians who will fight for you the way Ramses attacks this ribbon wand #caturday

Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign got their hands on Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military records illegally. She has nothing to hide, but that’s not the point. If they’ll violate a Navy vet & Congresswoman’s privacy, no one is safe from their dirty tricks. #VoteNJ

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year. Republicans in Washington did this. This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Illinois

Minnesota: Split bipartisan legislature. Kept the government open. Invested in improving lives. Responsible budget cuts. Washington: Republicans control House, Senate, Oval Office. Government shutdown. Driving up health care costs by thousands. Skyrocketing national debt.

Just rode 20 miles today on rail trails in west suburban Boston. If you build them, they WILL come. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Andy McCarthy: "The indictment almost fails as an indictment in that it doesn't give you notice of what Comey has actually done. But factually there's nothing there. So this smacks of wanting to put Comey through the process, which is what lawfare is."

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Silly Putty

Amid all the bad news about higher ed, smart people are still doing good work. Here, two @harvardkennedy.bsky.social students worked with Boston agencies to reduce waste from the city's yearly student moving day, aka Allston Christmas (IYKYK) www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity 2004: A year 2010: ~ a month 2015: ~ a week Now: < A day ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

A house in my neighborhood has dahlias that are dialed up to 11, and I wish I could give them to everyone everywhere.

Exactly this

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: Robert Frost

Wind turbine parts for offshore projects still staging in New London, in spite of the Trump admin trying to kill it all off

On this #Caturday, our vet's new office manager is not putting up with foolish dogs or their feckless owners.

Found this masterpiece in a carton of family papers, drawn by my brother when he was 7 and our younger sister was 4. If there's a "My older sister" opus somewhere in the box, I can guess what it looks like.

NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: American University

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I've heard this from Boston-area therapists. We're a health care center, but that doesn't mean it's easy to find a caregiver who takes insurance. And it's agonizing to have a loved one in crisis and struggle to connect them with treatment. projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-t...

Next-level pettiness from the Trump administration, which wants to destroy systems that cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to build, just because it doesn't like what they do. Don't tell us you're cutting government waste when you're causing it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...

This is a solidly written survey question. I hope Blue Rose is starting their forced choice era. They’re helpful for understanding both current public opinion and how to shape it; when you get a result like this it’s a clue there’s a resonant surface there you can amplify with positioning and ads.

THIS! Dems don't all have to sound alike, but they should sound like real people. www.thebulwark.com/p/shocking-i...

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One of the most remarkable things of the last 9 months is how many Americans seem to believe the President is all powerful and Congress has no say. Actually Congress has been ineffective by choice. It has immense power if it had the courage to use it.