When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

Eight years ago, 10 people were killed in a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. The gunman used his father’s unsecured gun. Call your Members of Congress at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to cosponsor #EthansLaw.

A solar plant in Minnesota planted flowers beneath its panels, and soon monarch butterflies and dozens of new plant species began to appear share.google/vLyfOjkbWmnf...

Today is Endangered Species Day. The Trump administration has rolled back protections for: —Wolverines —Sea turtles —Monarch butterflies —Bison —Polar bears —Rice's whales —Alligator snapping turtles —Saltmarsh sparrows —Florida panthers

Why do this? 🤬

Buttercups at dawn. Taken this morning in Glastonbury.

“Please enjoy Colbert’s final shows,” John Oliver told viewers at the end of Sunday's 'Last Week Tonight.' “He’s the f*cking best. Good night, and good luck, motherf*ckers!” Full story: latenighter.com/news/john-ol...

Also fuck Mike Johnson for saying politicians can't survive off $175k salaries but they expect citizens to live off $40k or $7.25 an hour. Fuck all the way off

Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

Americans agree that corporate money in politics has gone way too far. This year, Montanans have a chance to do something about that.

French prosecutors say 10 new suspected victims have come forward in the country’s Jeffrey Epstein probe after authorities reopened trafficking and financial investigations linked to his network. Paris is now revisiting old evidence and seeking more testimony.

Again. Because it's beautiful. 🫂💙

We already HAD a ballroom!

Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian. Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.

Awesome rally against Data Center Disasters in Hillsboro today!

Look at this slop job. The only reflecting that should be done here is why 77 million Americans voted for the return of this insane maniac.

The postscript scene from “Sneakers” comes to mind but in reverse.

ZELENSKYY: Today, Ukraine conducted deep strikes against Moscow region, most heavily protected area in Russia. However, Ukrainian long-range capabilities already overcoming this defense. Russian war is returning home. This is a clear signal that one should not mess with Ukraine.

Look at this. This should be the practice everywhere.

"Violence isn't the answer!" *blows up school* "We've got to stop the political violence!" *kills 10,000 children* "We need to turn down this extreme political rhetoric!" *starves 500,000 people to death*

When you have broken as many laws as FOTUS has and caused as much wanton destruction of the administration, you are an enemy of the state. The military oath, "To support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC."

Some dogs like to be kissed and others….OMG

Pete Buttigieg to CNN just now.. about Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's controversial road trip reality show "I love road trips. I love America. I actually took a taxpayer-funded road trip lasting about seven months. It was in Afghanistan. This is something very different"

There is no such thing as a “safe” blue city or state anymore. None of are safe as long as so many of us are at risk.

Thoughts for people living in safe blue cities and states: Alabama is the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement. People bled and died for our right to vote. #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth 🧵

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Let me take you to a better time and place this Saturday night. Back when we had HOPE. 💙🇺🇸 #ProudBlue #Obama

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Start off your weekend right with this breathtaking vid from our friend AV8. Those clouds! Those greens! Those falls! 😍 Sound up! 🔈🔉🔊

Jess Piper & Her Son: Newsletter Mar 8, 2026 @piperformissouri.bsky.social / @lesliejones4mo.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @stltoday.com @kansascity.com @demwomencaucus.bsky.social @thedemcoalition.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com / jesspiper.substack.com/p/rural-sold...

New Mexico county officials approve process to consider data center moratorium sourcenm.com/2026/05/13/n...

📣 #WESTVIRGINIA Democrats need your help! 🚨 This is an #UnlikelyHeroes page *deliberately* featuring Dems running in RED districts to boost statewide turnout & force Republicans to defend their turf. Donate today! #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/wv26h...

Which is worse… A) Trump whipping up a mob to attack the Capitol on Jan 6? B) Trump pardoning ALL the Insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol (and attacked police) on Jan 6? C) Trump creating a $1.5 Billion TAXPAYER fund to reward his Jan 6th supporters? WTF?!?! 🤬 abcnews.com/amp/US/trump...

"“It’s possible that we’re starting to see the consequences of severe and sudden cuts to global health programs that have eroded surveillance and allowed deadly viruses to spread undetected...” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

Randy, @southerngayteacher.bsky.social Thank you always for including me. Banning Roots should be shocking to All Sane Americans! bsky.app/profile/did:...

This is so infuriating! This is the cover story now! She was not incarcerated for speech and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!! #GovPolisFuckedUp #SheShed

This is terrible. ICE separated a single mother from her son, and deported her without him, leaving him in the care of her sister’s abusive ex. Who murdered him.

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This 7 year old girl just reminded the world of something important: You can stumble, crash, fall behind & still finish strong! The race isn’t over when you fall. It’s over when you stop getting back up! This little girl’s determination is the kind of inspiration we all need! #SheShed #GirlPower

After the white nationalist Roberts Supreme Court trampled the voting Rights Act of 1965, 61 years after marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, American Patriots are once again marching across the bridge in protest of racist Republican governors suppressing Black representation.

"CBS is assenting to its own diminishment." "The biggest loss is to core America values, including the right to speak freely, even in brutally mocking terms, about those in power..." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...

"As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor. He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist. Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... #Pinks

OMFG, A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. 😢 😞 😭 😪

#ICE ⚠️ blames a mother it deported for her two-year-old son’s brutal death months later, even though she says she pleaded to be reunited with the boy as she was being sent back to Honduras.

And We Give France 🇫🇷 Permission

Another bad week for democracy folks. But we have to keep hope alive Alabama. VOTE May 19th!

Yes folks, we are still having primary elections in Alabama on Tuesday, May 19th and I would appreciate your vote for Governor. Lots of noise out there but the election will go on. Your vote is your voice so make it heard. Vote May 19 and let’s change Alabama.