Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Listen to Maria Shriver, niece of President John F. Kennedy.

it’s not a fucking build-a-bear you fascist potato

My shout-out today is for my friend, Lynne @lynned444.bsky.social She travels around and takes the most beautiful photos. Not to mention, she's the nicest person. Go give her a follow and a repost please. She deserves it!

Susie's Assessment: Failure after Failure www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/18/s...

And Susie Wiles

We were married on this day in 1978... soulmates ever since. ❣️ #ForeverGrateful 🙏

“Completely Surrounded” as if Venezuela is a frickin island

Happy birthday @themotleybeast.com I hope your day is amazing! 🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉

We are failing our kids

Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil

Here are my top 10 most unique dog jobs!

Greetings from Kyiv, where I’m having a warcoffee in a beautiful bookstore. I haven’t shown it to you yet – but it already feels like a new favourite place.

American security experts fear that growing networks of foreign spies, combined with new technology, represent an unprecedented threat—one the FBI, the primary agency tasked with thwarting hostile foreign intelligence services, may struggle to address.

It’s a dry topic (to this nonLE individual) but read it so you’ll understand and be prepared.

Seems like yesterday this amazing human was born. He's 12 today, guys. 12! He's already giving me a taste of the teens. 🤦‍♀️ I'll be off today taking him and his friends rock climbing (indoors).

Chickens and dogs are NOT safe together and you are asking for death if you leave them alone together!! This chicken killed one of my dogs a couple days ago, I found his body like this Haha

i mean... uh... well... lordy. this defies summation. incredible story. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I get to help with @theweekendprime.bsky.social tonight with @ahylton26.bsky.social & @ayman.msnbc.com

They cut off her wedding ring. They fucking cut off her wedding ring. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

VP Harris: Both parties have failed to hold the public's trust. People are done with the status quo. In comes Trump, casting himself as the change agent, with empty promises. Trump is a symptom of a failed system. As we plan for what comes after this administration, we cannot afford to be nostalgic.

Lucille Ball is being otterly ridiculous. 🦦

White people whine when they get their feelings hurt. But we’re supposed to be ok with racial slurs? Nah. Bite me.

NEW investigative report: "Things will get really nasty." Hedge funds. Brokerages. Billionaires. Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties on and off Wall Street were broader than previously known, a cache of emails @bloomberg.com obtained earlier this year reveals 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

In addition to holding the mayor's office, it looks like ABQ Dems have won a solid majority on the city council. A bonafide Dem, Stephanie Telles, will replace conservadem Louie Sanchez, who often sided with the council's four Republicans. (Sanchez endorsed Telles' GOP opponent.)

🐠 awesome 👏

Just saw this on @maddow Proud the Women’s March used my video running in cities where ICE are doing raids, to get them to “walk away”. Perhaps the ICE agents who made the arrest and monitor our IG pages will see it, and think twice. It haunts me. I wonder if it haunts them too. #ice

Jan 6 was real Note this letter from one of the riot defendants.... in which he makes clear, it was no hoax storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.

Today's shout-out is for my friend, Kristy @kristyclueless.bsky.social One of the very best accounts on BlueSky IMO. Follow and Repost please!

No, @therickwilson.bsky.social has not created a bunch of brand new channels. He’s the victim of an A.I. impersonation scam. Watch here for how to stay safe against them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YysO...

Yes

It's a crazy story! Subscribe to my newsletter FOIA Files to keep up with my document scores www.bloomberg.com/foiafiles

Wearing a sweatshirt to the airport so no one thinks I’m MAGA. 😂

what do flat earthers think about this image?

This is a great list (and don't forget Marisa herself).

After midnight in Kyiv. Air raid alert. Drones. Missile threat – maybe even tonight. Nothing new, actually.

Beau was shared with us through our submission portal! If you’d like to get your dog officially rated, as well as considered for a feature, use the link below 🤗  portal.weratedogs.com

My podcast was named to the “Most Successful Female Podcast Hosts in the World!” The Weekly List podcast drops every Thursday. It’s summarizes the important themes each week. Tune in! workandmoney.com/s/most-succe...

Holiday HerdMail! I secured a post office box so you can send the HERD whatever you want to send this holiday season. I don’t have a lot to give, but I know a lot of you have been looking for this option. Box 12 for 12 dogs of Christmas! THE HERD 102 S Main St. PO Box 12 Pocatello, ID 83204

surprised one of them didn’t spontaneously combust

People of New Orleans! Do you see ICE agents in action. Report it on Waze as "Icy Conditions." Keep people in the loop.

Today's shout-out I'd for my best buddy, Scott @scottbluewave.bsky.social He's the gif king of BlueSky., hilarious, and follows back. Please follow and repost!

My shout-out today is for my friend @seramalover.bsky.social I like her a lot and know you will too. Please follow and repost!

“…but I’d like to see them suffer.” 😳 Who thinks this way? Psychopaths