When John’s mother died, my sister gave us an orchid. John took care of it—proper medium, orchid food etc. it never bloomed. After he died, I put it in regular potting soil, never fed it. It didn’t bloom, until this year.

Paraguay!

I hope DSA members in Podunk watch their local town councils, think, we can do better than that, and run against them. You don’t have to start with Congress.

I favor some of this, but it’s a pathetic start. Better things aren’t possible.

I checked and found that a loud Centrist Democrat, rattling on about competitive capitalism, has been engaging in the kind of stock trading that makes a lot of us realize how rigged the system is.

Japan just scored.

The Supreme Court Gives Donald Trump Full Control Over the Executive Branch, Except the Part of It that Impacts Their Retirement Portfolios

When neighborhoods gentrify, Black and brown evictees end up in less good neighborhoods and housing.

Wow, the centrist Dems are really going after rent control today. Too bad they don’t know anything. Seem two references to the South Bronx. Read books, folks.

Landlord costs don’t increase with inflation, as inflation measures costs that have nothing to do with operating rental property. The costs are much more comparable to the cost of repair/maintenance on owner-occupied properties. We’ve known this since the ‘70s, BTW.

A few years ago, a study found that NYC landlords with rent-stabilized apartments saw their incomes increase 8%, even though the allowable rent increase was 5%. Rent-stabilized landlords aren’t hurting.

John would be so into having World Cup matches at normal times of day.

My sister brought me a basket of raspberries. I’m going to macerate all of them and eat them in one sitting.

The Dems are still sending requests for money at a rapid clip.

DR Congo makes it to the next round.

Ezra Klein: DSA—Doing Politics The Wrong Way

I’ve never seen so many egregious people so petrified of 100K DSA members. I want to set up a hotline to help them deal with their fears.

What resources? What volunteers? What infrastructure? The Democrats who work on DSA candidate campaigns choose to do so. And we don’t get squat from the centrists, except for a zillion requests for money every week.

I’m DSA’s laziest member. I never go to meetings. I never make phone calls because I can’t figure out how to work the phone system. All the members are young enough to be my children. I give a monthly dues payment so that my local gets some of the money.

And they can’t figure out why Trump won twice.

They ripped off Return of the Seacaucus Seven.

Maine is an example of centrists choosing a crap candidate and expecting people to vote for them. They’ve had decades to find someone to oust Collins.

Ecuador up 2-1.

If you’re one of those centrist, corporate Dems and you want your candidates to win, get on the phones, get on the streets, and turn out the voters who support your candidates. Stop whining!

I guess Steinberg really needed a job. calmatters.org/politics/202...

Poor Canada.

Reading about a woman whose husband died. She has to move and has to rehome her pet. This should not happen to anyone.

One of the things private equity landlords brought us. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

ICE is bad everywhere, in every situation. newrepublic.com/article/2122...

Deutsche Bank is notorious for bad behavior. ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

Well, this ruins it for everyone. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Important thread.

Comcast TV has gone down. Grr, It’s the World Cup and they have one job.

Are hydration breaks good or bad?

I don’t think I have any pictures of John watching the World Cup. Not a one.

Cats inform me that they miss Daddy. “He was the superior human.”

Cats want Mommy to go to bed.

Excellent set with Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky at Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival. I hope there’s an afterlife so John could hear it.

San Pablo localnewsmatters.org/2026/06/19/s...

Poor Sweden. Never had a chance.

This is too funny.

Brazil is going to win, but I’m rooting for Haiti anyway.

I have both the schedule for the World Cup and the Father’s Day Bluegrass festival up on my phone.

What I remember about Obama is that I knew it was over when he appointed Timothy Geithner. We were screwed.

I wonder if Sacramento’s YIMBY groups get some of the tech bro largesse.

Please let this match be better.

Worst match so far.

The Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival starts tomorrow. The World Cup is on. What do I do?