now im just a humble uneducated back country activist but i think we should be digging bigger graves

The list just keeps growing, what the heck is wrong with these people

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And there you have it!

Hey, I got a shoutout on Kimmel tonight! He even pronounced my name correctly 😆

stop writing articles about extreme heat using fun summer imagery challenge: impossible (apparently) apnews.com/article/euro...

seems bad

well, kind of been a dud day for this. I could really use a couple of subs in my quest to keep scribbling for another month. consider taking advantage of the sale if you value my writing? please? don't make me beg. it's undignified and startles the cats.

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

Cornyn was three votes away from being majority leader He voted against Trump’s impeachment and spent the past year groveling and trying to rename highways with Trump’s name, just for it to end like this

Ballots arriving as we speak & we’ve got the ballot guide you need. Governor will be added after this week’s CNN & Telemundo debates. If voting by mail, mail your ballot 1 WEEK before June 2nd or drop at an early voting center, ballot drop box or your polling place on Election Day.

Leaked DUI videos, MAGA meltdowns and delusional social media freakouts- must be almost Election Day! Ballot returns are at a paltry 10% and the majority of voters so far are 65+. Catch up on the contenders here and tell your people to vote by June 2nd. www.glendaleextremists.com/post/one-wee...

dying at cheryl hines yelling "bobby, please!!!" in the background

Who among us has, or has insurance that covers, a semiannual physical?

I highly recommend Natchez, now streaming through PBS Independent Lens. Fair warning: watching it sent me straight into the Independent Lens library, where I now have enough films saved to keep me busy for most of the year. share.google/KRybDqs4oQRq...

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1971: Joetha Collier, an 18-year-old African American honors student, is shot and killed by a white man in Drew, Miss. The senseless killing took place less than an hour after her graduation ceremony from the recently integrated Drew High School. /1

thread. I think the takeaway here is that dealing with a fascist federal government is very difficult, and there are no good options.

just fwiw, I don't think that the fact that they want a fight would mean that a fight would go well for them. see Iran...these people are incredibly foolish and cowardly losers. still doesn't mean escalating to violence in this case is a good idea.

Sonny Rollins recorded so much incredible stuff, especially in his peak period from 1956 to 1962. It's hard to pick among them, but here are four of my favorites. First up, "Decision" from "Volume 1": www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFit...

My favorite story about jazz sax master Sonny Rollins, is that in 1959 he took a sabbatical from the music business, honing his chops by practicing up to 16 hours a day playing alone on the Williamsburg Bridge. RIP to a giant who was also always searching as a musician and artist: loom.ly/hSP333k

so...two more subs today would really help. maybe? the cats would be grateful?

Yet another cut-off low this week in CA, w/unsettled late May conditions (& also, a temporary reprieve re: the NorCal, but not SoCal, marine heatwave). But warmer weather associated w/PacNW ridging looks likely in June. Plus: a bunch of new YouTube links!

New — I talked with @katmabu.bsky.social the morning after a judge dismissed all charges against her and her co-defendants thanks to extreme government fuckery about what comes next, the crazy rumor mill and setting a precedent for telling ICE to fuck off. Our convo here:

Trump hasn't gotten the strait open yet! This headline is malpractice.

1 in every 1,000 Americans will be in Indianapolis this weekend for the Indy 500 (the largest single-day sporting event in the world). So we coordinated with Indiana organizers to put up this billboard. It's located on I-465 S, 500 feet east of Emerson Ave if you'd like to go see it for yourself!

This whole thread is a bit weird. But basically, I don’t think Corey ever received or witnessed the kind of serious abuse that made people quit X.

An hour after the strike, Yevhen - who sold his property to open a café in Podil district, #Kyiv, near the Chornobyl Museum and officially opened the venue yesterday - was already back at work, serving coffee to everyone through the shattered windows.

Trump lost the war against Iran and fucked up the economy but he can clutter up DC with racist statues joeflood.com/2026/05/24/s...

I made a lot of updates to the “Now” sections of the Third-Country Removal Tracker today. If you haven’t read-in for awhile, check it out. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...

Freudian

Even Trump's favorite brands--such as the shoes he buys everyone in his Cabinet--have not been spared the agony of his economic agenda www.thebulwark.com/p/why-trumps...

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“Assuming courts will save us absolves our political leaders of both responsibility and accountability for allowing this kind of mischief to continue, and it absolves all of us of our responsibility to refuse to tolerate those who would just as quickly shrug their shoulders and move on.” My latest:

I’m proud of the work I did as an AUSA, and I say this with complete sincerity: if you’re an AUSA, and a decent person, who cares about your oath, get out. Get out now without destroying your reputation. A DoJ run to Trumpist specifications is corrupt and incompetent. The stink will stick on you.

The citizens of Festus, Missouri, population approximately 14,000, just voted out every single city council member who secretly approved a gigantic data center. A recall petition is also being circulated to remove the mayor and council members who were not on the ballot.

“We object to working on Palantir's FDP – it is not & never was, the right choice for the Health Service. NHS must not renew Palantir's contract & we will fight internally to make that happen”… “There is a better way & we are willing to build it ourselves” 👏👏👏 www.opendemocracy.net/nhs-england-...

Just want to remind everyone again that in the city of Seattle, which built that unimaginable wealth and continues to not see any of it returned to our community, has a public school shortfall in the millions. Elementary kids are holding move-a-thons while he’s not paying those taxes

💥 Ukrainian drones struck the FSB headquarters in occupied Kherson region on the border with Crimea. Around 100 FSB officers killed/wounded.

MAJOR bullshit alert.

Mayor Mamdani is the best thing to happen to Democrats since FDR. It infuriates me that the centrist Democratic stink tank, The Third Way, chooses to attack Mamdani when they could be working with us to defeat Republicans. www.thirdway.org/memo/ten-rea...

Adding another to the list The victim, who was unarmed and holding a Bible at the time, said he was in fear for his life due to this action.

"animals don't behave like men," he said. "if they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. but they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them." ~captain holly - watership down - richard adams 1972

NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party has formally condemned and censured Governor Jared Polis for granting clemency to Tina Peters. Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. 90% of CDP central committee members voted to reprimand Polis.

I had a fantastic interview today with Larry and Leanne Bushart, fresh off his legal settlement with Perry County for locking him up for 37 days over a meme he posted on Facebook. You can see my exclusive report beginning Thursday morning on NewsChannel 5 - and at 4, 5 and 6 pm!

Economic illiteracy

A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr: In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine. She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation. Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3