This heirloom iris & peony garden wasn’t watered or weeded for years. It came roaring back to life this year with just a heavy dose of compost last fall and a few new jewels. Happy #gardening !

Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick. Donald Trump speaks loudly and is as dumb as a stick.

Tina Peters sided with Donald Trump’s Big Lie over our democracy. Reducing her sentence is an insult to Coloradans and a reward to a wannabe king. crow.house.gov/media/press-...

It is remarkable how many establishment Dems simply do not understand they are in the middle of an existential war against MAGA politics, and that there’s no co-existence possible here.

“I’m told your health secretary cut off a dead raccoon’s penis. May I ask…why?”

Zohran Mamdani is more Christlike than any MAGA Christian. His policies are more America first than any Republican. He is the future of the Democratic Party. We must go big We must be bold We must be brave Centrists & moderates take note: Go left or get the fuck out of the way.

Every day gets more dangerous: Hegseth pulls 4,000 troops from routine deployment to Poland for NATO training. US commanders in country had no idea this was coming. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Russ Vought has subverted democracy more than many other Trump accomplices. He helped engineer a coup upon our government and way of life when DOGE rolled up.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Trump looks insane. Eric seems to be trying hard to stop him from going after this woman. apnews.com/article/trum...

President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

Rod Stewart congratulates King Charles for putting “that little ratbag” Trump “in his place”

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) by Steve Gettle

Is he saying that those state residents don't deserve representation and should be represented by someone who represents other communities in the state?

Genuinely funny that Alito just wrote a whole opinion making clear that the only thing Republicans have to do to gerrymander Black people out of electoral existence is say "this is about politics, not race," and then this genius is like CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW MANY BLACK PEOPLE ARE IN THAT DISTRICT??

No limits on complete dysfunction! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c...

I have a feeling @maddow.bsky.social is gonna let it rip tonight

The path to overturning the Virginia Supreme Court’s tyrannical decision is for D state legislators to change the mandatory retirement age for the SC justices and force them out, which could trigger a redistricting opportunity. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u...

What a beautiful day. My tiny pond flooded and it looks more beautiful and my lupine is blooming. The greenhouse is full of baby plants, the garden beds are almost ready.

What’s a dog walk without a cat . 😍

Voters: Can you do something about these gas prices? Trump:

My Mom was funny as hell, and she was proud of it. Laughed at all her own jokes! I miss all her nonsense. One of a kind. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms today! 🌹❤️

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The future is unwritten and we should act like it.

I love how gawdy springtime is. #gardening

Masked federal agents tear gassing & pepper spraying children is a feature, not a bug, of Trump's America. Devastating @propublica.org report about the harm ICE has inflicted on kids. Sickening stuff. You can't reform an agency this evil or violent, you must abolish it.

It's darkest before the dawn Virginia was a setback But we're litigating in Florida, organizing across the South, & marching in Montgomery on May 16 This is how democracies survive & how you can help on @contrariannews.org contrariannews.org/p/we-promised-to-fight-gop-gerrymandering

After 12 years, the EU flag is back on Hungary’s Parliament building — the new Speaker’s very first decision. A happy Schuman Day indeed.

Good morning good people ☀️

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The amazing Victoria Louise oriental poppy for your pleasure. #gardening

Housing foreclosures have spiked to a 6-year high. Trump's Housing Director: "I'm not particularly concerned. I think the housing market is safe and sound right now"

Xavier Becerra is far & away the best candidate. Let these jerks yell at each other. I am voting for the calm, experienced, thoughtful man who is for regular, working people. Si se puede. #Debate #CAGovDebate #TeamBecerra #BecerraEra #BecerraForGovernor #California #CA #CNN #CNNDebate

Sherrod Brown is back!!

In Andy Rooney’s voice: “So do you ever wonder what happened to the two pilots who supposedly were rescued? Who are they? What happened to them? If they existed, wouldn’t Orange Jim Jones parade them around and tell us how amazing he is to have saved them?”

The U.S. Supreme Court’s new decision gutting the federal Voting Rights Act clears the way for state officials to drastically reshape not only Congress but also state legislatures, county commissions, city councils and even local school boards ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/05/r...

Courts had deemed Republican gerrymanders illegal in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Ohio several months before the 2022 elections. The Supreme Court and other courts let the GOP use those maps anyway, and it handed them the House. Now SCOTUS is doing the opposite thing for the same goal

I have no intention of letting this stand. ~ Senator Patty Murray 👊

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." ~ Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)

The fight against fascism is long and hard. I was down this winter but not out. Now resurrecting myself and my longtime sunny avatar because it’s time to fight with the sun in our faces. #May1st #Mayday

Quiet part out loud.

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

Gift link. Great piece, remarkable embedded footage: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...

Montauk, NY. April 18, 2026.

The Secret Service arrived a week before George H. W. Bush’s visit to the hotel where I worked. Agents rode a service elevator with me, which was full of garbage. Dumpster diving was clearly on the agenda. They silently checked my name tag. Next stop, me raiding the chef’s stash of lobster salad. 🤷‍♀️

spotted: oaf on a bench

Yeah I dunno but I wouldn’t claim to call myself a journalist and president of the WHCA while sitting next to the man who said Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi probably deserved to be dismembered alive by a bone saw. Just a grotesque group of people.

Everyone immediately assuming that an attempt on the President is staged is probably not a sign of a healthy democracy.