I will be traveling to see my Grandson graduate from High School. This got me thinking about traveling and the choices that my Grandson will have to make in the not too distance future. This led me to the poem by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/...

As a confessional Lutheran, I take comments like these as both unchristian and focused on things Jesus would not support. These people do not speak for all Christians. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

As someone of Irish heritage, I have always loved William Butler Yeats. The poem The Second Comming, was written after WW1 during the time of the Spanish flu. It outlines Yeats felling that the world was changing and maybe not for the better. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/...

While it is difficult to pick a favorite among the wonderous works of Maya Angelou, I think this is my favorite. It speaks to the resistance that we must have to over come what we are facing. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/...

During this time of our representation being taken away from us, I think of this poem by Maya Angelou. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48989/...

Yet another example that our for-profit insurance-based health system is designed to impoverish us and then have us die downwind. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

Trump using the court system to game the system. He is a menace. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

While the theme of this poem is dark, the message is about resistance. If We Must Die by Claude McKay: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/...

Given the heinous SCOTUS and Virginia court rulings, I though this poem by Langston Hughes would be meaningful. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

I appreciate all of the beautiful images that many of you share here on Bluesky. For myself, I can share my love of poetry. Here is one from T.S. Eliot americanliterature.com/author/ts-el...

A note to any Republicans that may visit here. The actions that Trump did in Indiana, should give you pause and let you know that representing your constituency is not part of the Republican party. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-indi...

This article give Roberts too much credit. He simply did what his handlers told him to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

If the US government want to reduce the use of anti-depressants, they all need to quit and let real people govern. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

This could have been us without Trump and the oil oligarchs shutting down wind production. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/b...

At a time of massive increases in the cost of gas, Trump is shutting down wind farms. He is completely beholden to the oil oligarchs and could not care less about you or the extreme increase of costs we have to bear. He only cares about money and himself.

US troops in Germany, are about logistics. Being able to deploy and have a base of operations near the middle east and Russia. It is not about protecting Germany. Hegseth and Trump do not understand logistics and are making a terrible decision. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...

This is why H1-B visa are a scam and are used to lower programmer salaries and to keep American programmers from having jobs. These visas should be stopped. yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/...

Given Trumps fiasco in Iran and the resultant increase in oil prices, this seems like an entirely stupid thing to do. hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/04/...

The National Science Board was established by congress in 1950. How is that Trump can just shut it down? Nothing he does is legal and we do not seem to care. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

There is a push to have Social Security move up the retirement age. It is now 67. The next change wants to make it 70. This will devastate seniors as continued employment after 50, is difficult if not impossible. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

This is yet another reason why we must win the house in the midterms. When Democrats lead the house, they will have the power to issue subpoenas and Pam Bondi will have to come testify under oath or face contempt. www.msn.com/en-us/autos/...

If the government can automictically sign people up for the draft, they could provide free voter IDs to everyone who turns 18. This voter ID stuff is simply voter suppression dress up like voter integrity. It was and is always about suppression. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

There is no low that the Trump administration will not do. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

These antics by this sheriff have to be illegal. How is it that they are being tolerated? www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

All budgets are a moral document. They specify what priorities a group has. What is and is not important. This budget proposal is terrible and should never come to fruition.

Beyond the blatant hypocrisy and self serving nature of these remarks, is a hidden truth that this administration is doing this exact same stuff and just lies about it.

I what the US to move to universal healthcare paid for by taxes. Trump's plan to have us all buy our own insurance would increase our health care cost exorbitantly. Insurance at least pools risk and thus reduces costs. Buying insurance directly would cost a fortune. www.msn.com/en-us/health...

Republicans hate our representative republic. They will do anything to ensure they are the only ones to have power. We must vote out every Republican from every office at every opportunity. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

republicans would not vote to fund TSA and The Coast Guard. This lack of unding is now 100% on Republicans!https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/49-republicans-block-tsa-funding-as-trump-threatens-ice-deployment-at-airports/ar-AA1Z7VcS

Why does this man still have a committee seat after his betrayal? www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

We really have not heard a cogent response to why the war in Iran was started. Given that tech bros, have such a front and center role in the current administration, this might point to the real reason for the start of the war. As always, it is about profits. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/t...

The Democrats in the Senate have offered to fund all but ICE and reopen funding for all of the other agencies in DHS. This would include TSA, Coast Guard, intelligence and others. The Republicans said no. Do not allow Republicans to say we do not want to pay for TSA or the Coast Guard.

Almost a third of the ads I see especially on sports shows, are for prescription drugs. This by itself should show all of us that profit is the only thing that drives our healthcare system. I find these ads insulting. They presuppose that you go to your doctor and say:

So it it possible for at least a former government official to fly a domestic flight without any issues. Maybe Noem and Patel could do the same and save the tax payers money. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

I meant to say LibreOffice. That is the one that European countries are turning too.

This is how you know that the Democratic leadership has to change. Spanberger is indeed a centrist. that is the same ol' shit we have seen over and over. We need someone like AOC to have been the rebuttal person. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Imagine a world where artist received a small amount of money so that could live and continue to bless us all with their talents. The Irish do this. www.irishcentral.com/culture/irel...

Presidents are supposed to be the President for all Americans. Trump makes sure his is only President to Republicans. This is not normal nor acceptable. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

I'm betting that paycheck earning Americans are not seeing this kind of tax decrease. slashdot.org/story/26/02/...

Where are the Republicans screaming about how we are going to pay for this. The hypocrisy of Republican party is beyond understanding. We cannot have universal healthcare because it would cost too much. We cannot have universal childcare because it would cost to much. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

We still do not know the names of the ICE agents that shot Alex Pretti. Now they are opening a civil rights investigation. This is how the administration will try to blow sunshine up our butts. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

This is what Trump will do for the midterms. He will send out the FBI to take ballots. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

With this latest ICE shooting where an armed citizen that did not brandish his weapon , was first disarmed, piled upon by multiple ICEholes and then shot while he was pinned to the ground, I’m betting the NRA will say nothing. I never want to hear from any 2nd amendment person ever.

Chalk up another constitutional breech from ICE. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

This is who ICE is and what they do. They are racist and will pull out their guns for no reason. This is intolerable and ICE must not be funded and when possible, abolished. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

We need a constitutional amendment along these lines: "Money is not speech, it is property. Corporations are not people. Only people may contribute to political organizations and only to a limited amount." Unless we do that, we will continue to have the best government that money can buy.

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Noem has said that we should not mention Johnathon Ross's name. She says agents are doxed and their lives threaten. With that in mind, I will post his name every day. The ICEhole that shot and killed Renee Good is named Johnathon Ross. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

Here is my take on Trump canceling the midterm elections. It would be difficult for Trump to tell states to not hold elections. So I think they will happen. On the other hand, he could send in the ICEholes to go and take all of the ballots so they could not be counted.