Supreme Court, Inc., votes 6-3 (of course) to allow Texas to use new gerrymandered maps that disenfranchise millions of Democrats and (especially) people of color. Now just watch as they strike down the voter-approved maps in California!!!

Much sadness at the deteriorating state of this nation … but, much also for which to be thankful. I include on that latter list the millions of fellow BlueSky travelers who refuse to be silent, to give in, or to give up. ❤️ 🇺🇸

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Perhaps I am just a tragic pessimist, but and I the only one who expects the Dems to cave, re-open government, and extract nothing in return (no ACA subsidy extension), simply because we can’t bear to see folks suffer? (Major GOP/MAGA advantage - they enjoy others’ suffering)

Supreme Court today says conversion therapy (i.e. torturing kids until they pretend they are not gay or trans) is A-Okay, and states may not ban the practice … the cruelty deepens

Same. #AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

In a speech today, Justice Alito actually said, with a straight face, “I am not suggesting that the decision (Obergefell) … should be overruled” when asked about Kim Davis’s pending appeal to SCOTUS (the clerk who defied the law & refused to issue licenses). There is ZERO doubt how Alito will vote.

The “guns don’t kill people” guns seem to be killing a lot of people: “CNN - The shooting in a small, idyllic waterfront community adds to the growing list of bars, restaurants, shopping centers, schools experiencing gun violence … 320 mass shootings in US so far this year, per Gun Violence Archive”

“Give Americans their health care back, and we’ll give you your budget extension.” How’s that for a direct, simple slogan for who caused the Oct 1 shutdown?

Appeals Court upholds district court decision to deny Lisa Cook’s immediate firing … Just Wait … 3 … 2 … 1 until our fabulous Chief “Justice” issues an emergency temporary order allowing her to be removed

wow

Thinking at the surf …

With the wannabe dictator’s announcement that Rudy Guiliana will get the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he is devaluing the award at least as much as he is the US Currency, America’s Health, our nation’s reputation around the world, and democracy itself (who’s next, Ashley Babbitt?)

Scary Early Halloween 🎃 👻 … a plaque in the Smithsonian reads: “There have been three pairs of father-son presidents. John Adams and his son, John Quincy, George H.W. Bush and son George W., and now the most greatest of all, Donald J. Trump and your current leader, Don, Jr.” (Vote - It matters!)

American troops are occupying American streets in the American capital on orders of the American president. Scared yet? (the canard that it’s “crime” is absurd - DC’s not in top 25 most violent cities per FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) … could it be that 85% of DC’s population is Black?)

Trump “listen?” What? The man is incapable of hearing anything other than the sadistic, demented voices within his own head.

Good-bye, CPB, killed by Donald Trump & GOP. Born when I was just seven, a mainstay in my life (Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, Ken Burns, NOVA, and so much more). I understand the whole point with MAGA is cruelty, but killing The Muppets just for teaching love and respect is particularly depraved.

Per recent announcements by UK 🇬🇧 France 🇫🇷 and Canada 🇨🇦, I feel compelled to announce that I recognize the Palestinian State. Maybe silly, but I know my own government never will, so let me take a stand instead. Let’s hope scores of other governments, and millions of ordinary folks, do the same.

Who says bipartisanship is dead?

Unlike Trump’s contrived DC flop, THIS is a real American celebration (West Seattle Summer Parade!!)

Take a sec and think about this headline … the US Dpt of “JUSTICE” is in court asking that ICE be allowed to arrest people - without … any … cause … whatsoever.

WHINE: “Stop calling us Nazis 😭” REPLY: “Then stop acting like them.”

Unlike MAGA, I do not wish harm and tragedy on other human beings, no matter how much I might disagree with them. However, I am human, and there is such a thing as Karma 😀

“Functioning Democracy: A system whereby people freely elect representatives to implement their society’s aspirations and protect their individual needs.” If our needs are depravation and suffering, and our aspirations cruelty and Billionaire bliss, then “Nailed It!”

The 18% want to see boxcars full of Brown people heading to concentration camps …

Exactly what ‘Murica voted for …

I recall that Quayle was humiliated for months for misspelling the word "potato." We now have a national disgrace that constantly declares his utter ineptitude. Restore America's Intelligence!

Because cruelty is erotic for these monsters. Because devaluing anyone not a hetero, white, christian man is part of their insecure nature … I’m sure they have a long list of slave-holding Confederate generals prepared for the replacement name.

Gotta love the teams that don’t cave … Go Seattle Kraken!!!

That would be awful. Don’t share this.

House GOP, desperate to raise $$ for its Billionaire tax giveaway, considered $20 tax on all vehicles. “NO!!!” its members screamed, that’s a “Car Tax.” So instead they approved a $250/yr tax on all EVs (cause, you know, Libs & the environment … sheesh)

Trump aft mtg Zelensky today: “There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently.” YA THINK?

2/2 What’s fueling this? Record blank sailings (scheduled cargo ships skipping planned stops due to low demand). 80 in April 2025 vs 51 during the worst month during COVID. Craig Fuller forecast is real: the collapse in port activity, and its ripple effects are about to slam the entire economy.

Container shipping volumes are plummeting. Starting in May, freight moving out of California’s ports—long a critical hub for U.S. imports—is expected to be nearly wiped out. 1/2

Trump and the Republican Party had no problem picking up the phone and asking Romania to return their dear friend and child rapist, Andrew Tate, but want us to believe they can’t do anything about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

The U.S. government said immigrants were “leeches.” But they’ve been quietly collecting their tax dollars for years. Now they’re using those records as a weapon. This country profits off cruelty.

BBC: “President Trump recognises ‘transition difficulty’ from tariffs as US markets drop again.” … the problem is not “transition difficulty,” the problem is the president’s ignorance of international trade, basic economics, and his psychotic need for attention.

To All Who Believe John Roberts has a shred of judicial integrity - he just blocked a lower court’s order that Trump’s regime retrieve the man they illegally deported “by administrative error” to a torture chamber in El Salvador … there is NO hope Roberts (or this Supreme Ct) will stand up

Can someone help me with understanding stock markets. Are the color red and lines pointing straight down (and down, and down) good things?

“In what appears to be the first full-scale workplace raid in Washington since President Donald Trump took office, immigration officials descended on a roofing company in Bellingham early Wednesday morning and arrested 37 people.”

Imagine if we took 15 points off each GOP Rep’s 2024 margin, like the two Dem special election candidates did in Fla yesterday. By my research, 43 MAGA reps won by under 15. So, if yesterday’s outrage holds, Dems go from 215-220 minority to 258-177 majority. Long way off, I know …