The murder of Charlie Kirk exposes the lie at the core of the American story. It’s time to stop saying “this is not who we are” and admit this is who we always were.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson brings 🔥: “Nowhere in the history of the world, where marginalized people sat silent & idle were they able to achieve justice & liberation. We have a unified front in Chicago. We're rejecting the occupation by the military. We’re fighting for our democracy."

I saw a tweet that said Donald Trump is who the Bible and Founding Fathers warned us about and I can’t get it out of my head.

"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

Henry has a message for wannabe dictator DJT. #dogsofbluesky

🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”

Perhaps the cutest photo ever. #dogsofbluesky

A totally normal reaction to meeting with JD Vance.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."-Martin Luther King Jr.

"The best time to impeach the president of the United States was January 20. The second best time is now." —ancient Chinese proverb

"If you torture one animal, you’re arrested and considered a psychopath. But if you abuse millions of animals in a systematic, industrial process, you’re hailed for your business acumen." Nicholas Kristof is 100% (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...

This video had me in tears. I was so relieved to see folks speaking up for this young father who was separated from his beautiful wife & kids, swept up by ICE thugs & shipped to a torture hellhole in El Salvador for nearly a month because of a "mistake" by the Trump admin they refused to rectify.

Cory Booker. 👇👇👇

"If America hasn't broken your heart you don't love her enough." Cory Booker

"The fringe went mainstream, and then became the U.S. government." Rachel Louise Snyder NYT

The Atlantic has now published the Signal texts with attack plans in response to administration denials. I worked at the Pentagon. If information like this is not classified, nothing is. If Hegseth is claiming he declassified this information, he should be shown the door for having done so.

How can we sleep while our beds are burning? That lyric just keeps floating through my mind.

Our DUI hire strikes again.

Something to think about

I'm in the US for the first time since the election, Seattle seems eerily normal.

The touchstone of most authoritarian regimes is not the kind of total control that most people feel in their day-to-day lives. It is that the regime is only selectively bound by law, producing constant low-grade anxiety as to whether, how, or against whom power will be exercised.

The financial headlines are brutal right now. It’s almost like the experts are shocked that a six-times bankrupt reality TV show host was elected president and is running the United States economy straight into a ditch.

"For him to go and shake his pimp cane at President Trump was absolutely abhorrent." Rep Boebert. Obviously she 1. Is racist, 2. Is ableist, 3. Is intimately familiar with pimp accoutrement, and 4. Didn't write this herself because I doubt her GED level vocabulary includes the word "abhorrent."

Happy 1st birthday dear Henry! We're so lucky to have you as a distraction from everything going on in the world these days. #dogsofbluesky

House Republicans have censured Al Green for heckling. He should have stuck to behavior the GOP approves of in the Capitol, like beating up police officers and shitting on desks

Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped. American voters:

While I am happy not to have to wait 7 weeks to borrow a copy of Octavia Butler's audiobook "Parable of the Sower" from the Seattle Public Library, it makes me a little worried that it is because they recently purchased 278 additional copies. 🤔

A brilliant Banksy.

I'm all in on not spending money today, but I feel like one publicized day could be sabotaged by MAGAts spending more than normal. We need to make not shopping Amazon, etc a way of life.

The French revolution is starting to feel more relatable to me these days.

Henry had a great visit with his mom and sister today, I wonder what Zoé thinks she looks like. #dogsofbluesky

“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and NOT FOR PROFIT, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men…” Thomas Paine - Common Sense - 1776

Donald Trump is urging a foreign government to relax restrictions on Andrew Tate, a right-wing influencer charged with human trafficking and rape.

It's been 100 days since I ordered from Amazon. I feel like I should start a support group.

Now Visa is supporting X's financial platform. It's becoming very difficult to extricate oneself, but I will keep trying.

OMG! I'm never going to unhear this diss of Elon Musk. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.