Two days ago, the president used his social media platform to endorse this "phenomenal candidate" and to urge "all America First Patriots" in the district to get out and vote for her. Today, he says he doesn't know anything about it and had nothing to do with it. He's lying or demented or both.

Let's have a musical interlude to our Sunday afternoon, friends. It's a very catchy, and wonderful song. #Sunday #SheShed #FuckICE

Follow me on this: Subscription and membership are not the same thing. Subscribers buy a product. Members join a cause. The distinction matters because around the world readers are being asked to pay more of the costs for quality journalism. 23/

But — and here comes my distinction — if journalists let an ideology distort their reporting so as not to injure a cause they manifestly believe in, then their work has been unduly politicized. Journalism is political. It should not be politicized. 14/ pressthink.org/2020/05/you-...

Jay's third key distinction: truth-seeking vs. refuge-seeking behavior in journalism. Truth-seeking needs no definition. It is finding out what actually happened— and telling us. Refuge-seeking involves telling the story in a way that protects against anticipated attacks... 10/

Media, journalism, and the press are not interchangeable terms. Yet they are bound up with one another. Media is the attention industry Journalism is a social practice The press is a key institution in a democracy Put it all together: Journalists who work in the media carry forward "the press." 9/

Most journalists are employees of the media, and thus part of the attention business. This creates endless problems and compromises, which I read and hear about nonstop. The press — to my way of thinking — is the institution that endures over time as journalists come in and out of it. 8/

Audience vs. public, cont. When people share common problems but don't realize it, they are an "inchoate" public. (John Dewey.) One reason the presidential debates used to be such a big deal is that they are one of the few occasions when the audience is the public and vice versa. 6/

I implemented a nutritional software program for both the state of Texas as well as Florida for the agriculture departments. In 2019 when Trump cut all the funding, that’s what I knew. It was gonna be hell here. Cause who cuts all the funding for children and their nutrition.

this is who runs this account.

the press is complicit and has great responsibility in what's going on. The media helped create this thing is happening now

BOISE: yesterday, around 650 people rode in unity across downtown Boise to honor the life and memory of another rider, Alex Pretti, who was murdered by agents of the federal government in Minneapolis last weekend. A picture sent to us:

This gives me a tiny bit of hope for Idaho.

Not sure if anyone knows what the current debacle is in McCall. You’ll never guess. It’s been going on since the end of December. We can’t get Amazon orders delivered up here. It’s been a mess. Community posts with speculation because of course no one can reach an actual human at Amazon. 🤷🏽‍♀️

"Do you want the newspaper to add 'and that's illegal and bad' to every article about Trump?" Yeah man. I do want that.

This is the way. They can either take it with them or have it launched at them.

It’s now Black History Month so the provocations are going to skyrocket exponentially. Hold the line.

That’s assuming the press corps he chose has an ounce of integrity. (they don’t)

The thing is… and i hope i don’t sound crazy… You can’t practice values you don’t have

Thirty point swing to Democrats deep in the heart of Texas.

UTAH auto body shop owner: “You guys broke the fucking window to get in here! Where is your warrant??” Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔 Rights are gone under this regime. (From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)

A view of the rolling Alex Pretti memorial #Portland #ICEOut

This cycle protest is massive #Portland

😭 things are challenging right now.

yes, people DID vote for this. and yes, they are enjoying it. please do not forget that the right wing still exists and they want MORE of what is going on.

#Idaho #ICE

I would just like to point out that trans people are not the cause of any of this

6% on Rotten Tomatoes is the same as the participation trophy you get taking the SAT when you get 200 points for getting your name right.

Damnnnnn

Last day of January & 44° outside with blue skies! 50°+ forecast hi next WK. Remnants of snow in shadows only. Sitting on back deck, shirt sleeves, watching Townsend's Solitaires, Am Robins, BC Chickadees, Am Goldfinches & House Finches. N Rockies along Snake River. Warmest winter in 85 yrs.

I have a couple of hours of time alone. *unless parents need me* @wonderingwanker.bsky.social took 14 and her bff to swim. super grateful for the quiet time. I even put my earbuds in with noise canceling mode on. stress makes my sensory stuff worse. noise cancelation is my best friend right now.

NEW: A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father RELEASED from the Dilley detention center. www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...

Racism is violence. Figure that shit out before you get on your pulpit and talk about how violence against a person because of their political views is bad. Racism is political. It always has been.

Here's a bill tracker. It's mostly blank right now as it was just introduced January 30. As well as barring law enforcement facial coverings in most cases, it establishes "penalties for violations". fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/...

Here’s the deal, white people, don’t ever ever EVER ever come at me (or any other brown or black person) saying “not all white people” when discussing racism. Keep that shit tucked in no matter how tempting it may be to let it out of your face. Don’t. Be better.

Only one use for pedophiles.

I’d start digging into John casablancas businesses. Follow the money. Talk to his living wives and family members. No one should be excluded from discussions. I remember how creepy that business was. I remember someone trying to get me involved when I was a teen. That was in Montana, of all places.

Confederate statues. Plantation museums. Military installations honoring enemies of the USA. Planned Trump memorials. Racist white people just can’t let go.

Our leaders should take a university level civics and ethics course, and be banned from politics if they fail either.

Judge Menendez denies TRO in MN v Noem. MN had asked for extraordinary relief under 10th Am--the pausing of Operation Metro Surge and reduction of DHS agents to levels that stood on 11/30. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I keep thinking about the cruises they went on. I wonder how many girls died on those cruises (tossed overboard), and I wonder how many girls died and were buried on that island.

In the face of the reality of murders that the right has committed at places like Mother Emmanuel and the Tree of Life Synagogue. We protest with words. They protest with weapons and murder. Hate-driven, racist, antisemitic, murder.

He compounds it by ramping up the hyperbolic references to violence. The age old myth of rampaging black men coming to kill us all in our beds by insisting that Don Lemon and the protesters were "ransacking" the church. This racist shit hasn't been ok for 400+ years.

Dear white people, Because of history, brown and black people never take this kind of thing as a joke. Do fucking better.

5/5 even refer to white people as white people without someone having an issue. "Why do you make everything about race?" Think about hearing that when this shit happens still. THINK. Is that OK with you?

3/ human body parts for "souvenirs" like you're buying a tchatcke from a tourist store. Or adding a photo to your family photo album. theconversation.com/one-familys-...