The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

To be clear: LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government. The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency. This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

Sports gambling is a complete economic and social disaster and I don’t think we have seen such a bad move recently

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.” But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background. Don’t believe his lies for a second. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Put a banner on every closed rural hospital WE SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice. Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice. Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice. Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice. Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.

Intriguing theory, seems rather extreme. How is the president to do his own crimes if this is right

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Confirmed, the "Gaza peace deal" was the same deal offered to Netanyahu and the US repeatdly, but it was turned down by Israel because they wanted to gift Trump (Israeli asset) a perceived victory at the expense of the Israeli hostages and Gaza population.

The Trump-Vance Administration getting rid of biodefense personnel is, to state the blindingly obvious, a very bad choice.

How tall can you go?

Look it up

This is the most important politics story in a long time. Twitter has radicalized the young GOP into overt Nazism and white supremacy and the news has spent years pretending not to see. It’s a gleefully racist and antisemitic party now. Stop pretending otherwise www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Remember when Biden and Netanyahu made a ceasefire deal, and then Trump told Bibi to stall so he could use it for his campaign? And now both of these criminals left the hostages behind, fueled a genocide, and circled back to sign the same deal Biden made? Yep, me too.

Remember when the Biden admin refused to label the 3%ers, Aryan Bortherhood, Boogaloo Boys, Proud Boys and other terrorist groups, despite the fact that they were organized, clandestine, violent and well armed? Yeah…his restraint served us no damned good at all. NONE.

Glamorous garden visitor, the Black-Billed Magpie. This is one of a local family that nested nearby #birds

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

Again, in a supposedly mature democracy it should not be possible to shut down the entire legislative branch indefinitely on the whim of one man. I hope someone’s taking note of all the gaping holes in the constitution for fixing if the opportunity ever arises.

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

Tongue Out, and some impressive Whiskers! #cats #catsofbluesky #TongueOutTuesday #WhiskersWednesday

me casually pretending im not super excited to steal canada's buffleheads. #birds

He's got a worm in his brain

Things to do in the future: 1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague 2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again 3. At some point you’d imagine, brunch

George Stephanopolous did what every anchor and host should have been doing since Bush 2000: Rejecting the bullshit, gaslighting, and rude, evasive filibustering the GOP has perfected to hide their lies. NO MORE BULLSHIT.

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

The Executive is laying taxes without the consent of Congress. The Executive is spending money without the consent of Congress. Other than that, everything is totes normal.

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

Vaccines are safe and effective. Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support. When you want information, ask your doctor. It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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The fog made this photo quite soft, leading to a painterly quality, but I like its Fall vibes.

Happy Columbo’s Day

Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison. Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.

Americans Mystified Why Nonessential Federal Employee Still Has Job open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

#BirdoftheDay #Wings, and an early morning Snowy Egret takes to the air in Santa Barbara. #Birds 🪶 #Photography #EastCoastKin

Imagine being illegally deployed to Portland and not being able to go watch this because you live in shame and bird fans would run you out of their neighborhood. 📸 @devonfredericksen.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DPMtSdj...

A satisfying takedown of all things Bari, but I especially enjoyed the description of Skydance failson David Ellison as having "resting checking-into-the-White-Lotus face."

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants. Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.

And that's how you do it

This absolute stunner is a female Pink-necked Pigeon. Fairly common and so doesn’t get the attention that its beauty demands. Look at her eye.

We all realize that Melania is the Red Sparrow, right? Just imagine what intel Putin has his hands on…USA will never be trusted, again.

Definitely not ok to have a raving lunatic with no apparent connections to truth be the President of the United States. Unless you need a wild frontman while working to fuck shit up behind the scenes.

Trying to make light of it just shows how much it cut her.

We always foot the bill.

The classic oak-tree pose: Squirrel of the Day for October 12, 2025 #sqrlpix

Ouch