His name was Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old originally from Colombia. He had a wife, a young daughter, and family that loved him. He had the legal authority to be here and to work here. ICE murdered him after he left for work that morning. #ProudBlue #ICEshooting #Maine

Joan Guerrero. Murdered in Maine.

To Democrats and their eulogies: If you say that democracy is under attack by the Republican Party—and it is—and you say that the Republican Party represents an authoritarian threat—and it does—then civility and comity have already been murdered, and shows of comity are utterly incoherent.

I won’t be the hypocrite who loathes a man for how he lived, then utters banal proprieties upon his death. If death confers sudden personal merit & moral worth, I haven’t noticed. When an unprincipled man dies, should we pretend to weep & sing false praises? Better to let silence be his eulogy.

Lindsay Graham… died from a shattered moral compass. He was a smart man, but insecure, weak, small, cowardly.

More. Of. This.

I was skeptical of the motivations of Platner’s accusers a while back. I apologize.

What’s in the poo… State secrets?

The world loathesTrump. He burdened the USMNT with his stench, & alternately, infused the Belgian team with inspiration & fire.

Disgusting that Trump got a red card pulled. Fairly given or not, the ref’s call should stand. Bad calls are part of the game. No other team gets to have a call changed by their country’s leader. It’s cheating.

Our times in a picture:

I’ll celebrate when he’s DEAD.

“…sack of worms & dead meat..” Jan. 6 insurrectionists rubbing feces on the Capital walls is the perfect metaphor of Trump’s impact on our nation’s treasures.

This 4th of July, a reminder that we have much work to do to make this country great for everyone. Resist.

I can’t celebrate. I’m heartbroken. I’m grieving the loss of our nation. I’ll save my celebration for the hour that we are thoroughly rid of him, his corrupt cabinet, & incompetent appointed officials.

Not wrong.

Ah, Elon.. your contribution to the planet.

Darializa Chevalier could prove to be an albatross around dem candidates’ necks. Her now-deleted tweets about no borders, no prisons, defunding police, etc. are rich fodder for republicans.

From Aubrey Huff, former Giants player (NY Post):

Cargo shorts equivalent back in the day.

SF Giants players referencing a Bible verse on their Pride caps to slam those they were intended to lift up - hiding bigotry behind false Christianity - using their professed faith as a cudgel to beat down their fellow humans. Routine abuse of faith is why so many have lost respect for religion.

Yup.

The uneducable & the ignorant used to be largely isolated from the nation’s power currents. Social media gave them a community, empowered & emboldened them, far exceeding their intellectual capacity. Hence, MAGA’s ascendancy & our nation’s decline. (imo)

American Slob in full..

There’s a fussy lushness to this portrait that might be off-putting at first, but the more I immerse myself in it, the more absorbing are its details. More relaxed & organic than most solemn, detached portraits - this one seems to invite the observer to join them.

Our corrupt, insane president & admin. notwithstanding, the stories of FIFA fans from abroad enjoying the people & places of our country give me some hope that we can be redeemed. To be fair, tho, these fans seem always white & male..& no gays, trans, or Muslims in the punch-bowl of delights.

Yes, it was her mother. She’s otherwise giving off nuclear engineer vibes.

Yet, we glorify & envy the super-rich, admiring how they used & abused the system to amass obscene wealth.

Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation

“Prez Bundleshorts” 🙌🙌🙌🙌

My bet is JD Vance can’t wait for Trump to die or be weakened beyond recovery.

I’m just immature enough to buy a ticket for that!

Katie Phang is 🔥.

Consequences.

Cheers, @11tulips.bsky.social !!

Some newly acquired respect for Kristen Welker, whom I’d considered unequal to the task.

Bari Weiss not beating the bootlicking propagandist allegations here:

Don’t know where I land on Platner. I know the opposition is pouring buckets of $$ into digging up or manufacturing scandal. & dems recoil at repub. accusations of hypocrisy if our candidates aren’t holy enough. I know if I ran for office, oppo research would have a field day w/a few skeletons.

In honor of the true heroes on this Memorial Day, I fixed it. #DonaldTrump #MemorialDay

1/ I don’t think America is a good country. Health care for the lucky only Guns for everyone Corrupt leadership in congress Corrupt & deranged president Greedy billionaires Undereducated masses Racism & bigotry seethe Misogyny pervades FOX news corrupts 24/7 Evangelicals poison minds

MS NOW commentary: “DNC autopsy fails to mention Gaza, Biden’s age.” More importantly.. fails to mention the animus toward a woman, & a woman of color. That’s the issue to be noted. Much latent misogyny & racism still permeates our nation.

The gardenias are profuse rn..

www.maptap.gg May 16 Milan’s in Italy - I should get full credit! 95🏆 95🏆 95🏆 75🤗 86😁 Final score: 863

Rubio gave the Holy Father a small crystal football with the seal of the state department inside. Tchotchke from the back of his nightstand drawer, most likely. Or regifted party favor from Mar-a-Lago. Altogether gauche.

I was strongly opposed to expanding SCOTUS. No longer. I think we have to break glass - it’s an emergency.

“What a very sad shadow we, an eternally hopeful groundhog of democracy, keep throwing.” (Such an apt image!)