LARGER THAN LIFE. Rest easy Ted, you shaped the world. Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/b...

Same energy:

Now let me get this straight for my colonoscopy prep -- vodka is a clear liquid...right?!

Extra #Maddow this week to interview the excellent Julia Ainsley about her new book. The entire 54 minutes gives and excellent breakdown of Trump's incredibly horrible efforts to deport a million people in a year. #millerintheICCdocket open.spotify.com/episode/15jb...

Lordy, let’s hope there are recordings. Rest easy sir, you brought down the previous cancer on our democracy (inadvertently), we’re working on the current one. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

The editorial cartoonist's pen is one of the sharpest tools in journalism, whittling issues down to basics for satire or rage. I'm proud to say that my long-ago colleague, Milt Priggee, is unafraid to shock with a tough point of view.

"Right now, our industry is afraid of the wrong things. We’re afraid of offending power. We’re afraid of losing access. We’re afraid of another baseless lawsuit... "There is a fine line between being a team player and being an accomplice...” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

‘Crypto King’: MS NOW’s Steve Rattner Breaks Down How Trump Is Profiting Billions While in Office

Bots everywhere on Bluesky. Glad it is a sunny day. Hang out on the back porch where the flies are the only things to be bothered by

Bootlickers. Pathetic.

Nooooooooooooooooo! apnews.com/article/nipp...

My able assistants this morning - youtu.be/68PXK8kCpHc?...

No comment!!! #Iran #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

I’m such a stamp nerd and this excites me. store.usps.com/store/produc... #postcrossing

I've read this twice and still can't find the "creepy tracking device" (though all you have to do is follow him on Truth Social) and then I realized, it is the The Mirror www.themirror.com/news/politic...

this brings me great joy.

Here. Get away from it all. Guess Who Renoir Was In Love With In 'Luncheon Of The Boating Party' www.npr.org/2017/10/26/5...

20 - 25 years ago I was a smoker. Gave it up because my aging body, smoking, and running were starting to compete. I decided since I can't stop aging and I love to run, the smoking would have to go (I still miss it sometimes). The other day I was at a gas station and an old homeless guy...

How inept is our Secret Service and how gullible is the public?

Government of Deplorables — DHS wants to deport woman whose loved one died on Baltimore bridge www.npr.org/2026/04/23/n...

The Trump administration is inches from setting up cranes to hang people from as examples. We will look back on these days with deep regret. newrepublic.com/post/209500/...

Meanwhile on X:

that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Horrible nation kills humanitarians. Israel has become what it was formed to protect against. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Hey #Arkansas you voted this asshole in. Now it’s time to wonder, just where your birth certificate is and who decides what a legal citizen is. www.reddit.com/r/law/s/MhR2...

bbc.com/news/article... What are we doing?

apnews.com/article/body... video contradicts St. Louis police's earlier account in fatal shooting of 17-year-old Ugh

Remembering the brilliance of Bambaataa while not ignoring the deeply troubling acts. youtu.be/4VgLkk_drx4?...

GAME CHANGER: Montana just found the "exit ramp" to kill Citizens United. They aren't waiting for the Supreme Court—they’re going around them. 74% of voters are on board and corporate lawyers are PANICKING. This is how we win. 🏔️💸 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/army-secre...

When the books are written in the 2040 the name Amanda Ungaro is going to take a star role. It is burning down because of all the bad things they did to underage victims.

A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury. theintercept.com/2026/04/10/r...

The files revealed Jeffrey Epstein had backchannel access to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russia Sergey Lavrov through former Slovak Foreign Minister Miro Lajčák. 🧵

Chef's kiss - Iran Allows Ship Loaded With Epstein Files Through Strait of Hormuz open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Meanwhile on X:

Nice piece on @mollycrabapple.bsky.social new book. Well worth the read. For those lucky enough to be in DC on the 15th she’ll be at Bol Coop in Brookland. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

On a serious note — Pope Leo is asking you to call your Members of Congress Capitol switchboard ☎️ 202-224-3121

In the future, History will judge Donald Trump slightly less harshly than it will the enablers in the Republican party. I know people who voted for Trump. I know why the voted for him. This is going to take a generation, maybe more, to recover, if that is even possible.

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