I ❤️ librarians. #BookSky

Talarico: Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't sell their soul to the highest bidder. Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves. So I welcome this debate. I don't think Paxton or Cruz are in a position to tell anyone what a real man is.

Today, the New York Times joined Trump's attacks on California voting. I wrote in defense of California for Democracy Docket members. DD is sharing it more widely because it is now too important to keep behind a paywall. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/cali...

BLUMENTHAL: Was the Capitol attacked on J6? TRAYNOR: The actions on January 6 were deeply troubling to watch, but I'm not going to characterize it B: You are perpetuating a lie. I don't know how you can continue as a district court judge, let alone serve on court of appeals. Frankly it's shameful.

Good, need the voices of actual medical professionals over uneducated influencers.

Democrats need to start asking these nominees the following four questions: 1. Who won the 2000 presidential election? 2. Who won the 2004 presidential election? 3. Who won the 2016 presidential election? 4. Who won the 2024 presidential election?

It's not just daytime solar anymore. Solar around the clock (stored in batteries for later dispatch) is now on par with gas power on a per unit basis. Chris Wright can't even blame variability or grandstand about the wind dying or sun setting anymore. Solar is cheapest almost any way you measure it.

There are four key TV archives in the US: ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN. This is the footage filmmakers use to tell our history. If Paramount buys Warner Brothers, two of those archives - including 45 years of CNN footage- will be controlled by one company and likely one person, Bari Weiss.

This is amazing news, and I hope the brain worm healthcare lunatic won’t squash this advancement in medicine. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

ACTION ITEM Public Comment Period Proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle National Park Service is accepting public comments on this project until June 15, 11:59PM MT. Learn more below and on ▶️ nps.gov This is a NEW comment period for separate government entity savingplaces.org/monumental-a...

Did you know former Capitol police officer and candidate for Congress @libradunn1.bsky.social and I have a podcast, and that it's free to listen and subscribe? New episode is out today: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

DOJ tells states they can purge voters right before elections. Everyone should keep checking their voter registration information and make sure they are still registered to vote www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I toured the Los Angeles election office two years ago. It is impressive, but what is particularly galling about Trumo’s vote fraud claims is that they made special viewing areas just so anyone (including the campaigns and parties) can observe the full ballot counting process

Wait. For. It. NASA animation shows Global temps warm slowly at first, then rapidly. Warming is accelerating! Here’s the truth. It’s real. It’s us. And we have to come to terms with it, and deal with reality, rather than deceiving ourselves, and hoping it goes away. It won’t… without intervention.

As a World Cup host, the U.S. shouldn't be flippantly barring officials from entering the country to do their jobs. It's terribly backward. It's also counterproductive. Global sports competitions should improve international exchange and relations, not the reverse.

“Brad Paisley, a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer and songwriter, urged his followers to sign a petition to stop the construction of a 69,000-square-foot data center that would be 50 yards from the Nashville Zoo, which he called “an absolute nightmare scenario”

DOJ "has canceled election-integrity training sessions for prosecutors and FBI agents, deleted a 281-page guide to prosecuting election offenses, fired most of the lawyers in its Public Integrity Section and failed to replace the director of its Election Crimes Branch." www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Please listen and share this statement #theswamp #DOJ

Make it make sense… Trump says he needs a $200 million ballroom, bulletproof glass, and a security fortress to keep him safe at the White House. Then he hops on a plane and heads to a packed Knicks game in New York.

I just find it especially frustrating to see vote cheating accusations from people who just publicly gerrymandered all their controlled states to oblivion.

A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.

BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico: “I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.  That’s why I'm supporting you.”

"The Court’s behavior in the Louisiana and Alabama cases over the past six weeks can’t be reconciled with or explained by any coherent understanding of what Purcell supposedly stands for. ... The overall pattern reveals justices behaving in a way that has no obvious explanation other than politics."

@fightforthefuture.org #InternetArchive #SaveTheArchive #Journalism #MediaTransparency #WaybackMachine

Every reporter who interviews him moving forward should just keep telling him, “but there’s no evidence of that…” so we can watch him implode on national television again lol

my favorite part of the “democrats steal elections!” narrative is how we very cleverly lost the white house and the house and the senate

I WOULD LOSE MY MIND OVER THIS Data centers promise jobs. Then the neighbors get headaches, sleepless nights, and a lawyer. More than 1,300 households are suing over the noise. Politicians approve data centers and leave residents holding the bill and the after effects.

If you have sometime this weekend, watch my latest explainer on what the Supreme Court is doing to democracy and voting rights and what to watch for this month as the biggest, most important opinions get released. Then share it with a friend. youtu.be/Ym6UDFfazMs?...

Susan Rice absolutely schools Bill Maher on Iran.

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

USPS’ plan to only send mail-in ballots to voters registered with the federal government violates a court-enforced settlement from 2021, a new motion argues. The NAACP is asking a federal court to block USPS from implementing the rule, which could result in eligible voters being denied ballots.

California just held an election w/paper ballots, signature verification, audits, bipartisan oversight & public vote counting procedures. You don’t get to yell “fraud” every time voters make a choice you don’t like. Take the whiny little b*tch act somewhere else. We’re not buying it in this state!

Fernando Arrigorriaga wildlife photographer Royal Flycatcher

From “God” on bsky. If you have not followed them already you should.

Scott Pelley gave an impassioned speech a year ago that’s worth watching today. Kudos to him and other 60 Minutes correspondents and staff for defending the media and our democracy.

Care work is often treated as somehow less "real" than making tangible goods. Nonsense. It's physically demanding, emotionally demanding, and often highly skilled. That's real work, mate.⁣ ⁣ Check out the full analysis here: https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/the-pink-collar-economy-is-here⁣

NEWS: Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a law requiring Virginia education officials to review how January 6 is taught in schools—pushing back against efforts to rewrite history and whitewash the attack on our democracy. Read more:

The past was erased, the erasure won’t be forgotten, the Big Lie won’t become the truth. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Just in case you were wondering, our Bicentennial Celebration in 1976 was held in multiple venues, and the artists included: The Eagles Fleetwood Mac Loggins & Messina (Their final performance before splitting up) Dan Fogelberg Elton John The Beach Boys America Elvis Presley Bruce Springsteen 1/2

BREAKING: Judge Amit Mehta says Jeanine Pirro's "Because I said so" reason is NOT sufficient for him to rule on whether to dismiss the charges against the Oath Keepers. Pirro has until June 5th to provide a satisfactory reason. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

I love how they're just little dudes walking to their destinations

Deborah Sandidge Photography "A dedicated pair of Roseate Spoonbills watch over the nest, taking good care of the chicks. They spend time reinforcing the nest together. Each branch placement ensures the chicks stay safe, a process they continue as they grow up in their wetlands home."

i genuinely hate how internet culture has become so normalized and widespread. i do not want a white house deputy chief of staff saying "it's white boy november" or a secretary of state tweeting that he's "locked in for this banger." grow up.

I would have thought federal agents tear gassing a sitting US Senator (from the tristate area!) would have made the front page news, but what do I know… @nytimes.com

1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix. Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection. They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵

What's going on with Jeanine Pirro's bid to vacate the sedition charges against the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys? I explain: youtu.be/kFSrG6adMTo?...