Tonight's soup. Leeks, carrots, corn, and yellow bells in butter. Added chicken stock, potatoes, herbs and spices. Last in was baked steelhead trout and heavy cream. Don't have a name for it, but it's like a modified seafood chowder. #soupmaker #soup

@raskin.house.gov: "This is a coup, which is a seizure of state power by unelected actors... In addition to everything that Trump is doing to dismantle every part of gov’t that doesn't profit him personally, we have this additional problem of Elon Musk trying to consolidate state power under him."

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

Today's soup: a creamy, delicious clam chowder. #soupmaker

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The same people wailing about DEI literally can’t spell their own job title.

TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky #StateMediaCensorship

Im going for at least one book a week. How about you?

Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!! This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

I had knockwurst with sauerkraut, German potato salad, and sourdough toast for lunch. Seemed appropriate. #lightattheendofthetunnel

Today's soup is a simple ham and potato 🥔 We like it extra soupy for all the cheese, sour cream, and crusty sourdough. #soupmaker

Terrifying

Breakfast table. What are you setting on your table today?

Sometimes you use a pen that turns out to write way better than you thought it would and oh man that’s the good stuff

Well here's a huge part of the problem.

All of these nomination hearings in a nutshell: Congress: “Will you break the law if the President tells you to?” Nominee: “That’s for me to know and you to find out.”

The most sickening thing I've seen all week. And this has been a fucked up week.

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care. But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix. The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.

Trump says he won’t hire “people who worked with, or are endorsed by” a list of 11 people. 6 of the 11 are people he hired.

Duckworth: How many nations are in ASEAN? Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN

I’m not even remotely worried about a trans woman being in my bathroom, but I’m fucking sick with worry about a serial sexual abuser being in my White House.

Jeffries: It is unconscionable that Republicans are suggesting imposing right wing partisan conditions in order for California taxpayers to receive their tax dollars. California is one of those states that sends about five times as much to the federal government every year than they get back

"At key moments throughout US history, white male anger has been privileged over national security, progress or basic welfare" -- Carole Anderson Time to re-up this article after the disturbing subservience of the GOP in Hegseth's confirmation hearing today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our mountain, melting. What things are you allowing to melt from your life this year?