For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from: -Epstein files -His deadly deportation agenda -Losing on tariffs at SCOTUS -Tanking polls -His devastating (and unpopular) budget bill -Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism When he's cornered, he lashes out. Be warned.

Trump’s bombing of Iran is reckless and a direct threat to American and Iranian lives. Launching military strikes without congressional authorization or evidence of an imminent threat is not strength. It is an abuse of power. Tell your Members of Congress to put an immediate stop to this war.

There is always a tweet.

The president is treating our country & constitution like the victims in the Epstein Files.

Wow.

Via PBS News Hour, Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, today endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. "Your sucess is our sucess," Rubio said. Orbán, of course, has been the model for controlling the news media as a way to stay in power. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

I’m learning I know a lot more racists than I had thought.

they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.

they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

Waiting on a statement from FIFA.

Hey, I’ve been gone a while. Sounds like the @fifaworldcup26.bsky.social Peace Prize winner has started another war. Maybe he thought it was about the price of peas? He is all about lowering grocery prices after all. Bombing the hell out of those peas.

Letter: Sullivan did the president’s bidding instead of standing up for Alaskans - Anchorage Daily News

B#stards 😡

What’s on my plate today? Dealing w/the local sheriff regarding the unwell man threatening my parents in another state. Finding the mail we put on hold that has never been delivered. Navigating a contract that I know is screwing me over. Kidney infection. Vetch eradication. Laundry. First: coffee.

This is fucking insane. Closing these NOAA labs would obliterate our ability to observe, understand, and forecast the Earth System, from weather systems tomorrow to sea levels 50 years from now.

His speech at Fort Bragg today should send shivers down the spines of every patriotic American. Gearing up to use the military against American citizens in cities everywhere.I cannot believe how fast the fascism is coming.

The end of the nonpartisan military ethic was when commanders felt compelled to ask soldiers to self-report dissent rather than remind them to act professionally as befitting a visit by POTUS

Where is Senator Dan Sullivan on this, a retired Marine Colonel and Judge Advocate? What is the Marines mission Dan Sullivan? #akgov

"It gets somewhat lost in all the other high octane dimensions of this story that a raid on a Home Depot is literally an effort to arrest people who are eager to work and whose labor is in great demand. It’s about as far as you can get from just going after the bad guys, as the WH routinely claims."

If you know someone who doesn’t understand this, make them understand.

This hits hard.

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I am so fucking tired of the hypocrisy of the Republican party.

Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?

I’m starting to wonder why the fuck we have a Congress.

From the voices of Fairbanks to the ears of the world. @50501alaska.bsky.social

Over 1000 in Fairbanks, Alaska!! #50501Alaska #50501 #

So I'll finish transcribing parts of this speech later but I wanted to talk about a couple things in it that makes it great.

Here's the Rick Steves speech from Edmonds WA today:

The parts of society being defunded - arts, culture, history, science, education, nature, etc. - are what make us more than consumers, and into community. They need protecting, they are keys to remembering who we are.

OK, let’s see the best signs that you saw today.

Well-written News-Miner article about today's protest in Fairbanks with 1000 in attendance! www.newsminer.com/news/local_n...

M A G A #TraitorTrump #fElon47

thinking about the amount of context necessary to explain to someone from 2010 what people are protesting with signs reading "cheap eggs not measles" or "tax the rich, not the penguins"

Oh Fairbanks, thank you! Today was a good day to remind ourselves we are a part of a strong community. I was proud to be on the sidewalk with you, sharing our love & concern for our country. #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Protests #Indivisible #HandsOff2025 #April5 #Fairbanks #Alaska #AlaskaSky

A crowd of demonstrators marched through downtown Anchorage on Saturday, carrying signs and rallying against actions taken by President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk to reshape the federal government. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

One of my favorite things I saw at the Hands Off protest in San Francisco today

In Fairbanks, Alaska, I estimate more than 700 people showed up to protest against Trump and Musk and to tell them to keep their #HandsOff - our schools, our Medicare, our Medicaid, our Social Security, our Parks, our jobs, our PBS. I’ll run out of space to list their offenses.

Fairbanks, Alaska showed up big time!

Thousands of people showed up in Anchorage, Alaska.

New York Fucking City. A full mile of people filled to the brim. Fascism is going to lose.

Massive turnout at today's #HandsOff! rally against Musk and Trump in St. Paul, Minnesota 🔥🔥🔥

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

NEW: Incredible scenes in Washington DC now. Tens of thousands on the National Mall for the #HandsOff protest against Trump & Musk. There must be over a million people protesting across every US state today. #FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff2025 (🎥 Alejandro Alvarez)

people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.

As long as I live, I will never understand why they would rather elect a singularly worthless white rapist as president than an exceptionally impressive black woman.

DOD is apparently ending military education for Army personnel

Heard Island and McDonald Islands have seen a dramatic warming since 1940. The penguins there have enough to deal with even without the 10% tariffs just imposed on them.