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Read this. Especially Military and their families. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Maya Angelou Wisdom

I want to talk about what’s really at stake in this shutdown. It’s not just politics in Washington. It’s about whether millions of Americans can still afford health care.

Democracy is a spiritual practice.

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

On our trip to the Middle East, @merkley.senate.gov and I saw and heard firsthand how the Netanyahu government is engaged in a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza and America is complicit. Here are just a few takeaways:

Right now there's a clear and obvious relationship between social media and anti-social behavior, and we cannot go on like this.

James Talarico: I think the most revolutionary teaching in my religion is the teaching to love your enemy. We are called to love our opponents as much as we love ourselves. I see my opponents as children of God

If we are to deprive political violence of its power, we must reject anyone who commits or promotes it - and also reject any move to exploit it.

The Supreme Court just decided that it’s okay for ICE to profile people for the way they look or the language they speak. Arizona has been here before and we remember the damage it caused in our communities. This is unacceptable.

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RIP sir... a huge talent. "Graham Greene, a Canadian actor best known for his Oscar-nominated turn in the 1990 film “Dances with Wolves,” died on Monday in Toronto after a battle with long illness. He was 73."

I participated in the PCH protest today. It was estimated that about 50-60 people showed up. It was a very peaceful event, with lots of appreciative honks and waves.

A little evening cuteness ❤️ #podenco #dogsofbluesky

Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.

TACO Tuesday

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

Gandy (Gandalf, #podenco) is posing for tongue-out-Tuesday! ❤️ #dogsofbluesky

Gandalf says, "Who's been digging in the dirt...not me!!!" ##podenco #dogsofbluesky

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Gandalf ❤️ #dogsofbluesky #podenco

Today’s front page of The National, a Scottish newspaper.

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That's what changes, what worrying never will.

Good morning, kind souls.

Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

EVERYone has skills to bring to the resistance. 🧶 What’s yours?

The Monarch butterflies have been busy in my garden again!!! ❤️

Blooms in my garden!

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

Alligator Auschwitz Monte Mader @montemader.bsky.social

My White Sage flower stalks are very brown now, but full of seeds, and we often have visitors like this one to add the seeds to their diets ❤️

This isn't fiction. This is depraved cruelty being done in our name. It is our responsibility to stop it.

A good source to follow for reporting on the military vehicles swarming MacArthur Park today in Los Angeles.

Mayor Bass: This morning, it was frightening in Los Angeles to see tanks essentially rolling into MacArthur Park. It was an egregious show of force. I have no idea what their purpose was. I don’t even think they detained anyone. Los Angeles was peaceful before June 5. We need to go back to that.

Gandalf watching the sprinklers ❤️ #Podenco #dogsofbluesky