Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis): 35cm (19in). This is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India to Indonesia. Wonderful photo of this species taken by Kelvin Leong in Singapore. #kingfisher #singapore

Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula): These magnificent 16cm (6in) finches feed their young insects during the breeding season, but the rest of the year they normally feed on seeds, fruit and buds. Fantastic photo taken by Kevin Duell in Wimborne, Dorset in the UK #bullfinch #bird #birds #wildlife

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🚨BREAKING: Two restrictive GOP-backed Arizona voting laws will remain blocked after a vote by a federal appeals court Monday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Pallone: Trump keeps saying, “Well, I don’t like the way solar panels look. I don’t like the way windmills look.” What the hell does that have to do with what we need to do in an energy crisis? The price of electricity keeps going up.

🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court Monday upheld President Donald Trump’s dismissal without cause of the last Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) despite nearly a century of court precedent protecting the official. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I guess Trump and RFK Jr weren’t happy with the studies that said sperm from older men significantly raises the risk of autism.

RELEASE THE HOMAN TAPES!!!

There’s also a transcript, if you don’t enjoy podcasts.

Trump can threaten, yell at, pressure, cajole Pam Bondi anytime he wants in private. And I’m sure he does all the time. All he has to do is pick up the phone. But the one yesterday he posted on social media. Why go public with it? Same as always - to put his mob on her.

Probably a coincidence that Hegseth puts out a new edict restricting Pentagon reporters from gathering military info and reporting it right as the Trump admin launches their campaign to start blowing up boats.

Cleta Mitchell thinks President Donald Trump may declare a national emergency to allow him to take control of national elections. Her comments will add to growing concern that Trump is plotting a way to use his power over the military and federal law enforcement to rig next year’s vote.

Jasmine Crockett is checking Republicans every day! This is the only energy I want to hear about!

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This is a must read

So unifying

Susan, I hope I look as good as you at 102!

www.startribune.com/live-farm-ai... Good morning everyone At 92, Willie Nelson At 84, Bob Dylan At 79, Neil Young THEY ALL ARE WOKE ! WOKE WOKE Farm Aid 40 helping people all over This year farms devasted by Trump's tariffs, ICE GESTAPO RAMPAGE, & skyrocketing prices May they learn

This is horrible.

This is an international crime intentionally committed now for the third time. We need a presidential crimes commission to investigate all of this when Democrats retake control of government.

Mike Johnson said this kind of rhetoric is highly inflammatory and incites people.

Trump’s border czar Tom Homan was reportedly caught on hidden camera accepting $50,000 in cash during an FBI sting…Trump’s DOJ shut the whole thing down. Tim Miller & Sarah Longwell take on the brazen corruption, the cover-up & MAGA-world's defense of the indefensible. youtube.com/watch?v=8S8e...

Good, but stop using the word "graft". It sounds wonky and technical. "Tom Homan took bribes. Pam Bondi and Kash Patel covered it up. Why? Are they also for sale to the highest bidder? Maybe even foreign governments?"

The Trump administration has shown zero integrity or respect for the rule of law. The American people deserve real answers and full transparency around the criminal investigation of Tom Homan.

Democrats now have a huge opening to go on the offensive. Between the RFK vaccine disaster, the Homan bribe, Trump's nakedly corrupt DM to Bondi, and Brendan Carr breaking the law, they should turn on the firehose. As should the press. Doomers will be blocked. TY for your attention to this matter.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Schiff: That claim was, I think, the most astounding: according to Kash Patel, the Epstein list has only one name on it — Jeffrey Epstein. We now have someone incompetent running the FBI.

This is the most corrupt and disgusting thing I think I’ve ever seen from a president. A blatantly impeachable offense. Republicans in Congress will say and do nothing.

So Trump gets DOJ to drop an obvious bribery case against Tom Homan, then fires the US Attorney who found insufficient evidence to prosecute Letitia James, then threatens to fire Pam Bondi and replace her with dunce Lindsey Halligan unless she immediately indicts his enemies.

Voting rights groups in North Carolina are asking a federal court to compel election-denying lawyer Cleta Mitchell to testify in their challenge to a voter suppression law they say was designed to keep young people from voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW VIDEO: I went on MSNBC to discuss Donald Trump's failed defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, and the broader pattern of Trump abusing the legal system to target opponents, including New York Attorney General Letitia James. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg09...

Obama on Charlie Kirk:

Mood: #cat #bluesky

“Goebbels and Hitler removed comedians from the airwaves… Really tragic… 3.5 more years of vengeance…”

But the good news is, RFK Jr is in charge of public health.

bsky.app/profile/reut... Podiatrist's Daughters: "The bone spur diagnosis that helped Donald Trump avoid the Vietnam draft was a FAVOR" www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Hegseth orders Pentagon reporters not to report any news about national defense unless it has been approved by Hegseth.

President Trump states he ordered a lethal strike on a vessel linked to a terrorist organization trafficking narcotics in international waters, resulting in the deaths of 3 narcoterrorists.

#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them. #DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it. #Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them. #PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it. #Resist #Felon47 #FuckICE @aclu.org

This will be called "evidence of consciousness of guilt" in subsequent criminal trials.

Really great conservation news! Thanks Missouri Dept of Conservation & Volunteers. 🧪🧪 krcgtv.com/news/local/a...

Vaccinations save lives and increase life-span. For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained, translating to 10.2 billion years of full health. The answer to whether vaccinations prevent deaths is written in stone- and in the data. 🧪 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Every day she sit in sun, hoping that her love will come #Frog #AustralianWildlife

We rescued one tube-nosed fruit bat, one little red flying fox juvenile, and three spectacled flying fox juveniles from barbed wire within two days! All have injuries on their wings and mouths 😢 #flyingfox #endangeredspecies #endangeredanimals #animal #cuteanimal #BatRescue #AustralianWildlife

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