Proud of my former colleague!

If you watched and haven't read this, you really should. If you didn't watch because you can't stand the sound of his voice, you should read this, too. Then we can all stop watching @cbsnews.com until they put journalists back in charge.

Plenary power means they can do whatever they want to whomever they want. That is their ultimate goal. Beware.

An important reminder in These Times. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"

The admin rebuffed requests to confirm the men’s names or provide information about the allegations it had made against them. Meanwhile, the deportees were held without access to lawyers or the ability to speak to their families. Then, 12 days ago, they were returned to Venezuela in a prisoner swap.

LOL

JFC. A Republican member of the South Carolina House who prosecutors say used the screen name “joebidennnn69” has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children. apnews.com/article/sex-...

In Athens, a cinema keeps the tradition of hand-painted film posters alive

Time to impeach. This is unAmerican.

A US Senator. Donald Trump’s America.

📌We are in the most precarious moment in our nation’s history since the beginning of the Civil War. Anybody who is not reporting it this way is dangerous, completely out of their depth, and should not be taken seriously. 📌As the retired managing editor of Stars & Stripes I urge you to share this.

I think this applies to a lot of people right now.

The Death of Empathy in American Governance open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Velvet-purple Coronet, one of my favorite hummers at @montezumalodge.bsky.social #Colombia #birds #hummingbirds #nature

Mahatma Gandhi, the 7 things that will destroy us: "Politics w/o principle; Pleasure w/o conscience; Wealth w/o work; Knowledge w/o character; Business w/o morality; Science w/o humanity; & Worship w/o sacrifice." That dark result sounds a lot like Trumpism, to me.

Just saying for no particular reason 💙

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

Rip Chief Pontiac, Odawa leader, died this day 1769. "They came with a Bible and their religion, stole our land, and crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved."

Wake up, America!

This is awful. No one should be treated like this. No one.

Tariffs: Because nothing says "economic strategy" like making sure we all collectively go broke together. 🤝💰🚫

Sabotaging the country which is in the interests of America's enemies

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

“The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.” Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536), Christian humanist, satirist, and philosopher

"No shells? We’ll take up rifles. No rifles? We’ll grab shovels.” apnews.com/article/ukra...

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

Steve Bannon, former Trump adviser, appears to make Nazi gesture at CPAC

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!