As NPS drains the Reflecting Pool for repairs, thunderstorms and strong rains work to replenish the water.

Molly Shannon “Superstar” gets her Star ⭐️ on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!!

Art Nouveau door, Brussels Belgium, photographer unknown

A Better CaturDogDay….

Japanese fella trying Texas barbecue for the first time. #FoodTour #FifiWorldCup

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Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.

After all this time looking for it! #humor #math #foundontheinternet #nerdhumor

There were some ugly claims on X that Janeese was the candidate of white “transplants” while McDuffie was the choice of longtime Black residents. But it looks like McDuffie will only win ward 3 (wealthy, white) while Janeese will carry every other ward (including majority-Black wards 7 and 8).

It’s all too much. My system is overloading and I really can’t breathe. How are we supposed to continue like this?? The world deserves better than what is being forced upon us all by the powerful and morally corrupt… I’m so tired

A man dressed in all black scaled the Department of Justice building and tore down the Banner of Trump. 👍 #cdnpoli

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RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

A trillionaire isn’t a success story. it’s a policy failure.

Nearly 180,000 Black men served in the Union Army. Another 19,000 in the Navy. Black soldiers accounted for roughly 10% of Union military deaths. A large portion of each were formerly enslaved. I imagine they gave a damn about slavery.

Literally all the referees, including the American ones, should boycott. But nobody will because most people excuse racism unless it's happening to them personally.

Utagawa Yoshifuji's "Rabbit Sumo". 1868. Ota memorial Museum of Art

Trump's proposed $2 billion fund to compensate Jan. 6 rioters inadvertently demolished every argument against Black reparations, given 265 years of enslavement, Tuskegee, redlining, COINTELPRO, and mass incarceration dwarfing anything the Capitol feces-smearers endured.

Friday Night is "Trump Meme Night" ==========================

Governor Walz Is Correct.......

There is no word in the English language to adequately describe the anger and frustration and disbelief that Americans are feeling….

I have a huge backlog of games to get through spanning ten years and more , I have no problem not buying games from studios doing this and watching them rethink when their profits drop.

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

"Working class" in 2026 means a blue haired barista with they/them pronouns, a Asian immigrant nail technician, and an undocumented hotel cleaner. And we are going to keep having the same fights until we let the midcentury illustrator mirage of the white guy in plaid with the lunch pail go.

BREAKING: The Senate just passed a bill to add an additional $70 billion to ICE and Border Patrol’s already giant budget without any reforms. The House must hold the line and refuse to give ICE a blank check to violate our rights.

Staggering levels of corruption. They’re using every possible lever of power to enrich themselves and their friends and families. And the “party of fiscal responsibility” simply doesn’t care.

WHY DON’t STraiGht PeoPLe hAVe a MOntH

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This is what the “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” looks like. Unjust arrests, pointing guns at bystanders, and making threats that “there’s a whole surge coming.” DC communities don’t want more of this. We need this to end.

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There WAS a deal. A racist ripped it up. Billions of dollars and thousands of lives later, they get a worse deal. Even that isn’t signed yet. Trump is a terrible negotiator. And terrible president. And pedophile.

Here's my parenting tip: Stop making laws that hurt LGBTQ+ kids.

The DOJ dropped misdemeanor charges against anti-ICE protesters, admitting it used improper tactics to secure the indictment. Kat Abughazaleh, one protester and former Democratic congressional candidate, said the administration's attempts to silence them are "not going to work.”

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

A US-born woman born was confronted by sheriff deputies in Louisiana who were convinced her ID and social security card were fakes. They turned her over to ICE, who shackled her & took her an hour away. Even after a lawyer convinced ICE of the woman's citizenship the sheriff says they did no wrong

Be intentional about finding yourself a bit of joy. Detach. Do something fun, JUST BECAUSE ITS FUN. Give your nervous system some reprieve. This is the life you got , it’s up to you to figure out how to enjoy it.

I’ve really been enjoying The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins

Straight up milking the market

Total capitulation by the Trump administration. What a complete and utter humiliation!

We Deserve Better Than This….