keep thinking of this @jumaane.bsky.social quote while seeing regular people line the streets of minneapolis to protect their neighbors.

We need floppy large brim ladies hats and umbrellas, along with whistles and bullhorns.

America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

The FIFA Peace prize used to mean something

“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.” - Ransom Riggs Go out and live your extraordinary life. Wishing each of you happiness, health, adventure, and wonder for 2026. And always be kind 🥂💜

Per Epstein Files: [REDACTED] And The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts

Wow -- when G-d made the male members of this Administration she must have saved a FORTUNE!

Next season: Rodgers Hammerstein & Trump's The Sound of Trump Music, in which Rolf is the hero. Gershwin & Trump's Porgy & Bess with an all white cast. Beckett's Waiting for Trump, in which Vladamir and Estragon heap absurdist praise upon the unseen one. Sondheim & Trump's Follies. OK, Trump's.

Yup. From a late 18th/early 19th century dictionary. “TRUMPERY, n. falsehood; empty talk” or in New England: “useless matter; things worn out and cast [a]side.”

If this sort of thing continues, ham sandwiches everywhere will begin to believe they can act with impunity.

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

So NATO must support a private company to deser

So yeah -- maybe best to wait for the next Democratic administration before jumping on one of these.

At first I was afraid, now I'm petrified

And the FIFA award for best lead actress in a musical goes to . . .

They're known as pacifascist--uh--good deed doers. And they've settled no more wars than you have. But they have one thing you haven't got: a medal. And so by the power vested in me by three soccer fans, FIFA and something something E Pluribus Unum, I now present you with this medal for...

Do you think if we could see under the bandage that's an actual image of his hand? Possibly holding up -- let's say RFK's brain?

Art makes life worth living, but few artists literally make life possible. If I've read this letter correctly, someone I love dearly is alive today because of Sir Tom and his "Arcadia," which play would otherwise still belong on the same shelf as King Lear and Death of a Salesman.

Say what you will about Larry Hart, Mr Sondheim, and yes, there's plenty of stuff like "when our first kiss we stole." But also lots like "While you love your lover let blue skies be your coverlet," so come on!

The past decade has seen grave threats and unmistakable decline. But the past few days and weeks reveal that we have entered in a new and more perilous chapter here in the U.S. It must be a call to a new kind of action. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.

The fucking irony of this Jew to cape Third Reich white supremacist talking points BECAUSE his grandparents could assimilate into US culture when whiteness expanded just enough for them. (One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)

Spew of consciousness/goebbelsdygook.

A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

Holy shit. This video gave me chills. If you watch one thing today, please let it be this. Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns. Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore. youtu.be/684ncxqERO4

If you lost your pizza, it is on S. Main Street by the railroad tracks. #AnnArbor

"Extraordinarily moving, exquisitely written, and socially revolutionary...RING OF SALT glows with what we need." Thrilled to see this rave review in the Irish Times for @betsycornwell.bsky.social's new memoir RING OF SALT!

Looks more like Donny's Mom than like Mamdani.

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

I keep saying this. . . amzn.to/4i8Q5Vt

Sometimes I think they randomly pull these messages out of Republican fortune cookies.

The lyric fits, so once again, Newley/Bricusse for the prescient win. (And Bassey is just adorable, isn't she?) But I digress. What a 24K POS this guy is! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyRZ...

"Obamacare" was the GOP label meant to be derogatory toward the ACA. Thing is, people liked it, the name stuck, and Trump hates that. "Trump" and "care" only belong together as in "Trump doesn't care." He will let people die just to spite Obama's success. Yup. Trumpcare.

Rickrolled by the 8 in this upside down era. Always gonna give you up. Always gonna let you down.

Here in the Senate, Lucy has left the field since Charlie Brown has decided he may as well pull the football away himself.

... said FDR in 1933, who then made it safe again for rich people to be rich while also lifting up the not-so-rich (with subsequent help from LBJ). Then in 1981 Reagan divorced the word "enlightened" from "self interest" and the sharp drop back to today's unsustainable, inhumane mess began.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)

There have historically been two main ways the government can stimulate a sagging economy: The Federal Reserve or Congress. We may soon discover an innovative third form of stimulus, courtesy of the Supreme Court. Catherine Rampell breaks it down in 'Receipts'. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...

Can’t believe they are feeding the jury anti-police weapons. Messed up, IMO

•Elected in 2023 with 5,138 votes •Sued Trump and Musk •Budgeted for working families •Built new housing •Fought ICE •Defended abortion rights •Opened new parks •Re-elected on Tuesday with 7,761 votes, more than twice my closest opponent Stand up for folks, and they’ll stand with you.

While @anthonymoser.com is a Gen AI hater, I believe hating something that's pure evil makes you a lover of humanity. The latest in Stop Gen AI's Anti Gen AI Heroes series! stopgenai.com/anti-gen-ai-... (Art by @phineas.bsky.social, link in blog.)

Agreed, but why not "Nobel Peace Prize Honoree Barack Hussein Obama Blvd"?

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

DJT: Any money I get I would give to Charity. Melania, probably: Who Charity?