The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.

As more files from the Epstein case are released, I'm sickened by the extent of his depravity and his connections to so many powerful people. Governments around the globe are being shaken by the mentions of their leaders in the files, and the U.S. should apply the same scrutiny to our leaders.

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

The Trump administration has removed an LGBTQ Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in NYC following a directive restricting what kinds of flags can be flown on National Park sites.

On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project! www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

FAA halts all flights to and from El Paso, Texas, and an area of southern New Mexico for 10 days over security concerns https://cnn.it/4rbdn0R

Uhh.... what?

The recent Epstein files release revealed Casey Wasserman’s ties to the convicted sex offender’s close associated Ghislaine Maxwell.

I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does. Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision. We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore. This is something significantly bigger and scarier.

Duke University Press. [reposted by Elizabeth R. Anker]. "Melodrama as Provocateur," edited by Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R. Anker, showcases the final project of influential film scholar Linda Williams,

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

Sesame Street premiered on this day in 1969…

VÍDEO: A dura fala de Claudia Sheinbaum sobre o assédio sexual sofrido na rua “Se fazem com a presidenta, o que não ocorre com todas as mulheres?”, disse a chefe de Estado mexicana, que chamou a atenção para um crime que é sofrido por todas

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Trump has deployed an aircraft carrier to the Caribbean and launched a series of missile strikes that have killed dozens. From Colombia to Mexico, leaders are calling it a war crime—and warning that the U.S. is reviving its old habit of gunboat diplomacy. Read the story here.

Be there. Saturday, October 18th. www.nokings.org

Good Night Jane Goodall… apnews.com/article/jane...

A real pleasure to sit down for an extended conversation on The View today. My thanks to the studio audience for the very warm welcome.

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that? MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

imagine flying halfway around the world for a meeting that could’ve been an email and some guy with a hangover is just shouting at you that it’s against the rules to be fat or gay

A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.

#CyanTuesday #RockinTuesday @brad-s-m.bsky.social

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance However, they are weaker than they look…

Wagner Moura é aposta para Melhor Ator no Oscar 2026 Saiba mais:

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Horrifying. Thd former S.C. GOP state representative, R.J. May plead guilty to 5 counts of child pornography. Disgusting. #USDemocracy scdailygazette.com/2025/09/29/f...

Árvores da Amazônia, um dos maiores sumidouros de carbono do mundo, adaptam-se de maneiras diversas ao estresse climático; entenda revistaforum.com.br/meioambiente...

Thanks to @cripnews.bsky.social for including books by Eli Clare, Jina B. Kim, and @danilynrutherford.bsky.social in the latest newsletter! www.cripnews.com/p/crip-news-...

This cover is so damn good.

It's always nice seeing a mantis. 😃

Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They’re Using His Death to Radicalize Others www.wired.com/story/extrem...

Former US Senator Doug Jones my show this week warned after the killing of Charlie Kirk that "Trump is looking for something to take more drastic action, to do more things involving their political opponents, to either prosecute, investigate, shut them down."

Yesterday, I wrote a post that one outcome of the Kirk shooting was just how much it was becoming clear that the 2nd Amendment is killing the 1st Amendment. For those of us who care about America and Democracy, an important read. slate.com/news-and-pol...

En la University of Michigan Ann Arbor, hay un puesto para catedráticx auxiliar de estudios latinoamericanos y caribeños en el Departamento de Lenguas Romances, para enseñar en español. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37883941...

The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.

🖤 Eusebio Poncela, el indomable actor que desobedeció a Almodóvar Muere uno de los más grandes actores que ha dado el cine español, un artista con una personalidad arrolladora ✍🏼 Iván Reguera

¡Travestismos culturales de Jossianna Arroyo! @jossianna.bsky.social

Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

Nova Scotia sunset #sunset #photography #EastCoastKin #peaceful #nature

Pursued relentlessly by the government of Vladimir Putin, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison. He left behind an account of his final years—and an admonition to his country and the world.

what in the cat conclave is going on here

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

"Chandos Beauty" is a hybrid tea rose known for its strong fragrance and large, classic-shaped blooms. It features a blend of light amber gold and cream, often with subtle pink tones, and has a high petal count

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting