I sometimes find myself wondering how people continue sharing cat pictures and videos about their makeup and all that sort of stuff on social media when our country is about to be drawn into war with our president. AREN'T YOU PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION? #DeclaringWarOnChicagoIsTreason

“We Are the World” would not have existed without “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” And this is a hill I will die on with zero regrets. And may I add—where the fuck is this kind of commitment today? For Gaza? For Sudan? And for all the other places where people, especially children are dying? #LiveAid

My county is in turmoil, but not as bad as some would have you believe. And yet, the soldiers (from DHS and ICE and god knows where else) are gathering to make it look like LA County is a cesspool of insurrectionists. No, just people who are demanding their rights. Apparently that's a no-no.

I’m already tired of calling out these MAGAts looking for a conspiracy in how “they” must have been hiding Biden’s cancer because it’s already stage 4. Honey, if they could catch every cancer at stage 1, cancer wouldn’t be deadly.

People, be aware that if they succeed with the near-total defunding of Medicaid, they'll take that as a license to hit Medicare and Social Security next. Consequences for them now because later will be too late. #Medicaid #SocialSecurity #Medicare

The wearing down is very very real. And that’s what they’re looking to do—wear us down to the point where we just can’t bring ourselves to fight or even care anymore. Keep caring. It hurts like hell, but keep caring.

Here's how revolutions evolve. A great deal of talking. Then more talking. And even more talking. Until one day someone says, "Enough! This talking thing ain't working." And then the streets run red with blood.

So the Met Gala is tomorrow. Why TF is this even happening this year? All that money spent on fluff and prancing about when marginalized people of all kinds and from all over this country and the world are being written off by the same privileged class showing off in NYC? No thanks.

@maddow.msnbc.com The workers in LA weren’t protesting Trump et al. They’re on strike against LA County.

You know, at 200 and *mumbles* pounds I’d be a heck of body to drag away from a sit-in.

Only a few hours until another week of laws broken, temporary stays, and judges being taken into custody begins. I can't wait. Can you?

4/27/2005 9:17 am PDT In case you don't know, there's a sit-in on the Capitol steps led by Cory Booker and Hakim Jeffries. Here's a link to the only live feed I could find. You'll have to crank the sound up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Zr...

We are not the good guys, and if you’re under the delusion that we are, get over it. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Well, this is real. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

Nothing fascist or ableist to see here. www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-...

Yeah, because life was so much better in the 1890s, right? www.mlive.com/news/2025/04...

Mark my words. The next pope will be another manifestation of the hyper conservative wave that seems to be overtaking our world. It will not be pretty.

Rewatching Andor season 1 and this time you’re painfully aware your own country has become the Empire.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Posted a thing on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/hartstma...

DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance. Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.

FYI Katy Perry was not the first person to sing in space. And since Hadfield has more than one recording to his credit, one could argue she’s not even the first artist to do so. www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/s...

"Every once in a while, Trump has a day — a single, 24-hour period — in which his authoritarian vision comes into sharp relief..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Main stream media continues to treat everything he and his minions are doing as though there’s nothing out of the ordinary to see here. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...

Lizzo wearing a tank top that reads “America is tariffied” is my vibe for the next 3-1/2 years.

Writing friends, I would very much appreciate suggestions for music while I write. Big music. Classical. Movie soundtracks. That sort of thing. Already have and listen to a lot of Han Zimmer so you can leave him out. Oh and think dragons and Mesopotamia. TIA #writingcommunity

Hey DHS (those are my initials too!!), I’m here, I’m queer, gather all the intelligence you want on me. I’m also old and powerless so have at me.

We fight to give hope — a reminder that there are still those within the government standing up for what’s right. Since Saturday, we’ve faced relentless attacks. We know there will be consequences for our actions, but we will not back down.

For those outside the USA, I want to commend to you the @altnps.bsky.social without whom we'd know nothing of what's going on. At great personal risk, they are standing up and getting the message out. Follow them if you're so inclined because to be perfectly honest, without them we'd be fucked.

It's International Beaver Day. I'm sorry but that's just plain rude.

JK Rowling has now taken off on my sexuality. It doesn’t put us aces in the same kind of crosshairs but really? www.them.us/story/jk-row...

Musk staffers are in the process of seizing control of the Peace Corps’ headquarters.

We are excited to announce that @mxcarmilla 's LGBT Urban Fantasy "Stars Beneath" was acquired by Cloaked Press!

Why does “liberation day” sound like something from a dystopian novel/book? Oh, because we’re now living in a dystopian world perhaps? www.nbcnewyork.com/news/nationa...

He did it! And now the countdown to Mango Mussolini and Elonia shitting on it.

Fuckety fuck fuck fuck. All the words I have.

Every morning when I wake up the first thing I do is listen to the traffic outside. Does it sound any different? Does it sound maybe a little sad or maybe a bit celebratory as compared to yesterday when he was still around? Has it finally happened? And then I check my phone.

Apparently the internet is lighting up with “well Obama had 3 terms.” I’d like to know what drugs they’re on cause I could sure use a high that high.

Musk staffers gained access to a system at the Interior Department. We had resisted their attempts for about two weeks to obtain administrative access to the program. Two IT officials who stood their ground are now on administrative leave and under investigation.

Isn't this kinda like the fox investigating who got into the chicken coup and where all the chickens went? thehill.com/homenews/adm...

You know what's pathetic? The clown show playing out before our eyes since Monday's partial release (now complete) of the chat regarding the attack on Yemen and how the world is laughing at us while fearing what cost they'll ultimately pay as our stupidity continues to play out.

Comforting to know we have such competence heading our govenrment. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Just a reminder that “I was just following orders” is not a defense and could end you up in prison for a very long time.

Asking a question I haven’t yet seen addressed. If they shut Social Security down, what happens to Medicare? I mean they’re all connected, right? So not only will I have no rent, but I’ll have no medical insurance either. Good job, Drumpf. Knew ya had it in ya.

Growing old means accepting that the pain, sometimes worse than other times but never truly gone, will never go away again and that whatever level of energy you once reveled in is mostly gone in favor of afternoon naps and early bedtimes. One also must accept that the notion of getting better, 1/2

He heard me! And about fucking time. Chuck Schumer says a 'lawless' Trump has caused a constitutional crisis www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

SCOTUS created this monster, and now THEY will have to deal with it when the appeals come rushing up to them. FAFO, SCOTUS. FAFO. DOJ misses deadline to provide answers on deportation flights www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

@schumer.senate.gov Do the cuts and mass firings and the gutting of departments and programs have to affect you directly before you'll even consider we're in a constitutional crisis? WAKE UP!! We're already there.

Trump has touted his desire to remodel/redo the Kennedy Center. Here's my take. 1. He'll rename it the Donald J. Trump Center. 2. He'll cover it in the tasteless gold he's filled the oval office with. As with most thing he touches, it ain't gonna end well. Photo below from Newsweek.

Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s transgender military ban www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...