Labeling domestic political opponents as "terrorists" and characterizing a US city as being at war as pretexts for deploying troops against US citizens.

There are lots of opinions about the best Chicago deep dish pizza, but I vote for Lou Malnati's. Get ready for a very filling meal and homey atmosphere. My latest on the Perceptive Travel Blog: perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/09...

Him, meeting up with his lobster crew, smoking a cigarette: “they almost got me”

The Choctaw Cultural Center near Durant OK is a heritage touchstone for Choctaw Nation, or anyone who wants to learn about Native culture, history, and food. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/08...

Really nice to live in a country where if the president gets annoyed about some stuff or some asshole whispers in his ear something stupid our economy radically changes.

Hey look it's the glorious vanguard of the proletariat

Yes. It's a Hegseth power flex, too. I hope some flag and general officers are ready to drop their resignation/retirement papers on the spot, because bullshit is incoming.

OUR BATHROOM MIRRORS ARE VITAL TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

Not even 20 minutes later and I guess we’re doing 50% tariffs on IKEA for some reason. He’s a man with a plan to make life more expensive and he can’t be stopped.

Patel is basically admitting on camera that the FBI no longer adheres to the Attorney General Guidelines, which prohibits investigating U.S. persons based solely on First Amendment activity (including membership in a group).

The "Teddy" Bears (1907)

Capturing the sprawling American immigrant story is no small feat, but New York City's Tenement Museum makes decades of Orchard Street residents come alive. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/06... #TravelSky #travel #history #WhatsGoodNYC

It's fine to be a tourist! Go ahead and seek out those goofy landmarks that are famous for a reason, like the Blue Whale of Catoosa on Route 66 near Tulsa OK. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2024/12... #TravelSky #travel #RoadTrip #Route66 #PublicArt

People seem to be forgetting that DOJ doesn’t just “get” an indictment. They have to convince a grand jury to vote to return one, something this administration has struggled with recently.

There are lots of opinions about the best Chicago deep dish pizza, but I vote for Lou Malnati's. Get ready for a very filling meal and homey atmosphere. My latest on @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/09... #TravelSky #travel #EatLocal #Midwest

We are in a public play area today. My two year old asked me what this was and when I said it was a telephone he held the headset up in front of him and said "Calling daddy!" like he was trying to facetime.

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Get a taste of maritime travel history in the Queen Mary Observation Bar, a beautiful Art Deco lounge on the ship's Promenade Deck in Long Beach, California. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2024/12... #TravelTuesday #TravelSky

After over a year of twice-weekly strength training, I'm even more certain that staying in shape for traveling requires extra steps for older adults and seniors. Get a personal trainer to work some specific muscles you'll need: perceptivetravel.com/blog/2024/09... #TravelTuesday #aging #fitness

A downtown boutique hotel, fun local public art in an alley, a hearty down-home breakfast, and the Choctaw Cultural Center, all in Durant OK. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/09... #TravelTuesday #TravelSky #RoadTrip #JeffersonHighway

I just had a wonderful phone call with my adult daughter, who called because she was enraged about one of the many stupid, un-American things that the Mango Mussolini is doing. I'm not very maternal, but I think MY kids are awesome. 😃

This one does make some sense

She has a point.

🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court Monday upheld President Donald Trump’s dismissal without cause of the last Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) despite nearly a century of court precedent protecting the official. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it. It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019. This is the *23rd* such grant since then.

Counting today, there's 10 days left to apply for the @savingplaces.bsky.social Preserve Route 66 Grant! This is open for both Legacy Businesses and for non-profits/public agencies. Details & information about the application process can be found at preserveroute66.org

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Maybe reading "Crying in H Mart" about the death of one's mother was not the best decision, given that my Mom is in hospice care.

I've completely revised my guide to saving money in London: buff.ly/FRQTioQ All the best tips I know on how to cut costs when you visit London, updated for 2025. #traveladdicts #TravelBloggersCommunity #travelsky #Travelblogshare #travelblog #travelblogger #travelbloggers #budgettravel #london

One thing that's absolutely f---ing unbearable on this site is that if you dare to point out that Trump is not actually successfully oppressing all of us on every conceivable front, that not *all* is irretrievably lost, a parade of doomers materializes to denounce you. It's counterproductive. Stop.

So pleased to have been given the opportunity to write about must-see but not-hot Jyrgalan for Adventure.com's Not Hot list: adventure.com/not-hot-list...

WTAF. This is not how visas work. Do your job and shut this down, Congress.

Look, if we're getting rid of the First Amendment, apparently we're getting rid of all of it... (the proper response from journalists here is "fuck no" and if you lose your press pass, so fucking be it, and start working on building up your sources inside the pentagon to continue your reporting)

The probing and testing continues.

Have to give credit where it's due here . . . 🤷🏻‍♀️

A downtown boutique hotel, fun local public art in an alley, a hearty down-home breakfast, and the Choctaw Cultural Center, all in Durant, Oklahoma. My latest blog post for @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/09... #TravelSky #travel #JeffersonHighway #EatLocal

New York City's High Line elevated park on a former railway is such an appealing mishmash of "touching grass" and urban energy: perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/08... #TravelTuesday #TravelSky #travel #GetOutside #OutsideIsFree #FindYourPark

Government officials do not get to decide that your rights have become inconvenient or problematic. They are your rights. They are not privileges provided by the government and revocable at will.

*spits into a dip bottle* okay well how 'bout you go honor Charlie Kirk's legacy by sweeping the motorpool, high-speed

I think this comparison is largely right. Yes, it’s a replay of McCarthyism’s ugliest aspects but that was fueled by a widespread sense that the country faced dire external dangers while this is about a deeply unpopular president’s grudges.

That’s what makes this so scary: Any assumption of democratic resilience was predicated on the idea that civil society actors with enormous resources at their disposal and the law on their side – universities, law firms, media companies… – would push back. But so many simply won’t, or not anymore.

The Choctaw Cultural Center near Durant, Oklahoma, is a heritage touchstone for Choctaw Nation, or anyone who wants to learn about Native culture, history, and food. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/08...

This is stupid bullshit because there is no antifa organization, but mark my words, that means he'll start calling anyone he doesn't like "antifa" including @indivisible.org and others who organize mass protests like No Kings. Will that stop me from participating? Oh, hell no.

On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...

Evergreen post.

"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)

Don’t be naive about travel risks, and don’t ignore bad news headlines, but make sure you have the whole story about a destination. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2024/09... #TravelSky #travel #RoadTrip

There are just 4 states with statewide elections this fall. The one that's most under the radar? Georgia. Democrats have an opportunity to flip two seats on a statewide body that's crucial for environmental policies. Don't sleep on it — everyone else is: boltsmag.org/georgia-publ...

@archive.org preserved the original study, which you can find here. web.archive.org/web/20250911...

This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad. Or wasn't, until now.