"Please continue peacefully protesting": Sen. Padilla after forced removal from DHS presser

10 writers by whom I've read five books. Samuel Beckett Penelope Fitzgerald Hilary Mantel Flann O'Brian Patrick O'Brian Terry Pratchett Philip Pullman Dorothy L Sayers PG Wodehouse Diana Wynne-Jones.

Israel is that spiteful and vindictive shitty rich kid who doesn’t like to share and hates other kids having the same kind of cool toys as them. They go and break and destroy that other kid’s stuff then point and laugh and mock them because the poor kid ends up with nothing.

California senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference held by homeland security secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday. In video of the incident, Padilla is being restrained and removed from the room by multiple men.

Say Friend and Enter the Bookclub #sketchbook

Between 1970 and 1985, a typical American family could save 10% of their income for about five years and accumulate a 20% down payment on a median-priced existing single-family home, according to a New York Times analysis. As of 2023, it would take nearly eight years, the data shows. nyti.ms/3FKEzkx

WATCH: California Sen. Alex Padilla is handcuffed and detained at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in LA 👇

WATCH: Sen. Padilla pushed to the ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie

So… does Iran have a right to defend itself?

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A doctor’s impassioned defense of later abortions

Tune into @CSPAN, I am about to speak on the floor of the House on why Congress has become the court of last resort for an authoritarian President. Watch now on www.cspan.org

some of you can't handle two high agency males going at it and it shows

Outside New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is regarded as a liberal paragon among world leaders. Why did her own country turn on her?

In the midnight hour she cried Moore, More, Moore With a rebel yell she cried Moore, More, Moore

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons on this morning's Fox & Friends: "Here I am on January 6." (It's June 6.)

More bombshell testimony from an alleged sex-trafficking victim of Sean “Diddy” Combs is expected on Day 18 of the hip-hop mogul’s federal sex-trafficking trial. Follow along for live updates here:

Least surprising breakup since Stephen Miller and his suit made of human skin

Rahm Emanuel, who has publicly flirted with a 2028 presidential run, told us he’s loyal to Barack Obama and Bill Clinton — and believes his connections to both men are an asset.

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Here are some nice mushrooms

NEW: ProPublica reporter @robwdavis.bsky.social began with a simple question: Had Nike truly become a beacon of environmental stewardship and fair labor practices, as it claimed? To find the answer, he had to travel across the Pacific Ocean.

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There are many bad union leaders but I honestly can’t think of anyone else who has humiliated themself this much, this fast.

I made this commercial for my TTRPG-inspired lip balm collection and I'm very proud of it 🥹 @sidequestcosmetics.com

I still party the same, it’s the recovery that takes 3x times longer

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The bird dance for the ages

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap ad (2005) #retro #art #gaming #Zelda

On her new album, “Something Beautiful,” Miley Cyrus delivers her most mature, compelling, and improvisational work to date.

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Breaking news: U.S. employers added 139,000 jobs in May, a solid showing amid economic uncertainty that has caused some employers to pause hiring. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent.

My painting APPROACHING STORM

If you’re watching TV and wondering if some D.C. figure has a jawline that’s newly strong and square … well, you might be right. Inside the plastic surgery procedure booming among Washington men 👇

Belated May reading wrap-up. Lots of comfort/escapist reading this month, heavy on the litRPGs and detective novels. Favorite out of the fifteen was probably Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi. www.tiktok.com/@molly0xfff/...

Untitled Rainbow, 2006 by Australian Aboriginal artist, Gloria Mills Petyarre #WomensArt

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Banks are aiming to issue cryptocurrency. Lawmakers just put a line in the GENIUS Act saying when a bank issuing crypto goes bankrupt, crypto investors get paid before regular depositors. In other words: your savings account becomes crypto’s bailout fund. www.levernews.com/cryptos-new-...

More progress. This is a great example of when someone sends me an extremely clear and detailed reference photo. I can get so much more detailed in the piece? 🪡