"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals over the past nine months in a series of ousters that could reshape the U.S. military for years to come."- looks like someone is prepping for a military coup

This blight on the American soul has always been there: 3/4 Compromise, Southern Rebellion, Jim Crow, Dixiecrats, MAGA. But so too has a fierce, resolute, and morally superior resistance to it.

"There is scarcely an evil known in these countries which may not be traced to their king as it’s source, nor a good which is not derived from the small fibres of republicanism existing among them." Thomas Jefferson to George Washington

NO KINGS! You'd think as a judge your integrity should be above the norm. What about the Supreme Court Justices who aid and abet a convicted criminal who abuses his position for personal, family,

... and friends' financial gain while moving back the clock on the once disenfranchised or newly so, and freeing criminals duly convicted. Yet another example of the fraying and dismantling of a once great nation's institutions in less than a year....

The push by Trump to get Republican controlled states to gerrymander districts is just the first step...

Trump is both trying to hide the economic news of the economic effects of his policies while engineering a state of emergency in majority Democtatic large cities so he can stop the midterm elections because the results are likely to be devastating for the Republicans.

Time to boycott Israel just like Apartheid era South Africa

Artist, Parker Croft, Cold Hollow, Vermont #ice-out #nokings #resist

Stop the genocide.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."

Standup to racists, sexists, fascists, monopolistic, and anti-educationist. If the old guard doesn't, replace them.

Jimmy Kimmel is latest victim of Trump's chilling suppression of free speech as the Supreme Court aids him. #orangedictatorship #orangeauthoritarianism

Deport Melania to Uganda

Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting

This is what happens in authoritarian countries: MSNBC has fired Matthew Dowd, who remarked that Charlie Kirk had been pushing hate speech, adding that “hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”

Finally, a national voice for sanity www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Sinagoga de Santa María La Blanca and Museo Sefardi, Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #travelphotography #toledo #spain

Calle Arco de Palacio and Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #travel #spain #toledo #travelphotography

Puente de Alcántara and the Alcázar, Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #toledo #travelphotography #travel

Toledo #photographer #parisphotographer #toledo

Should anyone in the Fed resign simply because a CONVICTED FELON says so?! Trump should resign because he's destroying the international world order built and maintained for generations since WWII while corruptly enriching himself, his family, & cronies as he destroys the US economy.

patterned walls, Segovia #photographer #parisphotographer #segovia

El Acueducto, Segovia #photographer #parisphotographer #segovia

Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Great Egret #photographer #parisphotogher #birds

Turkey Vulture, Red-Tailed Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Cooper's Hawk #photographer #parisphotographer #birds

California Quail, Pileated Woodpecker, Cedar Waxwing, Acorn Woodpeckers #photographer #parisphotographer #birds

Tropical Kingbird, Black Vulture, Roseate Spoonbills, Great Kiskadee #photographer #parisphotographer #birds

American White Pelicans and Brown Pelicans #photographer #parisphotographer #birds

Brandts Cormorant, Long-billed Curley, Northern Shoveler, Pied-Billed Grebe #photographer, #parisphotographer #birds

Sanderling, Least Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Willet #photographer parisphotographer #birds

American Avocet, Western Gulls, Black Oystercatcher, Whimbrel #photographer #sfphotographer #birds

Widow Skimmer Dragonfly, Damselflies, Cardinal Meadowhawk Dragonfly #photographer #parisphotographer #dragonflies #damselflies

Purple Sapphire Butterfly, Dark Glassy Tiger Butterfly, Lime Butterfly, and Luna Moth wing detail #photographer #parisphotographer #butterflies #lunamoth

Common Buckeye, Knight Butterfly, Silvery Blue Butterfly, and Yellow Pansy Butterfly #photographer #parisphotographer #butterflies

mantis and longhorned beetle #photographer #parisphotographer #insects

Protea #photographer #parisphotographer #flowers #southafrica #protea

Protea #photographer #parisphotographer #flowers #southafrica #protea

Banksia #photographer #parisphotographer #flowers #australia #banksia

Banksia #photographer #parisphotographer #flowers #australia #banksia

Birds of a feather...

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%... "That's just how it is."

If the Democrats can't win the next election by landslides against the most corrupt, morally bankrupt administration in the history of the US and their Congressional mignons, then their messaging is crap.

Passion flowers #passiflora #photographer #parisphotographer #flowers

Passion flowers #passiflora #photography #parisphotographer #flowers

Shaving brush flower, Pineapple ginger, Red hot poker, and Scarlet flame bean #photographer #flowers #parisphotographer #hawaii

Pitcher plants #pitcherplant #flower #photographer #parisphotographer

Dutchman's Pipe, Climbing Lily, Torch Ginger, and Cannonball Flower #photographer #parisphotographer #flowers #dutchmanspipe #torchginger #cannonballtree

Water Lilies #photographer #parisphotographer #flowers #waterlily

Bromeliads #photographer #parisphotographer #flowers #bromeliads