He was very much on the ballot last night. The shutdown was on the ballot. Medicaid was on the ballot. Medicare was on the ballot. SNAP was on the ballot. The ACA was on the ballot. ICE was on the ballot. The whole Nazi agenda was on the ballot. And we told you what we think of it.🖕🏼DT #SheShed

From what I’ve been able to verify, this is true. Members of congress are receiving $79 daily for food while the poor go hungry. #Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #SNAP

Survivors — and family of survivors — of Epstein and Maxwell's abuse are urging Mike Johnson to swear-in Adelita Grijalva: "Every day you stall is another day survivors are denied justice, and the American people are denied the truth. Swear in Representative Grijalva and let democracy speak."

Folks the short answer to why government is shut down: GOP holds White House, House, and Senate; refuses to compromise; does Trump's bidding; and doesn't care about the damage to our country or people's lives. End of story.

I wonder if tRump never played with toy boats in the bathtub when he was little. Or possibly never played the board game Battleship? Does he think this is some kind of an effing game?

Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.

NoKings.org #NoKings

Rather than it being a “hate-America” rally, Saturday’s No Kings rally is an opportunity for all of us who love America to express our determination that our nation’s ideals not be crushed by the Trump regime. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/theyre-calling-it-a-hate-america

Yeah, in a nutshell:

You don't blow up Venezuelan & Colombian boats in international waters -- killing 21 people -- and expect a Nobel Peace Prize.

ICE isn’t law enforcement. They’re chaos agents. Trump’s personal goon squad, recruited specifically to stoke fear and unrest in our communities. They are a catalyst for him to claim absolute power. Likening them to the Gestapo is accurate…and warranted.

Anybody listening to the sham hearing with Pam Bondi, are you up for a drinking game? Every time she says so and so "is doing an incredible job" take a drink. I'm drinking coffee and I've already got the jitters. What a joke this whole thing is.

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Needing beauty today. The last of my large begonias.

I am so tired of hearing Pete Hegseth keep talking about meritocracy when he got his job bc he was a drunk Fox News host , not by merit . All those woman and black DEI workers he fired were more qualified than he is.

Okay Mr and Ms journalists, Where's the outcry over the dementia in this speech? Are you going to cover the fact that we're listening to a doddering old fool just going over his 'best hits'?

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Hey Brian Kilmeade, Check to see if your hands have blood on them. This is the second mass shooting on a homeless people within 12 hours.

“Just one more thing. You said the Epstein files were a Democratic hoax—cooked up by Obama, Hillary, and Biden. But here’s the part I can’t figure out: you were a confidential FBI informant on the Epstein case. So tell me, how exactly did the Democrats get you to spy on a hoax?”

White passion flower I think

One of Trump's many dipshits left behind sensitive documents about the Anchorage summit on a hotel copy machine -- including: names and numbers of U.S. and Russian state leaders, schedule and room locations. Yet another major national security breach. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

Crazy demented uncle is spouting off again, the poor Kennedy center. I really feel for all these wonderful iconic buildings that will now become tacky golden palaces

One of the last lotus of the season and a lotus pod

Water lilies

Okay. I don't often rant and rave. I try to remain calm. Through a local website I found out that the NASA Wallops Flight Center Visitor Center will be closed in September.

The height of hypocrisy is Republicans ranting about protecting young girls from transgenders in the bathroom, but when given the chance to protect girls from the pedophile in the White House, they decided to blame the victims & help cover it up. #ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

Begonia

We’re spending a lot of time talking about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. But don’t forget their victims. The survivors. Not all of them made it. At least two women connected to Epstein’s abuse have died by suicide. The real number may be higher. Jeffrey Epstein accuser, Maria Farmer, speaks out.

Please like and repost so this goes viral!

To be clear, this now a massive cover up involving the President, the Attorney General, the FBI Director, and the GOP Congress.

Loving the color .

You heard E Jean Carroll testify under oath. You saw him pay off porn stars. You knew about 26 women, some underage, accusing him of SA. You blew it all off. Now you’re burning MAGA hats because he won’t release the Epstein Files while still pretending you didn’t know HE was the pedo all along?

Love when these bloom

Senator @johnfetterman.com — whose wife was an undocumented immigrant, and who said he was grateful that her family “broke the law” — now speaks up supportively of ICE as they terrorize others. What a tremendous hypocrite. WATCH:

Self seeding black eyed susans

#QuoteoftheDay #Pinks

Callas in the garden

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.” — Theodore Roosevelt

We have plenty of reasons to be in the streets today. But one big one is we’re marching because Rep. Melissa Hortman can’t. We’re sending love to her family, and we’re sending rage toward Washington, D.C.

This is my kind of leader! #NoKings

Happy #FlagDay. The flag belongs to all of us. Don’t let anyone appropriate patriotism. 🇺🇸

I love Barack Obama…

I’m not sure USA has ever faced such a moment. Wholly unprepared to deal with calamity on the world stage. We have a Putin ass-kisser at Sec of State, a drunk at Pentagon and a dipshit asshole sitting in the Oval Office Adderall tweeting. He pulled out of Iran deal, lethal moron.