My answer to the question of Universal Healthcare… ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Shrimp right off the boat. Mexico

The American people are begging their leaders to have the courage to stand up right now. When a president calls for executing elected officials, we must all speak out to defend our country and our freedoms. Read my full statement here:

#LookAndSee 274 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeCH...

I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.” And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.

First Santa encounter.

Trump’s Golden Age.

#ResistanceRoots William Lloyd Garrison was born on this day in 1805 in Newburyport, Mass. Garrison was a prominent abolitionist, journalist and social reformer best known for his influential anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator, and his advocacy for the immediate and complete end of slavery. /1

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Even the teleprompter flinched.

The Seine Estuary at Honfleur - 1865 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6699

We recently lost a truly great man: the architect Frank Gehry. I commend this documentary, made in 2006 by filmmaker Sydney Pollack: Sketches of Frank Gehry.

A surprising photograph of a rare black Bengal tiger due to an excess of melanin pigment.…

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty. Edgar Allan Poe

Frank Gehry 8 Spruce Street, NYC

So glad to have some Frank Gehry buildings in town. They’re like old friends.

In 2025, the spirit of relentless problem-solving shaped every corner of WCK’s global response—we transformed challenges into new opportunities to nourish communities around the world. In Gaza in January, a major innovation rolled in: the WCK mobile bakery truck. (1/3)

Woman Pianist and a Violinist - 1887 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14224

#LookandSee 269 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Girl From the North Country, Bob Dylan Please see for me if she's wearing her coat so warm To keep her from the howling wind www.youtube.com/watch?v=26oB...

Fishing Boats, Calm Sea - 1868 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6886

Tree Roots (1890) fragments nature into interlocking lines and color. With no horizon, the scene becomes intensly abstract and expressive. Painted near his death, it pulses with chaotic energy.

Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data. It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1

Mink introduced the Early Childhood Education Act, which led to the Head Start program. In 1972, she co-authored Title IX, the law banning sex discrimination in U.S. education programs. She championed the Women’s Educational Equity Act of 1974, which helped promote gender equity in schools. /5

Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.

41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.

can't wait to hear who won the FIFA prize in literature

I mean, do we talk enough about how deranged this person is—and how he should be miles away from the levers of power?

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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

CDC Vaccine Search Tool No Longer Works. Vaccines.gov Website Scrubbed www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

Good morning. Harlem, NYC

More irony: You can now gain free entry to National Parks on Donald Trump's birthday. Removed were Juneteenth and MLK Day. #nationalparks

A win! The Institute of Museum and Library Services (the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries) has reinstated thousands of grants that had been canceled by the Trump administration, after a federal judge ruled the executive order mandating those cuts was unlawful.

Afternoon art break. Early Picasso. Woman in White

Same Shame

Participation prize - although not to Peace.

Powerful MAGA

Poor Brian Cole who had to go almost five years being mistaken for Marjorie Taylor Greene. The man has suffered enough.

This isn't getting enough press.

Solidarity is not an abstract concept.

Now We Know Why Top Navy Admiral Suddenly Resigned Under Hegseth newrepublic.com/post/203949/...

RIP Steve Cropper 🎸

Good morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpJR...

“It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say, because I worked with Pete Hegseth…Everybody along the line who did it, from the Secretary of Defense to the admiral…should be prosecuted for a war crime.” - Napolitano, on NewsMax youtu.be/uT7XPXh6ras?...

#LookAndSee 266 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Lazarus, David Bowie "Look up here, I'm in heaven I've got scars that can't be seen... Look up here, I'm in danger I've got nothing left to lose..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExW0...

Speaking of garbage: Trump Jr. invested heavily in Vulcan Elements earlier this year, and they are now set to receive a $260 million Defense Department loan as part of a deal. www.rawstory.com/trump-money-...

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.