it took just over a year to get from "I'll lower costs on day one" to "I'm raising prices and it's good, actually"

WHAT HAPPENED TO ANTI-TRUST? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. #AcademicSky #Universal #news

Connections Puzzle #1005 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Fairly easy.

This is the third government shutdown since Trump took office. TSA agents are unpaid, some sleeping in their cars, while his war is torching about $1 billion a day. ICE detention is still draining around $10 million a day to run centers where people are disappearing into a broken system.

They either didn't know Iran would shut down the Strait of Hormuz or they knew and didn't have a plan. Either way - just totally clear they don't give a damn about what this war means for hardworking Americans.

BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)

Strands #739 “Out-and-out” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Brain is a little slow this morning but somehow got this quickly.

Connections Puzzle #1004 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Think before you start guessing.

There’s never enough money for schools or healthcare or veterans. But there’s always enough money to bomb people on the other side of the world. We can support the democracy movement in Iran without bombing innocent schoolchildren and sending our American troops off to die.

WATCH — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Every dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one we’re not spending here at home. We’re always told we don’t have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but there’s always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.”

Sen. Murray: "I'm just sickened by this. To go into this war unprepared, to use outdated data, and to have this horrific thing happen where children were killed in a school sends a horrible message to those that are in a war with us and to our own constituents about what America's values are."

Members of Congress file court motion asking judge to stop Trump's plan for 250-foot tall Arch in DC Filing: Only Congress "has the authority to approve the placement of monuments and memorials on federal land in the District of Columbia" democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/do...

The DNC is suing the Trump administration for refusing to answer a simple question, “are you planning to put armed agents or military at polling places?” They submitted 11 FOIA requests and have gotten zero answers.

Call it what it is, but Trump's fascism is on clear display. But so is the resistance. Protests are growing and polls are shifting. Here’s your reminder that the American ideal is stronger than any one man. Deep-dive in my recent Substack article at the link in my reply.

Schlossberg: If this becomes the new normal and the president is able to trademark America’s birthday and issue his own currency while weakening the dollar, having gold skyrocket, and increasing prices on every commodity and input cost in our economy, we’re getting screwed and he’s getting rich.

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“.. a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is real life.

Trump doesn’t have the ability to dictate when the war is over.

Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

Nobody in this Administration can agree on why they started this war or when it will end. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the President are all saying different things. Servicemembers’ lives are on the line, and they deserve better than this.

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Trump's "New Golden Age" for America. How's it working out for you?

The dead leaf butterfly, Kallima inachus, is renowned for its extraordinary camouflage, resembling a dry leaf when its wings are closed.

This is a freehand painted scene of the Eiffel Tower & cityscape in Paris on a broken slab of granite. Artist, Neetu Singh, used acrylic paint, finished it w/varnish & completed in Feb. 2026. #RockinTuesday #Art #Painting #Rocks #Granite #Paris #ArtYear

To all the radical women who have made the world better, especially those women who radicalized us, thank you.

I chose this flower today, as it's colors are the same as the flag of Ukraine. 🇺🇦 "In every petal a heartbeat lies, a secret whisper to the skies. Soft & tender it stands so tall, a flower's love gives to all." #ShowHeart #ColorADay #BlueTue #ECK #Pansies #WestCoastKin #Photography #ImageAndVerse

Connections Puzzle #1003 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Easy. Just needed to map it out before submitting.

Wordle 1,725 4/6 ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Could’ve gone better.

Strands #737 “Hey"” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵 Fast. Fun. Upbeat after doom scrolling.

All of this suffering because people preferred Trump over a black woman. 😔

Here's my personal message. Dude, donald john trump is easily the most unpopular human that we've ever seen at this point in time. Or any time. Ever. Thank you for your attention to this matter! -M.

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My law firm is litigating 90 voting and election cases in 45 states. We are currently fighting for voters in: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MD, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY, and WV.

One of the purple answers doesn’t make sense to me 🤷🏼‍♀️

Wordle 1,724 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sunny Monday here in Indy.

MASSIE: “Iran is not Venezuela. The Ayatollah was not a president. He was a religious leader… 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 turned him into a martyr, expended billions, 6 🇺🇸 families must now lay to rest their sons & daughters. And for what? This administration can't even give us a straight answer.”

It’s about time someone said it out loud on a national news show. Major Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.) — on Trump’s interest in putting boots on the ground: “We have a situation where someone called a malignant narcissist is unfortunately drifting into a state of dementia that is difficult to manage.”

Buttigieg: You’ve got money from the Middle East going into the Trump family crypto fund while you have Americans going to the Middle East for Donald Trump’s war.

TAPPER: Do you think Stephen Miller should go? TILLIS: Of course I do. He's a big problem in this administration and has been since the beginning

Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

Strands #735 “That time of year again” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Fast and easy. Going back to sleep. Don’t care what time it is.

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Connections Puzzle #1001 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 All makes sense…not sure how. 🥱

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