Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.

I’ve been away from Bluesky, but I am returning. I’ve been making some things while I’ve been away. #art #mixedmediaart #makingstuff

Unfortunately History is repeating itself

This is the second year this mama has built a nest on our string of lights. We call her Tulip. #spring #hummingbirdsrock

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause! Send an email to your representative to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress. action.everylibrary.org/emailhayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social

For the second year, Tulip, the hummingbird, is building a nest on our string of porch lights. We are so lucky to get to watch this again. Same lightbulb as last year. #welivewithnature #humingbirdhabitat

CBS reporter Scott Pelley: This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”. If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

Michelle Mischkulnig, contemporary Australian textile artist #WomensArt

Created this digital mixed media piece last night. I painted over a digital collage with some of the Procreate paint brushes. #blueskyart #digitalart

I enjoyed teaching a workshop at the Writing Heights Spring Retreat in Allen’s Park and am inspired by the beauty up here, so I am staying for the evening to write a bit and commune with like-minded creatives because community and creating are what I need right now. #writinginthemountains

Some art journal play. Want to do more. Getting back to art after poetry month, writing a poem a day. #blueskyart #artjournal

Congrats Mark Carney!

Elon Musk’s promised savings from his DOGE operation has shrunk from $2 trillion to what he now claims is $150 billion, or just 7.5% of the amount initially promised. Now, new estimates suggest his cost-cutting crusade might actually end up costing MORE than what he claims to have saved taxpayers.

Jessica Brilli, contemporary US artist who works in a style that encompasses American realism and 20th century iconography #WomensArt

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative. A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

Good morning, everyone!

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. BRING HIM HOME! Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador. SMART General President…

I make these ornaments with my little dog illustration and put them on my Etsy site and in whatever little market pop-up I do. Dogs and birds make me happy.😁

Had a full day of activism. We volunteer for Rocky Mountain Equality, an organization doing important work for the LGBTQ+ community in the State of Colorado. We volunteered for two events for them in Saturday and met Keynote Harper Steele. What a trailblazer! I also got to the protests in town.

Guess he wasn't so senile after all! 😅🤣😂

A very happy Friday! Today's Substack is about submitting to lit journals - Bloodaxe Books: “Such a "track record" is not used as a quality guarantee, but as an indication that the writer has spent time building up a publishable collection” flyonthewallpress.substack.com/p/why-litera...

NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos. Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.

Bravo to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social for his bravery and journalistic integrity.

Gift link: Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

This should’ve been put into place after his first term.

Goldberg indicates Hegseth lied when he denied texting war plans

BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime. Keep sharing everywhere.

AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together

maga???

also I don't beleive any of them charge fees so SUBMIT YOUR WRITING WITH WILD ABANDON

Some old fan art. Who could it be? The one and only John Prine. Miss him, but his music lives on. Distracting myself by cleaning the studio. #fanart #musiclegend #vodkaandgingerale

Just listed in my shop! helenvalentinoart.etsy.com/listing/1887... #art #sheep #painting #BlueSkyArt

Hands off our Social Security !!

Just finished this illustration of some men I care deeply about having a little backyard gathering, (l-r) my son, my dad, my daughter’s boyfriend, my brother (standing). Day 9 #mARTch. #face or faces. #blueskyartshow #windows

Felt compelled to illustrate our feelings and our support. #westandwithukraine

Running away from concerned veterans. Cowards.

It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war! How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!