“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

At the risk of staying the obvious ... If you sign this, you are in no way a journalist.

Wow. From an article in The Guardian.

We might see the Epstein client list once DOJ has dotted all the I’s and crossed out all the T’s.

@jennylsq.bsky.social just saw Sleigh Bells in Chicago. Wow! Check them out if they come by.

a man with a ring on his finger is clapping ALT: a man with a ring on his finger is clapping

I have suggestions for the GOP as they’re trying to find more cuts to harm the American people-
1. Cut your own damn premium healthcare
2. Give up your FREE lunches
3. Close your FREE gyms
4. Cut your own staff
5. Pay Taxes
6. Close Whiskey Leaks Beauty Salon
7. Cut Military pork & spending
8. & GFY

@maddow.msnbc.com, your presence Monday through Friday will be greatly missed.

You and your team have been the reason and calm in the chaos and upheaval. Thank you for the understanding, direction and hope you ushered in each night.

You are a national treasure. 💙🫶🏻

Wow. Naval Academy prof to their 3-star Admiral in his letter of resignation: "your legacy will be that of a careerist who banned Maya Angelou but retained Mein Kampf"

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

Present!

FSU active shooting cancels campus event that honored Tallahassee hot yoga shooting victim 4:10 p.m. – An event at Florida State University designed to promote safety on campus and among FSU students was canceled − due to an active shooting at FSU on the day of.

Shooting memorial cancelled because of a shooting is so very American.

I would strongly prefer that Republicans could realize Trump is terrible, selfish, and cruel without wiping out my retirement, kids’ college accounts, and my disabled kid’s Medicaid.

@jennylsq.bsky.social Great Old School episode with Stephen Malkmus!!

The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points.

And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.

OK, "rent-a-cop" was underselling it, as these are basically mercenaries working as government contractors.

Still, force their hands. Make them arrest you on camera if need be.

This is your mission. We take our power back now at the local and state level. Stop waiting for a national hero. It’s you. Get to work.

Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

First, they lost their home insurance. Then, L.A. fires consumed their homes Before the devastating fires burned across Los Angeles, many homeowners learned they were losing their insurance policies. Some faced big increases in premiums that they couldn't afford.

TYLER PERRY: ".. Does anyone else find it appalling that insurance companies can take billions of dollars out of communities for years and then, all of a sudden, be allowed to cancel millions of policies for the very people they became rich on?"

@latimes.com
www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Ok, legitimate question....why isn't Jethro Tull in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame?

America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.

The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.

Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

Chris Murphy: "Why did Elon Musk not oppose the defense bill, which is loaded with lots of spending, but oppose the continuing resolution? Maybe because his bread is buttered in the defense bill. That's where there are programs that help his businesses and pad his profits."

How Sunday Morning News Shows Promote an Anti-Palestinian Agenda for Washington Since October 2023, NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, and CNN’s State of the Union have not featured a single Palestinian guest.

"With the exception of one interview, the Sunday shows covered and debated the so-called “Israel-Hamas war” for 12 months without speaking to a single Palestinian or Palestinian American," write @ahjohnson.bsky.social
and Othman Ali. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The world’s richest 1% have more wealth than the bottom 95% put together, according to Oxfam.

There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.

It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.

Meet Frannie!

Holy shit

@joebidenbsky.bsky.social "FBI needs to immediately release all the tips on #Kavanaugh, investigate and release by Jan 10" @hcrichardson.bsky.social

My first post on Bluesky has to be a pic. of our new puppy Frannie. Since the election, we couldn't deal without having some distraction and love.