Jaymac3

Sigh …

Ann Telnaes

“A value is like a fax machine:
it’s not much use if you’re
the only one who has one.”

— Kwame Anthony Appiah

Bob Englehart ...

New London Day

Mike Lukovich - Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

Pentagon Blames Venezuela For Flow Of Drugs Into Kash Patel WASHINGTON—Calling the national crisis “a complete justification” for additional airstrikes on boats purportedly trafficking narcotics, the Pentagon issued a statement Tuesday blaming Venezuela for th...

Pentagon Blames Venezuela For Flow Of Drugs Into Kash Patel

Martyn Turner - Irish Times.

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.

Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe. His goal is straightforward: To make ICE agents uncomfortable.

“I want their morale as low as possible,” he said, “because a team with low morale is ineffective.”

In rural America, public radio saves lives In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?

First, an earthquake hit Alaska. Then it was a typhoon. People turned to public radio for lifesaving information. Sen. Lisa Murkowski tried to get her colleagues to understand the importance of stations.

They voted to defund public media anyway.

Interesting

Political Profile: Marjorie Taylor Greene Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) feud with President Trump is shaking MAGA world. Here is everything you need to know about Greene.  Birthplace: Kenya Religion: Islamophobia Experience: Six years ...

Political Profile: Marjorie Taylor Greene — theonion.com/political-pr...

Washington Post

Washington Post

Kal - Substack

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson The Gettysburg Address | Journey to American Democracy

From HCR @hcrichardson.bsky.social .

If you ever need reminding of what this great American Experiment is all about...

A very good way to spend 4 minutes of your life. 👇👀

Which side is the US on? From the chappatte.com archives

substack.com/@chappatteca...

"We are only the trustees for those who come after us."

―William Morris

Bob Englehart ...

Brilliant

New London Day

Mike Lukovich - Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

Martyn Turner - Irish Times.

Exhausted Stable Boy Clearly Just Going Through Motions Of Tearing Open Bodice GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND—Audibly sighing as he “listlessly” undid a corset string by the light of a candle, a sulking, exhausted stable boy was reportedly going through the motions Thursday of tearing...

Exhausted Stable Boy Clearly Just Going Through Motions Of Tearing Open Bodice — theonion.com/exhausted-st...

Washington Post

In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

RIGHT! <<Sigh ...>>
wapo.st/4rdDQew

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

This news is particularly distressing. I can't believe the change originated within the Guard leadership. Instead, it bears all the hallmarks of yet another outrage perpetrated by the current administration.

Nonetheless, I weep ...

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"Good ideas are often murdered by better ones."

―Roddy Doyle