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It wasn’t the first time the White House got destroyed…the British burned it to the ground during the War of 1812. And numerous presidents changed and added to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...

When will people learn that violence solves nothing and just makes everything worse??

I’ve been ignoring AI copilot on Word and excel. It wants to help? Eh, no thanks. Also that’s actually the wrong phrasing…

Worth noting that South Park is on Paramount + and Comedy Central ( Paramount)

God, I love this kind of shit.

If you'd asked me ten minutes ago how often interstellar objects are observed in our solar system, I would have believed answers ranging from "never" to "a few times a week."

Turns out that yesterday the answer was "two," and today it's maybe "three."

WASHINGTON, D.C, (May 2, 2025) — Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), issued the following statement today regarding the President’s Executive Order on public media: “CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President’s authority. Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government. “In creating CPB, Congress expressly forbade ‘any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over educational television or radio broadcasting, or over [CPB] or any of its grantees or contractors…’ 47 U.S.C. § 398(c).”

Just a reminder that most of Trump's executive orders are nothing more than press releases.

After he ordered the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to pull funding for NPR and PBS, the CPB responded that it is authorized and funded by Congress and is not subject to the president's authority.

Tomorrow's @nypost.com wood: "He Said, Xi Said"

It’s sad. I can no longer tell what is a political satirical joke. I had to do double take. And sighed in relief and laughed.

Do they know that a good portion of our economy is tourist based?

this is so frigging insane. we're worried about hardened Japanese tourist/business traveler radicals destabilizing the the US during their visits?

Curious, what did he make of Conclave? Did he see the film?

Sigh. Let’s pray he’s not American.

YouTube video by Button Poetry Rudy Francisco - A Series of Gentle Reminders

youtu.be/LZiAPvtUmcY for those who need this right now.

Which resulted in a rise of sales for Maya Angelou books. They are sold out in area book stores.

Watercolor and pencil.

People ask: has there ever been a worse or stupider time or President in US?
Yes. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. 7 th president of US. Crushed the economy. Responsible for genocide of various Native American tribes, Trail of Tears, and a Depression in the 1830s leading up to US Civil War.

I miss having a law abiding and intelligent Supreme Court.

YouTube video by The New Students Woody Guthrie - All You Fascists Bound To Lose

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Thought of the day:” Most of the misery in the world is caused by regular people going about their days but conveniently forgetting that the”others” in any society are equally deserving of human dignity and compassion.” - Jonathan Eig

Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...

There are lots of new details about Cory Booker's speech in our TPM writeup about his record.

He set out to do this about a week ago. He brought on a former staffer who led a team that helped him fill over a dozen binders with 1,164 pages of material. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...

And still going.

YouTube video by Vinny Marchi Hostile Government Take Over (EDM Remix) @AGiftFromTodd

My brother sent me this for my birthday . youtu.be/sLn8GKzNAPQ

Well not quite nobody.

I tortured myself by reading Budget Bill passed the House. Good news? Still funding Medicare & Social Security. & Medicaid isn’t mentioned. Bad news? Medicaid isn’t mentioned & they gave Ways & Means Committee lots of power to cut. They want free market capitalism, no constraints.

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Happy Galentine Day! Non-romantic love day.

Also? Do not fight/argue with folks on social media. It never ends well.

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.

Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.

A thread.

Thought of the day? Before judging someone else, try walking a mile in their shoes and it’s unlikely you have their shoe size.

YouTube video by Mary Gauthier Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now [Audio]

Discovered this beautiful song today by Mary Gauthier entitled Mercy Now, that resonated with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL6J...