Brian Warn

Cathartic for me to watch this.

Thank you for your letter and letting people like me know your family’s own immigration history.
I had the luxury of immigrating from England when I was three on a Pan Am 707 from Heathrow to Seattle.

YouTube video by Huppelplopp1848 Chumbawamba - The day the nazi died

A song for our times (again).

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Great show tonight! Just caught it on Mixcloud.

YouTube video by KEXP Temples - Mystery of Pop (Live on KEXP)

Great song from a great album (Volcano) ...

I received a permit to backpack in one of the zones in The Enchantments this fall. I want to find out then the effects of having no staff to patrol it this season.

Thank you!

Bravo!

I took this photo and created the national park style poster from it.

One of my happy places.

That money was in 2023 less than 1% of the total federal budget. The benefit to us for that USAID funding is that $1 spent now on preventative measures saves $10 of defense later without USAID if those same areas become sources of attacks against us locally and abroad.

Not that simple. I can point to one charity in Uganda, Mercy for Life Africa, where kids and adults got their HIV meds through a local Kinshasa NGO-run clinic that received funds from USAID. No more meds now for those people.

No one will ever trust the US again after Trump.

Some of the Royal Army soldiers were based out of the US Army camp where I was also based when I deployed to Kuwait in 2005. Polish soldiers were there as well. All were in the process of passing through after serving in one or both of Iraq and Afghanistan.

$30 million is the average amount that Trump spent for three months of golf outings during his first administration … and is on track to spend during this presidency.

"We were warned" -- those like you and me knew this. MAGA people didn't care and will continue not to care until they're personally affected. At that point, it'll be, "Hey, wait a minute. I'm not supposed to be hit. What gives?" It'll be too late for them. Can't say I'll be sympathetic then.

I'm currently scrambling to replace HIV-med funds for a non-profit I support that wood-chippy torpedoed when he attacked USAID. In Uganda now, I have learned from someone in country that there are clinics now with thousands of people in line waiting for the meds. Getting treatment takes days.

… and the kneecapping of the old and disabled by Muskrat is about to begin.

Great movie! Who knew that it would be a view of our future?

Unbelievable. I say this as one who used my Post-9/11 GI Bill benefit a number of years ago.

Follow-on to ‘Dance Craze’ tonight.

Currently reading Chapter 30 of this with the ‘Dance Craze’ soundtrack playing in the background.
Good way to spend a Saturday night.

Great reporting, @klong.bsky.social!!

Doxx away.

Contact the Prime Minister Right Honourable Justin Trudeau - Le très honorable Justin Trudeau

Maybe also take the time to write a short note to PM Trudeau.

www.pm.gc.ca/en/connect/c...

“We need something more meaningful than [aspiration]”. <— This!

“you” below = voters in our country

1. We want you to work with us to craft healthcare options that cover your health needs and that don’t leave you one bad hospitalization away from bankruptcy.
2., etc cont’d for remaining issues.

Opinion | We Deserve Pete Hegseth If you thought the former TV host would be asked important questions at his confirmation hearing, you are under the illusion that we live in a serious country.

From earlier this month. The opening five bullets of this piece are absolutely spot on … yet DEI is what the new SECDEF chooses to run with.

Given all of the people from Project 2025 who are now in Trump’s administration, we can safely change from MAGA to MAM

Making America Mississippi

After all, Viktor Orbán showed all the Project 2025 (Orbán) fanboys how to do this to Hungary.

More halted harvests are coming to a field near you.

On the bright side, dandelions -- all parts of the plant -- and nettles are edible. At least we can pivot to harvesting edible wild plants like these after our supermarket produce sections are barren.

GOP attorneys general call on Costco to end DEI programs The Issaquah-based retailer is facing challenges to its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Time to shop at Costco even more now.

www.seattletimes.com/business/gop...