Paul 🌹

With the orange one visiting Scotland I'm missing Jane Godley right about now - and so is Scotland....

janeygodley.com/shop/trumps-...

@rosie.com Heads up the orange king is flying to Scotland today - watch for the dark cloud on his arrival....

It's who he is, people keep voting for the buffoon expecting a different result...

I'm starting to think the alcohol is for those who didn't vote Ford while we wait for the next election ...

God speed Robert

Rainy #caturday - here's some #Claire to brighten your day

I've always loved Paul Rudnick's wit.

“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.

Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.

Analysis: If Trump really is running the world, where will he take it? | CNN Politics Donald Trump thinks he’s running the world.

“The second time, I run the country and the world,” he added.

Trump really is running the world, his hubris would have you believe that...

www.cnn.com/2025/04/29/p...

Analysis: If Trump really is running the world, where will he take it? | CNN Politics Donald Trump thinks he’s running the world.

“The second time, I run the country and the world,” he added.

Trump really is running the world, his hubris would have you believe that...

www.cnn.com/2025/04/29/p...

Poilievre says costed platform coming 'soon' after other leaders release plans | CBC News With about a week left before election day and well over two million ballots cast so far, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre still hasn't released a costed platform outlining his vision for the coun...

Poilievre dragging his feet, just like his security clearance, on a costed platform, and early voting in full swing, not to mention he won't talk to the media. How is this leadership?

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

😋😌

Friendly reminder. In the United States, criminals are entitled to due process. Even if you pay hush money rig an election, steal top secret documents, or incite a mob to overthrow the government; no matter how egregious your crimes, you’re entitled to due process.

This is some sick shit

U.S. will walk away from Russia-Ukraine peace effort if no progress made soon, Rubio says | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump will walk away from trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ...

WOW after all the BS about ending it the "deal maker" folds

"U.S. President Donald Trump will walk away from trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

A Fork in the Road: Is Federal Employee Privacy Compromised? In this interview, I speak to a systems security specialist who found privacy problems surrounding the HR@opm.gov email servers

Back in January, I reported on DOGE entering an agency system, exporting the data, OPM server info left open to the public, and someone signing in from a foreign country using a DOGE account. Almost identical to what the Whistleblower reported to NPR this week www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-...

UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...

This is how you do it.

The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".

The moral imperative may be to fight...

but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:

www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...

“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

From Treasuries to Teslas, the US trade war is wrecking America’s brand value | CNN Business This is all pretty embarrassing.

"Trump’s trade war is wrecking America’s brand value" as he devalues America, maybe he's looking for bankruptcy #7

Trump’s trade war is wrecking America’s brand value, from Teslas to Treasuries

www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/b...

Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in March as cross-border travel plummets | CBC News The number of cross-border travellers going from Canada to the U.S. dropped by nearly 900,000 in March compared to the same month last year, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

American border business? You can thank Trump for this.

"Cross-border travellers going from Canada to the U.S. dropped by nearly 900,000 in March compared to the same month last year, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data"
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy.

Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.

All with an average donation of $21.

THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️

Circle up

There we go.

Thank you @jeffjarvis.bsky.social

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Amid trade war ambiguity, Trump signals he will place further tariffs on Chinese tech | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday bore down on his administration's latest message that the exclusion of smartphones and computers from his "reciprocal" tariffs on China will be short-lived, pledg...

America cries wolf yet again, but now no one believes them anymore - and why should they..
The Trump on-off-on tariff plan, is no plan at all, just world wide economic kaos...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

We'll never forget

Oof. We’ve fallen so far, so fast.

It's a "work" in progress (dammit I spelled "failure" wrong again)