Words & Phrases We Could Do Without Removing Trump is the only way to get rid of real ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’

Since Trump is the all-time “waste, fraud, and abuse” champ, we should retire the phrase. If we really want to get rid of waste, fraud, and abuse we should get rid of the MAGA regime—and before that, boot out the do-nothing MAGA congressional majorities
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Buger? Eww…

Latest Revelations Complicate Trump’s Sweeping Denials About Epstein

Latest Revelations Complicate Trump’s Sweeping Denials About Epstein ... FFS "show he is lying" is the obvious headline www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

🌿 Wild Ones was featured in The New York Times - again!

This essay explores America’s lawn obsession & the call to let yards go wild. 🦋 Author Ken Ilgunas urges readers to join groups like Wild Ones to spark change.

Join today: join.wildones.org

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He’ll move it inside the Capitol.

Qatari Royal Family Selling Boeing 747-8 Private Jet The Qatari royal family is selling a Boeing 747-8 business jet. Here's what we know about the sale of this epic plane.

Am I the last to know? The Qatar jet offered to Trump turns out to be an item unsuccessfully for sale since 2020. The "gift" is not only a Trump grift, but also an attempted scam on the US taxpayer, who will assume costs the owners no longer wish to pay. onemileatatime.com/qatari-royal...

🌿 Celebrate National Public Gardens Day with Wild Ones! 🌼

Public gardens do more than beautify our communities - they spark change. By showcasing the ecological power and beauty of native plants, these spaces inspire action, connect people to nature, and shift how we think about landscaping.

Homeowner Associations Can’t Ban Native Plants, Thanks to New Illinois Law “The reality of climate change can be debilitating, it’s hard to know where to even start,” said state Rep. Laura Faver Dias (D- Grayslake), who introduced the bill in the General Assembly. “But now a...

Homeowner Assocs Can’t Ban Native Plants, Thanks to Illinois Law... HOAs have prohibitions against native plants–arguing: They’re tall, weedy, and attract rodents. Illinois state legislature passed a new law banning the bans. HOAs can no longer bar native gardens.

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A Subpoena for the White House? On April 16, I wrote to you about a hearing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, which is before U.S.

Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed a motion today and it could lead to a deposition in the White House. Read about it here and be up to date. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Undaunted Democrats Channel the Power of Faith, Welcoming All to Join

Undaunted
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Trump’s ludicrous tattoo tirade ought to raise a lot of questions It’s Trump in a microcosm – terribly, insistently wrong -- and a great case study for journalists to explore

Trump’s ludicrous tattoo tirade ought to raise a lot of questions
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Free Kilmar This human rights outrage cannot be permitted to persist

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Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff

Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.

there is simply no amount of child death that will move RFK to change his mind because he is a predatory narcissist who cares less about health than the gratification of his own ego

@kansasreflector.com Eric Thomas wrote: "First, university students sit in Louisiana detention centers awaiting hearings and possible detentions." Did he mean *deportations*?

Elon Musk threatens Pentagon leakers after NYT report on secret China war briefing “They will be found,” warns U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser as White House lashes out at the media.

“They will be found,” warns U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser as White House lashes out at the media.” www.politico.eu/article/elon...

Indeed.

Tonight in her newsletter, @hcrichardson.bsky.social quoting Maine Senator Angus King telling the Senate to wake up. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

We got it wrong: The real crisis in the U.S. military Thanks to Trump’s Friday night purge, the relationship between the military and the nation has been fundamentally altered

When the political leaders fire, for no apparent cause, senior leaders and, as important, the lawyers who embody the protection of the military members under the law... the relationship between the military and the nation has been fundamentally altered.
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Shonda Rhimes and Renée Fleming Leave Kennedy Center After Trump’s Takeover Renée Fleming, Ben Folds and Shonda Rhimes all left posts at the Kennedy Center after President Trump became chairman and its longtime leaders were fired.

Stars Resign Kennedy Center Posts in Wake of Trump’s Takeover .. GOOD. Next donors should pull funding. Artists should not appear. We among others will not renew subscriptions or pruchase further tix. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/a...

When Tillis, Collins and others face the voters they will have to justify putting irresponsible, dangerous people in office. they were so scared of losing a primary they threw Americans under the bus

Texas Gov Greg Abbott, who relies on a wheelchair, banned DEI policies in his state. He is a DEI hire. They should turn off all elevators in the state capitol, the governor’s mansion, remove all ramps for access to his office, and never issue a handicap car tag to him.

Opinion | The Law Is Not Fully Trump’s Yet The legal system is not so easily dismissed.

“The left, in particular, seems prone to despair about whether the courts will slow our autocratic slide. But that despair is premature. The legal system is not so easily dismissed.”

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@nytimes.com I fixed your headline.

The way the “press” covers him is as appalling as his deeds-the essence of cowardly enabling.