BoulderWolff

Tiny bit of brightness. Since we bought the house, I've made it my life's work to make friends with the birds. We have 2 scraggly trees that we hung the feeders in. Neighbor we've not met yet saw us struggling and came back with a wee saw to clean up the trees. I love living here. :)

I don’t know who did this, but I love it ☠️

The UK fired their ambassador to the US over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Meanwhile, Epstein’s best friend remains the President of the United States.

It's time for another Biden v. Trump Price Check - Month 8 edition. Trump said he would get prices down on day one of his presidency. So far most prices on basic grocery items have increased not decreased. All prices are from FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

You can’t scrub away the truth.

There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power.

The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.

Lisa Murkowski is beyond pathetic.

There is a level of mental exhaustion I've hit in the last week that I did not think was possible. Or it's depression. Who fucking knows these days.

#TooMuchInTheWorld #AtLeastIHaveDogs

The right is leveraging a murder to blame Dems.

Jesse Watters is convincing Fox viewers the killer was a liberal. Based on what? The chyron says “assassin still on the loose” as he speaks.

Trump dropped a video too, blaming the left with zero evidence.

The goal is violence. And it’s coordinated.

The injunction is silent as to the use of force. And it is not necessary for the injunction to address that use-of-force question because the Fourth Amendment’s reasonableness standard continues to govern the officers’ use of force and to prohibit excessive force. To the extent that excessive force has been used, the Fourth Amendment prohibits such action, and remedies should be available in federal court. I agree with the dissent on that point. But to reiterate, this injunction against brief stops for questioning does not address the useof-force issue.

It's not the most important part of the issue but Kavanaugh saying "well they should just sue if they're the victims of excessive force from ICE" when he himself has previously voted to bar lawsuits against federal officers for violations of the 4th Amendment in immigration cases takes chutzpah.

She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security. Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.

The Trump administration has appointed Heather Honey to a top election security position.

She is a protege of Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results.

Add Florida (again) to the list of the states I will avoid. Think I'll just stick to the West Coast. #SaferHere #VaccinesSaveLives

Fam, I just got visited by MOTHERFUCKING ICE.

For a comment I made here on Bluesky.

I guess “Shoots ICE in the face” is “bad”, could “incite violence” , and is not an “appropriate response to the kidnapping of citizens without due process”.

Cos apparently, “the media has it all wrong”.

Just did this, took 10 seconds. Looking forward to not needing to remember to type "-ai" constantly

This is an unconstitutional and authoritarian power grab.

The constitution grants power over federal elections to the states and Congress - not the president.

Things people don’t tell you about aging:
One day you’ll wake up and everything hurts
Your eyebrows get bushy overnight
You’ll lose your eyeglasses on your head and then get mad
Your fucks disappear
You own things that are older than your memory
You’re surprised you got here.

Republicans have forced schools to stop teaching about slavery because it's too traumatizing for children.

But watching their friends get shot to death at school is apparently the price of freedom.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.

Whew! Sen. Susan Collins should be “very concerned”

She showed up as the main guest at a ribbon-cutting in Searsport, Maine. It backfired.

The crowd was not happy to have her: “Shame. Shame. Shame.”

Small restaurant in my town just posted a story on IG (my wife showed it to me, I'm not in IG anymore) where they explained, with data, how costs have skyrocketed in the last few months. Their weekly food costs went up 3k - unsustainable for a small business. Things are dire.

Shuler: Thirteen billionaires in one picture—four of whom now run agencies of our federal government. If you’ve ever met someone who says the word “oligarchy” is too confusing or too complicated, well, you can explain it with that one photo.

If you support the NRA, work for the NRA, vote against common sense gun controls (and almost all limitations on the ownership of guns are common sense), then your finger is on the trigger every time one of these maniacs you have enabled commits another one of these nearly uniquely American crimes.

I wanted to start a small photo project right after my birthday since this is the last year in my 40s, but with work, an embarrassing "raise" that will keep me shackled to this job, and the country falling apart, it felt selfish and stupid to try to create. But I need to do something. Brain is sad.

Context: The guard is picking up trash in DC because Trump and the Republicans gutted DC & the parks budgets.

Brutal. A humiliation ritual.

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.