Karen Elder

The Martini Club by Tess Gerritson. The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz. Drop Dead Sisters by Amelia Diane Coombs.

What the actual...?! Yet they will claim to be Christians. 👀

Trump did this

Where was Republican outrage here?
Oregon state Senate Republicans have staged walkouts on multiple occasions, most notably in 2019, 2020, and 2023, to block legislation on issues such as climate change, gun control, and abortion rights.

Good for the goose, good for the gander.

Why did anyone need to be told? Didn't we all know that already? 😡

Rural hospitals brace for painful choices after Trump's Medicaid and Obamacare cuts An estimated 17 million people could lose their health insurance, putting financial strain on hospitals.

Rural hospitals across the U.S. say they're already being forced to consider tough choices — like cutting services for children or cancer patients — after Trump signed into law the GOP tax bill that included sweeping cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
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Mike Johnson and Russ Vought Continue to Lie About Medicaid Cuts House Speaker Mike Johnson and OMB Director Russ Vought denied that people will lose Medicaid coverage under the Republican budget. Experts disagree.

“People will not lose their Medicaid unless they choose to do so," House Speaker Mike Johnson said.

Several experts and organizations expose this for the lie that it is.

Gorgeous. Thought it was a photo.

I think they hate both.

UVA Tried To Shut Down Its Historical Tours Discussing Slavery. These Students Resisted. A conservative alumni group took issue with the discussion of difficult parts of UVA’s history.

While the university has ended the group's special status designation, with the support of the student body, student guides are doubling down on their commitment to share their campus’ history.

Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.

TRUMP HAS NOW DEPORTED MULTIPLE U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN WITH CANCER

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6 Things You Can Do to Secure Your Phone as You Reenter the Country After Traveling In some instances, government agents can search your digital devices legally after an international trip

Dystopia is the AARP advising older Americans about how to live in a police state
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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.

Photo of Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in Poker Face on the screen in the Dolby Theater before the panel.

Still thinking about yesterday's #PaleyFest panel of #PokerFace. Such a wonderful show and the new season is going to be fantastic!

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

GOP lawmakers push to charge women with homicide for seeking abortions • West Virginia Watch Conservative lawmakers have filed a new batch of bills that would grant legal rights to fetuses and fertilized embryos.

GOP lawmakers push to charge women with homicide for seeking abortions westvirginiawatch.com/2025/03/07/g...

While I enjoy @thetraitorsus.bsky.social, the misogyny at the round table in this finale is annoying. How dare she do exactly what he is doing?! 👀 Hold on while I clutch my pearls.

How to Defend Immigrants Against the Most Common ICE Tactics These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information.

Knowing your rights, exercising your rights, and informing others about their rights is not a crime. It’s a constitutional right.

These “know your rights” videos have crucial, easy-to-understand information on how to defend against the most common ICE tactics and unconstitutional actions. ⤵️

Say again...?

Talking to my dad today. The price for the diabetes medicine he takes has gone from $153 to $548. Per month. If he can't get something cheaper, he'll stop taking it. As will so many people. Are we great enough yet?

Trump administration plans mass firing at office that funds homelessness programs Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.

Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.

How Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum could hit you at the grocery store U.S. tariffs could cause the prices of steel and aluminum cans to rise, an increase that may ultimately be passed on to consumers.

U.S. tariffs could cause the prices of steel and aluminum cans to rise, an increase that may ultimately be passed on to consumers.

CISA Puts Election Staff on Administrative Leave Read more here.

CISA – a federal agency that helps secure elections from foreign threats and disinformation – has placed its employees on administrative leave. The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. at risk.

Two Barbary macaques, one juvenile, on a ledge overlooking the bay.

I've been traveling and without much social media for the last week. Do I even want to know what I've missed?

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’ An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”

I'm traveling and trying, unsuccessfully, to limit checking for what fresh hell has been unleashed. There's been too much to process but this is frightening. I've never felt extreme concern about a flight before.

This is why you can’t conduct foreign policy in broad strokes.

Everything you do as the President has reverberating consequences.

This could allow another ISIS resurgence.

Did not see this coming. 👀

I find this very soothing today. Hope you do too.

Really needed a few seconds of #SeaPuppy. Thought you might need it, too.