Can it be a while before weather like that shows up. Fabulous image.

I feel the momentum shifting, hopefully it’s not too late. Foxtrot Delta Taco.

That last line of the dissent just hits you.

This Is Fascism

Took refuge in the old familiar this weekend and made some comfort food. Coffee and whiskey were poured, but no cigarettes.

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

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IT IS TIME.

What an image from Broadview near Chicago. Glad to see WE THE PEOPLE standing up to this authoritarian nonsense.
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Thanks for adding. Too many people fail to credit the hard work behind these kind of images.

Sellwood night surfer. Had a lovely chat with the dude. 🤙

Glad to hear as I just downloaded the Audible version.

Pay attention. Something dark might be coming.

The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.

1/ Here's what's happening.

Nothing better than fog.

Brain is still in the post-vacation reentry phase.

I feel your pain, though I have to take mine off to read them clearly if the font is particularly small. 😂

Literally bathed in volcanic heat, had a fabulous dinner with the parents, then cruised the arctic circle as a nightcap. What a great trip.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:

"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

"Saying that our country has tipped over an invisible edge into an authoritarian state plainly is important — and easier than most in the media and pundit class will pretend it is. They will presumably for some period of time — perhaps even a long period of time — stick to euphemisms"

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Prepping for a trip and had the joy of purchasing a half dozen rolls of Tri-X for my Holga. Absolute favorite travel camera.

"How can we communicate with optimism about the future … when we're living in the here and now where American democracy is in peril? … And we're supposed to ignore it? Leave it to others to wrestle with …? No no no no no. …

"That is tonight's Last Word on my last day at the Washington Post."

Amazon Prime Days are dangerous. 😂

Gonna need a few of these today.

Ironically as the days grow longer I’m taking more after dark photos. Happy Solstice everyone!

Another memorable gathering of the citizenry last weekend. Had a great time introducing visiting family to a Portland protest.

I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.

My cat says this was your best video yet. More bird song in the mix!