John Steies

Some of Monet's lilies were imported from Egypt and South America.
He often defied local authorities’ objections to introducing foreign plants into the river system. 🌍

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

Hugo Ekitike est incroyable 🇫🇷 ✨ #LFC #Liverpool #Redsky

Even under SCOTUS's dubious reasoning in Trump v. U.S., there is no scenario in which maneuvering billions of dollars to an offshore account to keep it out of reach from Congress and courts is an "official act." This is all criminal and impeachable.

Jack Smith: "Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power. President Trump attempted to induce state officials to ignore true vote counts…"

The cast and crew of ‘HAMNET’ dance to “We Found Love” by Rihanna to celebrate the end of production.

Awesome piece, @dennycarter.bsky.social. Those of us who love democracy are all clawing for reasons for optimism right now, and I love the way you frame this fight. Dr. King is also such an apt comparison, a man who fought in the face of insurmountable odds. Surely worse than those we face today.

“On this MLK Day – a day American conservatives have hated since its inception in 1986 – know that the bully is not having a good time, and that pro-democracy Americans are slowly realizing that in these advanced stages of small-d democratic decline, only power can save us now. We're going to win.”

Happy for this guy. Happy for Senegal! 🇸🇳 now for them to make some noise in the World Cup this summer! #YNWA

Frey has been asked about this way more than Trump has been asked why he has invaded an American city based on false pretenses, where rogue secret police are kidnapping and killing people.

Never forget that without Trump, these are people who would never have been within a million miles of any job that carries serious responsibilities - and they know it.

But grandma better not fail to report all of her social security income or else!

Reminder that you now live in a country where there are two classes of citizenship, & approximately 26 million of us are being reminded on a regular basis by the far right authoritarian party that we have the lesser kind.

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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

"As of November 5th, it estimated that USAID's dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

this is amazing. he might think harder about faith than practically anyone in public life

Every statement by Trump exists only in the moment he says it and will almost immediately be replaced by another statement that he means equally as little. It’s why it’s so absurd watching news people trying to parse his claims in good faith

I keep coming back to this James Baldwin quote these days.

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."

I think about this constantly

It’s almost like Americans were never fundamentally, inevitably “anti-immigration” and Democrats never had to just put their hands up and meekly chase Republicans (and lose), and affirm all their anti-immigrant positions that helped get us here at all!

To fight Trump's funding freezes, states try a new gambit: Withholding federal payments The novel and untested approach has been introduced by Democratic lawmakers in at least four states.

www.cnbc.com/2025/06/29/t...

"Payments available for withholding include the federal taxes collected from the paychecks of state employees, as well as grant payments owed back to the federal government."

They’ve destroyed American medical research, the American education system, the American university research system, and the aid system that protected millions of lives, and they’ve given our anti-immigrant masked paramilitary police force a budget the size of a nation

I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.

More of this please.

These people are heroes

Also, surely this should be the core media narrative about this war - they’re not doing it for any reason they can articulate!

There’s no intelligence supporting their claims, Trump himself seemed to think it was a bad idea a week ago, but no one’s in charge and Trump is an easily-pressured fool

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Iran S04 E06 Dailymotion video by L3arnTV

If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.