Chris Van Hollen flying down to El Salvador and refusing to leave until he got in a room with Kilmar Abrego Garcia blows up every other “well what do you expect them to do?” defense for elected Democrats

ftd
And I do not mean the flower delivery company.

Spring is springing here in Denver!

And now for something sunny and fun. At the Wigwam Motel on Route 66 just outside Petrified Forest National Park. Classic kitschy motel.

Omg. Yes!

He makes it sooooo hard not to hate him.

Never thought I’d repost Pence. Or agree with him! The world is wholly surreal these days.

Of course you can! You’re an artist.

The Emperor’s New Tariffs: Small, Ugly and Stupid Trump is throwing a tantrum, but the damage will be real

Tariff truth.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-empero...

The CFPB took aim at Big Tech. Then Elon Musk moved to dismantle it. In the days before Musk’s DOGE set its sights on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, X revealed plans for a payments system the agency might have overseen.

NEW: In the days before Elon Musk helped stage a takeover of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, his social media site, X, unveiled a payment system likely under its scrutiny - underscoring one of the many conflicts of interest as Musk leads DOGE.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Mama bear wrestling with her cub. She's got him by the rear paw, nibbling on his toes I guess. They're in spring grass with a tree on the left.

Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.

So we moved over to blue sky.

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Longs Peak. This 14,256-foot (4345.22 m) fourteener is located in Rocky Mountain National Park. Yesterday I had a super clear view of this peak that was 60 miles from where I was!

How *you* can protect democracy 29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect our system of government

Don't give up - do something. A great list for civic minded Americans, from @protectdemocracy.org

open.substack.com/pub/protectd...

Mt. Shavano, Salida, CO

Yeah, that sucks. I will continue to call it Mt. Denali.

Yes to the AP! Fascism works because smart people don’t speak out. They obey even ridiculous orders out of fear, and, yes, being utterly sick and tired of chaos. (www.politico.com/news/2025/01...)

We can do it!

I’m going to start using that!