When the military is deployed for the express purpose of intimidating the domestic population, something has gone badly awry.

tsuru no ko persimmons, painted by amanda almira newton, 1915

tsuru no ko persimmons, painted by amanda almira newton, 1915

The one thing I'll say about Rose is that is was settled law by the time of his offense. There had been fixing of games around the edges of the sport for years before the Black Sox and it had been a bit of an open secret, much like Bonds, Mcgwire etc years later. Rose understood the penalty.

Do Rs think that doing townhalls where they have goons drag people out of the venue makes them look good? I seriously don't get what the thought process is here

Trump's Tariffs Aren't Economics. They're a Cultural Purge | Washington Monthly Trump's blunderbuss tariff policies are a declaration of war on the half of America that didn’t vote for him.

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...

Is there anything we can do to make you reconsider

Plenty of good seats available

Why supporting indie Irish bookshops matters in the age of Amazon The message was stark but indisputable. "Irish businesses will struggle to compete with Amazon.ie, both online and in the high street," said Kenny's bookshop on Instagram.

It’s not just Indie bookshops though. It’s all our small local businesses. The cost of convenience, of next day delivery and maybe a saving of a few € simply isn’t worth it. We will lose ourselves. A lot of shops and businesses shuttered in towns and villages in Ireland already
#speirgorm

Meanwhile in Florida….absolute insanity with these proposed child labor laws

Wall Street analysts say Elon Musk is the clear auto tariff winner: 'Tesla wins, Detroit bleeds' Several Wall Street analysts see Tesla as benefiting from Trump's plan for levies on cars.

www.cnbc.com/2025/03/27/w...

I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values

LISTEN no one talks about this enough but the weird little monkey part of our brain really needs us to sit around in small groups, with no particular end goal or plan in mind, and just talk

Like a fundamental need for us to be healthy

What Trump Can’t Do Nine facts that show we are still Americans. We will not give in to Trump's dictatorial regime. We are still human. We will decide our own fate.

“Making change requires rejecting a sense of powerlessness and recognizing our collective power and possibility. While we may be horrified by what’s happening…we also need to remember what Trump can’t do.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/what-trump...

After attending the super right wing and "racially charged" 1964 GOP convention that nominated Barry Goldwater, Jackie Robinson, a lifelong Republican, said that he now had "a better understanding of how it must have felt to be a Jew in Hitler's Germany." Indeed Jackie, indeed.

If you're still ordering from Amazon, what's it going to take.

🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇

PBS shutters DEI office The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.

www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...

"You'll never be unhoused in America—if you're a car."

There are a quarter of a billion cars in the U.S.—and 2 billion parking spaces.

The nation now builds more 3-car garages than 1-bedroom apartments.

🅿️🧵

Amazon's Whole Foods asks agency to set aside the results of a union win at a Philadelphia store Amazon-owned Whole Foods is asking the National Labor Relations Board to set aside the results of a union election that led to a labor win.

apnews.com/article/whol...

Bondi also issued an order to disband the national security division’s corporate enforcement unit and placing limits on the kinds of crimes prosecutors can pursue related to foreign lobbying. Charges under the Foreign Agents Registration Act “shall be limited to instances of alleged conduct similar to more traditional espionage by foreign government actors,” according to the order. The department’s counterintelligence and export control section “shall focus on civil enforcement, regulatory initiatives and public guidance.”

Unnoticed, as far as I can tell, amidst the other madness

news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/bo...

When we discuss undocumented workers I often hear people talking about them "doing the work Americans don't want to do" That may be accurate but it misses a greater point. A lot of these workers have 15 -20 years in a discipline. There is an expertise drain coming, in kitchens, and small businesses.

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.

Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

You Are Allowed to Have an Opinion About What the Constitution Means As the Supreme Court prepares to tackle the Trump Colorado ballot access question, plenty of so-called experts claim to have all the answers.

You are going to hear a lot of conservative activists over the next four years explain why an arcane constitutional provision unequivocally compels some aspect of Trump's policy agenda, and I would like you to remember they are full of shit and you do not have to pay attention to them

Purchasing at brick and mortar would be a good start as well. If you absolutely must purchase on line, purchase directly from the business producing the product.

The resolve people are feeling in the wake of a Trump presidency to resist his confederates is important. Amazon is counter to a healthy and fair economy, Meta is counter to a healthy community. The important piece for me is to that we remember it when this has passed. Vote with your keystrokes.

Shop locally, engage in dialogue with fellow community members, frequent a privately owned local bar or coffee house.

Thanksgiving menu at Plaza Hotel NYC, 1899: