Birdmischief

They say they can't afford to give us healthcare.
They say they can't afford school lunches.

But the CAN afford to use our tax money to bomb Iranians for ONE BILLION DOLLARS A DAY?!? Insanity.

Bloody hell.

Q: “Can you give us an idea of what unconditional surrender looks like?”

TRUMP: “When they cry uncle or there’s nobody around to cry uncle.”

Y’all.

(H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

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500 Ukrainian defenders have returned home over the past two days, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Lubinets said. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, 6,922 Ukrainians have been repatriated. #Ukraine

Yup.

I can neither understand or accept that Repugnants are subservient to this fugly monster. This is beyond repulsive.

May these survivors get the justice they rightly deserve.

These victims shot by ICE were helpers....

Ron Cobb was the greatest political cartoonist you've probably never heard of.

I'm sad to hear of Tatjana's passing, but how wonderful to know she had 99 years on this Earth. Tatjana was a dear friend to us peons in DC production back in the early '80s. She will be missed indeed. 🤍

Trump's death squads.

"After months of high-profile, militarized immigration raids in major American cities, the Trump administration has scaled back its deportation strategy, leading to a dip in arrests last month, according to three federal officials and internal government data. In recent weeks, immigration agents have focused on conducting more targeted enforcement operations, rather than indiscriminate street sweeps, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal strategy. Those arrests have been less visible and chaotic than the campaign that led to violent clashes with protesters — including the fatal shootings of two American citizens in January — and generated intense political blowback against President Trump. The retreat from some of its most aggressive enforcement efforts underscores the challenges the administration faces in meeting its goal of deporting millions of undocumented immigrants."

Record ICE kidnapping and disappearing continue

The Trump regime's daily ICE snatchings are four times higher than they were a year ago. But the @nytimes.com says the regime has "scaled back its deportation strategy". This is like the "pause" in global warming, anyone remember that?

ICE deports family, including deaf boy who wasn’t given his assistive devices — Guardian US California state superintendent says mother and sons arrested during ICE check-in and deported to Colombia

Sigh. Transferring people and not timely updating the ICE detainee locator or telling family or lawyers where they are has long been a tactic of enforced disappearance used by DHS to hinder the filing of habeas petitions to defend rights. This is just one recent example: apple.news/AhOtuCu2FTby...

Is anyone surprised that ICE’s story does not align with the facts?
His brake lights were on when he was shot.

ICE-hole, Jack Stevens executed Ruben Ray Martinez and got away with it. His passenger and witness was conveniently killed in a fiery car crash before he was set to testify.

#ProudBlue

There is no legitimate argument for not abolishing ICE and prosecuting everyone involved like a criminal gang.

The Middle East isn’t a slogan or a soundbite. It’s a region shaped by centuries of history, culture, religion, and fragile political realities. Serious leadership requires nuance, listening, and respect for the stakes involved.

What I heard was malignant narcissism (harder to treat than psychopathy) with a gravy of frontotemporal dementia (loss of impulse control, loss of attachment to reality, mood swings.)

Way past unhinged and even delusional or demented. Sociopathic comes to mind.

This is completely unhinged

We don’t need talkers right now. We need fighters.

And no matter how many times they knock me down, I’ll get back up and fight with you. Every. Single. Time.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.

That sequence/conversation/juxtaposition deserves all the awards + some others that need to be invented specifically for it that I am currently too gob-smacked to conceive. Thank you for showing it to us!

‘Deadliest Catch’ cast member details horrific circumstances that led to Todd Meadows’ death Trey John Green III revealed how his fellow deckhand died after going overboard into the frigid ocean while inside a 900-pound pot.

What a sad story and it sounds like the crew did everything they could to save him. I ended up over the side and into the water one time fishing up there but was lucky enough to make it out alive.

And this is all he had to replace Noem.

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"He always goes for the hug but she's sticking with the formalities!" 😅

A nice moment between Princess Anne and Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu 🤗

I’m seeing a ton of this floating around.

It’s true, we’re bombing the hell out of Iran, but this war isn’t as one sided as they’d have you believe. In a week, the US has lost at least two (possibly more) AN/TPY-2 radar.

We have less than 15 of them and they take years to make.