Organize! Revolt! Freedom!

The Empire is striking back, but we know how this story unfolds.
The Resistance stands firm & grows. Those who were trampled by the powers of darkness joined & fought back.
We are #AltGov, and we are here to help.
The fight has only just begun.

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.

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We're in the dumbest timeline. We love you, 🇨🇦 friends and family. We're sorry for all of this.

From ….. The Dept of People Who Work for a Living

Screenshot of a McConnell tweet declaring “this week in the Senate proved that clumsy partisan jams will not work” after he filibustered a Democratic spending bill and Democrats agreed to allow a McConnell-preferred clean bill to pass to avert a shutdown.

In 2021, McConnell successfully filibustered a Democratic CR ahead of a government shutdown and forced them to accept a clean one instead. What happened this week - a total cave on a totally partisan long-term funding bill - hasn’t happened in the 20 years I’ve covered Congress.

Trump/DOGE say CDC is full of waste and project 2025 calls for CDC to be dismantled. Let's talk about what CDC does. CDC not only responds to outbreaks. It also does fundamental work in chronic disease research and prevention.

Pay attention to this case.

More of this!

… and some cats for freedom …

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Jon Stewart & Maria Ressa On the US’s Authoritarian Slide | The Weekly Show

In this week’s new #TheWeeklyShow episode, Jon discusses ⬇️:

>> Authoritarianism
>> Using Fear, Anger, Hate
>> Move Fast and Break Democracy
>> Slicing Salami

NEW YouTube video out now:
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Sometimes we all gotta hide.

Unconstitutional. Appropriations bills are laws. If the president is not bound by them, he can make laws by fiat and is acting like a dictator. No Democrat can vote for any appropriations or debt ceiling bill while this is happening.

Dolly Parton Responded to Indiana’s Threat To Cut Funding of Her Children’s Literacy Program With This Smart Instagram Move Do you remember the part in Elf where the nun cries, “But the children love the books!” as Buddy’s real-life father, Walter, delivers the ruthless news that the orphanage has missed its rental payment...

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library exists with her own funding, in addition to state funding. States, such as Indiana, are beginning to cut such funding. Her library program gifts FREE BOOKS TO CHILDREN.

We ride at dawn for Dolly Parton, always. Thank you for your book joy💛

tinyurl.com/DollyYahoo

Yall can’t tell me that’s not a planet. But maybe it’s a marble.

Firing people and taking over the Kennedy Center doesn’t seem to produce more eggs.

Kendrick Lamar with devilish smile

The best of us

Black cat on a shelf of equipment batteries and hard hat

Pantera inspects the equipment batteries. Finally getting off his bum to earn his keep.

January 16, 2025 In his final address to the nation last night, President Joe Biden issued a warning that “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our e...

Reflect on history. Rockefeller Carnegie oligarchies. We have lived in it before. We will survive. Let’s open our eyes.

NPR shopped for 96 items at Walmart to track how prices are really changing NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.

Maybe things aren't more pricey from last year or the year before, but it sure still feels that way

Titled: The Scream
Based on: Congressional hearings

Washington Post October 25, 2024: “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing …”

Washington Post Today: well, except for all these people. Then definitely back to our roots.

Canadian cavalry of firefighters and planes heading to help battle L.A. fires Firefighters, water-bombers, helicopters and equipment are on their way from Ontario, Alberta and Quebec.

look for the helpers

Biden added more jobs to the economy than Trump, Obama, or Bush The U.S. economy added 2.23 million jobs in 2024, including 256,000 in the final full month of Biden's presidency.

Biden finishes his term with a stronger jobs record than Trump, even if you exclude the pandemic losses/gains.

It's just math

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Top 10 photo-crop job of all time, easy

The animal trail cuts through my yard. These are the tracks of the tamedish wildish Pantera, one of the elusive black cats who fails to pay rent or passage but thrills its seekers with head butts.

Luna will be writing all the posts with judgy mcjudger eyes.