Cathy (CHS)

The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

View from Roscommon Castle tonight... Orange skies behind a lonely tree, Roscommon, Ireland

Sunset Ireland - View from Roscommon Castle tonight... Orange skies behind a lonely tree, Roscommon, Ireland #Sunset #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #CloudScape #IrishSunset #SkyScape #Photography

Trump's soft landings: The officials moved rather than fired Despite mass firings in his first term, the president has taken a lighter approach with some top officials.

Noem's DHS departure shows that rather than firing top appointees outright, Trump has opted to shuffle them into new roles — a contrast with the record number of firings in his first administration.

Mount Diablo with its rolling green foothills

I mean, the mountain is just showing off today.

I’m halfway through that book and finally got Chinese food. I little embarrassed by the number of fortune cookies she gave me. I assume she thinks I’m feeding a family of 10.

The text of the declaration of independence reprinted in the “news of the year” publication from 1776

In general, the boxes of “rare” stuff from storage I’m going through is just old. A few things are valuable. And then there is a first edition of the “Annual Register” from 1776 that just happens to have news of some little Declaration of Independence

#WindowIntoElsewhere

Good morning.

05.03.26

Most days at the same time and place, I take a photo and still am amazed at the changes nature offers!

#Nature #PhotographersOfBluesky
#photography
#EastCoastKin
#Odense #Denmark #Danmark
#sameplacetimeseries
#dailyview
#quietmoments

Drawing of an old tree in black ink with a background in coloured pencils

I noticed they cut down a few huge trees in my area and was suddenly struck by anxiety that this one would follow #art

The PWHL has announced the games at TD Garden (BOS) and Madison Square Garden (NY) have sold out.

Ticket sales indicated this was coming anyway, but the post-Olympics boom is REAL.

"It is fraud" -- Neguse nails Kristi Noem for lying during her testimony yesterday when she told the Senate that DHS's $220m ad campaign starring her "went out to a competitive bid" (it did not), and tells her "I think there's gonna be accountability" (1/2)

My wife says I like The Pitt because "where else do you see competent people in positions of authority trying to help?"

The Golden Cross is one of the oldest pubs in town,with records confirming its use as an inn as far back as 1428. According to a legend there is a secret tunnel that supposedly connected the inn to the nearby Old St Chad's Church allowing monks to drink in privacy! #Shrewsbury #ShropshireArt #sketch

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

they double bombed an elementary school for girls

The unredacted Epstein files belong to us.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is primarily funded by taxpayers through annual congressional appropriations.

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After a long day of travel, I have finally sent my newsletter, which is about traveling through shark-infested waters.

This is not a metaphor. These are actual sharks. I got to see actual sharks with @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and it was amazing.

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Happy Holi, New York City!

Growing up, Holi was more than a celebration of spring – it was a chance to embrace joy & revel with family.

It's been a long winter & spring is much anticipated. I wish New York City's Hindu communities an extra colorful Holi – may the warmth come soon enough.

😡😡😡😡

Cricket was the name of the puppy that Kristi Noem murdered.

Jeffries: "Article 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the sole authority to declare war. Framers made that decision b/c they were concerned about kings plunging their people into unnecessary wars to pillage resources of others for the benefit of a tyrant and his family. Sound familiar?"

I just started reading this the other night, having picked it up when visiting Winnipeg a few years ago (my TBR bookshelves will never be empty…)

Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

Across all the results yesterday one thing is clear- the first Dem in the presidential primary to vow that their first act as President will be to raze ICE to the ground and dump the remains in a toxic waste landfill is gonna lap the field

Americans are dead. Prices are skyrocketing. The Middle East is on fire. Civil war is brewing in Iran.

And for what? A war that will leave the same hardliners in charge? A war that can't actually destroy their nuclear program?

This is incompetence. Plain and simple.

Virginia Supreme Court clears way for voters to counter GOP gerrymanders The decision restores the referendum and allows election preparations to move forward immediately.

Good news!

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, for the second time, that voters can decide whether the state can redraw its congressional map — clearing the way for a referendum that, if successful, could help counter GOP gerrymanders nationwide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DHS accused Marimar Martinez of being a domestic terrorist

They said she rammed ICE agents & brandished a weapon

They tried to smear her after an agent shot her 5 times

The agent who shot her bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”

Marimar survived & stood calmly in the gallery as Noem lied

She’s a hero