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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.

They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.

Washington State HB2221 is anti-wolf legislation disguised as "Restoring and sustaining healthy ungulate populations".

Tell your legislators to vote against it.
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...

We see you Minnesota 👏🏽

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.

She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

ICE just murdered a U.S. citizen.

This violence is the direct result of racist rhetoric coming from Donald Trump and his allies.

This is dangerous state-sanctioned violence. We will not stay silent while unqualified masked federal agents terrorize our communities.

FFS, making America sick again.

6 January 2026 Joint Statement on Greenland Statement by President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Tusk of Poland, Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain, Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Frederiksen of Denmark on Greenland. Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe and it is critical for international and transatlantic security. NATO has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European Allies are stepping up. We and many other Allies have increased our presence, activities and investments, to keep the Arctic safe and to deter adversaries. The Kingdom of Denmark - including Greenland - is part of NATO. Security in the Arctic must therefore be achieved collectively, in conjunction with NATO allies including the United States, by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders. These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them. The United States is an essential partner in this endeavour, as a NATO ally and through the defence agreement between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States of 1951. Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.

This is where we are. Read this joint statement by France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Denmark on Greenland:

"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."

A flooded river

Aerial view of the Snoqualmie River, Washington yesterday. 😲
📸Kristin Kinzig

‘I have to get the baby’: A Vancouver mother’s sacrifice during the Northwest’s deadliest tornado - Emerald City Weather Blog Rick Graser’s mom is a hero. Sharon Graser died more than 53 years ago while saving a dozen

As family gatherings take center stage this Thanksgiving holiday, I wanted to share the legacy of the Graser family, whose matriarch sacrificed her life 53 years ago to save a dozen children during the Northwest’s strongest tornado on record: emeraldcityweather.com/april-1972-v... #wawx

We have discovered the trick to talking to racist family members during the holidays A quick and dirty tip sheet.

You're welcome.

The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry.

This is why you always follow the money.

www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...

The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.


The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.

Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111

As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.

AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge "Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."

The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:

www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

T-shirt of a frog surfing a blue wave.

#bluewave #frog
New shirt design. www.etsy.com/listing/4399...

ZOHRAN MAMDANI WINS Photo of Zohran Mamdani.

Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani, NYC’s new mayor.

The Witch Was Never the Villain. She Was the Beginning of Women’s Power. Women’s autonomy over their land, labor and lives has been treated as a threat. As we approach another Election Week, are women seen as witches?

Women’s autonomy over their land, labor and lives has long been treated as a threat.

As we approach another Election Week, women again stand at the threshold between what is and what could be.

She donated $11.5 MILLION‼️

At 10 AM EDT, catastrophic #Hurricane #Melissa is at 300km/h (185mph) max sustained winds w/ 892 mb central pressure, ranking it among the top 3 lowest-pressures & highest-wind Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded.

Wishing Godspeed to the people of Jamaica today.

#HurricaneMelissa #Cat5 #ATLwx

A jaw-dropping view of the sun setting on Hurricane Melissa tonight.

Melissa continues its approach to Jamaica as a powerful, major hurricane.

Wells Fargo scammed millions of people by opening fake accounts. The Trump Administration just reduced a former Wells Fargo exec's $10 million fine to $0.

Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else.

Illustration of a black cat with an unsure expression wearing an elaborate Dracula-esque red cape

Thank you so much for doing this! I’m a cat-loving librarian and illustrator.
This vampurr-er and other cute critter art is up in my shop: www.inprnt.com/gallery/jmor...

Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.

“Just a year after four dams were removed, fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon…”

Salmon are unbelievably resilient when given a chance.

@opb.org

Huge.
#nokings