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President Zelensky said Ukraine is ready for a deal that delivers real peace and believes the war can be ended. He said Ukraine’s army is the strongest in Europe and that keeping it outside NATO is unwise. Marco Rubio said the US will remain in negotiations and seek a diplomatic solution. #Ukraine

WATCH — @gomez.house.gov interviews Rep. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social : “I think 🇺🇸 has been lied to about who these people are in ICE detention. That stereotype has so consumed what we think of immigrants that we’ll put a 5-year-old kid who’s done nothing wrong in prison.”

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, and penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." — Maya Angelou

Carole King released 'Tapestry' 55 years ago today. 💿

Rolling Stone ranks it as the 25th Greatest Album of all Time.
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Let's talk about birds...

Birds, half domestic and half wild, in Honolulu.

Since this news story is popular with you people, here's a reminder that naming species after monstrous humans is a bad idea and a big problem.

The species in that preview is the Hitler beetle. Neo-Nazis have robbed museums and threatened people trying to get a specimen.

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An oil painting of mixed flowers in a vase is being completed on an easel in the studio. Other objects included are glass bottles amd shells

A flower still life in oil on gessoed board from nearly a decade ago (sold). The camera distorts the difference in size between the painting and the subject but gets the colour pretty acurately (an excellent DMC-LX5- still in use)
#oilpainting #stilllife #flowers

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

“But I didn’t understand a word he said.” Guess what, that’s the experience of many immigrants when they arrive in a new country, including the United States. You get humbled. Then you work hard and start understanding. We could all use that experience

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

Imagine being the most powerful man in the world and being this much of a whiney victim BITCH.

Good god what a child

Janan Najeeb speaking to a crowd at a podium.

Hundreds out to see Ilhan Omar at today’s WMCA event.

Here is Janan Najeeb talking solidarity over unity or loyalty.

Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

Green Day urges ICE agents to quit their 's---ty' jobs at Super Bowl pre-party Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong urged ICE agents to 'quit that s---ty job you have' at a Super Bowl pre-party, and predicted that the Trump administration will drop them 'like a bad f---ing habit.'

Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong urged ICE agents to 'quit that s---ty job you have' at a Super Bowl pre-party, and predicted that the Trump administration will drop them 'like a bad f---ing habit.'

Patriotism is about striving for a righteous country, not parroting empty slogans and waving a flag.

Our athletes get it.

POLITICO: “As Europe’s political class moves to clean up its mess and address its shame concerning ties with Epstein , it’s inadvertently highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in 🇺🇸- No prominent politicians have taken a fall.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Charles E. Burchfield (American) - House of Mystery (1924)
Watercolor on paper on cardboard, 73.9 × 59.6 cm

Fishing boats at Portsmouth Camber docks with the cathedral in the distance (Prismalo coloured pencil on cartridge paper, 20 x 25 inches 1981)

Boats in Portsmouth Camber docks, Prismalo coloured pencil on cartridge paper, 25 x 20 inches 1981)

Watercolour of Portsmouth Camber dock, 1981 (Vosper Thorneycroft warship builders in the distance)

Another coloured pencil drawing of the Camber Docks, Portsmouth with ship builders Vosper Thorneycroft in the distance (1981). The Bridge Tavern pub had real character, frequented by me often!

As I haven't been to the seaside for a long time let's look back to some really old boat drawings of mine (and one watercolour). These are all on-the-spot #Portsmouth paintings from the '80s, still mouldering away in a portfolio. How I loved that time! (see alt text)

Jessica Mitford’s Handbag Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 04/02/2026 · 51m

‘Decca absolutely hated injustice: the discrimination against people on the basis of colour was very, very wrong. But the idea of just running away and leaving your landlord short of money – I mean, that was fine.’

Rosemary Hill on Jessica Mitford, on the podcast.
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OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

Life is for the living. Live it

Resilience is the art of bouncing back.

November 2010:

Kevin Warsh explicitly endorses pulling a Trichet

I’m so excited to welcome President Barack Obama to Norfolk this Saturday!

We’d love to have you there with us. RSVP at abigailspanberger.com/obama

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