Lynda Gayle

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.

So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.

So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

The image holds a planetary nebula, a glowing shell of material thrown off by a dying star. A glowing, jagged ring encircles a small central region of greenish clouds, making it appear like a hole torn in fabric. This “hole” is itself encircled by a band of silvery-blue clouds and a larger, fainter, yellow ring of gas. Puffy, smoky clouds of orange and red gas billow out from there into a large oval nebula, fading into the dark background of space dotted by stars.

new hubble image to cleanse the timeline ✨

The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.

The Road Runner about to be horny

The Road Runner being horny

Look it’s a visual joke. Alt text will do nothing here.

In these uncertain times,
one thing never fails: watching cartoons where the Road Runner is very horny.

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

They're eating the 401ks!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!

Our expectations for you were low but holy f*ck

Sign of the day…Chicago

“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.”

—Victor Hugo

We’re entering the “worse” phase.

With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next VANCOUVER - There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than

We haven't heard much about our ongoing local H5N1 outbreak. This article helps a bit: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/wit...

Why don’t we tariff everything from Amazon as if it’s actually from the Amazon? Also note the tariffs on Mordor, his home! Nobody wants to cross Sauron!

Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

And this is just the beginning.

Again, worth at the last considering the possibility that he’s a malevolent idiot who has no idea what he’s doing.

Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...

Animals are the best medicine

🔥Volcanic lightning - an electrical discharge caused by colliding particles of ash and ice rather than from a thunderstorm.

I imagine most of these jobs are in construction, dishwashing, and picking lettuce…

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain

I want to personally thank the good folks of Wisconsin for lighting a fire under the ass of everyone who voted blue and some who stayed home in November. You stood firm and said, "Justice is not for sale here, at ANY cost". We heard you. Thank you.

Good trouble

I think this one is my favorite!

I saw someone criticizing a very funny poster for making jokes instead of posting about politics, and I am reminded of a favorite line from E. B. White: We should strive not for balanced books but balanced libraries