Brandy W. Walt-Rose

Introducing: The Vegan Hearth

Gather 'round. Warm your spirit.
From hearty stews to sweet treats, The Vegan Hearth brings you plant-based recipes to nourish body and soul. Whether you’re a seasoned vegan or just exploring, these dishes offer comfort, creativity, and compassion - one bite at a time.

In recent years, we’ve watched meaningful awareness months quietly disappear from official calendars. But compassion doesn’t vanish because it’s no longer federally recognized. It lives on in every act of kindness, every voice raised for the voiceless, every effort to create a more ethical world.

A win! A federal appeals court just ordered Elon Musk and his DOGE to resume efforts to hand over internal documents. The ruling directs Musk’s team to answer questions and provide records requested under the Freedom of Information Act records they’ve been stonewalling for months.

We have always existed…and always will. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🌈 🌞

We strongly advise the public not to do this, it’s unsafe. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandkids swimming in Rock Creek, a Washington waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff that swimming has been banned citywide for over 50 years.

Musk’s X ‘amplified hate speech and disinformation’ in grooming gangs debate - report Report points to another social media trend: sexual violence was being weaponised, with entire communities blamed for individual crimes

No sh*t. That's why half the users left.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @laloalcaraz)

Happy Mother’s Day!

Trump administration has deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with no meaningful process and against the wishes of her father.

Pandemic truthers take over HHS Covid site Covid.gov now redirects to a page attacking masks, New York, and Anthony Fauci.

Who needs accurate health information? Not the US government.

True facts are true

Kilmar Ábrego García Should Be Home - Not Locked in a Foreign Prison

Seth Rogen presenting the Breakthrough Prize for physics (Getty)

“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”

— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

This is a DEI hire, by the way.

Post from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that reads: Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.

Circling back on this…

Musk and Trump have contributed to a rise in death threats and intimidation against judges. In Charleston, S.C., police were dispatched to the home of one of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s sisters after a threat claimed a pipe bomb had been placed in her mailbox.

The CIA Director testified today that he is not sure a reporter was on the unclassified national security group chat that recklessly disclosed military plans in Yemen.

The whole world is aware of who was part of Signalgate.

These people cannot be trusted with America’s national security.

This is what a worldwide Tesla boycott looks like. Reports just in show that Tesla sales in San Diego have dropped by 35% this month. We likely won’t have a full picture of U.S. sales for another week.

If Pete Hegseth had even a tiny bit of honor and sense of responsibility, then he would hand in his resignation this morning.

In case you’ve forgotten how we used to treat this sort of thing…

There would be bipartisan calls for investigations

Impeachment would be a foregone conclusion

Several people would’ve resigned or been fired by end of day

Back when responsible adults were in charge, not this insane clown posse

I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.