KK in WNC

Wag the dog

We’ve got early November snow!
We’ve got Northern Lights!
I can’t wait to see what meteorological wonders tomorrow holds.

Seasons clash 🍁 ❄️

Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

This is false.

This is flat out false.

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

“That’s no moon…”

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Safer than in a Young Republicans’ group chat.

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

This is such a good and important conversation. 10/10

This is such an important conversation. I’m sharing it with everyone! Thank you!

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

It shouldn’t have to happen to you to matter to you, but glad Marge has seen the light.

The image is an X post by user Joshua Reed Eakle from 20 hours ago, stating: "The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens. Few understand this." The post includes a profile picture and a verified badge.

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

FFS

And the US Supreme Court said, “Yep, y’all go ahead.”

Can't we just get healthcare

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

Fearing Violent Threats, CDC Medical Experts Are Scared To Talk About Vaccine Safety "I have many that won't speak about vaccines now and have removed their names off of papers," said former CDC chief medical officer Debra Houry.

Dr. Deb Houry, former CDC chief medical officer: “I have many that won’t speak about vaccines now and have removed their names off of papers. They don’t wish to present publicly anymore because they feel they were personally targeted because of misinformation.”

This is frightening.

Trump’s Department of (Re-)Education is teaming up with Moms For Liberty, Hillsdale, TP USA and other conservative groups for “civic knowledge” and “patriotism” —weaponizing/indoctrinating in the public schools they oppose & defund.

Over the cliff. 🇺🇸
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Sooooo fancy!

I know so many people who loved that book but it annoyed me that she dropped into each other life like a visitor with no context or history, rather than as someone who’d been living that life.

*masked men claiming to be federal agents