I’m thinking of John Lennon today on his 85th (!) birthday. I was randomly assigned his phone number in NYC in 1992 after Yoko Ono disconnected it when it appeared in Albert Goldman's biography (see photo). I got calls from George Martin, Elton John, Rod Stewart, and many others.

Pope Leo says faith and love for migrants are connected In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.

Go woke, go Pope

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

A contented bicolor tabby cat is sleeping on a bed jn a sunbeam

Last night I was at the Big Dog watching the Aces win & someone asked if I wanted to see pictures of her cats

I realize I have failed to make my position clear: I absolutely want to see pictures of your cats, dogs, rabbits, snakes & anything else you love!

In exchange, I offer Aramis in a sunbeam:

Stephen Miller Has ‘Central Role’ Probing Liberal Groups A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is “playing a central role” in the Trump administration’s lawless investigation of liberal groups and their finances, White House officials told Reuters.
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🇵🇱 Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski to NYT:

The only way to bring Putin to a negotiating table is by making him realize that he cannot kill his way out of the mistake he made on Feb. 24, 2022.

To do this, it is essential to continue to support Ukraine financially and militarily.

If Alexa asks me one more time if I want he hear her “new voice” 🥱 she will find herself down a garbage shoot.

What am I supposed to say when someone calls me crying that they’re not going to be able to afford their health insurance? That I am just going to roll over?

Good call lol

Thou shalt not shoot pastors in the head with smoke bombs. I shouldn’t have to say this.

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“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

People compare the United States' fascism today to Germany's fascism in the 1930s, but it's actually far more shameless and stupid.

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

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CHICAGO! CHICAGO! ✊🏼💙 FIGHT! #iceout #chicago

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Fairbanks Alaska knows what's up

In the richest, most powerful country in the history of the world, your income should not determine whether you get to live or die.

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

Folks who think "cats are not loving" have never been loved by a cat.

I received my ballot today!
Can’t wait to Vote YES on Prop 50 !

"It would #BeBest if I stays with the bad man if I wants to see any more jewelry and keep him shuts up about my green card."

New statement from AG James:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

BlackRock is seeking to buy Aligned Data Centers, a data center construction company.

It’s also going to buy AES, one of the major power providers for Big Tech data centers.

While these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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