Rich Bennett

The Gospel of Professional Christian Mike Johnson:

A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “No words. If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research... I have nothing left to say to you.” The image shows an illustration of a bald child in a hospital gown, holding an IV pole and looking into an opulent golden ballroom filled with formally dressed adults.

It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.

#GOP #GuardiansOfPedophiles #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

4 arms if only because Graham seems a bit more exposed that way. 😉 Nice work!

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No emotion just facts and undeniable truth‼️ Exactly this. The glorification of wealthy people and the excuse of their evilness‼️

Words for Memorial Day

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show What Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is Really Doing (Part 1) | The Ezra Klein Show

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Today’s asparagus harvest

Here’s a modest proposal, let’s convert Mar-a-Lago into a federal prison, just send the worst of the worst offenders there. There’s already an over-priced security detail down there. Cost savings all around.

Public media is under threat. Millions depend on the NPR Network every day. Silencing journalism is one way to silence truth and erode the power of the people. Donate now.

A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.

April reading - Tim O’Brien’s TheThings They Carried, Katie Kitamura’s Audition, Rasheed Newsom’s My Government Means to Kill Me, Patrick E. Horrian’s Pennsylvania Station, and Jacques Leslie’s The Mark. (Northern Flicker in the background.)

Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.

Pete Hegseth is treating the Pentagon like it’s a Fox News set—ordering a makeup studio while leaking sensitive information in Signal chats.

This is what happens when you put clout-chasers in charge of national security.

March reads - Sarah Schulman’s epic work about ACT-UP - Let the Record Show, Patrick Nathan’s Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist, Daniel H. Turtels’s debut novel Greetings from Asbury Park (cuz I grew up in the area), and Nicolas Freeling’s disturbing Some Day Tmorrow.

Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:

1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.

2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.

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February reads: Best American Short Stories 2024, editor Lauren Groff; Gliff by Ali Smith; A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt; Minor Detail by Adania Shibli; I am David by Anne Holm; Under One Roof by Barry Martin

America must not surrender its Democratic values | Bernie Sanders Together, we must fight for our long-held values and work with people around the world who share them

Awesome editorial from our senator, Bernie Sanders, in today’s Guardian - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tesla Has Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands: Study Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.

If you'd like to help inform your neighbors about Tesla, here are a few quick factoids:

Tesla lies about range: www.reuters.com/investigates...

Tesla violates user privacy: www.reuters.com/technology/t...

Tesla owners die at twice the industry average rate: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a629191...

Since tariffs are a tax on U.S. importers, why do we permit the President to impose them unilaterally without authorization from Congress?

Asking for a nation.

In case you were wondering why Chinese tariffs are 15% less than for Canada and Mexico, follow the money.

Elon Musk currently has a 4,500,000 sq. ft. car manufacturing plant in China. Tesla does not currently have car plants in Canada or Mexico. One is planned for Mexico. In time for a tariff lift.

January reads: Fairyland, Alysia Abbott’s @mizabbott.bsky.social poignant memoir about growing up in 70s SF with her gay, single father; Everything is Waiting for You by David Whyte; What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery; and for book group Sweetland by Michael Crummey and Clear by Carys Davies.

Lettuce seedlings sprouting

Last year’s lettuce seeds under our grow lights promise fresh midwinter greens.

"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court The Trump admin is leaning on a pre-14th Amendment law in its fight to redefine birthright citizenship.

In the Trump administration’s arguments defending his order to suspend birthright citizenship, the Justice Department called into question the citizenship of Native Americans born in the U.S., citing a 19th-century law that excluded Natives from birthright citizenship. www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...

Remember this

César's Bark Canoe This documentary shows how a canoe is built the old way. César Newashish, a 67-year-old Atikamekw of the Manawan Reserve north of Montreal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, …

I found this a deeply mesmerising film; slow cinema of the best kind.
Made in 1971, it almost silently follows César Newashish, a 67yo Atikamekw man, as he makes a canoe using only a forest’s materials: birchbark, cedar splints, spruce, roots & gum.
A miracle of craft.
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Gorgeous work! I thought I read a couple years back that you requested nude photos from each model to work from. Is that still the case or do you use just your creative imagination?

In the heart of winter, a package from Johnny’s Seeds in Winslow, ME can do wonders to brighten a day.

First post here. Happy to have a place to interact in an open system that isn’t beholden to billionaire sycophants.