Susan How

Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939

We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.

YouTube video by The Local Project A Remote Off Grid Cabin Designed by an Award-Winning Architect (Cabin Tour)

I would be happy to live in THIS shearer’s quarters. There is a pottery kiln. You can have the main house. youtu.be/mQ_8--KulUA

a silver pit bull puppy lays half in and half outside of his gray and black dog bed, which is propped up on its side. a lamb toy lays nearby as the little puppy snoozes soundly, totally unaware of the strange position he's ended up in.

This is Bandit. He fell asleep while getting out of bed. We've all been there. 12/10 sweet dreams buddy (u/yarntist)

(above images of the Target, Amazon, and Home Depot logos that have been crossed out) We Ain't Buying It Target Companies This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration's biased attacks on DEl; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.

Between Thursday and next Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky

YouTube video by WesForMontana Wes Siler for Montana Senate | Launch Video

Here's one Montanan for Wes!
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A beautiful piece of art of farm workers laboring in the fields

Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay.

Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.

Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art

Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000 Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare. As of May, 19 months into the war, Israeli intelligence officials listed 8,900 named fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as dead or “probably dead”, a joint investigation by the Guardian, the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call has found. 8,900 Named fighters listed as dead or ‘probably dead’ in Israeli database as of May 2025 Continue reading...

Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war

Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center “The use of national security rhetoric to justify mass incarceration today echoes the same logic that led to their forced removal and incarceration,” one advocate said.

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You need to know what's going on at "Alligator Alcatraz."

It's grossly immoral - no human being should be treated like that.

It's political theater - many of the detainees have no criminal record.

It's a taxpayer funded boondoggle - enriching DeSantis's political cronies.

Unbefuckinglievable.

Tariffs are not the only way Trump is raising prices for all of us.

His inhumane immigration escalation is doing incredible damage to our food supply which will increase prices for all us in the coming weeks.

Trump = sabotage, plunder and betrayal.

People just underestimate how many farm workers there are because they tend to live & work out in the sticks.

Out of sight, out of mind.

But farm workers are a HUGE part of the US workforce. A living wage here makes a huge difference in how much $$ circulates in the US economy.

Farm work isn't just a little detail. It's the 12th most common job in the US.

With 2.4 million of them, there's more farm workers in the US than restaurant servers; elementary & middle school teachers; secretaries; maintenance techs; or accountants.

Rev. Benjamin R. Cremer on Substack Grief Is a Form of Patriotism, Too: A Fourth of July Reflection. Today, some of us won’t be waving flags or watching fireworks. Not because we hate our country, but because we love it too much to pr...

Amen
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Trump's budget gives ICE $100 billion to terrorize communities, rip families apart, and lock people in cages.

ICE will be the largest police force in the country and have a bigger budget than many other countries' entire military.

All for Donald Trump's and Stephen Miller's deportation agenda.

Wow. So he votes to gut Medicaid and throw 17 million people off of their healthcare and then dumps his Medicaid related stock to cover his own ass?

That’s just evil and cruel.

Listen to @warren.senate.gov!

If you want to keep your healthcare, #KillTheBill! 🚫

we worked so hard on this, nights and weekends, trying our best to do a good job for the American people

75-year old Cuban man in the US for SIX DECADES dies in ICE custody. Convicted in the 1980s for 2 counts of federal possession of controlled substances.

Acting ICE Director, Tom Homan, in response says, “I mean, people die in ICE custody.”

Meanwhile in Canada.....

YouTube video by Katie Phang GOP Pushes EXTREME Policy in CRUEL New CRACKDOWN

More DeSantis Depravity!

DeSantis is snatching undocumented kids from foster cares and handing them over to ICE.

My latest on how Trump and DeSantis are going after our most vulnerable:

youtu.be/782ubP7X7_4

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

What a disgusting person. Crooked and evil. ProPublica finds that Noem hid $80,000 in income she diverted from her own PAC. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Wes Siler on Substack A really important piece from Dr. Len.

As a neighbor to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe, I have witnessed their commitment to the environment and to the betterment of future generations through their tribal college.
The Brutal Budget Bill wreaks havoc on vital tribal efforts.
substack.com/@wessiler/no...

Extra! Extra! 6/22 Bright spots in the midst of the chaos.

Substack note offered by Jess Craven "Chop Wood, Carry Water." Especially watch the video at the end by IG creator @aodream
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And hold it in your heart.

(over an image of ICE agents) WHILE RIPPING FOOD & HEALTHCARE AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, REPUBLICANS' BIG UGLY BILL: • Increases ICE's detention budget by 13x • Funds 10,000 new ICE agents POLICE • Provides bonuses for ICE agents • Makes ICE the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the federal government F*CK THAT. TAKE ACTION: INDIVISIBLE.ORG/STOPTHECUTS

Trump’s Tax Scam to slash Medicaid and SNAP would also dramatically increase ICE’s budget.

We need to keep up the pressure on GOP senators: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

Or you can help us connect voters in key states with their Republican senators: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

Our public lands are where we go to recreate and to connect with people and nature. Republicans are trying to sell them to the lowest bidder.

I’ll fight like hell to keep our public lands in your hands—these are treasured and must be protected.

www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

This is not justice. It’s not safety. And it’s not America. We cannot allow this kind of treatment to become normalized. Silence in the face of cruelty is complicity and we should all be outraged.

Once again, how does this fit into the MAHA agenda?
RFK Jr’s whole shtick is Americans don’t need more access to medical care. They need only healthier food and fewer environmental toxins. Meanwhile the administration is reducing nutritional assistance and increasing environmental toxins.

Right now, Congress is staging the biggest warehouse sale of all time with the Big Brutal Budget Bill, and democracy is on the block.
Whatever your chief concern -- Medicaid, public lands, ICE, public education, disease prevention -- be sure Congress hears from you!