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It Was the Epstein Shutdown All Along Read more here.

There was always something inexplicably strange about the recent government shutdown. From the beginning, it was crystal clear what Democrats wanted: lower health care costs, affordability and for a lawless president to start obeying the law.

But what about the Republicans?

A purple flower stretches upward, growing from a crack in the sidewalk concrete

Like a stubborn bloom
Living in cracks of concrete
You cannot kill hope.

#poetry #Haiku

Photo by Stockcake

Man can turn into an animal in no time. All he needs is permission.” — Irene Weiss, Holocaust survivor

Ms. Weiss’ #CupOfJoe reminds us how fast humanity can lose its moral compass when hate is normalized.
Stay aware. Stay human.
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When you’ve lost Sorbo.

YouTube video by Smash Machine! Dropkick Murphys - The Dirty Glass (live in Boston, MA 3/14/25)

Another band themed daily music challenge for your hump day - 10 favorites from Dropkick Murphys.

Tagging anybody interested.

Day 7: The Dirty Glass

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We are really ruled by the dumbest people in existence.

Oh …

Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:

"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."

Happy discharge petition day to all who celebrate...

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Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."

In case you were wondering why the government was shut down:

What a fun night! I always know there are top tier photographers out there capturing the “photos of the night” so I ventured out to my usual spot, a quiet little tire track road north of town and enjoyed the show with some peace and quiet. Champaign County, Illinois between 8-10 PM CT.

Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger

250 MILLION people displaced in a world approaching 1.4C above pre-industrial temperatures.

We’re on track for…
2C in years.
3C in decades.
4C likely in our children’s lifetimes.

When scientists warn of BILLIONS of deaths they’re not kidding.

So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”

Meet the Brookline lawyer with an unusual hobby: Suing Donald Trump  - Brookline.News Brookline civil rights attorney J. Whitfield Larrabee spends his free time writing legal complaints against President Donald Trump and his allies.

I met with reporter Ava Rahman about my recent lawsuit against Trump & Bondi & other cases I brought against them & people in Trump's orbit. I hope this publicity inspires people to defy the Trump administration. share.google/TJNZocmvLnDh...

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

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A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings

A tan, grey, and white tortie cat laying on a black suitcase and looking at the photographer. She (Hattie) wants answers!

There's an interrogation every time the suitcase comes out! #caturday

Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."

His "concept" of a Healthcare Plan is finally revealed. It involves eliminating the Insurance Industry & people purchasing their OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE. Unrelated, note his obsessive envy of Obama, historically rated 1 of our finest presidents, who he still believes was born in Kenya.

#sad 🤣

The Unbearable Weight of Small Absences This morning my dog Jingles wasn’t in the kitchen while I was making coffee.

I've had this in the drafts for a while. One month after she went seems like a good time to publish. ❤️

well they're certainly into u, so...

I can't believe I have to post this, but in these uncertain times, it's better to be prepared.