Michael S. Drury.

OK, it's "been a minute" since I had a Civics class. Please remind me how if a political party controls the White House and BOTH houses of Congress, a government shut-down is the fault of the other party.

NEWS: Trump seems to be implying he is going to sue ABC for bringing back Jimmy Kimmel. This is why you never bend the knee to a bully.

GOP megabill narrowly wins first test in the Senate. Here's what's in it Senate Republicans voted to advance their massive tax and spending bill late Saturday night after hours of delays and negotiations.

Senate Republicans voted to advance their massive tax and spending bill late Saturday night after hours of delays and negotiations.

A couple of questions came to mind while watching a news story..."When did 'primaried' become a word?", "When did it become common/acceptable to pronounce the "t" in often?", and "What is the Republican version of a 'blue dog Democrat'?"

Damn, I miss having a president that can speak on higher than an elementary school level.

Many old Irish sayings contain wisdom that’s applicable today. But my favourite is a proverb warning against launching into something that’s impractical, poorly planned, or just plain unhinged. It goes ná bolt do dhoras riamh le cairéad bruite and it means “never bolt your door with a boiled carrot”

North Carolina judges side with Republican colleague in close Supreme Court race | CNN A North Carolina appeals court sided Friday with the trailing Republican candidate in an extremely close state Supreme Court election, a ruling that could flip the result of the nation’s only 2024 rac...

A North Carolina appeals court sided with the trailing Republican candidate in an extremely close state Supreme Court election, a ruling that could flip the result of the US' only 2024 race that is still undecided.

The Trump Administration Just Violated Another Court Order It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.

The Trump Administration Just Violated Another Court Order

It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.

newrepublic.com/post/193650/...

#SocialJustice #Satire #NaturalBeauty #CommonSense #SocialCommentary #Irony #Wisdom #PersonalEnrichment and or #Humor

Straight down seems bad

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school.. When you arbitrarily rip up trade agreements, threaten a country, and say you’re going to break it, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind.

Europe doesn’t need Trump to form a western alliance – and one is already taking shape | Martin Kettle Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Europe doesn’t need Trump to form a western alliance – and one is already taking shape | Martin Kettle

I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism.

From Around the Horn:

YouTube video by Jim Acosta Pentagon removes web references to Colin Powell and others as part of DEI purge. Have you no shame?

Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...

More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.

A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place.

Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.

So Putin is saying he'll agree with a ceasefire...after the country he invaded makes more concessions???

A small black and white bird with a small red bit on the back of his head identifies this as a Diwny Woodpecker. This bird is on the roughed up section of a tree trunk.

Saw two beautiful Pileated Woodpeckers on my walk today, as well as this darling little male Downy Woodpecker. Amidst the chaos of this world, there are birds to help me feel calm.
#birds #Woodpecker #getoutside #downywoodpecker #ontariobirds

Has anyone explained to the orange turd what a tariff is? 🙃🤞🦋

A male Pileated Woodpecker working on a mossy log.

Those eyes see everything. Unblinking sentinel of the forest.

Photograph by sasphotography67
#Owl

The "leader of the free world" is a petulant child.

“Imagine a man who would not fight for his country berating a man for fighting for his”

#SlavaUkraine🇺🇦

This!

"Asking for a friend"... When have prices, that went up on manufactured goods, not commodities, due to a "short-term" issue, EVER gone back to the original price? (or even close to it, for that matter)

New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Fuck Marco Rubio.

Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who agrees that if you want people to stop calling your party a bunch of Nazis, then your party leaders should stop doing Nazi things like the Sieg Heil.

Did you notsee this coming?

Another good trope for Not My President’s Day