Chuck Pennington

"Keep in mind, the news media are not independent; they are a sort of bulletin board and public relations firm for the ruling class—the people who run things.”
~ George Carlin

“We are living in moment where you get to find out who people are.”
— Jack Smith

this is truly invaluable reporting

Important reminder to support PBS. Thanks George!

It’s a wonderful movie. I left the theatre respecting you even more than I already do.

Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes.

Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.

Thank you for sharing this. It’s an important reminder of what our priorities should be.

First Dahlia bloom of the summer…

“Rulers who wish to subvert the public liberty may have found an established clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate it, needs them not.”

— James Madison, 1785

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.

Rhododendrons are the Washington state flower for a reason…

Very few cars in line either direction at the Peace Arch border crossing. Felt like the pandemic was back.

Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?

How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?

20 minutes at the most

WATCH: “I pretty much just described the Mar-A-Lago parking lot.”

Economist @justinwolfers on Trump’s incredible tariff carveout for British luxury cars (Rolls Royces, Bentleys, Jaguars, etc…) as small businesses suffer and prices rise on regular folks.

“If what is right and wrong depends on what each individual feels, then we are outside the bounds of civilization.” — Walter Lippman

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court permanently BLOCKS Trump executive order targeting my former law firm, Perkins Coie.

Executive Order 14230, entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP,” violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and is therefore null and void

Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."

Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

Good idea. I’d also like to see a Bluesky feature that allows you to purge the followers that you’ve ‘blocked’.

Will we ever see that change? What would it take to break that pattern? Overturning the Citizens United ruling might be a good place to start.

Stacking firewood today has been a welcomed distraction…

After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.

Years ago my wife planted daffodils in an old stump by the little lane to our house… people enjoy seeing them come back every year. Me too.