A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. -Ansel Adams, photographer (20 Feb 1902-1984)

TODAY:
Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. -Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (15 Jan 1929-1968)

How many places can the U.S. bomb without actually going to war?

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it. -George Marshall, US Army Chief, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Nobel laureate (31 Dec 1880-1959)

Dismissing Comey and James' cases is probably the best thing that could have ever happened to Halligan.

Bolsonaro is facing 27 years. Imagine what could have been if DJT had gone to trial.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need. -William L. McKnight, businessman and philanthropist (11 Nov 1887-1978)

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I love my country too much to be a nationalist. -Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (7 Nov 1913-1960)

Can you imagine what we would do if another country bombed American boats off of any of our coasts?

What do you think the odds are that Lindsey Halligan will suffer the fate of many other Trump's attorneys and lose her license to practice law?

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -Desmond Tutu, clergyman (7 Oct 1931-2021)

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back. -Gore Vidal, writer (3 Oct 1925-2012)

I'm old enough to remember when it was scandalous for Bill Clinton (not president at the time) to meet with the Attorney General on the tarmac for a minute because his wife was under investigation. Now we have a president openly telling the AG who to prosecute.

Trying to take control of the Federal Reserve, universities, museums, and private industry. Dare I say that these moves smack of communist rule?

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. -Russell Baker, columnist and author (14 Aug 1925-2019)

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
No amount of belief makes something a fact. -James Randi, magician and skeptic (7 Aug 1928-2020)

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. -Karl Popper, philosopher and professor (28 Jul 1902-1994)

It helps that he's adorable.

Have I mentioned how much I despise Charlie Kirk?

According to PBS News Hour -
February 2025 was the first month since the 1980 Refugee Act's passage that the U.S. did not admit a single refugee.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Literature encourages tolerance -- bigots and fanatics seldom have any use for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions that they can't see them also as possibilities. -Northrop Frye, writer and critic (14 Jul 1912-1991)

Now DJT is saying he may take over cities like Washington, D.C. and NYC? This is right after he sends in forces to MacArthur Park in L.A.? This is not how we do things in the U.S. We have duly elected local officials.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -Robert King Merton, sociologist (4 Jul 1910-2003)

Crossing my fingers for Americans living in rural areas who may see their nearby hospitals close as a result of the Big Ugly Bill.

Biggest crowd yet. It's time to get loud!

Sacramento showed up!

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005)

It seems fishy to me that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to El Salvador because of a clerical error, but now he's been indicted for a crime he wasn't charged with before.

Pete Hegseth may not think that Harvey Milk fits with the "warrior ethos" of the military, but Harvey Milk was a warrior in his own right.