We can't be held responsible 🎶🎶🎶

Oh wow, verrrrry interesting

Gah, Bloomberg. Wondered where he was hiding.

Glad I bopped over here today...did not know the latter tricky D had passed. Now if we could only reverse all those outings to "dark side" and scuttle the WOT.

With three expectant mamas at @tinykittens.bsky.social, Charco wants to remind everyone to wear their patience pants. Or you can use them as a pillow. Your choice.

YouTube video by neilyoungchannel Neil Young & Crazy Horse - F*!#in' Up (Official Audio)

New anthem for a large and famous personage

Mindless grifter on the road

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXKR...

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org

Trump Bid to Take Over Postal Service Could Threaten Mail Voting Read more here.

Please call, besiege insist your reps in congress scream bloody murder about this and raise public awareness -- to protect mail-in ballots from GOP control and manipulation as the Admin moves to take over the Post Office:

www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

Second found title of the day:
Discarded Corncobs of Western Europe.

JUST SAY NO TO CHARLES KOCH and his fellow vampires sucking us dry.

Or a the greatest band name

Best metaphor ever?

Wiki has it that the British Isles Archipelago includes more than 1K smaller islands and *named substantial rocks.* Now I really want to write a story (essay?) called Named Substantial Rocks. Or ask Andrea Barrett to get on it.

Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling (Gift Article) The Trump administration appears to be flouting a judge’s order pausing the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D.

Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...

That these goons are gleeful about destroying the economy, the rule of law, the constitution, our alliances and much of the country's power (for starters) would be mind-boggling, but such is the narcissism whereby nothing can be more important or more respected than they are.

JD Vance is so nauseatingly unlikeable that he’s literally dragging down the AfD’s approval rating

Political liberalism has a lot of flaws but one of the cool things about it is how it's constructed around the insight that monarchy is a fundamental affront to human dignity 👍

Somebody's got to start being able to see the bloody forest. I suggest Democrats in Congress take a swing at showing leadership on going Big Picture. The D word is not out of line.

Is anyone saying the D word? It should be coming out of bullhorns on every street corner.

Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

YouTube video by Lawfare What Is the Impact of the Foriegn Assistance Freeze?

youtube.com/shorts/OfknC... Spoiler: It's not good.

202 224-3121, write it down...or just Google the Capitol Switchboard to help fight us out of the dystopia they're trying to create.

Do you love democracy? Living in a country that takes care of veterans? Do you love having a voice? The right to vote? The right to choose? Your social security? Do you love an LGBQTIA person? A woman? Disabled person? (Hello!) CALL YOUR REPS. Daily. They need to know we’re watching and uniting.

Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out.

Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.

Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.

That.

Do that.

Thank you for fighting.

BREAKING: In response to our motion, the court has forced the Trump administration to pause its abrupt freeze on foreign assistance funds.

This order will allow organizations to continue life-saving health programs around the globe and save thousands of American jobs.

World Safety Net Ripped - One USAID Worker Speaks Out — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER I witnessed the dissolution of USAID firsthand. It signals not only a callous lack of compassion, but also a dangerous surrender of our nation’s influence in the world.

bittersoutherner.com/feature/2025...

Freezing Support to Democracy and Human Rights Activists Undermines US Interests Ending aid for democracy and human rights struggles inflicts long-term harm on American security and prosperity.

Freezing Support to Democracy and Human Rights Activists Undermines US Interests www.justsecurity.org/107842/democ...

Supporting Freedom and a Foreign Aid Freeze are Incompatible -- But Perhaps the Point? A Case Study The Trump administration’s action undermines bipartisan efforts to support freedom fighters, and it enables corrupt autocrats.

President Trump’s slashing of US foreign aid sets back his influence and sends ominous signals abroad.

@laurathornton.bsky.social looks at the impact and how a familiar scenario is playing out in the Republic of Georgia:

www.justsecurity.org/107864/forei...