Tomi Thomas

This Little-Known Diet Can Actually Lower Your Cholesterol

This Little-Known Diet Can Actually Lower Your Cholesterol www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/w...

The Wildest Blackberry Poems by Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Others Our critic A.O. Scott forages the world’s most poetic fruit.

These Are the Wildest, Juiciest Poems You’ll Ever Read www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b...

With them, everything is a distraction.
It’s about misdirection.
When you remember that, you’re able to easily sift the information in front of you and ask yourself, “What are the critical things they want us to forget while our eyes and energy are being pulled toward the fireworks?

Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests

Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/c...

thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."

‘They are being treated like dogs': Families concerned over living conditions at Krome Detention Center Family members of detainees being held at Krome Detention Center are speaking out about the alleged harsh conditions of the facility.

Migrants found dead at Krome Detention Center in Miami, due to possible starvation and dehydration.

The facility, which was a detention facility prior to it being converted for ICE use, has a max capacity of 500.

A group funded by Elon Musk is behind deceptive ads in crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court race MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group backed by billionaire Elon Musk is behind a set of deceptive attack ads and text messages targeting voters just weeks ahead of the election for a seat on Wisconsin’s Su…

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Elon Musk is so desperate to control Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, he’s funding fake ads pretending to support Judge Susan Crawford — just to turn voters against her with phony “progressive” messages filled with misleading lies.
Don’t fall for it.
Read this: tinyurl.com/Elon-Schimel

The Seine and the Chaantemesle Hills

The Seine and the Chaantemesle Hills, 1880 #artbots #monet
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9536

Sign the Petition Democrats, Form a People's Cabinet

Democrats, get louder to respond forcefully to the administration blitz. Let's form a Democratic People's Cabinet, our best fighters hitting back, and showing alternative way. Please >repost< and sign petition! Over 3K signers
www.change.org/shadowcabinet
(see snyder.substack.com/p/shadow-cab...)

Don't Let Bishop Budde Stand Alone: A Challenge to Every Minister in America. To the Ministers in America,

Dear Ministers in America,

Bishop Budde did something awe-inspiring, something sadly rare, and something you are also capable of doing.

Sunday is here.

May you greet it with courage.

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#Bishopbudde

As we endure these unprecedented assaults on our institutions and Democracy by Felon47 please take these wise words from James Baldwin to heart! We are the #Opposition let’s make their inhumanity our sole focus. Call it out every damn day!!

MLK Jr. Day of Service | Join Points of Light for a National Day of Service The MLK Jr. Day of Service is an opportunity for people to learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and to serve in their communities to honor his legacy.

MLk Day is annually a national day of service. Find out more here.

www.pointsoflight.org/mlk-jr-day-o...

Good morning #booksky

Just a friendly reminder that Audible, owned by Amazon/Bezos, supports the tech giant. Libro.fm offers an alternative, letting you buy audiobooks while supporting independent bookstores. Choose where your dollars go and align your listening with your values.

What is it? Nothing comes up when I google booksky.

We must help one another find both peace and resilience. And take strength from knowing that ancestors have endured and have left paths to help guide us. The arch of history bends towards justice.

MLK day is also a National Day of service. Check your local events page to find a volunteer event somewhere.

I’m so sick of the Republican strategy of manufacturing lies, driving them as propaganda, and then doubling down on the same lies when they work. It’s proven a successful. How do we work tangibly to make the truth matter? Why don’t laws protect against this practice?

In today's edition of "Easy Problems in Politics":

An Illustrated Guide to Trump’s Conflict of Interest Risks (Gift Article) President-elect Donald J. Trump has a range of new business ventures that could expose him to even greater potential conflicts of interest than during his first term.

To put Trump's new crypto business into context, here is an illustrated guide we published on Friday that details the full range of apparent conflicts of interest as Trump enters the White House again. A good reference work. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

#metoo
#womensmarch2025

In my time in Congress, I've never considered disaster relief based on how a state voted.

When people need help, we get them help. Period.

That cannot and should not change.

See below for my statement in response to Chairman Loudermilk's "Interim Report":

Trump’s Plan to Rewrite the History of Jan. 6 It was an insurrection. Pardoning the perpetrators won’t change that.

A Trump pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists could have unintended effects: reminding the public that Trump tried to overthrow the Constitution.

How Gerrymandering and Fair Maps Affected the Battle for the House Four takeaways on how voting maps made the difference in a tight fight for the House in 2024.

Competition in 2024 House races was scarce, with only 37 districts decided by 5 or fewer percentage points. For the most part, it’s because of gerrymandering.

January 2, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Once again it’s worth noting about the white male party: “Notably, there are fewer women in the 119th Congress than in the previous one, and there will be no women chairing committees in the Republican-dominated House.” - @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-2-...

I Do Not Obey in Advance I do not obey in advance.

I did all I could over the past year to avoid our nation winding up here.
Since we almost inexplicably now have, I refuse to kiss the ring or bend the knee or sell my soul, no matter how many already have or will end up doing so.
I refuse to normalize him.

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