Linda Mills

Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)

Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.

A note from our editors:

No worries at all. No matter what my emotional state, the editor jumps up, especially with the home team. Thanks for the distraction!

My people spelled it with one "z," but then we also believed in Mom, apple pue, and the American Way. <sigh>
Those were the days.

Too many podcasts; not enough audiobooks. Here's how to help

Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power

- file impeachment articles every day in the House

- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee

- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable

And in Philadelphia, high winds are threatening the Mummers' string bands (stay down, 2025, indeed)

YouTube video by Natural Lands Giving the Gift of Chocolate Scat 🦊 Crow's Nest Kids Nature Camp Annual Fundraiser!

`Here’s the back story (aka the “p00p”): www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJxM...

Seriously? Chocolate scat? Sometimes good things come in gross packages. All proceeds benefit summer camp scholarships. Order yours today before they're sold out.

Live in SE Pennsylvania*? Love the outdoors and a good laugh? Check out this fundraiser for Natural Lands (*pickup only; no mail order)

www.natlands.org/scat/

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is, I hope, smiling at the upsurging interest in The Hound of the Baskervilles

Because they assume he is the main subject of the prayers?

Every time a cop walked by (making sure we stayed off the street) here in suburban Philadelphia, we thanked him for being there.

What was more unusual today was the apparent lack of smart-ass kids who kept cruising past us last time, taunting. Drivers were either honkingly enthusiastic or neutral.

My favorite sign from the #NoKings protest in Havertown, Pennsylvania: "This isn't about politics, this is about humanity"

And oh, the humanity who were there!

I have always loved @propublica.org's mission statement. It speaks to method as much as mission, and does not shrink from describling their journalism as a moral undertaking. www.propublica.org/about/

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

24,576 pounds of cheddar cheese to Food Bank for the Heartland in Nebraska;

270,000 eggs to Harvest Hope Food Bank in South Carolina;

4,640 pounds of chicken legs to Maui Food Bank in Hawaii

--> just some of the food aid canceled by Trump

projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

I hope the sale went well for you. It continues to be my favorite event for HPS/MAG. Your Ceanothus made the journey home safely, and as soon as I stop scrolling through your website I will go out and get it in the ground! Thanks for being there.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social A good question for Mystery Hour today would have been "What happened to last week's podcast?" [The 3rd hour isn't on the full show, either. I wanted to listen more closely to your bird sounds. Were they from the Merlin app?]

What I Witnessed as I Photographed the Disappearances and the Homecomings of My Countrymen Over the past four months, a photojournalist documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions. CECOT left a mark on the men, t...

I try to share links to our stories with the most striking passage or quote, but this piece has far too many to do that. It's also hard to say what speaks louder: the photos or photographer Adriana Loureiro Fernández's words. Beautiful. Haunting. Make the time: www.propublica.org/article/ceco...

With a little kerning, it could be EMS NOW.

Actually, Dave, the idiots who couldn’t be bothered to vote or pay any attention to current events or life outside their own little bubble “voted” for this. Some of us fought like hell and lost to ennui

I swear it definitely helped during lockdown

Agreed.
Choice colo(u)r commentary there

Yo, Allentown, Easton, and the rural areas around them!

Yo, Bucks County!

This bill is a Monstrosity.

It’s indefensible to cut the Healthcare and SNAP for Americans to give Tax Cuts to Billionaires and Big Business.

This Pennsylvanian agrees

They do this cause they know the bill is terrible for their states & districts. So they post a tweet opposing it, then fold right after. That way, come election time, they can claim they “fought it.”

99% of the time, that fight was complete BS.

There is nothing like a power outage to turn conversation to the really important things, like how long milk will last in an unopened refrigerator

A bar chart showing "What Americans say they saw on the news last month." The top category, with 16%, is "Trump and Elon Musk feuding." In order, the others are: LA protests and National Guard deployment Partisanship/party conflict Immigration and deportation Tariffs/trade policy Concerns about authoritarianism/rule of law Inflation and economic news Media bias and misinformation Cuts to social services and government funding Foreign policy and international conflict I've marked the "cuts to social services" with a red box.

I'm so grateful for @gelliottmorris.com's new project.

Americans aren't learning that Trump is cutting their healthcare.

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-appr...

Spotted lantern fly season is coming around again