“Taylor Swift has multiple Grammys. Her Eras Tour added nearly $5B to the U.S. economy. She quietly donates to food banks in every city she visits. Her lyrics are studied at the world’s top universities, not because she’s famous, but because she’s brilliant”
Raise your kids to be like TaylorSwift.

#dailyhaikuprompt
#sardines

stuck in bomb shelter
packed in like sardines hoping
for freedom from war

We saw all your comments yesterday on our post about celebrity chef and D.C. icon José Andrés, and we agree with you he truly deserves the Nobel Peace Prize! 💚

@govpritzker.illinois.gov made the same point as @governorwalz.mn.gov Enough of the damn "Dems in disarray" written-on-autopilot coverage. Or "how does this change odds for 2028?"

The country is under attack. That's the story.

We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

DOT secretary says agency will 'take over' Washington's Union Station, building it already owns Sean Duffy said his agency will look to "manage" Union Station better, including exploring private sector involvement.

DOT secretary said the transportation agency will better "manage" Washington's Union Station, including exploring private sector involvement.

Trump is trying to steal the midterms by making his red-state minions rig the House maps. We all have a role to play in the fight for fair 2026 elections — you can help fight the Trump-MAGA Redistricting Coup from any state with our toolkit: indivisible.org/reso...

N.S.A.’s Acting Director Tried to Save Top Scientist From Purge

Trump is firing the competent people in the national security apparatus because they are competent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

How Parents Can Reduce Back-to-School Health Risks | The Tyee BC is strongly encouraging vaccination as measles and whooping cough cases rise.

❤️💉
As a family doctor, I **highly** recommend sticking to the recommended pediatric vaccine schedule.

Vaccines are safe and the very best way to keep you kids from serious infectious illness!

thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

‘Judicial hesitancy’: Why Trump is betting the courts will green-light his ouster of Lisa Cook Judges may be reluctant to second-guess the president’s claim about what counts as good “cause” for the firing.

NEW: Donald Trump is betting the courts won’t stop him from firing a Federal Reserve board member “for cause” — and legal experts think he may be right. That would leave a ‘supine’ Congress and market forces as the only remaining checks

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Dems' Messaging Nerds Urged Party Not to Talk About Trump's Military Takeover Democrats’ favorite research firm told Democrats to avoid discussing Trump’s “rising authoritarianism” and focus on tariffs instead.

"A message nobody hears cannot persuade them... They’re [Blue Rose] testing with a captive audience when their task is to actually get heard — meaning get people to stop scrolling in the first place. What they’ve tested is so bland no one is going to notice.”

Care to respond, davidshor.bsky.social?

Majority Of Voters Oppose Deploying National Guard To D.C., Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support Drops For U.S. Military Aid To Israel As 50% Think Israel Is Committing Genocide In G... "Posting the National Guard in D.C. to fight local crime gets faint support, with independent voters giving the deployment a big thumbs down," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.

NEW Quinnipiac poll: Trump is down to 37% approval. And voters oppose sending troops into streets by 56 - 41 percent. But corporate media will ignore this! poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Just got charged almost $200 for a 20 minute zoom call for my doctor to tell me the tests look fine. My insurance covered almost $8 of it.

What are we doing here

The Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment Enablers The Nazi leader didn’t seize power; he was given it.

How did a functional, if flawed, democratic machinery hand absolute power over to Hitler, someone whom the conservative political class regarded as a chaotic clown with a violent following?

They are sending soldiers into cities to prepare to intimidate people at the polls next year.

They gerrymander because they can’t win on policy. They intimidate because even gerrymandering won’t work at this point.

Found out today that none of the pediatric visual therapists in our area are covered by our insurance. We have to pay up front and then see how much they’ll cover - for an eye condition that should it continue will mean my child will be considered legally blind in one eye and all that entails.

The NRA should not have tax-exempt status.

The NRA should not have tax-exempt status.

The NRA should not have tax-exempt status.

The NRA should not have tax-exempt status.

Inside the ‘Brain Drain’ of Counterintelligence Prosecutors at DOJ “The magnitude of the loss of attorneys in CES is potentially very damaging for the national security of the United States,” said David Laufman, who led the team from late 2014 until early 2018.

The loss of subject matter expertise impacting DOJ — particularly in the counterintelligence sphere — cannot be understated. It will take years to rebuild, and in the meantime, will exact a very real cost in terms of our national security.

We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to allow Trump to withhold foreign aid The solicitor general argues that only Congress has the authority to challenge impoundment of federal money.

NEW: The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to permit it to withhold foreign aid funding that groups say is being illegally impounded by the president — setting up a crucial high court clash over the power of the purse.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr. US vaccine consensus has officially shattered.

America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.

flip.it/rSMuYd

Psaki: "If you have to keep telling people you aren’t a dictator, maybe your actions are getting a little dictator-y."

Moore: The president seems to obsessed with me. Today he called me a beauty. And when I first met him, he just talked about how I was a good looking guy.

The cruel hunt for this man is on full display to the delight of a racist base and the horror of the rest of America.

Respiratory Illness Data Dashboard Toggle navigation Menu

For other Washington folks troubled (if not surprised) by the CDC's COVID-19 wastewater tracker not being updated in weeks, the WA Department of Health has a tracker for the state here (scroll down).

If folks have other suggestions for tracking COVID levels here and elsewhere, replies appreciated.

Detainees pushed to hunger strike at NW Detention Center Immigrants' rights groups said overcrowded and abusive conditions inside the Northwest Detention Center have led to eight detainees resorting to hunger strikes so far this year.After receiving more th...

Immigrants' rights groups said overcrowded and abusive conditions inside the Northwest Detention Center have led to eight detainees resorting to hunger strikes so far this year.

Denmark summons top US envoy over ‘covert operations’ in Greenland “We do not spy on friends,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says.

Denmark summoned the top U.S. diplomat over a report that Americans with ties to President Trump had carried out covert influence operations in Greenland.

“We do not spy on friends,” said Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

TOMORROW: Join our leaders, Leah and Ezra, for their weekly chat. They’ll answer your questions on resisting Trump’s DC takeover and push to militarize cities, ICE overreach, and more. RSVP now for this interactive discussion:
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