I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!

sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is

So far in 2025, Collins has voted to confirm at least eight explicitly anti-abortion judges to lifetime seats on the federal judiciary. It seems plausible Collins knows she’s likely to lose next November and isn't even trying to court voters anymore. It’s no longer of concern to her.

The Washington Post with a story about how remaking an institution to appeal to the pro-Trump right doesn't help the bottom line.

Cartoon: Air traffic controllers working but not getting paid GOP relaxing at the beach: getting paid, but not working

Infuriating…

Border Patrol agents use taser and arrest man following crash in O’Hare parking lot Border Patrol agents conducting yet another raid on an O’Hare parking lot for rideshare drivers Thursday evening tasered and arrested a man whom they accused of ramming their vehicle as he tr…

NEWS: Feds made another arrest in an O’Hare parking lot that led to them tasering the guy they were trying to apprehend and a three-car crash. Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an EO barring fed enforcement from city property like ORD earlier this month. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/b...

Gothic Couture, Glamour, and Art FB #humor #cats

I love the story of of how this young person got this shot.

DOJ Scrubs Jan. 6 Attack From Court Record After Suspending Career Prosecutors Read more here.

This is next level authoritarianism.👇

"Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."

Are they in a mass grave?

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.

NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

Photo of five shorthaired colorpoint kittens in a carrier.

Photo of many cats in carriers loaded into the back of a van.

Last week our local humane society took in 28 cats from a woman who had gotten in over her head with too many litters. They require a lot of care to get them healthy and adoptable - please consider a donation if you can! www.hsccvt.org/donate

Trump’s deportation blitz is hurting Belmont Cragin’s restaurants: Can neighbors save them? A Tuesday neighborhood food crawl, Taste of Belmont Cragin, is one of many ways that neighbors and community groups are trying to bring more people through the doors of Latino-owned businesses.

“West of Pulaski, all the restaurants are mostly empty and dark,” he said. “Once you get past Pulaski, you just start seeing all these full businesses. And I’m, like, man, if just a portion of those customers came a couple blocks west, it would make such a difference.”

The link between cause and effect is big and long and runs through a lot of jargon and abstractions the average lay person doesn’t necessarily understand very well. This is why media outlets that lie & mislead have so much power.

They just gassed Wrigleyville. Yes, Wrigleyville

How Trump silences his critics on.ft.com/4qoZJHn

So critical to remember how much opposition we never see or hear because people fear reprisal

Fox News' John Roberts, reacting to White House demolition: "It's telephoto compression. So it looks like there's less left than there really is. The entire colonnade of the East Wing, it looks like, is still in shape... it really wasn't much to look at. We'll see if it changes with Pres. Trump."

With Trump pardoning Changpeng Zhao and accusing the Biden administration of persecuting him because it hated cryptocurrency, here's a reminder of what the IRS's cybercrime investigators dug up on CZ and Binance. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Also, just as Trump said this wouldn’t impact the existing White House, but then tore down the East Wing, he initially said HE would pay for the ballroom, but then extorted the money (and handed out tax deductions for it) instead.

It’s lies from top to bottom, surprising no one.

It looks great! I love your work ( and the ferrets!)

Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances

Read the full NY Times story for more details (gift link).

🚨Trump’s team is plotting to declare a fake "national emergency" to hijack elections.

One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.

Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.

Couldn’t they pass a version of the Hyde Amendment for this? I mean, if my taxes can’t pay for abortions, why should they pay the Rapist-in-Chief?

Oak Park alters leaf blower ban to ease fear among landscape contractors amid immigration enforcement Reacting to the blitz of arrests and activity by federal immigration agents in the area, the village of Oak Park has decided to tweak how it enforces its ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.

Reacting to the blitz of arrests and activity by federal immigration agents in the area, the village of Oak Park has decided to tweak how it enforces its ban on gas powered leaf blowers.

Hundreds of anti-science bills have hit statehouses, targeting key public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety, fluoride.
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(CBS News) - A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
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Compare Trump’s (unusual) level of empathy for Argentina — vs. Ukraine.

@atrupar.com

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Here's just one beneficiary of the bailout. It's all a grift paid by taxpayer money.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"in the months following the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” announcement, the dollar switched from rising during periods of market volatility to falling, and thus appeared to switch from a safe-haven to a ‘risk-on’ currency"
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