I’ve worked in pub svc for 25yrs; I cannot let a vendor pay for lunch.
This mess is ridiculous.

I hate hearing: we need more businessmen in gov.
(Well, not failed & corrupt businessmen.)
But still, gov is not business, they work towards opposite means.
Business = profit/self-interest, not service.

when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for

The snapback from all this can’t just be another normal Democratic presidency. If we somehow have a free election again we can’t do like Clinton/Obama/Biden and just go back to norms. The norms are literally how the right has been able to get so radical.

Courtesy of Jennifer Lynch:

David Lynch has been laid to rest at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

It's extortion. "Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief." - Chris Murphy (read his summary below)

They're eating the 401ks!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!

And it is not the first time. Believe he/him when Keith Self tells you who he is: a wannabe autocrat.

Call he/his office and tell him how you feel about him repeatedly quoting NAZIS!

Call @keithself.bsky.social. Voice your DISGUST:

DC: (202) 225-4201
TX: (972) 202-4150 / (903) 458-7037

Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.

When I clicked on the alt text, it needed a second posting to type out all the words in the image.

Booker: Strom Thurmond’s record always kind of just really irked me. That the longest speech on our great Senate floor was from someone who was trying to stop people like me from being in the Senate. So to surpass that became more important to me.

He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.

Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Banned From Next Elections Judges convicted the far-right leader of misusing EU funds and barred her from running in the 2027 French presidential elections.

*gazes wistfully out a window*

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Worth a watch, even if you’ve read them already

20 Lessons on Tyranny

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Scene from the movie “The World According to Garp”. Garp and his wife in the foreground. Their house about to be hit by a plane in the background.

Been thinking about this one lately. Brilliant book. Brilliant movie. Unfortunately, still very timely.

#worldaccordingtogarp #robinwilliams #illustrations

Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.

Taking back our power starts now.

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Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid

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That new Batman: Caped Crusader show ain’t half bad. I’m a sucker for the old pulp stories and this one hits those notes in refreshing ways.
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#batman #capedcrusader #sketch

Old Man Hulk
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#hulk #sketch

This is an illustration I did for Phoenix when he was about 8.

He came to me one day and described an image he had in mind of a “box of creativity.” Pouring out of it like a flood was every thing he enjoyed. He wanted me to draw it for him.
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#phoenix #illustration #minecraft #lego

Selfie. Look! I’m smiling!
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#sketch #illustration #selfie

Rebecca out for Carnival.
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#carnival #sketch #illustration

“You…LIKE…WHAT???”
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#sketch

Something I did for my son’s 4th birthday. Drake was obsessed with Spider-Man at the time. Still likes him but has moved on to X-men.
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#spiderman #marvel #sketch #illustration

Hanging out.
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#sketch #sketchbook #illustration

I’m lost.