Our family visited, on avg, at least 5 days/month at Target. We joined the boycott last year and haven’t visited since. At this point Target has made its choice to spurn progressive and liberal segments. I doubt that we will return b/c even an entreaty to us would now come across as phony.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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Drugs are not weapons of war. They are drugs.

The president’s word on who is or is not a drug dealer is not trustworthy. He and his administration have been caught lying about that multiple times.

Even if blowing up random boats were legal under the laws of armed combat, it’d be stupid strategy.

Johnny Dangerously

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

George Lakoff must be amused at how literal the right has taken the “Strict Father Model.”

Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."

This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.

‘It’s not too late to do something’: An open letter from a leading vaccine advocate to Sen. Cassidy about RFK Jr. “No amount of data showing that RFK Jr. is wrong will change his mind,” vaccine advocate Paul Offit writes in an open letter to Sen. Bill Cassidy.

“No amount of data showing that RFK Jr. is wrong will change his mind,” vaccine advocate Paul Offit writes in an open letter to Sen. Bill Cassidy.

www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/r...

Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

I think the way to turn this administration’s tanking polls around is to have this creep talk about his plans for our children as much as possible.

A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.

Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.

Arresting a Judge Judges across the country are undoubtedly wondering what sort of trumped-up charges might be used to storm into their courtrooms and arrest them if the attorney general of the United States doesn’t li...

Friday, DOJ arrested a state judge in Wisconsin. Did she really commit a crime or is something else at work here? What are the law and the facts you need to understand to see the political machinations at work here? I try to take those issues on in this piece. joycevance.substack.com/p/arresting-...

WISCONSIN: The chair of the elections commission, a lawyer, breaks down what actually happened using the actual complaint.

Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.

Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements.

In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.

"You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.

The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line

Ok, not really. My wife hid some of her food under the box cover. Aussie Shepherds are very smart and sometimes we need to do more things to wear her down mentally. Especially if they don’t get enough physical exercise on bad weather days.

There she is after a firework interrupted her while unboxxing an NYE present.

But to make my beloved Aussie shudder is pure terror for hours on NYE, Chinese New Years, UGA wins, Easter, Memorial Day, 4th, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day (really? REALLY?) and Xmas? That’s just too much. Get a grip. Save some money. Appreciate quiet.

Look, it’s an unpopular opinion in metro Atl but fireworks is not a year-round thing. 4th of July and maybe NYE. The cities hire some great pyrotechnic teams so we don’t need them at all.

I guess I expected more parity. But SMU and Tennessee looked completely outclassed. Is that nature (program) or nurture (NIL)?

3-word headline: Raiola Max’d Out.

Somehow, some way… Iowa finds enough loose change in the sofa to beat Nebraska. Print it.

Classy kid. I hope he has a long career in football.

Lester called a good game for Stratton to play relatively comfortably. Props to Stratton for making most of the outlet passes. Imagine being a walk-on, scout team LB and now starting QB.

Lester+Jack have dispelled the Ferentzian nonsense that it takes years to learn the Iowa offense, IMO.

Both lines are playing very well. KJ is a beast. Stratton is making some good throws.