I don't often get emotional seeing the dogs off as I know they get a forever home and it free's up some space.
But seeing Twix leave yesterday was hard as I've known him since feeding him as a dumped tiny puppy. He's made it off the streets!!!
BREAKING: Judge rules Kari Lake's appointment was ILLEGAL for many months & a bunch of her actions are void
We & great partners win again!
H/t to my @democracydefendersfund.org colleagues plus AFSCME, AFGE, Emery Celli, Democracy Forward & more. Wow, just wow.
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
Judge rules that Kari Lake's appointment was illegal meaning she unlawfully ran the US Agency for Global Media, so the mass layoffs at Voice of America during that time “are void”
Great job by @normeisen.bsky.social standing up for a free press
www.cnn.com/2026/03/07/m...
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
The Ellisons’ new Paramount/Warner Bros mega-media monopoly would never pass muster if America still had antitrust enforcers.
So who can stop this? State attorneys general. Here's how. ⬇️
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-paramount-mega-media-monopoly/?source=group-ShortText
Previously he was very concerned
youtu.be/GdL9eldS4Ew
Another impeachable offense. He has no cause, we have not been attacked, he has stated no reason & has not requested permission from Congress. WHO is going to stop this? Why is military obeying illegal orders every time we turn around? 😡
No new wars!
Not in Iran, not anywhere else.
The American people do not want this. But, you know what they do want? Healthcare, housing, good-paying jobs, and accountability. Bombing Iran is not that.
To deflect attention from Epstein files, in part, the u.s. has built up military forces in the Persian Gulf. All should be in place in next -8 days.
What is needed to keep focus on these allegations if armed conflict breaks out?
If anyone feels like speaking up, the best timing may be now
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When I feel over my head in reality, I turn down the noise and read voices like The Steady State or Jack Hopkins. If I’m confused, or need a break they’re still there.
That’s what I want the Virtual Attic to be a calm place to learn, get context, and feel less alone.
The numbers speak for themselves
It is what it is because we don't want to accept that it is.
"By setting the famous clock at 85 seconds to midnight, the Board recognizes the failure of leadership of the world as the principal reason for the lowest reading ever."
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/06/t...
It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
Brian Allen
🚨 Pete Buttigieg nails it:
“In a country that amended the Constitution to ban beer… then fixed it when we realized it was dumb… surely we can amend it again to say corporations aren’t people and money isn’t speech.”
Translation:
We corrected Prohibition
We can correct Citizens United
This would be DHS's first major push into a red state. Ohio has a Republican governor and Springfield has a Republican mayor.
Doing this with the support of city and state officials (unlike in California, Illinois or Minnesota) could be brutal and horrific.
Nurses being pissed reminds me of this
I promise you won’t be able to stop smiling after watching this.
Sienna is a truly gorgeous soul ❤️
And then they came for the white guy with a legal permit to carry, exercising his 2nd Amendment rights, and you STILL didn’t think they’d come for you. #2A #ICE #alexpretti #secondamendment
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
Trump might actually release the Epstein files now to distract from what ICE and Border Patrol is doing.
Courage is rare. That's why it has value. It's also true that in instances of state oppression, usually only a tiny minority actively resists. Having said that, I never expected this level of absolute groveling by pundits, the press and political leaders in America.
I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
Walz: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word on this.
As I told the white house in no uncertain terms this morning, the federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation. The state will handle it. Period.
Stella Carlson said that before the shooting, the man was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather. "The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. The ICE agents approached us, told us to back up, back up. I'm not even sure why we were helping them, if anything. And I got on the snow bank, and next thing I knew, they shot him," Carlson said.
"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ...
"Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Federal courts in at least ten circuits affirm that recording police in public is a First Amendment right. Verbal criticism, including profanity, is protected under City of Houston v. Hill. Whistles, chanting, and singing are also protected, though noise limits may still apply. #ice #minneapolis
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