Six years ago this week, an unplanned disaster engulfed the world. Trump catastrophically mismanaged it. The economy collapsed and 1m+ died.
Now reelected, he’s on the verge of topping that, only this time the disaster is entirely of his own making.
The results may be even worse.
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s approach to water management is helping to integrate sovereignty and conservation into water policy in Montana.
NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”
“What happened to me was a flagrant violation of my Constitutional rights.”
Patty O’Keefe was violently detained for legally observing ICE activity in her neighborhood. She deserves accountability from the DHS.
Si far.
I realize…and I’ll never get over the hate and lies…
This Flower Garden quilt is about to be hung in our hallway. It was pieced by my mother and grandmother, quilted by my aunt. #quilts #farmcore #gardengrewpeas
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
Let’s get one thing straight: We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian.
Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.
A new NBC Poll shows that Pope Leo XIV and Stephen Colbert as the two most popular public figures in America today.
In a stunning upset, Democrats Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard unseated Republican incumbents Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson by record margins — installing Democrats on Georgia’s Public Service Commission for the first time in more than 20 years.
More like this, pls, Dems:
May I become at all times, now & forever
a protector for those without protection
a guide for those who have lost their way
a ship for those who sail across oceans
a bridge for those who cross rivers
a refuge for those who are in danger
a lamp for those who have no light
and a servant to all in need
this is just true.
for now. Jewish groups should rally to pressure for censure and expulsion for Ogles because it's the right thing to do in the face of bigotry. But if that's not good enough for you, recognize it'll be us next.
Please end this "spring forward/fall back" bullshit I am DYING
![A “Grandiloquent Word of the Day” meme featuring the word “Suaviloquent” with pronunciation [swah-VIL-oh-kwent] and definition: “Speaking sweetly and agreeably in a sophisticated manner.” On the right, a detailed pen-and-ink illustration shows the Big Bad Wolf politely addressing one of the Three Little Pigs at the window of a straw cottage, gesturing with a walking stick as if making a formal announcement. The humorous example sentence reads: “In suaviloquent phrases that suggested both refinement and regulatory authority, the wolf announced that the pigs’ homes violated multiple provisions of the Pleasant Forest Homeowners’ Charter.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uzkqphsznycugmyz7hqvna3f/bafkreicz6dd7tgp3amb77z7fjkesfr2ye5jltfuxfal4wnl6ui6lz73kba)
A “Grandiloquent Word of the Day” meme featuring the word “Suaviloquent” with pronunciation [swah-VIL-oh-kwent] and definition: “Speaking sweetly and agreeably in a sophisticated manner.” On the right, a detailed pen-and-ink illustration shows the Big Bad Wolf politely addressing one of the Three Little Pigs at the window of a straw cottage, gesturing with a walking stick as if making a formal announcement. The humorous example sentence reads: “In suaviloquent phrases that suggested both refinement and regulatory authority, the wolf announced that the pigs’ homes violated multiple provisions of the Pleasant Forest Homeowners’ Charter.”
Suaviloquent [swahv-IL-oh-kwent]
(adj.)
Speaking sweetly and agreeably in a sophisticated manner.
Use:
“In suaviloquent phrases that suggested both refinement and regulatory authority, the wolf announced that the pigs’ homes violated multiple provisions of the Pleasant Forest Homeowners’ Charter.”
The response is….comprehensive.
LA City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson Says LAPD Stopped Him Four Times While Driving a City Government Issued Vehicle. The LAPD has consistently been highly racist and corrupt.
Massie doing Trump is hilarious.
One of California’s most startling weather events in recent memory is set to unfold over the next 10 days, a spell that could shatter records by extraordinary margins.
Daily temperature records are a near guarantee. Monthly records are likely. Highs as much as 30 degrees above normal are forecast.
“Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding.”
-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writing about the unfortunate director of the local paper factory
mannerofspeaking.org/2010/05/12/s...
And in 1972, Nixon had Powell strategically placed on the Supreme Court.
“In 1971, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell wrote a memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that became…
What followed was one of the most consequential fifty-year projects in American political history, every bit as nation-changing and dangerous as the Confederate movement of the 1840s.”
Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.
“I feel frozen, scared, and angry.”
Wesley Powers, a U.S. Navy veteran, was attacked with a chemical agent and detained by ICE. Listen to his story.
OTTAWA – First Nations leaders unveiled today five items repatriated to their communities after being at the Vatican for more than a century, and unboxed another two crates of items with origins that have yet to be determined.
“He took the ministry from Sunday morning, and he delivered it to the people.”—Jesse Jackson Jr. on his father’s legacy of transforming not just our politics but our lives. https://bit.ly/4ujQ7PY
