My teenage son gets into violent fights at school. We're always at the principal's office. One of the girls he beat up was hospitalized. He gets $75/mo allowance. He wants $10 on top of this for brass knuckles. We agreed but stipulated he can only use one hand/fist to bully. Will this "rein" him in?
If only Hillary Clinton had the circumspection to construct a blanket fort around her home computer…
Pantone’s “color” of the year, described as a “refuge of visual cleanliness.”
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
NBC news graph of grocery prices rising under Trump
Grocery prices HIGHER under Trump.
(Reality is even worse than graphic given corporations are temporarily eating tariff costs).
70% of working age SNAP recipients work full time. The companies should pay them a living wage! SNAP is corporate welfare.
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
The perfect encapsulation of Politico.
"Of course the White House is lying, but it's a pretty savvy lie, so let's see how it plays?"
It's all a fun little game with no stakes to them. It's like they're recapping episodes of Real Housewives.
#chicago #journalism #newssky
THIS is how news needs to be reported. On-the-ground witness accounts. (See link below)
*Contrast NYT parroting administration talking points and constant left/right framing.
www.rawstory.com/it-was-heart...
Can we agree baseball isn’t all about analytics? Chemistry and team spirit used to matter. Mets season is an example of percentages and payrolls not = wins. Keep a player like David Robertson who wanted more than anything to stay w/ the Mets. Keep Iglesias. Butto. Low cost, big heart. #lgm #metssky
Thanks, Frank 🩷
Thanks Curtis! Yours was 🔥
Abbreviated version of Anthony Award Best First Novel speech for YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID. Visit your local library, sign up for a library card, join Friends of the Library. Read, write, speak while you still can. #booksky #authorsky
Got to meet one of my THIS MAMA IS LIT! podcast guests IRL!
With @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social at Poets & Writers in DC.
Check out K.T.’s episode of TMIL at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts!
literarymama.substack.com/p/kt-nguyen-...
#writingpodcast @literarymama.bsky.social
Loved seeing you! 🩷
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
K.T. Nguyen just won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel at Bouchercon! To help celebrate, listen to her podcast episode on THIS MAMA IS LIT!
(Link below or find TMIL wherever you get podcasts!)
literarymama.substack.com/p/kt-nguyen-...
@ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social @literarymama.bsky.social
Thank you and cheers to you!
Thanks, Casey!!!
Genuinely curious. Not sure if I missed something?!
Why is Ron Darling reporting from the stands with Gelbs glowering in the background? #mets #metssky #metsky #gkr #sny #nymets #lgm #garykeithron
Reviews incoming! Horror, thriller, mystery, and suspense selections from @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social
Andrew K Clark, Asha Greyling, and @blacktopkid.bsky.social for your next great read!
Reviews at Goodreads www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
#bookworm #bookrecs #writingcommunity #booksky
"It’s almost as if the truth has been staring us in the face all this time, but seventy-seven million Americans voted for Donald Trump anyway."
Exciting!
