AOC: When one party wants the votes of another party. You negotiate, you come to a compromise and you pass a bill. That is schoolhouse rock. And that is how things should be

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

@gtconway.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social

Turns out if throw a bottle of vodka at the stewardess hard enough and miss you can break the window... who knew.

www.reuters.com/world/us/pla...

Insanity.

@brooklynmarie.bsky.social

This has got to be BS.

meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

It is so weird that Trump's goons are gassing, beating and arresting Americans and the @democrats.org have decided the real issue is Health Care Subsidies...

HOW ABOUT STOPPING THE LAWLESS THUGS ABUSING POWER?

Peter Giunta: “I'm all in for Jack Ciattarelli for Governor of NJ.”

Also Peter Giunta: “I love Hitler.”

Five of Earth’s vital systems are close to a point of irreversible change, warns a new report released by a global network of scientists ahead of the upcoming U.N. climate change conference in Brazil.

Judge can lock them up.

Black owned, women led winery in any case.

(LOOK AT THE LABELS PEOPLE - ART).

www.houseofbrown.wine

I drive this winery all the time, it's one of the few black owned wineries in Napa County, and wonder if the family name was chosen to honor my great uncle John. Following emancipation a lot of former slaves changed their names and "Brown" was one of the top ones.

www.brownestate.com

You don't remember that one Saturday we all came together and just decided to fix racism forever? Honestly I thought we would not be able to do it, but some group projects and a few flip charts latter and we had it licked. Really a good feeling.

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is unconstitutional and illegal. A memorandum doesn’t grant anyone the power to override the Constitution.

Trump has signed an order expanding his administration’s authority to redirect unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown,

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

I have not watched since he passed and I think I need to again.

youtu.be/hlQ33q2glkQ

started / going

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The actual results from the meeting between Syria and Russia, if any, are currently unknown. What is known is Syria is under immense pressure militarily and financially; domestically it is facing attacks from Israel, Iranian sabotage, drug cartels, a failing economy, and crippled infrastructure.

This should be a fun read...

🦠Measles continues to spread and we will lose elimination status by the end of the year.

💉Talk to your pediatrician about early vaccination (6-12 months) especially if you live in an outbreak area or are traveling to one.

👉 www.aap.org/en/patient-c...

abcnews.go.com/US/150-unvac...