Unnecessary cruelty.

Why?

Transgender are less than 1% of the population, people! Let them live their lives.

The far-right in the Netherlands leveraged a housing crisis and scapegoating asylum-seekers to gain power, with accusations of a political class normalising populist agendas and a “hostage” media.

But the Dutch “experiment with far-right rule was, objectively, a total flop”.

Far-right = failure.

Dems clearly need exciting new talent, and Zohran Mamdani is right there in front of them

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @mluckovichajc)

Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.

Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

My sister bought a couple potatoes to give out with the candy...it went over great last year.

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

Oncostele Red Silk 'HOF'
From last year, but I noticed a couple flower spikes on it this morning, so new blooms in a month or so?
#orchids #bloomscrolling #flowers #blooms #orchid

A timeline cleanse. Two hummingbirds taking shelter from the rain inside a rose.

Good night Bluesky.🥰

Shutdown Day 29. Audition Take 1.

I’m crying

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

Kinzinger: There is an intense cost to that. You see that cost laid out in this film, and it shows why, when people say, “Why don’t other Republicans speak out?” — this brings home that there is a cost to doing so. And we need to, frankly, elect and hire people who are willing to do tough things

Oh I just love orchids
#bloomscrolling #flowers

Obviously California has issues but this defense of their policies by Newsom is worth watching.

TN is a low tax state - for the top. regressive for the bottom. our services and laws punish working people also (bottom in infant & maternal mortality, poverty, school spending, violent crime, etc..)

Birthday Flower! 🥰

5, 6 e 7 de setembro exposição de orquídeas no Shopping Pontal, Porto Alegre
5, 6 and 7 september Orchid Festival at Shopping Pontal, Porto Alegre - Brazil
#orchids

i want someone to ask mike johnson "should we be worried that you are always learning the news at your own press conferences, which is exactly when you are supposed to be answering questions about the news"

Starbucks' outrageous CEO-to-worker pay gap might make you spit out your morning coffee. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

Q: "What's your reaction to Jesus telling you that you must *give* to the poor, not take away from the poor?"

MIKE JOHNSON: "I don't know any of the details of that yet. I'm just hearing that for the first time so can't really comment."