Mom-Ra, Queen of Unfinished Tasks

“I’m a Democrat, and therefore I’m here to protect all rights, including trans rights.” Say that, repeat that. Reset the moral ground and never cede it.

A good answer for when someone says, “I don’t really care about politics.” I’ve always answered, “You should,” but had a hard time articulating why. I mean, why seemed self-evident to me, in the same way breathing as a good idea is self-evident.

Everyone is remembering the first time they saw Tim Curry. For me, he was a musician before I knew him as an actor. From his second album: And if my voice Starts suddenly shaking Don't be confused anymore It's just the sound of my heart breaking Ship to shore

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

[Exit Queen.]

The world is a little less sunny today. RIP, Dolly. 💔 I hoped for better news after the statement a few days ago that she was focusing on her health because she had neglected some things while caring for her husband before he died. Seemed likely given that’s a common thing for caregivers.

This! I struggled so much w later school, thought my ADHD diagnosis in my 30s was the answer. Post-tx, went to uni in my 40s. Mostly excelled but had so much trouble w not really knowing how to study/write, just brute forced through it. Now in my 60s thinking there might be a better answer.

Pulitzer worthy.

This state supreme court opinion pulls no punches: “This court does not anchor Hawaiʻi’s due process rights to the federal floor. Especially one that keeps sinking. . . . State constitutionalism makes it easy to consider Roberts Court jurisprudence ‘white noise.’”

Virgo: Stop waiting for perfection. Take the pile of shit that is your life and build something.

I’ve been saying this but Brianna Chesser came with receipts.

Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

I’m not able to reply to one of the comments at the Bulwark, so I’ll post it here. The “troops“ weren’t saluting the “undeserving VIPs“. Someone made sure that each VIP had a Medal of Honor winner accompany them, and protocol is that ALL uniformed personnel salute MoH recipients.

In all the ways that matter, these are the same story.

The fight America wants to see. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-fight-...

One hour until this starts. Free to watch online, info at this link.

Merge two movies: Reflections in a Golden Eye of the Needle

TIL

Fact-checking what happened at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

This did not go quite as he planned. 😹 Well done, kids!

Wife and I in tears reading this…

America will not surrender to violence and murder.

I am deeply distressed by our government (and our taxpayer money) funding the exploitation of newborns in Guinea-Bissau to serve RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine agenda. You should be too.

And this is his greatest fear.

And sometimes just functioning is enough of an accomplishment. Give yourself credit for that.

Caturday contribution. “See? I do so too fit!”

It’s the stupidity, stupid. Excellent thread!

There is no route out of fascism that involves sacrificing the vulnerable. All that does is tell the fascists that we're willing to turn on each other for the illusion of safety.

Great work from @blakemurdoch.bsky.social. Thank you for laying all of this out.

Dammit. When my husband was diagnosed with multiple myeloma 9 years ago today, I discovered that one of my favorite writers at Mother Jones had it too. We were in shock and seeing Kevin living and working with MM gave us hope and an idea of what the path forward might look like. RIP

JD Vance's cousin is fighting as a volunteer in Ukraine. "We are the useful idiots of Vladimir Putin," he told Le Figaro about Trump and Vance's position. www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...

The lack of resistance continues. Nobody protesting or resisting. 🇺🇦

Might save a life.

Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…

FYI

This made me tear up, just a little bit. Thank you, sisters!

The AMA has a YouTube page where you can catch up on all the fun, ongoing TB & bird flu outbreaks, since the CDC is no longer allowed to do that: youtube.com/watch?v=HlPB...

USAID Fraud Allegations: Fact vs. Fiction Fact Inspector General’s Investigations: - USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) actively investigates allegations of major fraud, corruption, and misconduct within its programs and operations, demonstrating accountability in addressing internal issues.

Elon Musk has purchased $40M on a series of Superbowl ads attacking USAID as "wasteful spending." Colleagues have created this video and are asking that it be posted across social media at exactly 5:30 pm EST today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

every single republican in office is a fucking oathbreaker who is selling out the constitution and our democratic birthright

Since 1776, over a million American soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Name one who died so that our representative democracy, however imperfect it may be, could become a fascist theocracy. I'll wait. #USDemocracy #DemVoice1

Really good thread. They want to demoralize us and make us believe we are powerless. The reality is that we have plenty of power and they’re afraid we’ll realize that and use it against them.