H. Mark Hudson (he/him)

What we’re seeing in the Iowa Selzer poll is what political scholars refer to as the “Independent Women, Pt. 1” effect. All the women, who independent, throw their hands up

Trump says the Affordable Care Act “sucks,” hinting at his plan to rip away health care from tens of millions of Americans

Well, OK, I guess it all depends on your worldview; you can see your place in the world as something to defend from those who might want to take some or all of it from you—or you can see it as a grand adventure, a place to make dreams come to fruition for yourself & others. (1/3)

Today we lost a brother. Our hearts and love go out to Jill Lesh, Brian and Grahame. Phil Lesh was irreplaceable. In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like a river would flow. It went where the muse took it. He was an explorer of inner and outer space who just happened to play bass. He was a circumnavigator of formerly unknown musical worlds. And more. We can count on the fingers of one hand the people we can say had as profound an influence on our development - in every sense. And there have been even less people who did so continuously over the decades and will continue to for as long as we live. What a gift he was for us. We won’t say he will be missed, as in any given moment, nothing we do will be without the lessons he taught us - and the lessons that are yet to come, as the conversations will go on. Phil loved the Dead Heads and always kept them in his heart and mind. The thing is… Phil was so much more than a virtuoso bass player, a composer, a family man, a cultural icon... There will be a lot of tributes, and they will all say important things. But for us, we’ve spent a lifetime making music with Phil Lesh and the music has a way of saying it all. So listen to the Grateful Dead and, in that way, we’ll all take a little bit of Phil with us, forever. For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago…. - Mickey, Billy and Bobby Photos courtesy of Getty Images

Ex-President Trump speaks about America: “We’re like a garbage can for the world.”

This is Amanita Jacksonii which is considered a choice edible mushroom. I'm not going to risk eating it without an expert opinion. But it is beautiful.