Michele Bernadette 💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☮️♋️

“...take us out of this gloom...” #music #imagery #fantasy

Joe Scarborough on ICE internment camps: “100 men jammed into one room, no guards that will actually come in there, they’re sharing maybe one or two filthy backed up toilets. It’s unbelievable. I know the constitution doesn’t mean much to you if you’re in the cult. Those constitutional rights are being torn to shreds every single day inside of these internment camps and it’s time that something be done”

@GSmokesweed1 That was me yesterday. 😂😂😂

SSOTD!!!!!!

@openshutter21 Photos like this are my escape. Thank you.

This is the prettiest creek I've ever seen IMO. I think it's because it runs straight down from the mountains so it's comparatively clear and the beautiful mountain backdrop obviously helps too.

The federal government is suing Minnesota after state legislators passed a bill that would ban prediction market companies from operating in the state. abcnews.link/ZvvxTen

Ben Gvir says Israel will not “allow” Trump to make deal with Iran 🤔

@CalltoActivism @kanekavi Sounds right

🚨HOLY SHIT. Dr. Jonathan Reiner just STUNNED CNN with a bombshell: “The president has severe daytime somnolence… Chronic insomnia is a severe illness. It can result in an increase in risk of dementia, decrease in cognitive effects in older people.” Wow.

@atrupar @BabeTruth2 Those leaders know they are dealing with an unpredictable irrational psychopathic madman with an itchy trigger finger.

Burgum: "It's obviously President Trump two moves ahead of his critics as always. Nothing short of aspiration for peace in the Middle East. I mean, who on a Saturday afternoon over a holiday weekend can pull together all of the world leaders from the gulf state allies, get 'em all on a phone call?"

@atrupar @BabeTruth2 2 moves ahead? He is flailing. He governs by social media floating what he wants to happen and in his mind it’s reality and everyone else should fall in line because he said it. This isn’t about how his fuck ups are affecting the world, it’s how it’s affecting his self dealing.

Memorial Day. I left Vietnam.6\69, but Vietnam never left me. Remember the smells, sensations, horrors+small joys. Remember names on the Wall, also faces, other casualties,guys I knew by nicknames or for a couple hours. We don’t celebrate today we remember with heavy hearts.

This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.

The tragedy in all this is we’re being held hostage by a man who wasn’t elected president

🚨🚨🚨 January 6th was the third Stop the Steal rally. I covered all three. The morning of January 6 the Proud Boys had a plan, “1776 Returns” to storm the “Winter Palace” and occupy the building. They had trials and a jury of their peers convicted them of seditious conspiracy for which they would serve 22 years As they continue to erase the history of that day,, I will keep reminding you of what happened. And if you’d like to support my work, ways to help are in my profile

This is amazing. The New York Times put together a graphic of how much time cabinet members spend kissing up to Trump in meetings. "On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered Mr. Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents." North Korea.

These quick thoughts by Michael Jochum on the disturbing reason Trump gets as much support as he does is a must-read 👇 I used to wonder how it was possible that Trump could have won in 2016, and then again in 2024, given how emotionally toxic and depraved he is. I don’t wonder anymore. I think he won for that exact reason. Because he carried at least one broken shard to reflect the broken shards in millions of others. If you’re a racist, you found your guy. If you’re a misogynist, you found your guy. If money is your only religion, you found your guy. If your heart is armored shut, you found your guy. If you mock the disabled, you found your guy. If intelligence makes you insecure, you found your guy. If you’re a sexual predator, you found your guy. If you trade in humiliation and conspiracy and filth, you found your guy. If you’ve never done a single hour of emotional inventory, you found your guy. If you cheat, stiff contractors, bankrupt your obligations, and call it savvy, you found your guy. If you lie as easily as you breathe, you found your guy. If cruelty feels like strength, you found your guy. If white grievance is your comfort food, you found your guy. If your ego is a black hole no title can fill, you found your guy. If warmongering fuels your ego, you found your guy, If empathy feels like weakness and dominance feels like oxygen, you found your guy. If he’d only carried one or two of these pathologies, he might have been dismissed as just another loud, damaged man. But he carried a buffet of them. That was the appeal. Millions could locate themselves somewhere in the wreckage. They didn’t have to agree with all of it. They just had to recognize a piece of themselves in it. It was never really about him. It was about the validation. The absolution. The permission. He didn’t invent the resentment; he amplified it. He didn’t create the cruelty; he normalized it. He gave millions the intoxicating relief of hearing their ugliest impulses echoed back at rally volume. Trump is a symptom. The deeper illness is collective. If there’s one sentence that defines his power, it’s this: “He says the things I’m thinking.” And that’s the part that should chill us. Because what does it say about us that so many were thinking those things? That tens of millions of Americans harbored resentments so deep, so seething, that they were simply waiting for a demagogue to baptize them as virtue? That after decades of supposed progress on race, gender, and equality, so many white men felt so threatened, so displaced, so furious, that cruelty became a political platform? Maybe we were living in a fool’s paradise, mistaking silence for healing, politeness for progress. Now the mask is off. Now we know. And knowing is a far more dangerous place to stand. – Michael Jochum, Not Just a Drummer: Reflections on Art, Politics, Dogs, and the Human Condition.

Just so everyone is aware. Kevin Warsh who Trump picked to be the next fed chair is in the Epstein files and in 2010 spent Christmas with Epstein at st. Bart's. He's also the son-in-law of Ronald Lauder, cosmetic billionaire and founding member of the MEGA group with Les Wexner.

I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. Instead of engaging with me and others about the poor conditions, ICE sent in an armored vehicle and a line of armed agents that only poured gasoline on the fire. Civilians were tackled and restrained, and agents fired pepper balls and spray into the crowd. This is more of the same lawlessness we’ve seen elsewhere around the country. 

Our country deserves accountability. Our country deserves the humane treatment of every person here. In fact, our Constitution demands this. What I witnessed and experienced today was shameful. Delaney Hall is a failure; it’s this administration’s failure. The only way to make this right for our communities is to shut it down and make sure the failures we’ve seen never happen again.

@gtconway3d @realDonaldTrump Gee, ya think?

It's almost as though @realDonaldTrump is mentally ill and has no idea what he is doing.

This one is for @StephenAtHome

@theliamnissan @Jen22Colorado The F(art) of the Deal compliments of Donny’s fat ass. Republicans are inhaling L’air Du Trump.

It's official, folks. Trump's peace deal has failed. The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed. The price of food and gas will continue to rise. Putin will continue to benefit