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Spent cherry blossoms. One storm will blow away everything we cherish. This post brought to you by The American Clunky Metaphorical Society.
Horace Peterson has been freed after 52 years of maintaining his innocence
‘We did it’: Michigan man freed after 52 years of maintaining innocence
Moments after Horace Peterson learned his 52 years of incarceration were coming to an end, he looked into the courtroom’s gallery, cracked a smile and waved to his 11-year-old great grandson.
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Let’s have Congress vote on it. I’d like to get some Republicans on record before the midterms.
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Because the constitution says you can’t
Trump: "Some people say 'Oh, you shouldn't accept gifts for the country.' My attitude is, 'Why wouldn't I accept the gift?'"
🔥 DENIRO AT CANNES: “In my country we’re fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted… Art looks for truth, embraces diversity — that’s why we are a threat to autocrats and fascists.” 🇺🇸
"The math is not adding up...Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?"
AOC
Make it make sense.....🤔
When someone is ordered by a court to give up their guns in Nashville, there is no enforcement. Nobody checks to make sure the person has been disarmed.
@paigepfleger.bsky.social reports Metro Council wants to change that by hiring a firearms dispossession investigator:
wpln.org/post/nashvil...
Nashville’s Metro Council unanimously supports hiring an investigator to disarm prohibited people
Nashville's Metro Council unanimously supported a resolution that would have the city hire a dedicated firearms dispossession investigator. That position would
“How do you sleep in front of the media?”🤣🤣
Students and faculty at Stanford University announce they are joining the nationwide campus hunger strike movement to protest attacks on academic freedom and complicity in the Gaza genocide.
Trump lifts sanctions on Syria after offer of a Trump Tower in Damascus, praises MBS, salutes Saudi generals, and defends a Qatari jet gift—while banning press from Air Force One. GOP splits over drugs, jets, SALT, and Social Security. Catch up:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 130. 5/13/25
… One day after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa offered to build a Trump Tower Damascus as a sweetener to persuade Trump to meet with him during his Middle East trip to discuss the US lifting sanctio...
The only Democrats who identify as moderates are political consultants, like James Carville.
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Trump asked if King Harald of Norway could invite him to an audience. The King invited Obama instead.
This is a key goal of Project 2025.
He’s running.
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Deportation for honking his horn at an undercover ICE officer
I spoke at an Empty Seat Townhall for Congressman Sam Graves in Marceline, Missouri, population 2K.
Sam hasn’t met with constituents since 2012. He’s been in DC for 24 years. This group would like to send him home.
Nothing says “land of the free” like interrogating citizens over their podcast playlists at the border.
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...this would be the kind of scandal that demands resignation if these people had any commitment to public service!
WTH man? Real World bro also serving as Transportation Sec Sean Duffy reportedly changed his wife's flight to avoid Newark and then went on TV to broadcast it's safe to fly in and out of Newark.
@paleofuture.bsky.social w the details. ↘️
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Changed His Wife's Flight to Avoid Newark Airport
Would you let your family fly out of Newark?
A photo of selling your soul for ambition.
The reason people constantly suggest that Dems "adopt moderate social positions" (which... end up not being "moderate" at all) is because they think that Dems won't lose votes by moving to the right. They are wrong in thinking this.
Helping the U.S. gets you banned, being white gets you a welcome mat. Got it.
Feels like just in my lifetime the tech industry went from solving problems to pretending to solve problems, to creating problems
Stevie Wonder is 75 today. It’s hard to choose just one recording from his amazing discography, but I often play and dance to “As,” on repeat. “I’ll be loving you always.”
youtube.com/watch?v=eLbm...
As
YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic
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BREAKING NEWS: Michigan Court of Claims judge has ruled the 24-hour waiting period for abortion is unconstitutional. It "burdens and infringes upon patients’ rights to reproductive freedom," judge rules.
This is a huge win for Michigan women.
About 100 Afghan refugees resettled in Brattleboro after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the fall of 2021.
A group of women share their stories in a new six-part podcast series, "The Afghan Women of Brattleboro."
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro
After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the fall of 2021, the U.S. evacuated tens of thousands of Afghans whose lives were in danger. About 100 of them ended up as refugees in Brattleboro. Am...
Just on the train home and spotted my first MEGA hat.
God help us.
Pete Buttigieg suggested he would “assess” a 2028 presidential run.
While visiting Iowa, he said in a live interview that he'd consider “what I bring to the table.”
Buttigieg suggests he’d 'assess' a presidential run as he visits Iowa
He vaulted onto the national stage in 2020 out of South Bend, Indiana. This time, his calculus looks different.
Texas Bans Being Different Around Children
AUSTIN, TX—In a landmark piece of legislation designed to stifle individuality across the state, the Texas Legislature passed a bill Friday that legally banned being different around children. “Starti...
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“Indefensible.” “It’s a bribe.” “Such a stain”
#SwampForceOne ✈️
www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/m...Tuberville doesn't let active duty service members travel for health care, but he's cool with a Qatari plane for his dear leader.
Republican Tommy Tuberville has blocked a Democratic resolution that would have condemned the proposed gift of a luxury jet from Qatar to Trump.
Just some of the thousands of books banned in Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Virginia, and Kentucky:
The Bluest Eyes
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Ulysses
The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill A Mocking Bird
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
#books
#booksky
#resist
#opposition
#strongertogetherAutism, ADHD, & relationships
With Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden during the Library of Awesome exhibit in 2017. She is a Wonder Woman who broke ground for all of us. We will keep her spark of curiosity & intellect alive. Our history - and our progress - will not be erased. Watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWyN...McGovern: You guys make Marie Antoinette look down to earth. Trump’s cabinet is like an episode of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. These people are totally clueless. They don’t shop for their own groceries. They don’t buy their own food.
