If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.
Mackenzie Scott is just kicking the ass of all the other billionaires on the stuff that matters www.wsj.com/finance/cryp...
Trump: "I'm not going to start a war, I'm going to stop wars…Under Trump we will have no more wars, no more disruptions, and we will have prosperity and peace for all…I am the candidate of peace, I am peace."
Staff at the nation’s largest ICE concentration camp, located north of El Paso, Texas, have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to "die by suicide," according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
Seems about right.
What did folks think was going to happen when they changed the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War?
Trump took us to war and has no freaking idea how to get us out of it.
Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say reut.rs/4aYKAFU
I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.
We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.
NEW: Reacting to Mary Walsh's farewell note, CBS Evening News executive producer Kim Harvey -- in an email to Tony Dokoupil and others -- claims it is "simply not true" that they've been told by CBS News leadership "to aim our reporting in any political direction."
Republican attorneys general from 10 states are urging Costco, Unilever, Coca-Cola and 75 other companies to stop taking part in campaigns to use less plastic, accusing them of collusion. www.latimes.com/environment/... via @susrust.bsky.social
Big challenge for political pundits:
Discuss the speech the president actually gives tonight, and not the one you maybe thought you might have seen if you squinted just right.
Compare that real speech to the real world around us.
“I heard the officer say ‘that ain’t shit’.”
NASHVILLE — ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at man’s license & work visa… drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (he’s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.
The Constitution grants control of election administration to the states, not the president. The Trump administration is trying to take that power for itself. bit.ly/46tX4nd
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday made a critical announcement. It repealed the scientific determination that gives the government the authority to combat climate change."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Say it again (for the billionth time) - Global climate is not the same as your weather. And yes, it will continue to be freaking cold sometimes. I actually think he knows this - but he's betting that most of his supporters don't.
A bunch of reasons why the economic benefit to KS won't be what they say. Ask any city in the country that has built a new stadium for a team. Or an economist....
thebeaconnews.org/stories/2026...
it’s estimated that DOGE’s “savings” were exaggerated by more than 95 percent. Of the more than $50 billion DOGE claimed to have saved, only $1.4 billion could be verified — and not a single dollar went back to the Treasury to reduce the deficit.
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"malevolence & incompetence" describes the whole dang administration. Good shout-out to those who fell on their swords. I'd like this guy except for the fact that his shitty timing and judgement helped to bring on this whole thing to begin with.
I know. WTF kind of time jump did we just go through....
I'd say it already has. Lotus is adorable, and I just want to hold that warm fuzzy face.
After enduring the last few years, and also anticipating the next few, *everyone* who's been paying attention and cares is probably getting weirder too. If for no other reason than there are so many more important things to worry about than whether anyone thinks we're weird. Absolutely an honor! 👊
All social media platforms should do this. It would help us weed out at least some of the paid trolls.
Global carbon pollution from fossil fuels projected to reach another all-time high in 2025: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"Social media has turned into television."
Everything Is Television
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
Catastrophic systems collapse within the lifetimes of people alive *now*. Most don't seem to grasp the consequences of us pushing Earth past these tipping points. And everyone to the right of middle politically has been conditioned by politicians and media to deny it all completely.
cnn.it/43dmXGn
This is wonderful!
“In the place where I am now, I look back over my life. What message do I want to leave?” www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
Hundreds of Bee Species Face Decline in Missouri and Kansas
Here's how to make a real difference where you live.
#beedecline #pollinators #bees #nativebees
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Allowing new roads, logging, and resource extraction permanently degrades or destroys everything listed above, in exchange for short-term industrial profits.
Roadless areas offer great opportunities for recreation - such as fishing, hunting, hiking.
Roadless areas prevent sediment and other pollution from entering our waterways.
The US public supports these rules, for reasons listed above, and more.
