Meggles and Joy

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. ~President Jimmy Carter

Trump’s DOJ says ban on handgun sales to 18-20 year olds is unconstitutional: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Like @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social said, Mamdani just pushed the button.

No joke. You trashy asswipes need to put those damn traitor flags down and figure out how to better your own lives. Hating others for stupid reasons won't improve your situation.

Mitch McConnell Returns To Capitol Hill In Jar Of Formaldehyde

I'm in love.

ICE agent Christian Castro - who shot Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis and lied about it, and who TX Governor Abbott refused to extradite - has been ARRESTED by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. www.startribune.com/minnesota-of...

This is the most masculine video on the internet right now

Cindy Blackman, US musician, widely respected drummer for Lenny Kravitz and Santana #WomensArt

Look at the community notes on this one. 👇

“This Court will continue to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law, including, if necessary, the use of criminal contempt. One way or another, ICE will comply with this Court’s orders.” joycevance.substack.com/p/my-patienc...

I guess I should start preaching atheism. There is no god.

important theological question just dropped (nb generally Jews don't tend to go for the heaven/hell construct, but REGARDLESS our focus is on our obligations down here, SO.)

“The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...

Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’

Shapiro: When he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office, making $2.2 billion off his corruption for him and his kids, it costs you money. When he sits behind that desk, he’s not thinking about how to put money in your pocket. He’s thinking about how to put money in his own pocket.

“As we try to keep everyone cool and calm at the rescue centre during the heatwave, I thought I'd repost a compilation of everyone's favourite clips of the dogs choosing their own toys!” #rescuedog #toys #joy IG: @fetcherdog Animal Shelter, Kent, England

I have absolutely no idea what it would take to make these 33,546 people realize what a piece of shit Baumgartner is

Gerrymandering lets politicians choose their voters instead of the other way around. Until we end that, it will remain difficult to achieve the things most Americans already agree on.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

FBI Director Kash Patel is planning a mid-October trip to Moscow. Can ANYONE think of a legitimate reason for him to visit Putin’s playground? I wonder if “consulting with his handlers” will be on the official itinerary? 🤨🇷🇺

Consider the logic. They didn't comply. We had the right to kill them. It's the mind of a criminal. Or a rapist. She didn't submit, so I raped her. Just disgusting, immoral, depraved thinking.

People found guilty of not using punctuation deserve the longest sentence possible.

I think the best thing that allies can do is just be a layer of interference. Someone says something funky, you don't have to flip tables, just add some friction -- why'd you say that? What do you mean by that? Don't let the shit stand uncontested when your trans comrades can't contest it ourselves

It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.

Thank you, Pacific Ave Pizza and the Brownes Addition community, for a great trivia night! A fiery crowd passionate about Spokane County. For Justice. For All. 🌻 #spokane #easternwa #forjusticeforall

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Susan Collins is REFUSING to debate Graham Platner. Shocking? Not really. When you’ve spent years dodging accountability, why start now? Maine voters see you, Senator. Time to show up. #CollinsAfraid #PlatnerForSenate

🚨BREAKING: Russian authorities temporarily suspended arrivals and departures at all four major Moscow airports after a large overnight Ukrainian drone assault. Dozens of flights were canceled and many others delayed, with some passengers temporarily evacuated from terminals.

Today was a really tough start to wildfire season. We had near 4 wildfires erupt in the INW within the same 3 hours. I watched homes burn in Spokane County today. I am thinking of those people and the firefighters who stood there to do what they could. Here are some cell phone photos.

I want to remind everyone that this was in Spokane Valley. Spokane Valley was unable to obtain a federal grant for fire mitigation due to the Trump Admin’s new restrictions to accept those grants. They warned of exactly this. Here is that story. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, SOCCER FANS. Get acquainted with our state via this highly accurate and mostly-to-scale map.

This is what Trump's done to the people's house: A third of it is rubble. Another third is a cage match. What a metaphor.

Looks a lot like a centrally planned economy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Monstrous.

"rethugliCon" is a sign not to take you seriously www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

We're suing ICE for subjecting people at the nation's largest immigration detention center to a pattern of unconscionable abuse and neglect. In his own words, our plaintiff Gerald writes: "The conditions here in this ICE tent camp in a desert are inhumane and cruel. (1/3)

Praise be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The real terrorists are the officials in our government who threaten citizens with arrest for exercising their freedom of speech.

A gentle reminder

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

For more than a decade, Stephen Colbert has been one of the top voices of late night—making us laugh and, even more importantly, reminding us who we are and what America stands for. Michelle and I enjoyed being Stephen’s guests—even when the games were rigged—and we’re grateful to call him a friend.