The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus

They're bringing new charges against James Comey accusing him of "leaking" national security information to someone not authorized to hear it. Isn't that exactly what Pete Hegseth did during a call where he included a reporter on the call while discussing war plans?

The racism is stunning! And wrong ... Last year's winner of the National Book Award: Lebanese writer and painter Rabih Alameddine. The winner in non-fiction? Egyptian-American journalist Omar El Akkad. The Nobel Prize for Chemistry last year was a Palestinian-American, Omar Yaghi.

The president contended that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, would “invite hordes of jihadis to our shores.” Just what we need right now is permission to hate.

National parks funding cuts have created a multi-layered crisis: halted projects, shrinking staff, deferred maintenance, and increased environmental & cultural risks. Proposed cuts continue to threaten the long-term health and accessibility of the park system.

What's going on behind the scenes is outrageous. Again I ask: What does Putin have on Trump???

Regardless of the decade, the underlying question was the same: How American are you, really?

Again I ask, "What does Putin have on Trump???"

Federal disaster relief is being used as leverage ... During a visit to North Carolina struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene 2 years ago, V.P. Vance promised more than $800M in additional aid, but weeks earlier, Trump said he would withhold aid if Democrat Roy Cooper wins the Senate.

Even this DOJ can't find more than a trace of illegal voter registrations, not all of whom may have even voted, barely enough to even measure.

This is a story worth acknowledging, especially since it has absolutely nothing to do with politics!

Shared values make democracy possible: belief in the intrinsic dignity and worth of all people, that no one is above the law or beneath its protection, belief in checks and balances in our government, and accountability that comes with an independent judiciary and a robust, free press. Barack Obama

Is this how American elections are supposed to work? MAGA supporters who are posting this "news" are playing right into the hands of Putin and his attempt to influence on behalf of Trump. Tsk! Tsk!

What does Putin have on Trump?

Officer David Gonzalez fires four times, hitting the18-year-old in the back … The footage shows a teen running away, never turning toward the officer, with nothing appearing to be visible in his hands. “This is the most egregious police shooting of a civilian in recent memory.”

This President's willingness to abandon Ukraine in favor of giving Russia the advantage in this horrid war is disgusting. What must Putin have on Trump!

This is outrageous, that any one individual should have this much power. Who's running our country?

The United States was one of just three nations to vote against a declaration on “pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” that was adopted by the United Nations. WTF?

"They agreed because I said they agreed."

Nearly 57 million workers, 35% of U.S. workers, are now disposable by design. They include contractors, from building cleaners to travel nurses; freelancers, from gig drivers to high-end programmers; and marginal workers, employees in name only, like adjunct professors & service and part-timers.

This is disgusting. The President has embraced Russia to try and lower diesel prices that HE is responsible for, and is now calling out Ukraine, a U.S. ally, for being effective fighting to defend themselves after being attacked by Russia.

"As President, it is my job to ensure the laws are faithfully executed, including by firing subordinates who cannot be trusted to tell the truth and follow the law,' Trump said in a notice on the White House website on Oct. 9. SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO SHAKE YOUR HEAD ...

[The contractor] believes the order to build facilities with the worst possible conditions came from the White House, specifically from Miller. “Miller did not want the facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted,” the contractor said.

So now attempting to balance for past discrimination equals discrimination against whites? In this administration, increasingly what's up is down ...

Measles cases continue rise beyond 30-year high. What the hell are we doing??? VOTE BLUE!

Sure, we need to expose everyone, even children, to what it means to be masculine and tough. Pete Hegseth is a putz!

The Associated Press spoke to a group of nine servicemembers who all claim that the U.S. military’s medical system failed them after they were injured in the deadly attack on March 1. IT'S PAST TIME TO GET RID OF HEGSETH

The Supreme Court will be hearing St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, brought by the Archdiocese of Denver challenging Colorado rules requiring preschools that receive public funding to accept the children of gay and transgender parents. The church argues doing so would be at odds with 1st Amendment.

NSF was founded 75+ years ago and it has spent nearly all of its budget on so-called basic research ... which has led to major advances in technology such as M.R.I.s, semiconductors and the internet. The White House wants to redirect the money to a limited set of administration priorities like AI.

Just when you think it couldn't get any more weird ...

Seriously? How scared are Republicans??? "Republicans have filed lawsuits in multiple states trying to prevent those voters, who typically support Democrats, from casting ballots. Thursday’s lawsuit contends that the administration simply made the change on its own without giving proper notice."

China now generates nearly as much electricity from renewables alone as the entire U.S. power system produces from all sources. This includes solar, wind, and alternative energy. The U.S. needs to diversify way beyond just drilling for more oil or mining more coal.

The GOP sabotaged its own bill to stop Congress members from trading stocks. Now they will blame Democrats. What else is new?

You really can't even make this stuff up!

Implicit in the idea of A.I. self-regulation is that we are incapable of managing risk through our democratic government. But historically we have done just that, successfully building and regulating powerful new technologies including nuclear energy.

Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. Mr. Olah and his team at Anthropic have been on a frantic and high stakes quest to ... convince the models to abide by a moral code that will protect humanity.

Practically everyone, regardless of political affiliation, must understand by now that there simply is no evidence of widespread — significant, meaningful — voter cheating in California or anywhere else in America.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. IF WE WANT TO SAVE FEDERAL MONEY, LET'S CUT ALL THE SWEETHEART DEALS BEING MADE WITH TRUMP FAMILY MEMBERS & BIG CORPS.

The Justice Dept said on Thursday it had ended its watchdog role in more than 50 cases enforcing racial desegregation in schools, mostly in the Deep South, a significant milestone in the Trump administration’s bid to overhaul civil rights enforcement in America.

Lucy is definitely my avatar!

"For the US government to have an immigration enforcement system that complies with international human rights law and standards, ICE needs to be abolished and we need to start over.""