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Can we get a #Jeopardy where the contestants are all menopausal women and they ring when they remember the answer two days later in the middle of the night? Thanks.

🗳️Early voting is getting underway across the country🇺🇸 Dates vary by state & sometimes by county, so know your dates & double check your state or local election site. Be informed. Be prepared. Make your voice heard. 🌊 Let’s bring on the Blue Wave 🌊 #2026Midterms #EarlyVoting #BlueWave #SheShed

It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby—a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist—to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.

1. Flip the Senate this year 2. Block all GOP SCOTUS nominations 3. Hold the Senate and elect a Dem POTUS in 2028 4. Kill the filibuster 5. Pass HR1 6. Pass 18 year term limits on SCOTUS 7. Fill the 5 new vacancies with liberal justices 8. Have nice things

This is an excellent summary of current circumstances Kyle Kulinski: “A sundowning president with Alzheimer’s who’s a malignant narcissist is dragging us into WWIII, committing war crimes on a daily basis and crashing the global economy, and nobody is actually grabbing the steering wheel.”

He makes a persuasive case.

It sucks that our service men and women and their families have to pay a heavy price for Cadet Bone Spurs’ stupidity while he builds his ballroom, hosts parties, plays golf, pardons drug traffickers and con artists, and grifts billions for himself from foreign sources.

So dark. Kushner raises billions for his fund while the family of a soldier killed in Truml’s war gets help on Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/major-alex...

✊🏽 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

Maybe DOJ should focus on the law it’s violating, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead of speculating a crime might have been committed (despite multiple ballot recounts) in Fulton County or declining to investigate two homicides in Minneapolis?

"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..." Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis. Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫 1/

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

He'll start a war to: 1. Distract from the Epstein Files 2. Steal oil 3. Justify emergency powers 4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment 5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned

This entire weekend

Pete Hegseth appears to be a serial killer.

Fungi, galls and snoozing ladybirds from a walk along Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire, last week. 🐡 #fungi #invertebrates

BREAKING: A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court panel has voted to convict ex-President Jair Bolsonaro for plotting to overturn the 2022 election

It would be irresponsible not to assume that the amount of violence the president, intentionally or not, will be prone to urging his most unstable followers to embark on...in retaliation for the assassination of Charlie Kirk...is something every U.S. citizen should hold in their mind as high risk.

The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath. Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history. So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.

This will be the biggest news that barely makes headlines tomorrow. Tune in at 11am EST (8am PST, 1500 UTC) Weds Sept 10. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-to...

This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people. Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it. We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Welch: He claims that he's the law and order president. But we all know that's a lie because he's a convicted felon. He pardons convicted felons, he surrounds himself with obsequious people that kiss his all day, every day

Just in case you forgot…

If Ashli Babbitt's parents really wanted to avenge her death they would, instead of pitifully whitewashing her legacy, be suing Fox News for filling their child's gullible head with dangerous nonsense that directly led to her death.

Important.

I see that the CDC has changed its name to reflect RFK Jr's reign of terror on science.

You tell ‘em, Gavin!

Yes. Yes, it does.

She’s always got the best take.

On this day in 1991, Soviet hardliners staged a coup on Mikael Gorbachev, as generals held him at his vacation dacha which was repelled as Moscow Mayor Boris Yeltsin stood on a tank with a megaphone convincing soldiers to stand down. The coup ended in 3 days. The USSR collapsed by year's end.

I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.

This former model, with no background in history, has been put in charge of curating what is "appropriate" at the National Museum of African American History.

Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring. And then that guy was "silenced" forever. And now we will just not talk about anything else until they... #ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files

NY GOV. KATHY HOCHUL: “If we refuse to fight for our democracy, we’re doomed to lose it… bullies in Texas are not going to intimidate us.”

Netanyahu said Monday there is "no starvation" in Gaza. Netanyahu is a war criminal. youtu.be/ejPzTSeB_OI?...

Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.

We must say no to Emil Bove. Over 900 former DOJ officials say he’s unfit — accusing him of silencing career prosecutors and undermining court decisions. We need judges with independence and integrity, not loyalty to a single man.

#ProudBlue #RU #Pinks Good morning, friends! Be intentional about what & who you invite into your life. With each relationship and decision, prioritize nurturing your inner peace and radiant energy. Establish precise boundaries and let go of anything that holds you back from shining your light

substack.com/@michaelfano... The feeling is mutual. Please read this article from my friend and brother Michael Fanone.

I’ve written about this several times, but these guys do a great job of summarizing things that you can do to protect yourself and your privacy. Take the time and take some of the steps. You won’t regret it. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue www.wired.com/story/the-wi...

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]