New Columbine Leaves
Oil on wood
9x7 inches
Oil on wood
9x7 inches
July 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
New Columbine Leaves
Oil on wood
9x7 inches
Oil on wood
9x7 inches
July 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The Trump administration is reportedly planning to kill a $500 million grant from the Biden admin that would boost steel manufacturing in America’s rust belt, including in JD Vance’s hometown of Middletown, Ohio.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump to reportedly cut grant for key US steel project in Vance’s home town
Outcry as CNN reports president to stop funds for program that would have created jobs in Middletown, Ohio
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to kill a $500 million grant from the Biden admin that would boost steel manufacturing in America’s rust belt, including in JD Vance’s hometown of Middletown, Ohio.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
April 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
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.@SenBooker's marathon effort moved me more than I could explain.
And this piece from @Dahlialithwick beautifully articulates what I couldn't. slate.com/news-and-pol...
And this piece from @Dahlialithwick beautifully articulates what I couldn't. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Five Things Cory Booker Taught Me This Week
The thing Booker modeled above all is that we each have something at which we excel, and that now is a good time to step up and try to do it.
slate.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
.@SenBooker's marathon effort moved me more than I could explain.
And this piece from @Dahlialithwick beautifully articulates what I couldn't. slate.com/news-and-pol...
And this piece from @Dahlialithwick beautifully articulates what I couldn't. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure
YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
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Thank you to Virginia Public Radio’s Sandy Hausman for visiting VCCA! Listen to the birdsong, music, and conversations she captured in this piece for WVTF and Radio IQ: www.wvtf.org/news/2025-03... #VCCAFellows
Artists find inspiration at Virginia retreat
Virginia is home to one of the nation’s oldest and largest residency programs for artists, hosting more than 400 painters and sculptors, writers and composers each year. Ten years ago, its future was ...
www.wvtf.org
March 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Thank you to Virginia Public Radio’s Sandy Hausman for visiting VCCA! Listen to the birdsong, music, and conversations she captured in this piece for WVTF and Radio IQ: www.wvtf.org/news/2025-03... #VCCAFellows
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“Since when are libraries the swamp?” asked @bravoandy.bsky.social on last night’s WWHL, when he named Trump’s IMLS cuts Jackhole of the day. Thanks so much, Andy, for standing up for libraries and raising “library kids.” Be sure to see “The Librarians” documentary. We’d make great bartenders 😉
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“Since when are libraries the swamp?” asked @bravoandy.bsky.social on last night’s WWHL, when he named Trump’s IMLS cuts Jackhole of the day. Thanks so much, Andy, for standing up for libraries and raising “library kids.” Be sure to see “The Librarians” documentary. We’d make great bartenders 😉
Soooo good for understanding the mental state of young adults
Jonathan Haidt Returns (on the Anxious Generation)
Podcast Episode · Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 03/12/2025 · 2h 31m
podcasts.apple.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Soooo good for understanding the mental state of young adults
#wetwoods are my favorite woods. @blackrockforest.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#wetwoods are my favorite woods. @blackrockforest.bsky.social
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The eventual fate of the GOP
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The eventual fate of the GOP
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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People, through their collective action, are sending a message to anyone willing to heed it
@faiz.bsky.social: “Senator Sanders has now hit five districts… purple districts, held by Republicans, and each of them, we are drawing thousands and thousands of people — outdrawing our peak of 2020… the numbers here right now are higher than we've ever seen before.”
March 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
People, through their collective action, are sending a message to anyone willing to heed it
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Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.
March 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.
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After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers.
IRS agents say that current audits of rich people and corporations could be closed down prematurely.
The Treasury Department estimates that the 1% account for $163 billion in unpaid taxes each year.
IRS agents say that current audits of rich people and corporations could be closed down prematurely.
The Treasury Department estimates that the 1% account for $163 billion in unpaid taxes each year.
March 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers.
IRS agents say that current audits of rich people and corporations could be closed down prematurely.
The Treasury Department estimates that the 1% account for $163 billion in unpaid taxes each year.
IRS agents say that current audits of rich people and corporations could be closed down prematurely.
The Treasury Department estimates that the 1% account for $163 billion in unpaid taxes each year.
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TechCrunch covers Flashes ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Bluesky-based Instagram alternative Flashes launches publicly
Bluesky-based Instagram alternative Flashes launches publicly
Instagram alternative Flashes publicly launched its Bluesky-based photo-sharing app on the App Store this week, gaining nearly 30,000 downloads in its first 24 hours. The app offers a classic Instagram-like experience, allowing users to upload up to four…
tcrn.ch
February 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
TechCrunch covers Flashes ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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Call your Senators & Reps tomorrow morning, especially the GOP ones, & demand support for Ukraine. Every GOP official needs to be asked if they are behind Trump & believe we should ally with Putin over Zelensky.
March 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Call your Senators & Reps tomorrow morning, especially the GOP ones, & demand support for Ukraine. Every GOP official needs to be asked if they are behind Trump & believe we should ally with Putin over Zelensky.
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This terrifies me - what are you going to do to protect NYers from this??
@schumer.senate.gov @pkryan.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand
@schumer.senate.gov @pkryan.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand
NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article)
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
bit.ly
February 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This terrifies me - what are you going to do to protect NYers from this??
@schumer.senate.gov @pkryan.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand
@schumer.senate.gov @pkryan.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand
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Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."
February 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."
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Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
February 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
