if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners

"Vought is an extremist; a tool of creepy billionaires in the corporate takeover of the U.S. government; and he seems to get unhealthy pleasure from depriving Americans of the government services their tax dollars are supposed to fund."

Read Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's latest.
@whitehouse.senate.gov

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.

Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.

Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.

I’ve been planting and creating habitat for pollinators in our urban yard. Happy day when a Bombus affinis, Rusty patched Gyne showed up. I’m hoping she has found somewhere safe to overwinter and then emerge next year spring to begin the cycle again.

Bombus affinis , Rusty Patched Bumble Bee in my garden dining and collecting pollen from Culver’s root flowers. Madison WI.

the takeaway from this is that, for all practical purposes, stephen miller is the acting president of the united states. trump is just play-acting as the boss, as he did on the Apprentice. (gift link)
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Susan Crawford addresses a cheering crowd at victory party: “Justice does not have a price. Our courts are not for sale”

After buying the presidency, Elon Musk wants Wisconsin’s Supreme Court.

Why?

Follow the money.

It is 3 degrees Fahrenheit with windchills of 12-22 below zero. Here in Madison, Wisconsin people have braved the cold to respond and resist.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...