A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office for President Trump’s sit-down with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting.

Montanans

Oppose SB 381 that would allow a sell-off of 126,000 acres of public land in Montana. While our housing crisis deserves attention, public lands sell-offs aren’t the solution.
#MTPol #MTLeg

2016, 2020, 2024—and they still don’t realize they’re on the menu…

#MILKSHAKE

Don’t let Trump and ICE win without a fight! Papers or not, everyone has certain rights they can use when an agent is trying to deport them.

I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh

A list of the number of chromosomes of ten different organisms…

Fruit fly = 8
Housefly = 12
Snail = 24
Frog = 26
American badger = 32
Red fox = 34
Cat = 38
Dolphin = 44
Human = 46
Pineapple = 50

* I, for one, welcome our future pineapple overlords

One of the problems going forward, is that the people who weren't paying attention enough to understand the stakes of the election and prevent this outcome, also won't be paying attention enough to help push back against what is coming.

Nostalgia often idealizes simpler, happier times. But what will future generations see? Will they understand our political landscape, the conflict, and upheaval, recognizing the distortion and loss we face? Or will they, too long for a past they never knew, caught in their own version of nostalgia?

I engage with a wide range of books on contentious subjects to form my own perspectives rather than accepting predetermined viewpoints. I seek out conversations to better understand the complexities of these issues.