Merry Christmas!

Swallowtail in the backyard

Hands Off national day of protest against Trump/Musk in Charlotte

The many triumphed over the money in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election yesterday.

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford, to the people of Wisconsin, and to everyone fighting for a just and free America. Let's keep going.

For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.

Is it any wonder so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.

This is why we must fix the system.

Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.

If we're going to make federal workers justify their employment, we should make billionaires justify the tax breaks they're about to get.

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Billionaires shouldn't pay a lower tax rate than you

And just like that, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau homepage, consumerfinance.gov, is being erased. As of January 30, 2025, CFPB enforcement actions resulted in
$19.7 billion in consumer relief.

The US stands out in Nobel Prizes awarded by country because of spending on research, which includes overhead to support kickass institutions. What Trump and his goons are trying to do to NIH, NSF, NOAA, USDA, EPA, and other federal institutions will destroy research in the US.

www.commoncause.org/north-caroli...

In memoriam: Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived American president died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. He was 100 years old.

Belated Christmas post, lol.

Happy Thanksgiving