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Love nature and critters. Horses cats Jack Russells chickens….they are saving my sanity!!
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
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Larry the cat and President Zelensky. What could be better?
Another classic photobomb moment from Larry. I don't think Mr. Zelenskyy minded at all.
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Larry the cat and President Zelensky. What could be better?
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December 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The authoritarian takover of the state bureaucracy might not *sound* like a big deal. But SCOTUS giving Trump the ability to fire the federal government is a God-King power, and represents a failure of the American Revolution.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Supreme Court Is About to Give Trump His Crony State
During oral arguments, the conservative justices made clear that they intend to allow Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—and reorder the separation of powers.
www.thenation.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The authoritarian takover of the state bureaucracy might not *sound* like a big deal. But SCOTUS giving Trump the ability to fire the federal government is a God-King power, and represents a failure of the American Revolution.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Rachel Maddow Show: The lesson we can learn...
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The Rachel Maddow Show: The lesson we can learn...
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Affordability concerns are real because:
- Tariffs raise import costs
- Deportations make it harder to harvest crops
- Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums
- Budget deficits raise mortgage payments
- Undermining the Fed risks inflation.
It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.
- Tariffs raise import costs
- Deportations make it harder to harvest crops
- Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums
- Budget deficits raise mortgage payments
- Undermining the Fed risks inflation.
It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Affordability concerns are real because:
- Tariffs raise import costs
- Deportations make it harder to harvest crops
- Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums
- Budget deficits raise mortgage payments
- Undermining the Fed risks inflation.
It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.
- Tariffs raise import costs
- Deportations make it harder to harvest crops
- Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums
- Budget deficits raise mortgage payments
- Undermining the Fed risks inflation.
It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.
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Remembering Dave Brubeck on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- Ted Gioia
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- Ted Gioia
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Remembering Dave Brubeck on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- Ted Gioia
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- Ted Gioia
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
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a man walking down a hallway with a cat sitting on a couch in front of him
ALT: a man walking down a hallway with a cat sitting on a couch in front of him
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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My orange boy is perfect; he restores my soul
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My orange boy is perfect; he restores my soul
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
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🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
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Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday
If you wait until you feel ‘better’ to start living, you might be waiting forever
Go live your life
Do it sad
Do it anxious
Do it uncertain
Healing doesn’t always come before the experience.
Sometimes the experience is what heals you
If you wait until you feel ‘better’ to start living, you might be waiting forever
Go live your life
Do it sad
Do it anxious
Do it uncertain
Healing doesn’t always come before the experience.
Sometimes the experience is what heals you
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday
If you wait until you feel ‘better’ to start living, you might be waiting forever
Go live your life
Do it sad
Do it anxious
Do it uncertain
Healing doesn’t always come before the experience.
Sometimes the experience is what heals you
If you wait until you feel ‘better’ to start living, you might be waiting forever
Go live your life
Do it sad
Do it anxious
Do it uncertain
Healing doesn’t always come before the experience.
Sometimes the experience is what heals you
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
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“There is as much educational benefit in seeing dolphins and whales in captivity as there is in studying humans by observing prisoners in solitary confinement.” — Cousteau
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“There is as much educational benefit in seeing dolphins and whales in captivity as there is in studying humans by observing prisoners in solitary confinement.” — Cousteau
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Good morning & welcome to #Caturday
You can’t control what happens, but you can choose how you move through it.
Protect your peace, trust your pace, and make the decisions that help you feel grounded and safe
You can’t control what happens, but you can choose how you move through it.
Protect your peace, trust your pace, and make the decisions that help you feel grounded and safe
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Good morning & welcome to #Caturday
You can’t control what happens, but you can choose how you move through it.
Protect your peace, trust your pace, and make the decisions that help you feel grounded and safe
You can’t control what happens, but you can choose how you move through it.
Protect your peace, trust your pace, and make the decisions that help you feel grounded and safe
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Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Waffle.
Waffle who?
Waffle you doing if you’re not filling my dish?
Who’s there?
Waffle.
Waffle who?
Waffle you doing if you’re not filling my dish?
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Waffle.
Waffle who?
Waffle you doing if you’re not filling my dish?
Who’s there?
Waffle.
Waffle who?
Waffle you doing if you’re not filling my dish?
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Night night sweet dreamies
It’s okay to feel sad and let the feelings sit with you.
They’re real and human.
Even when it feels endless, it won’t be.
Feel what you feel, you won’t stay here forever
I promise
It’s okay to feel sad and let the feelings sit with you.
They’re real and human.
Even when it feels endless, it won’t be.
Feel what you feel, you won’t stay here forever
I promise
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
It’s okay to feel sad and let the feelings sit with you.
They’re real and human.
Even when it feels endless, it won’t be.
Feel what you feel, you won’t stay here forever
I promise
It’s okay to feel sad and let the feelings sit with you.
They’re real and human.
Even when it feels endless, it won’t be.
Feel what you feel, you won’t stay here forever
I promise
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The OG Simon's Cat film!
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The OG Simon's Cat film!
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Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
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Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
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I'm just a little catto wishing you the bestest #CatsNoirFriday possible. Share your kindness today if you can. Seriously lacking in this world & needed by so many. Love you all. Family sends hugs 🍂🧡🍂
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I'm just a little catto wishing you the bestest #CatsNoirFriday possible. Share your kindness today if you can. Seriously lacking in this world & needed by so many. Love you all. Family sends hugs 🍂🧡🍂