Usually, it is the national leader that bribes FIFA; not the other way around.

I have been reading Teddy Roosevelt's book -- *Through the Brazilian Wilderness*. He and his team spent several months exploring a river in the Amazon, either hiking through the jungle or running rapids in dugout canoes. (This is *after* being the US president.) 1/n

To be fair, Melania Trump *does* remind me of Carmen.

“There are a number of ways of laying out a garden. The best is by taking on a gardener.”

— The Gardener’s Year
by Karel and Josef Čapek

#gardening

Thank goodness that George Soros gave me two dollars so that I could buy some poster board and a felt pen. /s

A group of about 100 people lined up on both side of Highway 26 in Sandy, Oregon. Most of the drivers were very supportive!

Nixon went behind Johnson's back to negotiate a deal with North Vietnam.

Reagan went behind Carter's back to negotiate a deal with Iran.

Quite likely, Trump went behind Biden's back to negotiate a deal with Russia.

Putin has reneged on the deal.

During the previous administrations, I did not know the names of all of the cabinet secretaries. And I did not know what "cloture" or "impoundment" meant. Happier times.

US pauses water-sharing negotiation with the country that is upstream?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

I just got a fundraising text from Katie Porter. She is running for governor of California. Great news!

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

Trump won't like it.

The executive order regarding LA and water merely directs the Secretary of the Interior to review the water allocation policy within California, particularly with respect to the Delta, just east of San Francisco. The EO doesn't not mention the *non-existent* water pipeline from the PNW.

Winston Smith was certain of two things: Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia, and "YMCA" was never a gay anthem.

"Democracy dies in darkness" is a mission statement.