Charlie Kirk didn't deserve to be shot.

I hope his family can find love and peace, they deserve that. If you are close to them, help them.

There have been too many. The list is gruesomely long. We are numb.

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Note the asynchronous responses from D, R folks to D, R deaths.

Telling.

Vote.

Putin, ICC criminal, lands his electronics-ridden plane at a crucial US Air Force site.
Putin makes no cease-fire or next talk promise.
Putin talks first, knowing that Trump's layering of dementia on top of inborn stupidity renders him incapable of coherency.
Trump: "That went well."
Putin grins.

A fact a day: A friend's son wrote this yesterday, concerning Melissa and Mark Hortman: "My kids' teachers' parents were murdered today." A reminder, as we think politically: We are not our politics. We are humans, all of us, with loved ones and a wide range of connections. Today, choose to love.

A fact a day: Trump, humiliated by a $45M no-show b-day bash & massive protests, attacks cities, a timeworn enemy, w/ baseless lies & ICE Gestapo threats. He writes about "good, no sanctuary" small rural towns. We protested in THOUSANDS of small rural towns! He's such a stupid heartless TACO loser.

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

Barack Obama

Just because it is now 6/14 on the East Coast, Happy Obama and Harris Appreciation Day!

A fact a day: (watch out, there's math!)

Let's say an egg costs $1. The price goes up to $4. 400% increase!

Let's say the cost goes back down to $1. 75% decrease!

Can we do a 400% decrease?

That's Trumpian math, only valid in the Trumpian universe, with only one "special" (be kind!) occupant.

A fact a day: There's no "insurrection", no "rebellion" in LA. LAPD & Sheriffs have it covered, no help needed. These are normal protests against targeted ICE raids whose locations are chosen for maximum MAGA effect. ALL of the drama Trump talks about is caused by him bringing in federal troops.

A fact a day: Our military must remain apolitical. Trump had a rally at Ft. Bragg. His team selected the Army attendees: MAGA-leaning, no fatties, no defects. In uniform. No dissenters! He got them to boo Biden, Bass, and Newsom. He glorified the Confederacy. Not a nightmare - happening now, here.

A fact a day: Yaqeen Hammad, 11-year old Gaza girl, was killed in Israeli attacks. She was an influencer, advising fellow youngsters about surviving under bombardment. Better terminology: Hamas, 2023: terrorism. Israel (with US help), 2023-2025: genocide. Compare Yaqeen & Anne Frank: documentarians.

A fact a day: The Court of International Trade found DJT's tariffs illegal & unconstitutional. 1) TACO ("Trump Always Chickens Out") will be short-lived. 2) Paid Tariffs will be refunded. Companies can plan more cleanly. 3) R's won't need to explain tariff hits on folks. Saved by the courts. ;-)

A fact a day: Repub. Sen. Joni Ernst, showing her care for the millions of Americans losing their health care as the Trump budget cuts taxes for the rich: "Well, we are all going to die." Trump, asked if he was troubled by Musk's drug use: "I'm not troubled by anything with Elon." Remember. Vote.

A fact a day: (weekend) Quotes:

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." J.R.R. Tolkien

Alex Andreau:
A three-year-old brought me a piece of black paper. "Look", she said, "I found a piece of night!"
We're all born poets, but slowly we forget.

A fact a day: Ukraine drones, in a long-planned, widespread action, disabled a third, ~$7B, of Russia's bomber fleet in a surprise attack. Russia invaded Ukraine twice (Crimea 2014, East Ukraine 2022). In a 180-degree policy switch, Trump now aligns with Putin, not Zelenskyy. Fascism over democracy.

A fact a day: Topics: Consistency, Compassion. Consistency: Trump has added/changed tariffs between 50 (WaPo count) & 55 times (law firm count) since he took office. Art of the Deal? Compassion: Trump eliminates research funding that helps babies with heart defects. Trump's own heart is defective.

A fact a day: All here get due process: 5th & 14th amendments. SCOTUS says that the correct form of due process for those forcibly removed is habeas corpus. Stephen Miller, Trump whisperer, thinks for weak, lazy Trump re immigration. He is "actively looking at" suspending habeas for their purposes.

A fact a day: DOGE isn't about waste and fraud - that's a smokescreen - but is about data theft. The data is used for precision targeting against political enemies. The NLRB data stolen by Musk is now being used by ICE to specifically extract, for deportation, union worker migrants from work buses.

A fact a day: Filming in Tunisia for A New Hope R2-D2 was remote controlled to go behind a dune. After going behind the dune R2 stopped responding & kept going until he rolled in to the set of Jesus of Nazareth that was filming in Tunisia at the same time. (Tobio88, reddit) May the 4th be with you.