MEUSER: You've got Trudeau saying how the president is making a dumb move. That's bad diplomacy.

SANCHEZ: I'm not sure how it's good diplomacy to say that a neighboring country should be the 51st state and that you're gonna impose economic hardship to achieve that goal.

Not mentioned at the #SOTU: how cuts to USAID are affecting American farmers, by potentially undermining the billions of taxpayer dollars they receive to support conservation practices. www.wired.com/story/usda-l...

"The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over," Trump says, as Elon looks on from the gallery.

And the majority of it was spent here and benefitted American businesses.

Hamamelis vernalis, Vernal Witchhazel, or Ozark Witchhazel; has begun blooming for 2025.
It's a special plant with a very limited native range, with most of its distribution confined to the Ozark Mountains in Missouri and Arkansas. It blooms in late winter here and is both fragrant and beautiful.

Happy year of the snake! I would argue that the snakes of the United States are just as varied and pretty as our birds. A few years ago I made a poster to try and prove it. Drawing this took many months and a lot of research. You can get it here:
topatoco.com/collections/...

While I won't be taking down bird feeders, for now, I'm paying attention to the H5 strains in migratory bird populations.