If you need a mood lift and a reason to feel hopeful, tune into the Scripps Spelling Bee.
I don’t know what I love more, watching the kids sort through letters and words, or their families watching from the stands, rapt, attentive and supporting. You can watch it live online:
spellingbee.com

Taxation with representation, please. Call your people on this one:

Over 400 showed up in my red dot town in a blue dot state to meet with Rep. Hurd, who has reported that his district has called but only about water rights.
Listening to my community shored me up. We will continue to call, show up, and speak up about threats to fellow citizens and our democracy.

Anyone else making their 5 calls this am and finding that the staff of Republican Senators and Representatives are arguing while you leave your statement?
So far I've been interrupted with : "Yu know ma'am this has happened before.." and "This is a way to find waste in government." etc.. etc.

You might want to contact Joni Ernst, senator from Iowa, to urge her to continue to refuse to support the nomination of Pete Hegseth.
Takes only a few minutes.
Here is her contact site: www.ernst.senate.gov/contact/emai...

For more info: read the wonderful post by Jay Kuo, linked below.

Chase Strangio will become the FIRST openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
At the very least, we'd ask others to do what we did all those years ago when LW first came out to us: open your hearts and listen.” -B. Williams, father of LW
Our assignment: Support Them.