Video clip of the day.

Interesting bit from a speech Cory Booker gave yesterday at the Michigan Democratic Women's Caucus in Detroit: (Full speech here: www.c-span.org/program/camp...)

This is a war based on lies

Rep. Analilia Mejia didn’t come to play.

She went back to the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.

Then brought it straight to now.

“Stand up, defend, restore not only our democracy but also a just economy that actually works for working people.”

#SheShed

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken.

“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.

The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.

(Published Jan. 2026)

ICE has become just another sex trafficking ring this time run by the federal government instead of Epstein... #AbolishICE

#AbolishICE

Chained by the neck.
#abolishICE #defundDHS

@rmckee.bsky.social

Single frame. Prayer session in the Oval Office. Trump’s team laying hands on Trump, as his pastor says, “O Lord, cast out those misguided religious leaders who would dare to meddle in our politics…”

Let us pray.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

deadder.substack.com

(cartoon Michael de Adder)

Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience

Notice how Christian nationalists suddenly believe in the separation of church and state when Bishop Mariann Budde asks the president to be merciful, when the Pope asks the president to be peaceful, and when anyone suggests that the government should take better care of the poor.

It was clear in 2016, but it should be abundantly clear to everyone by now that the only interest this president and administration has in Christianity is to misuse it as a tool of oppression and self serving power.

Imagine constantly demanding for years that the Ten Commandments be posted in schools and insisting that the Bible inform our laws, then shouting “stay out of politics!” when Christian faith leaders call for peace and ending wars, then expect us not to call out your blatant hypocrisy.

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison

I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas ruling on cases related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup.

Or ruling on cases related to government regulations and a wealth tax knowing he took gifts from billionaires.

It's a disgrace.

This is the reason the stock market is completely disconnected from the real economy.

A portrait painting of a black dog on a green background surrounded by yellow and white wildflowers.

Pippin

#dog #dogpainting #dogportrait #traditionalart #painting #art

"Australian Shepherd"
Krita - Huion Kamvas Pro 13

#art #digitalart #painting #petportrait #dog

A vibrant, expressionist painting of a happy Border Collie named Bella. She has a bright pink tongue out and a soulful gaze. To her right is a large, sunny yellow sunflower. The background and dog are covered in energetic paint splatters and bold brushstrokes in electric blue, orange, magenta, and yellow.

Bella the Border Collie 🐾🌻A technicolor burst of pure joy! 🌈

Find her here: 1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/bel...

#ArtSky #BlueSkyArt #DogArt #BorderCollie #LisaSBakerArt #ModernArt #ColorfulHome #BuyIntoAart

Cristall Harper (American, b.1980)
"Snugbug," 2026
Oil

Alke and Gerberas
Jesse Dayan 2019.
Australian, b. 1982
Oil on linen

Come si riconosce un estremista di destra? In meno di un minuto Pedro Sánchez ci spiega tutto.

#ilprogressista #PedroSanchez #Spagna

Ossoff: "Never before have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption."

That's the message.

Every faction of the anti-Trump coalition, however divided, can rally around one thing:

Accountability, investigation, and when convicted, jail time.

Make this the focus.

Buttigieg: I’ll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic credit for going to a lot of different places. Going to these college campuses is kind of the equivalent, in their minds, of the way I feel when I go on Fox News.

The difference is, when I go on Fox News, I’m telling the truth