Imagine that. These guys seem like upstanding people who would never lie...

I just know all these ice agents are the same people that just got pardoned in January.

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Good morning. Feeling a little bleak today.
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It's definitely someone on his staff, but he authorized it. The Progressive bench is deep. I can think of two excellent current governors and one former Secretary of Transportation I would prefer.

Tacky O makes me LOL.

Agreed. I'll support him trolling trump's regime, but I'll be looking for different qualifications when I vote for a presidential candidate.

This should make it easier for the prosecutors when we get to the Nuremberg trials portion of this debacle.

I will never be able to forgive the people I know who voted for this. I've cut out so many friends and relatives from my life.

An orange flower on a long stem leans diagonally from the lower right corner of the photo to the upper left. In the background, more yellow and orange flowers are blurry. A bright green bird stands on the stem, looking to the right side of the photo.

I'm in a hummingbird state of mind. Here is one from a mid September trip to a flower farm. I went to take photos of dahlias, but I ended up looking at #birds

Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Iowa

I love having fun facts forced upon me against my will.

A small hummingbird is caught mid-flight. A blurry tree is in the background, while the mostly brownish bird flies facing the right side of the photo. The left wing has sun shining through.

Wow, have I been busy the past few months. Took a lot of photos, saw a lot of the country. I'm going to cross the country again this month. So excited to see California!

Ruby throated hummingbird from earlier this summer. 💜

Do I even remember how to post #Birds ?

A small black bird with a white belly sits on a small branch with oak leaves.

Eastern Phoebe posing pretty for me. From a recent #Birding trip to Palisades Kepler Park near Mt Vernon, Iowa.

I hate when I typo the hashtags. I can't read blue font very well on my phone screen.

I was looking at the map for Kenilworth Park. That looks lovely!

The sign reads "nolite te bastardes carborundum," which is horrible Latin for "don't let the bastards grind you down." I didn't make it, but just found it to share with a friend who is sinking in despair. Reach out to your friends.

I'm still here.

Reach out to your like minded friends and loved ones. Helping others helps us as well.

#neverlettgebastardsgetyoudown

I'll be in DC this upcoming week. Looking back through your thread to find a good place to do some birding.

He's beautiful, even if a nuisance

Against a cloudless blue sky, a large brown bird with a long break appears to pause in the air. Anyone who has observed these birds for long can tell by the angle of the wing in the forefront that it is about to begin a dive.

It seems I've returned to the #Birds feed on #Flyday

Here is a Brown Pelican from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

That seems like a good ID, but they do all have very similar appearances.

Me too. He looks properly affronted.

This is such a great photo! Crisp and clear, and their body language is superb.

This was taken at Palisades-Kepler Park near Mt. Vernon, Iowa.

A yellowish bird stands on a tree stump with blurred green leaves in the background. She's facing the camera, but with her head in profile looking to the left.

So much travel this summer. I got out of my daily #Birds posting, and then I haven't really had much time to get back in.

Today I'm restarting birds because I'm too angry and sad to look at any other social media.

Female Scarlet Tanager. I couldn't find her mate, but she's lovely.

A red brick, multi turreted castle slightly obscured by trees has a green lawn in front. https://www.si.edu/castle

Smithsonian Castle lit up with pink sky twilight after the storms last night.

#RedSkyAtNight
#SailorsDelight

Beautiful Appalachian mountains with fog and those lovely lush green trees.

The Rocky mountains don't have trees this high up, but they did still have a lot of snow. Blue sky and puffy clouds above.

I'm still here, reading when I have time, but I've been from St Louis to Tucumcari to Colorado to Pennsylvania in a pretty short period of time. So much beautiful scenery! Everyone should see all the mountains.

Heartbreaking. I hope the others survive.

Several neon signs stand in a roadside park. Welcome to St Robert Route 66 Neon Park front and center. Various signs advertising motels and garages.

St. Robert, Missouri has a recently completed neon park that is worth the stop on Route 66.

A classic car in blue and white with a mural showing a scissor tailed flycatcher, a beautiful sunset with monarch butterflies, and sunflowers.

Super lucky. I pulled over to photograph this mural, and then I saw this guy getting ready to turn the corner. Perfect timing.

Two full sized beds with some wild patterned bedspreads.

The bathroom tiles on the floor spell out US 66, with cactuses. The shower curtain has a pin up girl wearing short shorts and a crop top. The shower curtain says route 66

The room's mini fridge is red and chrome like a classic car

The rooms are clean. Retro but probably not old. The bathroom had fun tile.

Photo of an old motel on route 66 with a neon sign with a turquoise and white 1957 Chevy out front.

Such a great motel on Route 66. Desert Hills Motel in Tulsa. See further photos later.