Happy 420 day from my garden to yours.

For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:

When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?

Photographer Leaves Camera Trap in Remote Maasai Mara and Discovers Hidden Wildlife Highway (PetaPixel) A photographer captured a series of spectacular wi...

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We've all seen the videos of ICE pulling people out of their cars, shooting citizens with pepper balls, and even worse killing Americans in the streets.

This is not normal. And it cannot continue.

ICE needs commonsense guardrails NOW.

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

The corruption is just stunning.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

BREAKING: 86% of all people support the release of the Epstein files, per WaPo poll.

Lol Spike Lee is courtside wearing a Knicks jersey with “Pope Leo” on the back

#NBAsky

Happy 89th Birthday George Takei!

George Takei, born on April 20, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, is an actor, activist, and social media phenomenon who has lived one of the most remarkable lives in American entertainment.

As a child, Takei and his family were forcibly relocated to Japanese...

For 4/20 my wife got high, sat in a chair petting a cat for an hour, then announced out loud to nobody in particular:

"I'm gonna make pasta beans. Don't ask what that is"

Then she got up and now the kitchen smells amazing.

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I worried about my Grandma being alone after Grandpa died and got her a rescue dog. She named him Buddy, which was my Grandfather’s nickname when he was a kid. They seem to be getting along pretty well…

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Visit with Pain Management really wore me out today. Frigid cold morning didn't help my mobility. I requested a new RFA treatment. The nerve has grown back. Indie continues having painful urinary issues. #Furdad

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You won't believe AI's take on the 'history' of Stonehenge — and I am so over AI slop (TechRadar) As soon as I flipped the last digital page of my ebook, Ken Follett's Circle of Days, I started my deep digital dive on Stonehenge, one that quickly led me t...

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'One of The Scariest Things I Have Seen': Alarms Sound Over 'Technofascist' Palantir Manifesto (Common Dreams) Scholars on authoritarianism are expressing alarm after tech company Palantir posted a 22-point manifesto that they say espouses a "technofascist" doctrine. ...

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Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

1969 Rock Song That Still Blows Minds Ranked Best Drum Solo of All Time (Parade) Moms, let your kiddos bang on every dang thang. They could end up onstage, blowing minds like Led Zeppelin’...

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Trump 'humiliated' as golf course taken over by windmills (AlterNet) President Donald Trump was left "humiliated" this week, according to a report from The Daily Beast, as activists trolled one of his premier golf courses with...

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Karoline Leavitt @PressSec Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

Voyager 1 Is Low On Power – NASA Engineers Regretfully Pull The Plug On Instrument To Keep The Spacecraft Going (IFLScience) Voyager 1 continues to be a marvel of engineering. In August, it will have been traveling in sp...

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12 Common Items in Your Home That Pose a Threat to Your Cat (Animals Around The Globe) Picture this: you walk into your living room to find your beloved feline chasing what looks like a perfectly innocent hair tie across the hardwood floor. You...

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Republicans 'panicking' as support plummets in Ohio (AlterNet) While Democrats have made a lot of progress in Arizona, Virginia and Georgia — all of which evolved into swing states after many years of being solidly Repub...

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Happy Birthday! 🎈🎂

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

Two Southwest Airlines planes came dangerously close in Nashville and had to take evasive action (Associated Press) Two Southwest Airlines plane...

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Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege (The Guardian) Emails released on Monday by California’s attor...

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They started the fight. Texas. Florida. North Carolina. Gerrymandered maps, rigged districts, stolen seats. They thought we would just roll over.
Virginia can answer back — but only tomorrow, April 21.
Remember, your vote is your voice so use it. Vote yes from 6am to 7pm.
#VoteYesVirginia

this is literally Milei, rushed directly from the airport to the Wall, breaking down in tears because Israel has just installed him as their puppet in Argentina, fulfilling his life's dream of being a sniveling toady to a genocidal usurper state

Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

trump and republicans making america great again by... cutting cancer research:

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

www.pennlive.com/news/2026/04...

Obama had a better deal.