Today’s Let Them Eat Cake episode: Amid Quarrel with Pope Trump strips Catholic Charities of an 11 million dollar contract to house and help immigrant children which has been funded for the past 60 years.
Fun Fact: The Apollo missions to the moon in the 1970s did not have a toilet. The crews used waste collection bags and left those bags on the moon.
The Shuush lady and the World Trade Center, from Hoboken
We saw a really interesting film this evening called "The Librarians" which is about the movement to ban books from our libraries and the fight against book banning. Look into: uniteagainstbookbans.org. Here is a link to the film on PBS YouTube if you are interested.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO...
The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, Washington DC
Today's Let Them Eat Cake Episode:
US Considers Withholding H.I.V. aid unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access.
I’ve been to lots of protests but although it feels good to take action it hasn’t brought any real changes. There is another nationwide protest on March 28.
We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each others children. ~Jimmy Carter
Take a 5 minute break to look at a beautiful sunset before resuming the regular programming of our dysfunctional government.
Todays Let Them Eat Cake Episode: Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. Nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs. On Sunday Florida cut off benefits for at least 16,000 residents living with H.I.V.
There are only 1057 days of this left.
The New Jersey assembly has proposed the FUCK ICE act: Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered Act. Youse Guys Rock!
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Senator Cory Booker and Senator Andy Kim
Today we visited the Ice Cream shop featured in the last episode of the Sopranos where Tony gets shot.
Paws🐾 up!
If you would like this sign for a demonstration feel free to print it out and use it. It is 11" x 17".
Damned are the wars and the scoundrels who cause them.
Marinaleda, Spain
January 2026
Wishing the world could be as peaceful as a snowman on a snowy day.
This weeks Let Them Eat Cake episode: Trump Administration freezes 10 billion in funding to 5 democratic states for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and The Childcare and Development Fund as well as social services for children at risk.
It’s been a sad week. Here are some extraordinary sculptures by Ruth Asawa at MOMA. She was imprisoned as a girl in a US detention camp for people of Japanese heritage during WW2. The beauty of her work is a reminder that things can change after politically violent times and sends a message of hope.
Looking forward to a future where we could have respectable and intelligent leaders who lead with kindness and do the right thing for us the people so that we can stop swearing. Until then….
Todays Let Them Eat Cake Episode:
A Sad Goodbye to the CPB
For six decades, CPB’s mission was to ensure universal access to non-commercial, high-quality content & telecommunications services.
CPB supported programs & services that informed, educated, and enriched the public. We will miss you.
Living in the upside down with the government gaslighting Americans. Some crazies at the White House put this despicable web page up.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
Happily blooming here!
How long did this New Year's resolution last?
Here’s hoping we can in 2026 also. Happy New Year!
Strangely enough today was his birthday and I have been thinking about him a lot today and saw this for the first time. Thanks again!
Thank you Hops! What a lovely gesture. Happy New Year!
We saw building 7 fall from the line at the ferry to leave Manhattan.
