Yes...

This is what gets me with Republicans.
They are bitching and moaning and groaning about the Democrats redistricting with John Fetterman's voice added in.
Yet , it is pres trump who started this whole mess mid decade.... and the Dems are simply responding.

We're seeing prediction market corruption more and more in the federal government.

Donald Trump thinks it's ok to cheat, but I won't allow it in state government.

"For 17 years, HuffPost has attended the annual WHCA dinner... This year, we cannot stomach it. We’re skipping." - HuffPost Editor-In-Chief Whitney Snyder

Coincidentally, 17 years ago Whitney and I were associate editors on the HuffPost front page. Proud to see this. Hats off to him and the team.

happy bday philosopher Immanuel Kant, b.1724

“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.
“Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.
“For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.

RIP writer Miguel de Cervantes, died this day 1616.

“The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.”

“For neither good nor evil can last for ever; so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.”

"That one man scorned and covered with scars

Still strove with his last ounce of courage

To reach the unreachable star."

- Miguel de Cervantes

Indeed...

Chairman Comer and Republican leaders are now canceling hearings and are running scared from Oversight Democrats. But we won’t stop fighting until we get justice for the Epstein survivors and stop the Trump corruption.

happy bday English writer Charlotte Brontë, b.1816.

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”

...In your own tranquil depths”

happy bday Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira, b.1886.

“Be like the flowing river,
Silent in the night.
Be not afraid of the dark.
If there are stars in the sky, reflect them back.
If there are clouds in the sky,
Remember clouds, like the river, are water.
So, gladly reflect them too,...

North Korea tests short-range ballistic missiles South Korea’s military was analyzing whether the latest launches were made from a submarine, a land-based launcher or both platforms, according to South Korean media.

North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, days after the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog warned that North Korea was making "very serious" advances in efforts to build nuclear weapons. https://to.pbs.org/4vJrope

I'm sorry but Israel sucks...

Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump but will keep preaching peace The American pope has said his preaching isn’t directed at the president, but reflects a broader Gospel message.

Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump but will keep preaching peace

Matthew 5:9 — “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
26:52 — “Put your sword back in its place… for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.”
Romans 12:19–21 — “Do not take revenge… ‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him

French soldier killed in attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon Macron identifies the soldier as Staff Sergeant Florian Montorio from the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment. He states that Hezbollah is likely responsible for the attack.

French President Emmanuel Macron said a French soldier was killed and three others injured on Saturday morning in an attack on U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. https://to.pbs.org/4tX6Jw5

Hear hear

🇫🇷 🇬🇧 French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday chair a meeting of allies to consider sending a multinational force to ensure security and free-flowing trade in the Strait of Hormuz once the current conflict between Iran and the US and Israel ends.
➡️ u.afp.com/SEBa

happy bday French writer Hervé Bazin, b.1911.

"It's not the river that runs, but the water. It's not time that passes, but us".

happy bday writer Cynthia Ozick, b.1928, NYC.

“We take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”

“The imagination is a species of knowledge, knowledge that can take the form of discovery.”

Justice Jackson calls out Supreme Court conservatives' pro-Trump emergency orders Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration, calling the orders “scratch-pa...

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues' use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration, calling the orders "scratch-paper musings" that can "seem oblivious and thus ring hollow." https://to.pbs.org/4mudClW

Pope Leo's critiques of Trump policies hold more weight as a fellow American, priest says The battle between the president and the pope continues to play out. Pope Leo has not backed down from his criticisms of the war in Iran, but he is taking a different approach during his visit to Afri...

"The pope is proclaiming the Gospel and these Christian messages of peace. And if it has a political implication, I think he feels, so be it," says the Rev. James Martin, S.J. "But he's not looking to fight with President Trump or any other political leader." https://to.pbs.org/4cnrhXq

RIP President Lincoln who died today in 1865 after being shot day before.

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”

Happy birthday Barbara Anderson.

"You have a voice and you need to use it for those who have no voice. Each persons voice is as important as the next persons. You may think that one voice cannot be heard but if you put all of our voices together we will be heard."

Indeed.
#GOPhypocrisy

WATCH: Trump says he doesn't owe Pope Leo an apology after attacking him for comments on Iran President Donald Trump refused to apologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after criticizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran — and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media pos...

President Trump refused to apologize to Pope Leo XIV after criticizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran — and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media post depicting himself as Jesus by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor. https://to.pbs.org/4vtRQ5X

There is something deeply wrong with a President who sees himself as Jesus and thinks it is okay to attack the Pope.

Trump is attacking the faith of more than a billion Catholics around the world. This is not the behavior of a stable person.

Trump attacks Pope Leo, taking credit for his election as bishop of Rome President Trump wrote that Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, was “weak” and “terrible” on crime and foreign policy. Leo has criticized the Iran war.

Insanity: wapo.st/4cmvPx4