Happy Earth Day! 🌎

Washington, Iowa, pop 7300, had over 150 people show up to rally. Continual honks in solidarity, a brass band, and potluck lunch and treats. It was a great time! #NoKings

See you there!

He just makes stuff up.

How Trump’s Homeland Security Pick, a Prolific Investor, Got a Lot Wealthier in Congress

NYT suggests that Sen Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Trump's new pick to head DHS, grew fantastically rich with stock trades placed on insider information, and they produce the receipts.

I can understand why the Doge Bags wanted these videos removed. I listened to two of them, and both tech bros came across as breathtakingly stupid. It's scary that they had access to so much sensitive data. Elon lied. They weren't sent to do accounting; they were sent to do hacking.

At least he didn’t look at his watch.

Local Roads, Local Decisions Chip and seal road in Johnson County, Iowa. The township where I live was established before Iowa Statehood. There were oak, walnut, hickory, ash, elm, and cottonwood thriving here among numerous p…

Republicans are moving a bad bill centralizing standards for roads. House passed it last week. Now it's in the Senate. Read more at the link.
blogforiowa.com/2026/03/08/l...

Would the US say Thank You?

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: “Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region of the world"

world-altering decisions are being made by a cabal of gambling addicts hell bent on self enrichment no matter the cost to humanity, we should look into that.

Epstein Fury.

Federal law says you MUST carry your immigration documents at all times.

So what happens when ICE takes them and won't give them back? You're trapped.

Legally required to carry papers that the government is holding hostage.

This is happening right now in Minnesota, and it's spreading.

I’ve heard a lot of things on C-SPAN, but that call was haunting. A brutal reminder of the real-world toll.

By the time he’s done, I’ll bet that at least a quarter of the national debt will just be money he stole.

Of course they are.

We don’t matter.

A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better Trump has squandered virtually every advantage that won him the presidency.

#ResistanceUnited

🎶🎶 You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. 🎶

www.axios.com/2026/02/12/t...

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Craven Broadcasting System thought it better to cower from Brendan Carr rather than air this thoughtful Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social. It was fifteen minutes well spent this morning to watch it.

youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A

It should have been a massive story that the FBI threatened Thomas Massie’s staff to stop pushing for the release of the Epstein files. Credit to Massie for staying relentless in this fight, even in the face of Trump’s threats.

None of this is normal

Sickening cruelty. Never let people like this into your life in any capacity. They will never become decent human beings.

San Antonio, Texas: NBC Report Alleges ICE Staff Mocked Migrant Children with Fake Thanksgiving Feast and Served Spoiled Food

Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...

There are ~90 million people alive today because of USAID. Russ Vought illegally shut it down and now is spending the money on himself. These are deeply evil people. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

The EPA has been taken over by an Administration filled with incompetent, stupid, greedy pedophiles.

Pam Bondi ‘could have tried Epstein’ while Florida AG, law professor says Bondi served as Florida’s first female attorney general from 2011 to 2019

Pam Bondi served as AG of Florida from 2011 to 2019,
the same state where Jeffrey Epstein was a resident, and the same period when victims actively brought civil suits to Florida courts seeking to overturn his controversial 2008 non-prosecution agreement.
www.yahoo.com/news/pam-bon...

I just sat through an hour of middle school show choir performances. Could only understand a few words of the lyrics. All songs were in English. It was lovely.

Wow!