PATTY MURRAY: What happened to childcare in this budget?

RFK Jr: Ok, let's talk about childcare then instead of the war

MURRAY: Just so it's clear, the president is requesting $1.5t in defense which cuts our non-defense incredibly

RFK Jr: It's not my department

You're looking at velvet malachite, Cu2CO3(OH)2.

A few warnings:
Please resist the urge to touch it to feel how soft it is.
Absolutely /do not/ lick it.
Keep far away from any Supermen.
If a wingéd creature emerges, do not agree to any pacts.

Let's talk about the science here.

Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 158
Active Redistricting Cases: 44
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 85
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30

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Starting February 18, 2027, smartphones and many portable devices sold in the EU must have batteries that users can remove and replace more easily. That means #Apple #Samsung #Google #Xiaomi etc may need to redesign future devices to meet the new rules www.business-standard.com/technology/t...

Turns out the phrase “America First” is preceded by the words “Sell Out.”

#poetry from beginning to end.

A blossom opens and the day softens around it.
Spring drifts through the petals like a quiet invitation.
The sky holds everything with an easy kind of grace.
Let this small moment remind you how gently nature can move.

#photography #nature #naturephotography #bee #cherryblossom

After France, Denmark is moving too: its Digitalisation Ministry plans to phase out Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice in the coming months. The goal is clear—reduce dependence on a handful of global tech giants and strengthen digital sovereignty.

"Rainy Road" - my oil painting

“Under Train Viaduct Graffiti”, Mead Street, South Orange, New Jersey, April 7, 12:30 PM
#photography
#eastcoastkin
#TagTuesday
#ColorADay
#BlueTue
#ArtYear
#PhotographersofBluesky
#NewJersey

Paint what you love! ❤️ 🎨

My dad was a meteorologist and my mom was an artist. Not surprisingly I paint a lot of storms. 😊

phenomenal!

ELIZABETH WARREN: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?

KEVIN WARSH: Uhm, we try to keep politics if I'm confirmed out of the Federal Reserve

WARREN: I'm just asking a factual question

WARSH: I believe this body certified the election

WARREN: That's not the question I'm asking

Iran war prompts biggest energy crisis in history: IEA; Israeli convoy kills West Bank teen biking to school; UK universities paid to surveil protestors Drop Site Daily: April 21, 2026

⚡️Drop Site Daily | April 21, 2026

Iran war prompts biggest energy crisis in history: IEA; Israeli convoy kills West Bank teen biking to school; UK universities paid to surveil student protestors

www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-war-e...

#abcnews @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @cnn.com @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.co

#netanyahu is winning so there's that.

Not sure wtf we're doing but it definitely doesn't feel like winning.

Wow:

More Corruption from the felon.

Not only is her recovery complete.

Soon Sienna will be heading off to her very own family.

After years on the streets and endless puppies taken from her she will get the life she always deserved!

Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."

ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary

the ap is usa cia at worst at best they are usa propagandists

This, (from AP) … Listed under “Entertainment” is weird.
But this an indictment against America.
As if 90% of Americans aren’t already the most undereducated, insular, illiterate and dumbed down people on the planet they’re Still banning books FFS!
It’s no wonder you’ve got the dumbest President!

Impeachment, not the 25th. He is unfit for office, but his problems now are because he has surrounded himself with enablers and thinks he has no restrictions or consequences.

Heather Horton, Canadian (1974- ), The Chrysalis, 2022, oil on panel, 60 x 40 in

PV providing 589 watts, 345 baseload usage, battery charging at 244 watts.

By 8:15am today solar was generating 70% more than our baseload usage.

On a cloudy day, in England, in April!

Mark Grantham
(Candian painter b. 1966)
“Radiant street
(Falkland Street, Halifax)," 2019
Acrylic on canvas board

i shuffle down on icy
sidewalk, i stop and gawk
at pastel home fronts.
i continue on to catch the sun
#picpoetry
#mused