Virginia’s redistricting vote ‘a critical step’ for the swing state Purple state that recently elected Democratic governor will now choose whether to replace existing voting maps with ones that favor Democrats

It's Referendum Day in VA!

#Yes vote crucial for saying "No" to #Trump and his deceit.

Come on VA, Vote "Yes" for #Democracy.

Oh yes, through the front door with tax breaks and cheap federal leases and the back door by administration policies to kill clean energy. The real "welfare queens."

Latest, one of those that keeps growing on you after it's finished. Egan's brilliant at finding a weird angle within a weird concept and imbuing characters with endearing quirks. A cocky writer too, I like that. Goon Squad good? Not quite, but well worth the read.

#BookSky #writingcommunity #novel

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

Making bank: Top 100 oil and gas companies take in extra $30m per hour in the first month of #IranWar

Will pocket extra $234b by EOY if oil continues to average $100/bbl.

Know this: #Trump war has created a giant cash transfusion from consumers to #BigOil. Heinously regressive wealth transfer.

Cheers and tears as Artemis II crew returns from historic moon mission From San Diego to Houston, see cheers and tears as people react to the Artemis II crew's splashdown after a historic 10-day trip to the moon.

It works for me and I checked your repost and that is working for me too. (MS Edge browser). Could be your browser is having an issue with Tiny URL.

Here's the long link, thanks for the appreciation:
www.usatoday.com/picture-gall...

#ArtemisII Splashdown viewing party at the Air and Space Museum in San Diego.

Good to have a moment away from...you know, all that.

Cheers and tears of ordinary folks as Artemis II crew returns. Sweet gallery from news #photographers covering the event.

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The best photos from NASA's first moon mission in more than 50 years The Artemis II astronauts concluded their record-breaking 10-day journey on Friday with a smooth splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

Weekend #PhotoGallery featuring #ArtemisII journey from liftoff to splashdown. Wow...whew.

#NASA #Astronomy #Moon #SpaceTravel #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky Via NBC News

How the Iran war could create a new global order in oil Changes in the global market could keep oil prices higher and in the long term even shake the foundations of U.S. power.

How the #IranWar could create a new global order in oil

"Such a reordering would mean, at a minimum, higher #energy prices and #inflation, and in the long term could even shake the foundations of the dollar-based global economy and with it, U.S. power."

#Trump has outdone himself this time.

“Ramble On” - Robert Plant with Saving Grace (LIVE on The Late Show) YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sweeeeet.

We've been Rambling On for going on 60 years with this Zep classic. Good Gawd, that's a while. ⌛

TY #RobertPlant and Saving Grace for this reimagining. 🙏

#RockNRoll #MusicSky #Tolkien #Colbert 🎸

🎵 Ramble on
And now's the time, the time is now
Sing my song 🎵

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Cook Political Report shifts 5 House races toward Democrats The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted five House races toward Democrats and one toward Republicans, as the minority party seeks to take back control of the House in the November midterms. Th…

Cook Report shifts 5 House races toward #Democrats

I'm not buying the landslide talk (yet). Cook looks at each race and is damn good at it. Bottom line as of 4/7/26:

14 #Republican seats rated "Toss Up," giving Dems plenty of opportunities to flip the 3 they need for a majority.

#Midterms #House

Emotional crew names Moon crater after commander's late wife Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman's wife died from cancer in 2020 at age 46.

So bittersweet. What an incredible tribute.

This got me. 😢🌑🙏

#CarrollWiseman #ArtemisII #Moon

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We share much friend. 🙏

TY for the reposts and follow.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi out at DOJ President Trump has announced that Attorney General Pam Bondi is out at the Justice Department. Her departure comes amid simmering frustration over her leadership and handling of the Epstein files.

Bondi Bounced at DOJ

Trump: “transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future.”

I'm guessing she's not the sort to take a humiliation like that in stride. Watch your back DC.

#Trump #DOJ #Bondi #EpsteinFiles #DowJones

It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr (Concert for Bangladesh, August 1st, 1971) YouTube video by Apo458

A cluster of neurons loosed Ringo's classic in my mind during #NoKings demonstrations Saturday and It's been echoing since. "It Don't Come Easy"

Turn it up children.

🎵...Open up your heart, let's come together
Use a little love and we will make it work out better...🎵

#RockNRoll #MusicSky ☮️💙🎸🙏

🙏💙🌊

Hanging out at the #NoKings Stand up for Science Zoom where we've been told we are 4,800 strong! What a turnout!

Speaking now, the next Speaker of the US House, Hakeem Jefferies.

#Vote #Resist #Democracy #GoodTrouble #Trump #Science

Cracked, broken crown pictured

Happy No Kings Day!

Be sure and get out to peacefully protest with a bajillion of your best friends from all over the world. See you out there!
💙🌊⚖️☮️🌎🙏👏
www.nokings.org

#NoKings #Trump #Affordability #SocialJustice #IranWar #CleanEnergy #Nonviolence #StrongerTogether

Oil trades surged just before Trump's post on Iran talks. Some experts are suspicious. Trading in crude oil futures spiked only minutes before President Trump postponed an ultimatum on Iran, causing oil prices to drop and stocks to surge.

#Oiltrades surged just before Trump post on #Iran talks

Wait. What?

In the minutes before the #Trump Monday morning post, there was a spike in oil futures trading...about 6,200 futures contracts changed hands. The average for same time period over the previous five trading days was about 700.

Democrat flips Republican-held Florida state House district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Democrat Emily Gregory narrowly won the special election for the district on Tuesday night, The Associated Press projects. Trump carried the area in 2024.

#Democrat Emily Gregory wins a special election for the Florida state House district that includes #Trump Mar-a-Lago resort

Trump carried this legislative district by about 11 points in the 2024.

👍🌊😀🌊😆🌊😂🌊👏

I read that this morning as well (Maddow picked it up too from the original source). Julie definitely reads BlueSky, she thanked me for reposting this one! My best...Ed

MAGA furious as it discovers likely replacement for Markwayne Mullin funded Trump nemesis MAGA loyalists were unhappy Monday after discovering the replacement for Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), oil and gas executive Alan Armstrong, had made a political contribution to one of President Donal...

Oklahoma not OK; #MAGA furious over likely replacement for #MarkwayneMullin

This is a head-scratcher. Turns out apparent Trump-approved successor, #AlanArmstrong, is a big supporter of none other than former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).

Kind of a middle finger to the base...

#Senate #GOP #DHS

What are you going to be doing on Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 10:46 AM ⁉️⁉️⁉️

#SpringEquinox Baby!!!!!!!!! 🌞🌻💙

It's been a long cold lonely winter. 😎

🎵 Dance Children. 🎵

Japan's watch-checking leader puts on masterclass in how to 'dominate' Trump EXCLUSIVE: Sanae Takaichi dominated Donald Trump during their meeting at the White House on Monday, said a body language expert.

"Having none of it..." Japan PM PWNs Trump

"[Japan Prime Minister] Takaichi looked perturbed after Trump made an off-color joke about Pearl Harbor, causing the prime minister to keep staring at her watch." 👏🤣

#Japan #Takaichi #Trump #PearlHarbor #JuvenileJoke

Some DHS contractors told White House officials they were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski Some companies complained to the Trump administration that Lewandowski has stood to personally profit from the DHS contracting process. Lewandowski denies the allegations.

You think #Noem tosses #Lewandowski under the bus to walk from this?

Remember, she shot her puppy.

#DHS #Scandal #Trump

FBI investigates ex-U.S. Counterterrorism Center head Joe Kent for alleged leaks "He left quite an online paper trail and he has been monitored for months," one source familiar told Axios.

FBI investigates ex-counter terrorism head #JoeKent for alleged leaks

Predictable, but there's a twist:

Says #Trump source: "He's going to try to say this was in retaliation for his resignation, but it's the other way around: He quit because he's under investigation and he knew it."

#IranWar

Wholesale prices rose 0.7% in February, much more than expected and up 3.4% annually Wholesale prices rose sharply in February, providing another sign that inflation continues to percolate even aside from rising energy prices.

#Inflation: Wholesale prices rose 0.7% in February, much more than expected and up 3.4% annually

→ #Food prices rose 2.4%, #energy was up 2.3%

→ Within food, fresh and dry vegetables soared 48.9%

→ None of the data captured the price increases associated with the #IranWar

#Trump #Economy

Photo of tweet with "No War With Iran" tee-shirt on hanger

Remember the “No War With Iran” T-shirts #TulsiGabbard sold via her 2020 presidential campaign? I wonder if members of the Senate Intelligence Committee will Don them at her hearing this morning. (Pun intended)
#IranWar #Israel #Trump #JoeKent

OFF LIVE - Imelda May "Johnny got a Boom Boom" YouTube video by OFF Productions

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Let's play it in with the pride of the #Dublin #rockabilly scene, the incomparable Imelda May.

I freaking adore her. Like Pebbles Flintstone grew up, got a bodhrán drum and a band, and banged her way into my heart.

"Johnny Got a Boom-Boom"

#MusicSky #RockNRoll ☘️

Megyn Kelly hits rival pundit Mark Levin where it hurts: ‘Sorry you have a micro penis’ The conservative-podcast wars took an even nastier turn over the weekend when pundit Megyn Kelly fired a below-the-belt comeback at radio host Mark Levin for calling her “evil” and &#82…

MAGA base crackup is cracking me up.

When their debate devolves to "micro penis" insults, you know #Trump has lost his grip on the movement.

#MegynKelly #MarkLevin #Maga #MicroPenis #Iran

The Stupidification of American Policy There is no plan -- just Trump's "gut"

"The Stupidification of American Policy"

I read many commentators and amplify a few here. @julieroginsky.bsky.social and her "Salty Politics" column are among my favorites.

Elegantly written, muscularly delivered. 👏

#Trump #Iran #IranWar #StraitofHormuz #oil #shipping