Scratch a Republican, find a bigot. It never fails.

Columbine, spiderwort, and wisteria--nature's glorious hat trick.

Iris @soulscratches.bsky.social

Time for the irises to shine.

Snowballs in April!

And the reds take center stage in the ongoing production of spring in East Tennessee

@qaq17.bsky.social Is there anything simpler or more beautiful than a blooming white azalea in spring?

The most glorious azalea bush in the county.

Nothing says spring like a dogwood in bloom.

The courtyard perennial garden all gussied up for Spring.

To quote Chris Rock, "That train ain't never late."

Yep. Keep an eye out for it.

Illustration from a children's book of Israelites gathered around the golden calf from the Book of Exodus.

Photo of Mike Johnson and other House Republicans presenting to Donald Trump a golden "America First Award" they made up just for him.

🇬🇧 WATCH: “CORRUPTION OF THE VERY WORST KIND.”

UK politicians point out the obvious insider trading where people (likely close to Trump) are getting rich off of Trump’s posts about the war.

And nobody will investigate. Trump’s golden age of corruption. He is the swamp.

“DON’T KNOW, DON’T CARE.”

Lamberth won’t track how many voucher kids were already in private schools—👇🏽FLASHBACK: Sen Jack Johnson told @ericwelchwcs.bsky.social they’re for families in need.

Which is it? 🤔Will the finance committee “care” about $300,000,000? —> wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Committ...

Late afternoon shadows on the Unakas in East Tennessee.

Ah, spring!

George W. Bush Can Suck It He didn’t throw shade at Trump; he whitewashed authoritarianism.

"For Bush to blithely insist that everything will work out just fine—that 250 years from now we’ll still have a liberal democracy—is an insult to everyone struggling against emergent fascism in this moment."

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

Immigration agents keep lying, the "Justice" Department keeps prosecuting innocent people, and the cases keep collapsing in court.
Trump's thugs aren't fighting violent criminals – they *are* violent criminals. 1/2🧵

This tracks

The National Geographic voice caps it off though ☠️

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump.

This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.

No picnic today. The table seems to be in use.

Good meditation on the moral/ethical/metaphysical question of why the wicked prosper. Cremer reminds us that God's tolerance of evil for a time is not God's approval of it. And that the temporary dominance of evil cannot ultimately outlast justice.

benjamin-cremer.kit.com/posts/why-do...

This is a great statement made by the leader of Greenland, Tillie Martinussen.

👏👏👏👏👏👏

I will treasure this clip for a long time.

Well done, Trent. Well done. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Peek-a-boo deer out and about on New Year's Day.

Agreed. And that's why, for 30+ years, they've brought cupcakes to a knife fight.

Hallelujah!