So happy to contribute!

OMG yes!!!!

Trump weighs more Cabinet changes after Bondi ouster Pam Bondi was ousted from her post as attorney general on Thursday, but Trump is said to be considering also removing others.

In the words of Henny Youngman, “take his HHS secretary…please.” #DumpRFK www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

This 💯

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you.

If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can.

Everyone give this a share after.

really can't be said enough that this case was decided by the same court that decided plessy v. ferguson. if they could have found a plausible rationale to limit birthright citizenship they would have done it. but there is none! the text is as clear as constitutional language can be.

Vegetable Secrets YouTube video by Jesse Welles

A lovely theme song for the start of the #gardening season
youtu.be/dJFQ9lOL_R8?... 🌱

‘Bout f’ing time

Ooh! Here in Minnesota there is still snow where the milkweed will be, but I look forward to seeing some descendants in a few months. 🦋 #monarchs

A tomahawk missile costs the taxpayers the same amount of money as one five-year major NIH research grant. Remember that every time they tell us one of those missed the target, blew up paintings of enemy aircraft or tanks, or was the fifth and unnecessary hit on the same target.

A lovely way to start my morning, thanks!

Do you know the relevant hardiness zones? In zone 4 here.

Interesting thread on the biases of a diaspora, in this case the Iranian diaspora.

I mean, I loved Battlestar Galactica, but the ending was terrible.

Caprica

An announcement that the Senate voted to reauthroize the SBIR/STTR program.

The Senate has (finally) voted to reauthorize the small business SBIR/STTR program.

Not reauthorized yet, but this was likely the biggest hurdle.

Remembering the Iraqi Uprising Twenty-Five Years Ago | Council on Foreign Relations On February 15, 1991, four weeks into Operation Desert Storm, President George H.W. Bush, using identical language twice—at the White House and later at a Raytheon defense plant in Massachusetts—encou...

In 1991 George H.W. Bush urged the Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein

“In the end, the regime, using…helicopters..,artillery, and armored..forces.. counterattacked the uprising, killing 30,000-60,000 Shias in south, and 20,000 Kurds in the north.

The US offered them no assistance

If you are feeling helpless in the face of All Of It (and it's a lot), I am telling you: find a way to plug in locally.

Figure out who is doing something-- anything-- meaningful, and see if you can help.

The first org you find may not be the one. But you will get there.

It will help your heart.

if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal

Just a reminder that every time Bondi, Trump, or any tame media figures try to tell you that "there is no evidence that Trump was involved in Epstein's crimes," THEY ARE LYING.

Here's one of several sworn affidavits naming Trump.

The full court record is at www.courtlistener.com/docket/41544...

I successfully evaded it for 6 years, but #covid finally caught up with me. I am fully vaccinated and I even still mask in most public places, but it is impossible to avoid all exposure and still have a life. I can confirm that it is no fun.

We have seen lots of evidence of this, although it seems to be getting better. (Our household owns 2 EVs)

My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2059...

What a great analogy

Ooh, I’d watch that!

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

<chef’s kiss>

This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Please don’t forget about us and our neighbors!

standwithminnesota.com

Hmm, seems like a good reason to boost the recognition.