The late afternoon sun in Michigan, rendered almost invisible by Canadian forest fire smoke.

While scrambling down a rabbit hole to find out why the Elephant & Donkey came to represent parties, I found this article from 2018 that has some fierce political art, a la' Norman Rockwell, by the gifted artist Maggie Meiners. Links below.🔽

We have a few questions.

The meme that never dies.

"“Perfect wife, perfect life? Think again. A bold and biting satire, Yesteryear examines the power of social media to spin a lie so deep, it turns ‘home sweet home’ into a prison."

"Republicans are not getting the whole truth. Nor the @democrats.org . The left, right & center is not getting the whole truth. Conservatives, progressives, moderates, independents, activists, donors, voters — everybody is living inside some managed version of reality."

"I have also seen the internet save people. I have seen people organize for cancer patients, strangers help families survive, civil rights fights move because regular people refused to stay quiet. I have seen people with no institutional power force powerful systems to respond."

"We need rules for how knowledge enters public authority. We need rules for how mistakes are corrected. We need rules for how failed tests are protected instead of hidden. We need rules for how credit is preserved...

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Protection racket.

Recurring memes about Earth's degrading Life-Support systems. We need some qualified crew to run this spaceship. The passengers are behaving like Tribbles, except for the cuddly part.

A review of Very Fine People by @parkermolloy.com I concur.👍

All those humans breathing is clearly limiting the potential of wind power, too. Jeff recommends you just stop breathing.

Mighty Mouse. Mr. Magoo.

One major 'problem' with snap peas is that they often don't make it to the kitchen, especially if kids are picking them. There are now many cultivars. This year I'm growing Sugar Daddy. Last year we grew enough to freeze. We just ran out & this year's have just started.👍

Measurable corruption. Unparalleled corruption. Jail to the thief.

"Beyond the money and the environment, there’s something harder to quantify that buying clubs produce almost as a side effect: real community. Order pickup days can easily turn into multi-family playdates and impromptu potlucks."

"The attacks on healthcare, & cuts to nutritional assistance, will leave millions of people sick & hungry while oligarchs who back Trump make record windfalls. MAGA faithful will continue to gorge on reactionary stupidity that generations have been groomed to consume with salty, dripping lips."

"Today, queer & trans people’s lives are threatening male supremacy for the same reason women’s independence is threatening: all refuse the terms on which patriarchal masculinity depends."

"The pattern, whether pursued legally or not, doesn’t reveal a devotion to anti-discrimination practices or equality, but instead to a stubborn belief that women are for men, not for themselves."

"After the Clarence Thomas billionaire vacation story broke in April 2023, Roberts oversaw the design of the Court’s first ever written Code of Conduct. The Code names no body to receive complaints, empowers no body to investigate, & no body to impose sanctions. There is no enforcement mechanism."

Jim Wright "60 days is the legal deadline under the War Powers Act where a Prez has to request Congr approval to formally declare war & have it funded. He called the law "unconstitutional" & would not comply, & the war has been "terminated." Or as the mob would say: The war has been 86ed." 86 47

Good.

Republican values.

Ironically...

A hat, of course. & a key chain fob.

Oh, I thought this one was nice.

Shirts happen. (& stickers & pins [not mine, just searched & found]) www.etsy.com/market/trump...

#read "This year, 422 newly opened stores joined the American Booksellers Association — nearly 100 more than last year. Barnes & Noble added 55 stores around the country & Books-A-Million added 18. By comparison, Books-A-Million opened 7 new stores in 2024."