Gardengirl
@gardengirllisa
Retired (hurray)! Wife, mother and grandmother (ALL of whom vote BLUE!). Advocate of restoring monarch butterfly population! LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 + pro Ukraine resistance + pro choice + gardener (obviously) + reader + BLM + avid (respectful) traveler + environment
Iran Pentagon casualty database records four soldier deaths and 20 wounded only after CNN reports it lags weeks behind, with nearly 100 injuries undisclosed. Real-time totals framed as aiding adversaries | via CNN
New York Mayor Mamdani reviews whether the city can arrest Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on his ICC war crimes warrant during a September UN visit. US headquarters pact shields visiting leaders | via UPI Gotta love Mamdani!
He needs to practice reading the teleprompter... he speaks like he's just learning how to read "big" words!
Robert Reich: In a case called National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, the justices gave billionaires the ability to give huge, six-figure donations — aka bribes — to politicians by simply routing the money through a political party first
Jeff Tiedrich: it’s the front page of the June 20, 2026 edition of the Italian newspaper Libero. the headline reads ‘Trump is an asshole.’
ProPublica via George Bounacos: A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, for a company court records now show was secretly backed by Chinese military contractors and the Qatari royal family
George Bounacos: Trump unveils the $400 million jet Qatar gave him as a new Air Force One that will pass to his presidential library when he leaves office. Refit estimated over $1 billion It's called grifting...
Aaron Parnas According to the New York Times, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly removed at least seven Navy officers from a promotion list, including several women and Black officers, despite their having been selected through the military’s standard merit-based process.
Just a week into the announcement of Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion fund to reward political allies and Jan. 6 rioters, congressional Republicans appear to be rebelling against the plan. There's sanity in Congress?
My beautiful back yard with my newly patina pagoda! This was my 3rd patina project! The periwinkle bench was given to me by my neighbor... she found it near a dumpster and I made it pop!
CNN’s Paula Reid: “you’re the nation’s top law enforcement official. would you be okay with people who were convicted of hurting police getting taxpayer money?” Todd Blanche: “just to be clear, people that hurt police get money all the time.”
"Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics." - Jane Addams
Michael Cohen on Stephen Colbert: What should alarm Americans is not simply a feud between a president and comedians. America has always had political satire, sharp criticism, and public clashes between leaders and entertainers. That is part of a healthy democracy.