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Black med hair cat standing with his austentatious tail curled over his back— showing off his floofy pantaloons.
Black med hair cat looking out the window at his human daddy.
My black medium hair cat sitting next to the bathroom sink.
Barron Trump straddling his mother on a couch in garish living space & taking Melania’s photo. Her hands are high on his thighs & she’s leaning back. gettyimages watermark Credit: Regina Mahaux
Oil painting ca 1830 of Thomas Howland a Black man in fancy dress with one brow cocked. The frame is ornate and gilded.
John Blanchard (American, act, early 19th century) Thomas Howland, 1850-56 Oil on wood Property of the Rhode Island Historical Society (Museum Collection), Providence Thomas Howland, the subject of this unusually expressive portrait, was a dock worker in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1857 he became the city's first Black elected official when he was named warden of its Third Ward. However, that same year he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife and daughter, perhaps in response to the recent Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case that denied African Americans the protections of U.S. citizenship. Because of this decision, Howland's application for a passport was denied, despite his status as a free man with the right to vote in his home state (he did eventually make it to Liberia). Howland's confident posture echoes that of the earlier Portrait of a Gentleman shown nearby, the fashionable attire of both sitters serving to reinforce their self-possession. American Portrait of a Gentleman ca. 1830 Oil on panel
No matter how many more armed men Trump sends to impose his will on the people of Minnesota, all he can do is accentuate their valor. No application of armed violence can make the men with guns as heroic as the people who choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors. These agents, and the president who sent them, are no one's heroes, no one's saviors— just men with guns who have to hide their faces to shoot a mom the face, and a nurse in the back.
NRA tweet: This sentiment from the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California is dangerous and wrong. Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens. • F.A. United States Attorney Bill Ess... • 8h If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you. Don't do it! x.com/dhsgov/status/ ...  Readers added context The U.S. Constitution (particularly the 2nd, 4th, and 14th amendments) prohibit officers from shooting citizens merely for possessing a weapon that is not an "imminent threat". This was reaffirmed in Graha...
White woman wearing glasses & bright red lipstick with her face very close to the outside of a window. A black medium hair cat is sitting on the windowsill inside, very close to the woman’s face.
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HER LOVE UPON MY LIFE... SOMEONE ASKED ME TODAY HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET OVER HER HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO HEAL THEIR HEATBREAK I LIED I TOLD THEM I HEALED MYSELF SO LONG AGO A THOUSAND YEARS OR SO THAT I DID NOT REMEMBER HER LOVE UPON MY LIFE IT JUST HAPPEN ONE DAY I AWOKE AND THE NEED TO FEEL HER WRAPED ENTWINED WITHIN ME IN CRISP WINTERS SONG HER RED LIPS ALMOST TOUCHING THE ANTISIPATION UNBEARABUL IT JUST HAPPEN THE FEELINGS WERE GONE TODAY I TOLD MYSELF THAT ALSO, I LIED NO LONGER DO I GO LOOKING FOR YOUIN SCREAT PLACES NO MORE WONDERING WHERE OR HOW YOU ARE I'VE ESCAPED FROM YOUR MEMORY LOCKED YOU OUT OF MY SOULS HEART A NEED NO LONGER TO FEEL YOU EVERYDAY THAT YOU'RE NOT BY MY SIDE OCEAN SUNSET WALK DO NOT DRIP YOUR PERFUME SWEAT UNON MY FACE THIS DAY NOISIEY GROWDED CITY STREET A DISTRACTION FROM YOUR HAND NOT IN MINE TODAY I DID NOT THINK OF YOU OR THE ROSE PEDATIL CROWN NO THOUGHT OF YOU IN SUNLIT MORNINGS WAVES SWEETLY KISSING AT YOUR HIPS IN WET SUNDREESES IN EARLY MONINGS LOVE BEFORE DAWNS AWAKING THE SAND UPON YOU THIGHTS AND IN AFTERNOONS I DID NOT THINK OF YOU, NO THOUGHT OF YOU NOT OF YOUR HAND NOT IN MINE, OR MINE IN THE SLIT OF YOUR RUBY GOWN NO THOUGHT OF YOU NONE AS I STROLLED THE MARRAKECH MARKET AT DUST AS WHEN YOUR PAINTED HAND GUIDED ME THROUGH A BUSY ATLANTEAN MARKETS 7000 YEARS AGO NO THOUGHT OF YOU NO THOUGHT OF YOU AH BUT IT IS WHEN THE HEAVINESS OF BLUE MOON RISE KISSING MIXING WITH THE BLACKNESS OF MY SOUL AND BLOOD RED TEARS HIT THE GROUND LIKE THE EVENING SHADOWS OF THAT ENCHANTED LAKE BYOND OUR HIDDEN FOREVER GREEN WILLIOW FOREST IN VALLEY CHASM BETWEEN PURPLE MOUNTAINS AND THE ABYSS WHERE IRRESISTIBLE YOUR GAZE BEWITCHED MY BEING DAM IF YOU PRY OPEN THAT LOCKED GATE AND SLIP BTWEEN CLOSE DOORS BUT I HAD NO THOUGHT OF YOU TODAY NO LONGER DO I REACH ACROSS AN EMPTY BED SWINGING ABOVE THE DREAMS OF HOPE AND DESPEAR IN SLEEPLESS WAKINGS I HAD NO THOUGHT OF YOU TODAY JUST OF GOODBYIES ON THAT DAM THAT DESERT ROAD AND YOUR EYES BURNIG…
Trump's hostility toward Europe has little to do with his absurd and irrational arguments over Greenland. It has everything to do with his efforts to undermine democracy and move this country and the world toward authoritarianism. Trump does not like free elections, a free media or the right of people to dissent. That is why he hates Europe, with its strong democratic governance, social safety net, and commitment to peacefully resolving disputes. That is why he is sending ICE to invade American cities. Let's be clear. Trump would prefer the world to be ruled by his fellow multi-billionaire oligarchs, like his good friends in Saudi Arabia and Russia. These dictators crush political dissent, jail their opponents, and engage in massive kleptocracy. This year we will mark an important anniversary: two hundred and fifty years ago, extraordinarily brave Americans ushered in a new era in world history when they declared: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Then, fighting in a very bloody war for their freedom, thousands of them died as they defeated the most powerful autocrat in the world, King George III. In the centuries since, many hundreds of thousands of Americans have died to defend those ideals of freedom and democracy. As patriotic Americans who believe in our Constitution and the rule of law, we will stand with those heroes and heroines who gave their lives to defend our freedoms. Now, in this dangerous moment in American history, it is imperative that all of us, regardless of our political views, come together to confront the grave threat of authoritarianism.
ICE Surge Updates from the Maine Immigrant Defense Hotline & Resource Hub scan to donate The ICE surge in Maine is upon us and resulting in a much higher volume of calls. For the time being, please only call if you're facing an immediate threat at your door. For all other sightings, send a text with photos and the SALUTE info. If we need more we'll call you back. (see caption for details). This work is possible thanks to your participation and support. Please share this post and donate. bit.ly/MainelCEWatch (207) 544-9989 Save the number
ICE Surge Updates from the Maine Immigrant Defense Hotline & Resource Hub scan to donate The ICE surge in Maine is upon us and resulting in a much higher volume of calls. For the time being, please only call if you're facing an immediate threat at your door. For all other sightings, send a text with photos and the SALUTE info. If we need more we'll call you back. (see caption for details). This work is possible thanks to your participation and support. Please share this post and donate. (207) 544-9989
Graphic from tv show Bewitched with the logo a cartoon of Samantha riding her broom by a crescent moon, & photos of Darrin, Endora, Tabitha, & Samantha
Injured eagle, not able to be safely released, cries from inside its enclosure at Gray Wildlife Park in Maine.
Post by Susan Hopkins: photo of a tabby cat in a Queen Anne chair with a guitar on the seat as well. Caption: When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you will see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. -- Khalil Gibran.
Photo of Grey cat wearing collar with name tag that says “Buddy”.
Woman in winter outdoor clothes, including furry hat with black & white cartoon animal face, snowshoeing hauling bin of ice fishing gear.
An elderly blonde woman with a Karen haircut: angled down in the front to meet the jaw bone & tapered higher to the back.
Cornell also agreed to hand over a trove of admissions data to the federal government "broken down by Cornell's individual colleges and schools, race, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests," it states. The university also reaffirmed its commitment to train its staff on a Department of Justice memo that instructs universities to disavow DEI programs.
Portland Press Herald 2025 Maine Election Results BALLOT MEASURE Absentee and Voter ID Restrictions No 308,921 63.6% Yes 176,422 36.4% Updated Nov 5, 2025, 4:28 PM
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The clearest sign that a democracy has died is that a leader and his party make it impossible for their opponents to win an election and hold power. Once that stage is reached, however, the change is extremely difficult to reverse. And aspiring authoritarians use other excesses, like a cowed legislature and judiciary, to lock in their power. The United States is not an autocracy today. It still has a mostly free press and independent judiciary, and millions of Americans recently attended the "No Kings" protests. But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans - including people in positions of power - remain far too complacent about the threat.
Portland Press Herald Photo of a sign that says: WE ACCEPT: • Food Stamps • EBT Card Headline: Maine joins 24 states suing Trump administration over expected lapse in SNAP benefits by Rachel Ohm 3 hours ago Text: The federal food assistance benefits are expected to be suspended starting Nov. 1 due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Blavity BATY Blavity Food Stamps/SNAP Benefits To Stop In November As Trump Admin Says It Won't Use $6B Contingency Fund Story by Christopher Rhodes • 15h
President Obama greeting Tuskegee Airmen. PC Pete Souza.
Photo of President Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama & guests wearing 3-D glasses in the now demolished White House Family Theater.
Post by a Black woman Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsk... • 2d Important THREAD. Really important. The Editoria... @ed... • 3d 1. Graham Platner is an oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran who's running for the United States Senate in Maine. He's trying to knock off Susan Collins. He's presented himself as a common-man candidate who stands against oligarchy, genocide and the oppression of the little
Post by a Black woman named Ashley Ford: A lot of people think it's perfectly normal for white boys and men to go through a racist or nazi phase. They think it's just part of the coming-of-age process, and that eventually, these boys will learn to hide or change those beliefs enough to participate in polite (not kind) society. 61 59 Ashley C. Ford @smash... • 5d The expectation is not that they realize they're wrong, the expectation is that they stop talking about it out loud, and the rest of us pretend it never happened. You know, boys will be boys.
Massive Shadow of cat’s head on ceiling
Anthony Bourdain X post from 2/9/17 Photo of a ruddy, red eyed Stephen Bannon. Caption: Tertiary syphillus is no joke people! Get tested today!
Med hair black cat lying like a loaf & looking at the camera
Obamas’ last State Dinner inside elegant room. October 2016
B&W photo of President Ronald Reagan & FLOTUS Nancy Reagan sitting with their feet up in the East Wing movie theater. Caption: petesouza RIP to the People’s House.
TRUMP'S WRECKING BALL: The diggers and the heavy machinery will be back at work at the White House this morning - and within a matter of days (per the NYT), the East Wing will be gone for good. D.C. is obsessed with this ballroom. The story makes the front pages of the Times and the Post today. The number of cable news minutes devoted to this topic have been unimaginably high. At every D.C. drinks party, conversation turns to demolition. It's going to dominate more of the discourse through the day. WE HEAR YOU, KAROLINE LEAVITT: Presidents have refurbished the White House many times before. The taxpayer isn't paying. An events space would be kind of handy. We all read the press release back in July.
Cartoon by Jesse Duquette of long list of very expensive non-essential spending, next to 2 men in MAGA hats with one saying, “FOOD STAMPS ARE DEFINITELY THE PROBLEM”
Jess Behrens post: Stephen Miller is that guy who injures himself in a masturbating accident.
Lettter from Chellie Pingree to Trump Dear Mr. President, I write to demand that you immediately cease construction activities related to a new ballroom at the White House. You have brazenly begun demolition without the legally required approval of several government agencies. Your actions are irreparably destroying a historic portion of one of America's most recognizable landmarks and a symbol of our democracy. The White House is a National Historic Landmark and a National Park Site. Any project of this scale and importance must be approached with careful interagency coordination among the National Park Service, National Capital Planning Commission, and Commission of Fine Arts. Your disregard for the oversight and transparency requirements that protect our nation's most revered sites is shocking. Despite previous assurances that no changes would be made to the existing structure, the project's scope is clearly well beyond what was initially publicly proposed. And, according to reports, the White House has not yet even submitted plans for the project to initiate the review process. Furthermore, other than certain essential functions, the agencies with jurisdiction are all closed during the government shutdown and key staff are furloughed. It is appalling that you are pursuing a vanity project during a government shutdown. You are clearly prioritizing an entertainment space over the American people at a time when basic needs like health care and groceries are increasingly unaffordable. All demolition activities must stop at once, and the site must be secured until the reviews and approvals required by law are complete. By failing to ensure that historic preservation is appropriately considered, you are endangering a priceless historical American landmark. Such a cavalier undertaking all but guarantees that future Presidents will afford your contributions the same reverence. Signed Chellie Pingree
Polltracker2024 X post Photos of Platner looking at his new tattoo & a close up of Celtic dog & knots “Graham Platner shows off cover-up tattoo of Nazi symbol in interview with local Maine news outlet:”
BBC Feb 10, 2012 The US scout sniper team adapted the SS logo to fit their unit flag A US Marine scout sniper unit in Afghanistan posed for a photo in front of a flag resembling the logo of the Nazi SS, the Marine Corps says.
Graham Platner photos of his Nazi tattoo cover up. Celtic or Norse knots with a dog.
X post by Polltracker 2024 Graham Platner shows off cover-up tattoo of Nazi symbol in interview with local Maine news outlet. 2 photos: one of shirtless Platner looking at the new tattoo; 2nd is a closeup of the Celtic knot & dog’s head covering the old tattoo.
Black med hair cat sitting in a relatively small nectarine boc that has images of nectarines & a California license plate that says I.M. RIPE
Guy just got a 2-minutr make over. Before & after photos of Trump supporting heckler before & after calling No Kings protestors fags, & losing his glasses to a skate boarder before taking 2 face plants while in pursuit. Chanting in first photo, dazed & bloody in 2nd.
Portland Press Herald Wells Police Department cancels partnership with ICE Wells was the only town in Maine earlier this year to officially partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Black flag with white imagery: rope surrounding words & images. Scout Sniper 2d Marine Division, One Shot, One Kill, Death from Afar. White inner circle around skull with rifles crossed instead of bones
Did you see an infantile, juvenile flight of fancy?, Did you see signs by victims of One Big Beautiful Bank Job Showing up in mighty millions, Flexing Power Of The People? Did you see frightened juvenile, Al-generated content In response? Did you see the fecal Führer's fascist flight of fancy - the Diapered dictator dropping dreck, Making America Grate Again? Did you see them go from Government Shutdown To government shit down - lousy loose stool Luftwaffe flooding the Zone with elephant excrement - Making America Grate Again? Did you see power of the numerically mighty People Scare fascists shitless - into fertilizing New crops of activists, militants and revolutionaries Growing robust - exponentially and urgently! Caption: 2025 Raymond Nat Turner, All Rights Reserved
Maine Senate Race Photos of candidates. Wood 30 Kleban 45 Platner 41 Mills 77
Photo of Robert De Niro "I like what [Gavin] Newsom has done because he's trolled [Trump] and he's fought fire with fire, and that's what you have to do. And he called him an "invasive species" which is what he is... He's a thing that doesn't understand, Trump does not understand about humanity, people, he has no empathy. I don't know... what he is, but he's an alien, and he wants to hurt this country. It's something deeply psychological in him. He wants to hurt people, he wants to hurt this country, he doesn't care. And what saddens me the most, upsets me the most is that people follow him... And they kiss his ass, they look up to him... I don't understand the people in his cabinet, some of them, Rubio, how they can live with themselves after what they've allowed him to do... And not stood up, even walk out of the room. What they did with Zelensky the first time, Rubio, looking at his face, they got the camera on him... If he had balls, he would've walked out." - Robert De Niro on Trump via MSNBC
Post by Andy O’Brien Caption: Graham Platner’s Trial By Fire. Photo of Platner with ocean in the background. wrote a piece about Graham's Reddit posts, his tattoo and what I learned from reading all 750 pages of his archived posts. I know a lot of people are questioning whether to support him after this latest oppo dump, but I hope you will read this and my follow up later this week because it deserves more context than what major outlets are providing. We'll see how it shakes out. EDIT: I have received significant pushback from some followers accusing me of being a Nazi apologist for writing this piece. I want to be clear that I wrote most of this article before the story about the tattoo came out and I'm still processing it. There's a lot of speculation that knew what the symbol meant all along, given his knowledge of military history. An anonymous source has since told Jewish Insider, which has been very critical over Platner's position on Gaza, that he knew about what it was as early as 2012. I think we'll know more as more people come forward. I had not read that story before I posted this. I'm not taking it lightly, but there is substantial evidence going back to 2009 that shows he is has long been virulently anti-Nazi and anti-racist. Having said that, I think I'm going to take a break from writing about this race because everything is moving so fast and I can't keep up with the news cycle.
But according to a person who socialized with Platner when he was living in Washington, D.C., more than a decade ago, Platner had specifically acknowledged that the tattoo was a Totenkopf, the "death's head" symbol adopted by an infamous Nazi SS unit that guarded concentration camps in World War II. "He said, 'Oh, this is my Totenkopf," the former acquaintance told Jewish Insider recently, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address a sensitive issue. "He said it in a cutesy little way." The exchange occurred in 2012 at Tune Inn, a popular dive on Capitol Hill where Platner later worked as a bartender and was a frequent patron while he attended The George Washington University on the G.I. bill, according to the former acquaintance. He would often take his shirt off drinking with friends late at night at the bar, and on at least one occasion had stated he knew what the tattoo represented, the former acquaintance recalled. Platner gave varying accounts of the image during this time, saying at one point he was aware it was a Totenkopf when he had first gotten the tattoo several years prior and at another time claiming he had not known, according to the former acquaintance. The mixed accounts indicate that Platner has at least long been aware of the symbols's connection to Nazism, even as he said in the podcast interview he was not familiar with any such association when he chose to get the tattoo.
Brent Holdridge, a California man who was sentenced to 60 days in jail on a misdemeanor charge stemming from Jan. 6, was arrested again in May in connection with a string of alleged thefts of industrial copper. Zachary Alam, who was sentenced to eight years in prison by a federal judge who called him "by far the loudest, the most combative and the most violent of the rioters," was also charged again in May, accused of breaking into a house outside Richmond, Va. Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys, was briefly detained in February on assault charges after scuffling with a protester during a bizarre news conference he held outside the Capitol. And Matthew W. Huttle, an Indiana carpenter who was sentenced to six months in prison in connection with Jan. 6, was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in January after he resisted arrest during a traffic stop.
Spirit of Halloween costume parody “Homophobic face-planting boomer costume” with pic of boomer on ground face first. “includes sunglasses, silver necklace, hypocritical cross”
BREAKING: Hunter Biden made $640 million while "working" in daddy's administration, and received $2 billion from the people behind 9/11. Now that I got Republicans' attention. That was actually Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
NPR Trump's fake video featured 'Danger Zone.' Musician Kenny Loggins wants it scrubbed OCTOBER 20, 202512:58 PM ET photo of Kenny Loggins
Our analysis adds to a wealth of other evidence on the electoral advantages of moderation. In recent months, polling experts and academic researchers have been debating on podcasts and in articles exactly how much ideology matters. Some say it matters a lot, while some progressive analysts and professors say it has little effect. The debate involves statistical complexities that are difficult for most people to follow. Yet there is a simple way to see the weakness of the argument that moderation is unimportant. The researchers making that claim rely on data about candidate ideology that can have little connection to voter perceptions. It includes academic measures that encompass thousands of obscure congressional votes and campaign donations. The data ends up being so messy as to produce bizarre results. One measure rates Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, two progressive heroes, as more centrist than the consciously moderate Mr. Warnock. Another index judges Ms. Ocasio-Cortez to be less progressive than Representative Ritchie Torres, whose positions on immigration and Israel anger the left. That these measures suggest ideology is unimportant says more about them than about political reality.