GooneyBird

OMG I'm so cold! Down here in central Texas in shorts & a t-shirt!

I grew up in central Michigan, but just barely endured the snowy winters... as pretty as they were.

All hat no cattle

The shift is more disruptive than dealing with the gradual lengthening & shortening of our days.

That makes 2 in his 5 years as president?

Nope. No other deductions. Standard deductions & income from those 2 sources.
I thought we were supposed to be able to do our returns on postcards?

2 of the 3 sisters
Corn beans & squash

Last year it cost me $750 to have my tax return prepared. I have one 401(k) account & social security. We shouldn't have to pay a huge fee to submit paperwork on the taxes we owe.

THEY FINALLY DID IT! Sheldon Whitehouse officially called out the connections between Trump, Epstein, and Russia on the Senate floor.

Paxton is trying to make a deal so he can gracefully exit the race because he knows there is no way he can win over @jamestalarico.bsky.social

Paxton is simply too corrupt.

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Ukraine gave up the world’s 3rd-largest nuclear arsenal under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum after the U.S. promised security assurances against Russian aggression. Russia invaded. Trump wavered. Congress dithers. Message to the world: surrender nukes, get invaded, and watch Washington shrug.

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, has died Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

James Talarico tonight:

"It doesn't matter what happens in this Republican runoff. We already know who we're running against: The billionaire mega-donors and their corrupt political system. Not any one politician ... We are running against the broken system and the powerful people who broke it."

Who were all of those clowns sitting there staring straight ahead without even acknowledging the commotion?

Oh look it’s the Hindutva doing the DNC-fascism two-step.

And... you live in Texas?
Talarico has been my state representative for a few years. He's outstanding.
And he's not anywhere in the neighborhood of maga.

I would vote for her as senator. I would vote for her in whatever role she pursues. I'm crushed she won't be a US legislator next year. I can't wait to see what she does.

Let me guess... it's built on tribal land?

Under-sheriff of Saginaw County MI and demolition expert.

They were both wonderful men.

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My thoughts are with you.

Former state Sen. Don Huffines won the GOP primary for comptroller on Tuesday, making the conservative firebrand the Republican nominee to lead an agency with vast influence over the state’s finances, as well as the new private school voucher program.
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As a Texan, I say 3. He's not going to grow a spin & act with integrity. He's going to be sure he can stay in the good graces of big money in Texas. Seats on various boards & what ever else he can grift.

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

A map of Java, Indonesia, shows triangles representing factories across the island. Purple triangles pointing up depict factories where workers have increased. Orange triangles pointing down depict factories where workers have decreased. The triangles are scaled by the net change in workers from 2015 to 2025. A small portion of the island near Jakarta has a gray overlay and is labeled “High-Wage Areas.” Most of the orange triangles are in this area. Most of the purple triangles are in the areas without the gray overlay.

New map! @propublica.org and The Oregonian found that Nike is moving jobs away from high-wage areas near Jakarta, opting for regions in Central & West Java where minimum wage is not enough to live on. It's part of our ongoing reporting on Nike's supply chain. www.propublica.org/article/nike...

Go @hillaryclinton.bsky.social. Absolutely 💯 percent correct.

A dog's best life
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A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is dictator and pronounced kahnayjheedawhee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.