Why Chicago’s Brandon Johnson fumed at ‘illegal alien’ question
The quote in the title comes from George Orwell, and everybody thinks that he was smart.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson argued that the phrase “illegal alien” strips away the humanity of the person in question.
‘I am not done’ – Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again
Has there ever been a less self-aware national politician? It’s not a partisan opinion to say that the Biden era is over, and DEI is waning. Harris doesn’t have a faction, power base or large donors.
Vox: Why every website you used to love is getting worse
Facebook is the poster child for enshittification. At first, it was a big improvement over MySpace. Everyone signed up for, it was great for a while, then Facebook made changes to make more money, until is sucked. Everyone was on Facebook, so nobody wanted to leave.
Thinking about the green ball mystery, I took some photos of the ball pit this morning before sunrise.
Sparky brought all of his charm, wit and vigor to our visit with my sister and niece.
When I got up this morning, this was in the dining room. Nothing has been touched except the green ball at the bottom of the photo. I bumped it with my foot.
Rachel Maddow loses her composure when she sees that her parent company contributed to the White House ballroom project. There is no reason to get bent out of shape about this renovation.
Police intensify hunt for Louvre thieves as France reels from jewel heist
There aren’t many jewelry heists anymore, so this is exciting.
French authorities raced against the clock Tuesday, intensifying their hunt for the priceless royal jewels stolen from the Louvre, and the thieves whose brazen daylight robbery left the nation reeling.
Apparently the French government knew that Louvre security was insufficient, but they were dragging their feet about addressing the problem.
3 takeaways from Saturday’s No Kings nationwide protests
I am trying to understand the objective of the “No Kings” protests. It’s like Lisa Simpson’s anti-tiger rock. In a little over 3 years, when Trump’s term wraps up, the “No Kings” protestors will take credit for the peaceful transfer of power.
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