I had to go to Walmart today unfortunately for some bread and it wasn’t busy at all. Usually on Black Friday it’s packed. You can definitely tell they’ve hired a lot of extra help though. They may not need it. With the high prices and people struggling so much. I don’t think people are spending.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I had to go to Walmart today unfortunately for some bread and it wasn’t busy at all. Usually on Black Friday it’s packed. You can definitely tell they’ve hired a lot of extra help though. They may not need it. With the high prices and people struggling so much. I don’t think people are spending.
"The fall air grows colder, winter is soon deep upon us. But, no matter the weather, we have Christmas coming with all its goodness." ~ Byron Pulsifer 🎄🎄🎄 #tistheseason❄️✨❄️✨❄️
Artwork by Robin Elise. 🎨🖌
Artwork by Robin Elise. 🎨🖌
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"The fall air grows colder, winter is soon deep upon us. But, no matter the weather, we have Christmas coming with all its goodness." ~ Byron Pulsifer 🎄🎄🎄 #tistheseason❄️✨❄️✨❄️
Artwork by Robin Elise. 🎨🖌
Artwork by Robin Elise. 🎨🖌
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
Reposted by Leslie McBride
"Come one come all. Free and Equal." America was much greater when Republicans spoke like this about their fellow humans.
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Come one come all. Free and Equal." America was much greater when Republicans spoke like this about their fellow humans.
Reposted by Leslie McBride
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
Reposted by Leslie McBride
BBC News - No real intent in Moscow to engage in peace talks, says von der Leyen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No real intent in Moscow to engage in peace talks, says von der Leyen
The European Commission chief said the EU would stand with Ukraine and support it "in every way".
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
BBC News - No real intent in Moscow to engage in peace talks, says von der Leyen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"The root of joy is gratefulness.
It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful."
~ Brother David Steindl-Rast
I hope you will have a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving.
🦃
It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful."
~ Brother David Steindl-Rast
I hope you will have a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving.
🦃
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"The root of joy is gratefulness.
It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful."
~ Brother David Steindl-Rast
I hope you will have a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving.
🦃
It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful."
~ Brother David Steindl-Rast
I hope you will have a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving.
🦃
Weeble from the 1975 Macy's Thanksgiving parade. (“Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!”🎶) 🙂
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Weeble from the 1975 Macy's Thanksgiving parade. (“Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!”🎶) 🙂
“In November people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other's homes and talk by crackling woodstoves,sipping mellow cider.They travel far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings.”Cynthia Rylant
Art by Esther Benninnk
Art by Esther Benninnk
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“In November people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other's homes and talk by crackling woodstoves,sipping mellow cider.They travel far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings.”Cynthia Rylant
Art by Esther Benninnk
Art by Esther Benninnk
Dwight D. Eisenhower cries before an audience of veterans in 1952 as he recalls the sacrifices soldiers made on D-Day.
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Dwight D. Eisenhower cries before an audience of veterans in 1952 as he recalls the sacrifices soldiers made on D-Day.
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
Reposted by Leslie McBride
Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social
Evacuation Day: Marking the End of the Revolutionary War
We know how to honor the image of soldiers charging forward, but we often forget to cheer the backs of troops as they peaceably depart.
werehistory.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social
Reposted by Leslie McBride
To paraphrase Dennis Hopper in "Speed," in 249 years we've gone from "I regret but I have one life to give for my country" to "Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
To paraphrase Dennis Hopper in "Speed," in 249 years we've gone from "I regret but I have one life to give for my country" to "Quiet, piggy!"
Reposted by Leslie McBride
This man is as much a hero as those who attack him are scoundrels and charlatans.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This man is as much a hero as those who attack him are scoundrels and charlatans.
Reposted by Leslie McBride
As Sargent says, the upshot of Trump calling for Dems to be executed/investigated for reminding the military of their oath is it centers a conversation about Trump giving illegal orders — which was those Dems’ goal all along.
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
As Sargent says, the upshot of Trump calling for Dems to be executed/investigated for reminding the military of their oath is it centers a conversation about Trump giving illegal orders — which was those Dems’ goal all along.
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
How idiotic. I live in Tennessee. We have a major “affordability” crisis here as well. 🙄
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thinks that people struggling with rising inflation should simply move from a blue state to a red state.“I can tell you.… You know the best way to bring your inflat...
Scott Bessent Gives Deranged Financial Advice on Beating Inflation
Trump’s treasury secretary faced backlash after offering particularly dense advice to Americans worried about inflation.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
How idiotic. I live in Tennessee. We have a major “affordability” crisis here as well. 🙄
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Reposted by Leslie McBride
Sen. Mark Kelly responds to the investigation by DOD into his comments about the imperative to refuse illegal orders: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial... And in response to that, Donald Trump said, I should be executed... I'm not going to be intimidated."
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Sen. Mark Kelly responds to the investigation by DOD into his comments about the imperative to refuse illegal orders: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial... And in response to that, Donald Trump said, I should be executed... I'm not going to be intimidated."
Reposted by Leslie McBride
Reposted by Leslie McBride
I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders