Trump says he will respect midterm results ‘if they’re honest elections’

It’s increasingly clear that the administration is laying the groundwork to claim they won, no matter how the voters vote. This is very much not OK. I’ve got my calendar cleared for the (I hope unnecessary) large protests.

I’m also fairly sure Donald Trump doesn’t even know the meaning of the word “honest.”

The day was not nearly as warm as this photo makes it look.

Appeals court rules against DOJ in California ballot fight

9th Circuit panel basically says “you can’t give a judge only 3 hours and then appeal because they were too slow” along with “even on the merits your lawsuit is nuts.” I’m sure we haven’t heard the last of this, but it’s good to see sanity so far.

Also, I feel like every post about election lawsuits filed by the DOJ now needs to include “Todd Blanche should be impeached and disbarred” as a routine observation.

May Day 2028 Strike

One can hope.

I continue to become more deGoogled. But…what’s a decent alternative to Google News to skim the zeitgeist?

“The Mystery Behind”

window in a brick wall with stuff inside

Until I spotted this plaque at the Blanton Ridge trailhead, I didn't know the Ridgeline Trail has a more formal name. A bit of research turned up that he was an "early Parks and Recreation superintendent" who is buried in the little neighborhood ceme

“Marching to a Different Drummer”

one bright yellow tree in a forest of evergreens

Norway life expectancy: 4 years more than US. Norway national debt: 15% of GDP (USA, 102%). Diabetes rate: Norway 4.8%, USA 13.7%. Norway: #1 on Economist Democracy index. USA: #34 and falling (with a corrupt leadership). Etc, etc, etc.

I think it’s fairly obvious which one is the shithole country.

Coming back to the internet after a day of being in the woods just makes me want to turn around and go back out.