Superman lives . . .
Thursday, June 5, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . Easy Northeasterlies are to maintain cloudy skies over TulseyTown today. Low 80's. Thor's thunder later tonight.
“Data? We don't need no stinkin' data!”
This is not hyperbole: Trump is building a spy-machine to use against ordinary Americans.
Trump's disinformation campaign continues to pose a significant threat to our democracy and the rule of law. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Trump’s economic policies are designed to transfer wealth from consumers to the wealthy and corporations. From 1981 to 2021, American policies moved $50 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. After Biden stopped that upward transfer, the Trump administration is restarting it again, on steroids. [and denying every bit of factual data while attempting to dismantle reliable governmental data trackers]. – – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
“If his lips are moving . . .”
KILL BILL In case you missed it: Elon Musk is attacking the “big beautiful” Republican bill cutting taxes, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Musk wrote on his social media platform yesterday urging Americans to call their lawmakers to kill the bill.
The most important Spanish poet and playwright of the 20th century, Federico García Lorca, was born on this day in 1898, Fuente Vaqueros, Granada province, Spain. Assassinated by Franco's followers, Lorca's legacy continues to influence creatives around the world.
Laurie Anderson turns 78 today (hard to believe). The gifted performance artist, composer, and writer was born in 1947, Wayne, Illinois.
“If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?” – Zen Master Dogen
The “Truth” isn't some where.
It's always where you are in this moment.
Where it has always been.
Where it will be always.
— jab