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Yesterday my fiancee and I took our two pitties to a local restaurant that is very dog friendly. We sat down, about 10ft from another table that had a young pup under it. The young pup seemed fixated on us and started to bark. I asked the owners if it would help if they met and she said yes so I bought the girls over to meet their pup. Lots of wags and sniffs and after the introduction their puppy went right back to resting under their table.

A lady from another table that had two pitbulls sitting underneath it came over to us and told us that she worked in a rescue and was very glad that we appeared to have adopted shelter dogs. We chatted for a few minutes and told her the story of how we came to adopt our latest rescue, Bella. After congratulating ourselves on our dog choices, she went back to her table and we finished up our meal.

About 5 minutes after we had ordered our second round of drinks, the server came out to let us know that a gentleman who had been sitting behind our table alone had paid for our check, including tip!

I had my back to the gentleman for most of the meal, but on occasion when I looked around he seemed completely disinterested in the restaurant and was glued to his phone. I would guess he was in his mid to late 40s.

I can think of no other reason for him to pick up our check other than as a thank you for rescuing pitbulls. We both teared up as the significance of his kind gesture landed on us.

Since there was no check to present and we didn't have cash, we ordered a dessert and tipped the server what our meal bill was. Tears and hugs followed and we walked out feeling truly blessed.

Thank you Rosie and Bella for being great ambassadors for your breed, and such great conversation starters!

And thank you kind stranger for seeing our dogs as the precious loving family members they are.

Credit: @IfMenCantListenTo

Corey Ruiz was subject to the death penalty without due process in a state that abolished the death penalty in 1853.

The land of the free and the home of the brave is an oppressive, lawless hell-hole depending on the color of your skin.

Until we are all free, until justice is available for everyone, none of us are free or safe.

#coreyruiz #policeviolence #murder #injustice #racism

​Lindsey Graham died on Saturday. They announced it on Sunday, picked his unqualified sister to replace him on Monday, and swore her in on Tuesday. She hasn't even had time to plan her brother's funeral and they already got her in office in the US Capitol. Meanwhile, when Representative Sylvester Turner, a black Democrat, died on March 5th, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott waited until April to announce there would be no election to replace him until November, leaving the largely black and Hispanic district here in Houston unrepresented for nearly an entire year.

​This is how Republicans play politics with death. While Democrats are drafting generous statements of condolences for their oppressors, Republicans are callously seizing power from the oppressed. They pulled the same stunt when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died and they wouldn't even hold a hearing on Obama's nominee, but then raced to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she died in the final months of Trump's term. Republicans demand that Democrats observe all kinds of outdated rules about death and mourning, but then break the same rules when Democrats die.

​They're doing the same thing in Kentucky with Mitch McConnell in the hospital. When McConnell started glitching a few years ago, his Republican state legislature passed a bill stripping the Democratic governor of the power to replace him. They were fine when a Republican governor had the power, but they changed the rules for a Democrat. That's because the rules themselves are a trap. Democrats have to follow all the rules, but Republicans get to break them with impunity.

​Just like the rule of meritocracy. Republicans love to whine about affirmative action and DEI, which give opportunities to qualified women and people of color, but they just appointed a US Senator whose main qualification is simply being the sister of a dead senator. And you can't say that both parties do it when one party spent the past few decades claiming to only care about merit. They said that Barack Obama, and Kamala Harris, and Ketanji Brown Jackson were unqualified, but then they sing the praises of people like Herschel Walker, Pete Hegseth, and Donald Trump, who was the first person elected president in US history with no experience in government or military.

​They whine about Democrats being unfair to Republicans in California and Virginia with redistricting while they steal seats in Texas, Florida, and Missouri, and they started it. That's why Trump tried to change the US Constitution on birthright citizenship by executive order. That's why he just fired all the Federal Election Assistance Commissioners while he's trying to seize ballots and intimidate poll workers, and why he's desperately trying to pass a national voter suppression bill to stop mail-in ballots, which he uses himself.

​Rules for thee, not for me. That's the Republican motto. So let this be a lesson. Stop playing by their rules. Republicans have only one rule: power. Every other rule is negotiable. The old rule book has been burned, and we will be too, if we don't wake up.

Survivors of the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein have released a video statement via World Without Exploitation. Their description reads:

“Tell the Senate to reject Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General.

Here's how you can help:

- Sign the petition to vote “No” to confirm Todd Blanche.

-Share this video to help spread the message and
encourage others to take action.

Link to the petition.

Under Blanche's leadership at the Department of Justice, Epstein survivors' personal information-including their names, phone numbers, and home addresses-was exposed, while the names of many alleged abusers and other powerful individuals connected to Epstein remained redacted. The disclosure revictimized the very people the justice system was supposed to protect and put their safety at risk.

Millions of Epstein-related files remained unreleased, and the Department declined to pursue additional credible investigative leads or other potential perpetrators, shielding them from greater accountability.
Stand with survivors.

Tell the Senate to vote NO on Todd Blanche for AG.”

Video Credits

Director: Aimee Lagos
Producer: Aimee Lagos, Lauren Hersh, Rachel Foster Editor: Judd Frazier

https://www.worldwithoutexploitation.org

https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/associated-press/abrams-defends-burning-state-flag-confederate-symbol-92/

Some people don't seem to have learned the word slavocracy. It was a term that the venerable John Quincy Adams spent his life fighting against:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavocracy