I remember when I worked at CNN and saw @davidaxelrod in the green room. Asked a question that continues to befuddle me. Never got a satisfying response. Here goes again: During entire SCOTUS history, when has there EVER been a liberal justice — appointed by a Democrat POTUS — considered to be a “swing vote,” in the tradition of a Justice Anthony Kennedy. So rare to see the three liberal justices on the current court now EVER act as a “swing vote.”
And yet, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, ACB, and Chief Justice Roberts (MANY TIMES) side with the liberal wing. Why? Think that Sotomayor or Kagan or KBJ would EVER take a *consequential position not aligned with their preferred ideology? Serious question. Why are “swing votes” almost always right to left? 🤔
Pet ownership is becoming less obtainable because the cost of caring for your animal
This man took his dog to the vet for an ear issue. Just got a basic ear issue it was $725 and then an additional $425 just to clean tarter from his teeth
This is because of private equity firms, they’ve been secretly buying up and taking over the pet care industry and skyrocketing prices
- 45% of general veterinary practices in the US are owned by private equity firms or corporate consolidators.
- 80% of specialty and emergency veterinary practices are under private equity/corporate ownership
If this continues soon Americans won’t even be able to afford to have a dog or cat anymore
Congress worked 87 days this year With full pay ($174k) AND benefits.
You want to talk about government waste'?
Let's pay congress HOURLY. Problem solved
The remains of over 100 dogs were found at a Northern California animal sanctuary during an investigation into suspected animal cruelty, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said on Friday. Preliminary reports say 70 of the dogs examined had died of gunshot wounds.
The investigation into Miranda's Rescue in Fortuna began April 22 after the sheriff's office said they received credible information of allegations of felony animal abuse, animal cruelty, fraud and conspiracy.
The sheriff's office completed the search on Friday and announced they had unearthed the intact remains of 117 dogs from two separate dig sites.
@LoudOutside Nothing against trans people but you know if that kid was labeled “trans” he would have had more than enough school protection and support.
@MartinSellner_ Yes, he’s nasty and deserves legal punishment for his perverted public behavior, but that woman was trying to prevent murder. Just pin that f-er down and call the cops.
@wilsonhlthcoach We moved to Florida from Ohio in 2021 and have mainly vacationed these past 4 years taking roadtrips around Florida. So many amazing towns, springs and beaches in just one state. Let alone the rest of the country. We are so lucky to live in the US.
Who cares? There are valid things to criticize her for, this doesn't seem to be one of them. How about highlighting her racism against white people or something?
Her father seems like a regular middle class person who has nothing to do with politics, as far as I can tell. $1750 is super cheap rent in Miami. He can't control what his 32 year old daughter says about private property or whatever.
A lot of leftists including Mamdani come from much wealthier families. Charges of hypocrisy don't affect them. Their voters love 'class traitors.'
@Badhombre What’s wrong with the couple helping out around the house doing things they’re good at? Should they sit around just watching tv and mooching?
Thomas Jefferson died on the 4th of July. Not just any 4th. The exact 50th anniversary of the Declaration he wrote. And on that same day, hundreds of miles away, his old friend and rival John Adams died too. You cannot make this up. Here's the story.
Everyone knows Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence at just 33 years old. Fewer people know the size of the mind behind it.
He was a relentless genius. He taught himself law, architecture, multiple languages, science, and farming. He designed his own home, Monticello, and kept refining it for forty years like he physically could not leave a good idea alone. He tinkered and invented constantly, including a better plow blade that he refused to patent because he believed useful ideas should belong to everyone, not be locked up for profit.
He was a book addict on a scale that's hard to picture today. He owned close to 10,000 books in his lifetime. And when the British burned the Capitol and destroyed the Library of Congress in 1814, Jefferson sold his personal collection of roughly 6,500 volumes to the nation to rebuild it. The Library of Congress today essentially grew back from his bookshelves.
He served as the nation's first Secretary of State, its second Vice President, and its third President. As President he pulled off the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the country in a single stroke, and sent Lewis and Clark to map a continent.
He founded the University of Virginia, designed its buildings himself, and was so proud of it that he asked it to be carved on his tombstone, alongside writing the Declaration and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Not one word about being President. He wanted to be remembered for what he built and what he taught.
And then the ending almost no one learns. He died on July 4, 1826, fifty years to the day after the nation was born. Adams, dying the very same day, reportedly murmured "Thomas Jefferson still survives," not knowing Jefferson had already passed hours earlier.
Two founders, two old rivals turned friends, leaving the world together on the country's golden anniversary.
Thomas Jefferson. The mind that wrote a nation into existence.