krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶

I follow US and Canadian politics and cute animal accounts. Come for the political discussion, stay for the animals

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

4 college graduates,
3 Masters degrees
1 Doctorate,
2 law degrees
3 Ivy League educations

All in one photo.

Oh and their husbands are in the photo too

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

one day, your pet will be gone, and you’ll realize the luckiest part of your life was being loved by a tiny creature who thought you were home.

[krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶 @krnlaux]

@adgirlMM Ohhh, I just found out this is a thing! But I don't have a milkshake ☹️

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Some thoughts on the new Epstein Files revelations:

I’ve now read everything that’s come out from the new Haberman and Swan book, and the thing I keep coming back to is the Situation Room. They held multiple meetings in the Situation Room about the Epstein files. That room is for war. It’s for national security emergencies. It is not for figuring out how to spin a scandal you’re telling the country is a hoax.

While the President was deflecting or calling this old news, his own Vice President and Chief of Staff were huddled in the most leak-proof room in America because they knew how bad it really was.

You don’t take a nothingburger to the Situation Room.

And I have to be honest, reading all this brings back a lot of frustration about what happened in the House of Representatives. I sat there and watched Mike Johnson send the House home early to dodge a vote on releasing these files. I watched him refuse to swear in a duly elected colleague for months just to stall the discharge petition. Month after month of excuses, arm twisting, and procedural games, all to keep this information from the public. We only got the files because survivors, families, and a handful of members in both parties simply refused to let it go.

So when people ask me why I talk so much about transparency and accountability, this is why. The truth eventually comes out. It always does.

The only question is whether your leaders helped reveal it or helped bury it.

Everyone who voted to keep these files hidden should have to answer for that.

Finally, notice what’s missing from all of this is any sign that Trump’s DOJ will actually investigate the powerful men named in these files.

Draw your own conclusions about why a Justice Department run by the President’s former defense lawyers might not be eager to pull that thread.

[𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @SundaeDivine]

The White House tried to make the Epstein files go away, and instead discovered they had stapled a foghorn to a chainsaw.

Gifted article: https://t.co/Wv3GRzll3a

[krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶 @krnlaux]

#WalmartLiberace

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Tom Nichols: He's determined to leave his mark here by kind of embedding or just covering the city in this kind of Walmart Liberace design ethos that he has... It's also a sign of his mental and emotional state that this is what he thinks about all day, and not about the job of being the president of the United States.

[krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶 @krnlaux]

@AdamParkhomenko He's my new favorite follow @HunterBiden

[krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶 @krnlaux]

@doggintrump Nope. Not even a bit.

[Toiu Oana @oana_toiu]

A very good discussion with my Canadian colleague @AnitaAnandMP following the irresponsible action of the Russian Federation that has led to a drone crash last night.

This grave incident led to an explosion that injured two Romanian citizens and caused property damage in the city of Galați.

I thanked my Canadian counterpart for the message of solidarity expressed by PM Mark Carney and for her strong message.

Our enhanced partnership will grow, contributing to the transatlantic link.

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Très bonne discussion avec @AnitaAnandMP, ma collègue canadienne. Nous avons discuté après deux citoyens roumains ont été blessées et leur propriété a été endommagée après l’action irresponsable de la Federation Russe.

J’ai remercié ma collègue canadienne pour le message de solidarité exprimée par le premier ministre canadien Mark Carney.

Notre partenariat consolide avancera, en contribuant au lien transatlantique.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

This is what Trump's done to the people's house:

A third of it is rubble.

Another third is a cage match.

What a metaphor.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

3 cuts can save a life.

Avoid single-use plastic if you can, but if you wind up with one of these: those 3 cuts take about 5 seconds and can prevent a slow death for wildlife.

[krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶 @krnlaux]

@giveashitnature I've been doing this since I was a kid and so many people have laughed at me saying it's an old wives tale. I feel vindicated.

[Amanda @Idontgive2u]

Aujourd’hui, j’étais à la banque, dans la file d’attente devant un distributeur.
Devant moi, un monsieur très âgé. Plus de quatre-vingts ans, sûrement.
Il tenait une enveloppe dans la main, un peu tremblante.

Quand ce fut son tour, je l’ai observé discrètement.
Il touchait l’écran, hésitait, revenait en arrière…
Je voyais bien qu’il ne comprenait pas.
L’écran, les boutons, les étapes… tout semblait trop rapide pour lui.

La file derrière commençait à s’impatienter.
Lui, il s’est retourné vers moi, avec un regard gêné mais digne,
et il m’a demandé, tout doucement :
« Vous pourriez m’aider… s’il vous plaît ? »

Je me suis avancée tout de suite.
Je lui ai expliqué calmement, étape par étape.
Sans jamais toucher son argent.
Par respect. Par pudeur. Par délicatesse.

Il voulait faire un dépôt.
Il a réussi, lentement, en se concentrant.
Quand l’opération s’est terminée, il avait l’air soulagé.
Comme un enfant fier d’avoir réussi.

Il m’a remerciée avec un sourire incroyable.
Et juste avant de partir, il a sorti un billet de 10 euros de sa poche
et a voulu me le donner.

J’ai refusé.
Il a insisté. Il m’a dit que c’était « pour le petit-déjeuner ».
Pour me remercier à sa manière.

J’ai décliné encore, doucement.
Et là, je suis repartie avec un nœud dans la gorge.

Parce que ce monsieur…
ce n’est pas un cas isolé.

Ils sont nombreux, nos parents, nos grands-parents,
perdus face à un monde devenu trop numérique, trop rapide, trop froid.
Perdus devant les écrans, les bornes, les applications, les mots de passe.

Ces gens ont construit le pays dans lequel on vit.
Ils ont travaillé toute leur vie.
Ils ont payé, cotisé, élevé des enfants, tenu des familles.

Et aujourd’hui, on les laisse seuls
face à des machines qui ne parlent pas,
dans des banques sans guichet,
dans des hôpitaux sans accueil,
dans des administrations sans humain.

On parle d’innovation, de progrès, de modernité…
Mais on oublie l’essentiel : l’humain.

S’arrêter cinq minutes pour aider quelqu’un,
ça ne coûte rien.
Mais pour eux, ça change tout.

Parfois je me demande :
est-ce qu’on avance vraiment…
ou est-ce qu’on devient juste plus rapides à oublier les autres ?

[krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶 @krnlaux]

@adgirlMM I'm glad she's gone, I'm nervous about her replacement, and I'm sorry about her husband's diagnosis - that's rough

[Denver7 News @DenverChannel]

Wondering when Trail Ridge Road may open in Rocky Mountain National Park? Well, here's a look at the top on Wednesday. 👀 The opening date remains up in the air. https://t.co/Y0IdSjvr6D (📸: RMNP)

[Watch Duty @watchdutyapp]

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➡️ Crews are scaling up fast, working on more engine strike teams and air tankers.
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[Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @NotHoodlum]

Look at this slop job. The only reflecting that should be done here is why 77 million Americans voted for the return of this insane maniac.

[krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶 @krnlaux]

@tylerblack32 Couldn't have been more timely for me personally - thank you!

[krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶 @krnlaux]

Thank you so much for your informative and engaging conversation @tylerblack32

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

I'M HOSTING A SPACE:
Ask a Psychiatrist Anything
(about psychiatric medications)

Live today from 12:30pst to who knows when... paperwork sucks.

I'll be hosting a space as I do some paperwork.

Rule 1: be respectful
Rule 2: that's it :)

[krnlaux🇺🇦🌊🐶 @krnlaux]

@tylerblack32 dang it - that's when I'm having my telehealth call with a new psychiastrist! I would have had some questions 😎 but hopefully this appt goes well. It's great that you are offering this!