I retired from teaching two years ago thinking I'd spend my days reading, organizing, traveling, hiking. Ya know, enjoying life. But OPE! The government went and did fascism, so I'm just gonna stand up and fight it, doncha know.

Active shooter at an elementary school. Developing situation. But I've said it before and I'll say it again: IT'S THE FUCKING GUNS. Nowhere else are there shootings like in the United States. More guns than people in this country. We are a sick nation.

I'm old enough to remember when our government would do anything and everything to keep the United States and the world safe from Russian aggression.

I knew it was gonna be bad when Trump got back into the White House. But I didn't know it was going to be total-realignment-of-the-global-order bad. IT'S SO BAD.

The cat's outta the bag so....be there or be square!

So, this post is based upon reporting by MSNOW--which they have since corrected. WTF MSNOW. Now I need to double-check your reporting before I post from now on, and that stinks.

Slava Ukraine and fuck Elon Musk.

Lung cancer. The universe keeps getting it wrong.

Trump's first vice president is slamming him for throwing Ukraine to the wolves and siding with Russia. How long will other Republicans stay on the sinking ship?

Can we have just one fucking day without constant lies and attacks from our own government?!? Jayzus, it's too much.

Ilhan Omar came to the U.S. as a child. Ilhan Omar has been a citizen for 26 years. Ilhan Omar isn't in the Epstein files. Ilhan Omar has served Minnesota and the United States honorably. Ilhan Omar is a good and decent human being. And Donald Trump is afraid of her.

MN Rep Ilhan Omar's home was raided by federal agents as part of the attempt to bait Minnesota into a race war. But we will continue to do what we have been doing: take care of each other. Somali, Hmong, Mexican, Ukrainian....If you live in the North Star State, you're Minnesotan now.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day Christopher Columbus was a racist pimp, colonizing rapist, cruel enslaver, and all-around piece of shit. Fuck that guy.

Lest there be any doubt, we're woke AF.

Super loud for the people in the back: HELL YES to public accountabilty hearings and trials. FUCK NO to public executions.

Today I went to a Pride festival and tore the seam of my rainbow butterfly cape. So tonight I sat in an electric recliner watching the last episode of Ted Lasso over my reading glasses while I sewed my cape with a cat on my lap. I have never been so cool in my entire life.

If you are wasting your time sending us bullshit like this via direct emails, you're on the wrong side of history.

My friend Kim taught me what my history classes hadn’t about Native American boarding schools. I wrote about that history, her friendship, and why both shape the questions I ask about family separation today. Link in the comments.