This photo on the National Mall captivated the country decades ago. The real story behind it remained a mystery—until now. #GiftArticlewapo.st/4eJZBvA

This photo on the National Mall captivated the country decades ago. The real story behind it remained a mystery — until now.

In 1974, a group of friends met the unthinkable with a lavish celebration. The real story behind a photo that captured the moment remained a mystery until now.

The GOP “today isn’t incidentally grotesque; like the man who leads it, Donald Trump, it is grotesque at its core. It is the Island of Misfit Toys, though in this case there’s a maliciousness to the misfits, starting with Trump, that makes them uniquely dangerous to the republic.” #giftarticle

The Republican Freak Show

Like the man who leads it, the GOP is not just incidentally grotesque. It is grotesque at its core.

"Canon limits art. It tells us we can’t retell stories, we can’t remix them, we can’t reimagine them. We have to stick to what has already been set out." #Spiderverse#movies#GiftArticle#comics

Across the Spider-Verse and “Canonicity”

Canon, compassion, sincerity and why ‘Across The Spider-Verse’ is a good movie

Please read to understand how one young #trans#DeSantis#Florida#transphobia#GiftArticle#GiftLinkhttps://wapo.st/47HSqBu#Politics [Original post on newsie.social]

This is a useful history lesson on the wars and factions in the region around Lebanon going back to the 1970s. wapo.st/47LLtQ2#WaPo#GiftArticle#Nasrallah#Lebanon

Hasan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader and force in Middle East, dies at 64

He grew Hezbollah from a Lebanese guerrilla movement into the region’s most capable paramilitary organization, and a leading foe of Israel.

Here is a gift link to the editorial: wapo.st/47MGFtS#giftarticle

Opinion | Why Americans are having fewer kids — and why it could be a problem

The question of whether or not to have children implicates life’s deepest, most vexing questions.

Trump keeps creating avenues for people to quietly give him money https://wapo.st/4ejaeoZ#GiftArticle#DangerousDonald#DonaldArlingtonTrump#GOPWeirdos#TrumpWillLose2024#TrumpIsUnwell#Project2025#KevinRoberts#HeritageFoundation#NoRepublicansEverAgain#FuckFascists#VoteBlue#USPol […]

Helping birds #ClimateChange#Ecosystems#Restoration#Conservation#GiftArticlewapo.st/3BlSpY2

Opinion | To save the birds, I’m killing my farm

I’m turning hayfields into meadows of wildflowers and native grasses for the critters who need these biomes to live.

It's really unfortunate that men have gotten as far as they have based only on sheer physical strength. Obviously, they haven't put themselves in charge because of their brains or compassion for others. #GiftArticle#Misogyny#GOPWarOnWomen#Trump#Vancewapo.st/4dmqc0j

Opinion | What’s this election about? Whether women will run their own lives.

Are you ready for a “Republic of high status males”? I don’t think so.

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