This young man’s compassion and humanity are unbelievable. After this disgusting bullying, he’s offered the hand of friendship to those who bullied him.

Apparently kinja will no longer allow a straight share; only an embed in a new post. All hail the newer more improved kinja. So go to Novel Solution’s comment to reply, rather than this post.

Re; the Sessions firing and Whitaker hiring. From act.moveon.org

A commenter on Palmer Report is urging people to check online to see if your ballot has been received and counted.

I get to do a twofer; featuring the theme of the week and highlighting my angel doggie, Kia, who is most likely a blend of two fine Aussie herding dogs, the Kelpie and the Cattle Dog. As far as I can tell, the only Australian breeds are herding dogs. Both Kelpies and Cattle Dogs are medium sized dogs, coming to about…

Very, very disturbing.

Reverend William Barber, a wise and gentle man, a true Christian (and I say that as an agnotic; he walks the walk), has been awarded a MacArthur Award. From Wonkette;

Here are a couple of inspirational articles from Treehugger, one of my favourite sites;

All new update; mrsfinch is available for dinner, as am I. I’m heading out for dinner, so will not be replying until later in the evening.

mrsfinch and anybody else, feel free to add;

Trump has halted family separations as of this afternoon;

Members of Jeff Session own church are accusing him of child abuse regarding the interned children separated from their parents. This may result in his expulsion from the church.

Wonkette has some suggestions, so I’m passing the word;

Oppo commenter Aspiring Engineer would like to share some political news from Mexico; over to you, Aspiring Engineer!