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For mother's day, I made a banana entremet. Surrounded with tiny lady fingers and topped with bananas, mangos, watermelon, and candied pecans.

Banana Entremets

I woke up this morning feeling defiantly patriotic. Over breakfast, I was reflecting on the original text of the pledge of allegiance. Right now, this feels like the kind of expression that could get you picked up by masked secret police. Come at me, bro!

Painting of the U.S. flag combined with the 1892 original text of the predge of allegience

Welp, the senate passed their big "take from the poor and give to the rich" bill with Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. Despite her nice words, Alaska's "very concerned" senator fell in line. It was fully in her hands and she could have prevented it if she wanted to. Guess she didn't want to.

Lisa Murkowski's "yes vote" copied from the NYT