My nominee for post of the day. Thank you for saying this @rsouissivibes.bsky.social.
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My nominee for post of the day. Thank you for saying this @rsouissivibes.bsky.social.
4 months ago, I became the first Senator to call for RFK Jr. to resign. Tomorrow, he will be on Capitol Hill. The question I would ask is simple: Will you accept personal responsibility for the children who have died and will die because of your vaccine conspiracy theories?
๐คฃ But, not before they put you on some sort of irrelevant block-list. ๐
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texasโ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. โThis is striking,โ one doctor said. โThe trend is very clear.โ (Published July)
Some of us may have gotten lax w/ cancer screenings. This is your reminder to schedule yours ASAP. Hereโs why. RFK Jr. wants to fire every member of the USPSTF. This is the group whose recommendations decide which screenings must be covered by insurance. He will not replace them with experts.
Iโm going to post this again. You arenโt an ally if you donโt follow Black posters. Full stop.
Disney in Florida should just close their doors youtu.be/x6urACwKppk?...
We have term limits. Theyโre called elections. Why are folks ignoring the fact that these candidates are actually winning their primaries, and that many younger voters (especially white males) donโt bother to vote? Why double standards for Dems, when Republicans have older representatives? Sanders?
That part. ๐
Democrats have been screaming this for 10 years. The problem is the American People WANT Trump and his fascism. The American people want it and love it. The problem is the American people thought Trumpโs fascism would only be applied to The Gays or The Trans or The Blacks or The Mexicans.
Most Americans have zero problem with fascism as long as itโs applied to other people. The problem isnโt Trump. The problem is YOU ๐ซต๐ป.
Florida is set to end all state vaccine mandates, the state surgeon general announced today
It doesnโt matter if you feed your kids organic foods, MAHA moms. It doesnโt matter if you lift every day, bro. It doesnโt matter how many supplements you consume. When polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps, and whooping cough come a calling, all that matters is if you are vaccinated or not.
My maternal and paternal grandfathers were miners. Both were injured, had pulmonary issues, and said that they wouldnโt have done it, if they had any other options. They originally lived in company towns where they were fired and kicked out when white miners needed jobs, and lived off of scrip.
๐ฏ As white Americans grapple w/ the crises they have turned a blind eye to for centuries, or who theyโll blame for it, Black folks see it for what it is. This country has a white-nationalist cesspool at its core & will not survive another decade unless a majority of white folks decommission it.
Anti-diversity rhetoric in a racially diverse nation is genocidal. Like, if you don't want us to be here, where do you expect us to go? No one is asking those on the right these questions.
The deeper we go down the rabbit hole, the clearer it becomes: White people deflecting with the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) discourse. They claim Black people "didn't earn it," but the truth is, they're the group who has to work twice as hard to get by.
White Americans wonder why Black Americans have come to the point where they're just done with it all & want to be left alone now, especially after the last election. We read the writing on the wall. Nothing is going to change until white ppl make it change. youtu.be/upYvUe6hWEk?...
I'm leading a group of AGs opposing a new DHS policy that erases due process protections for undocumented immigrants and denies people their most basic constitutional rights. The federal government cannot ignore the law and threaten our nationโs families and values.
The ad campaign criticizing the use of masks by federal agents working in Washington, D.C. has expanded to 115 bus stops, per organizers
Tonight, Clay Higgins moved to force a vote to censure me and remove me from Homeland Committee because I was doing my job. Hereโs my statement.
Letโs talk about why you need to stop acting like domestic abusers w/ your daily & usually bigoted vitriol towards Democrats who are in the MINORITY of the House of Representatives & Senate, donโt control SCOTUS, & arenโt in the executive office. This is a long thread. CW: murder, abuse, language
๐คฃ ๐ Meanwhile Xi is likeโฆ
That part! โHarris lostโ is faugressive-speak to mask not voting. They clearly understood the risks that Drumpf posed. Project 2025, etc. Many โprogressivesโthought RFK, Jr. was a โbetterโ candidate.๐คฆ๐ฝโโ๏ธ They bought into disinfo ops re: Gaza, to put down multicultural democracy and wonโt admit to it.
The American Dream was a fantasy, co-opted and stolen by the greedy and corrupt. Using the plate analogy. Some Americans never had a plate. The wealthy took it all and left a few crumbs for others and told them to blame the plate-less folks. Their comfort isnโt just about finances, itโs hierarchy.
๐ฏ Zero coincidence that all talks re: the Prince/Flynn/Bannon connections and their mercenary armies have gone silent. I think this is why they are heavily masked. At this point, we donโt even know if these folks are Americans.
I still maintain that these unidentified and unidentifiable โfederal authoritiesโ can be traced to Betsy Lou Who DeVosโ brother Eric Mercenary Prince. We used to have journalists whoโd be on the money trail like bloodhounds. Now they just whine at us online for disagreeing with them.
Instead of weaponizing the phrase โgood troubleโ & desecrating the memory of John Lewis in order to mostly bash or make demands of Black people, more of you should read his final essay. Particularly the part that says โVoting and participating in the democratic process are key.โ
FYI youtube.com/shorts/reYtF...
Iโll never forget the time when an Oncologist/Hematologist, who masked and gloved religiously for chemo/infusion patients, said he would not wear masks for Covid. And, that the vaccine was unnecessary because of โnatural immunity.โ ๐คฆ๐ฝโโ๏ธ Who said propaganda doesnโt work?
Folks are so selfish and self-absorbed. Theyโve forgotten that public access is for everyone. We simply cannot have shared, common spaces where folks get to pick and choose their own rules. Itโs as if they know their ignorance is harmful, and WANT to inflict as many people as possible.
Kennedy must be removed from office. He has already caused a catastrophe at HHS and the CDC. I strongly suspect that he is about to use data manipulated by unscrupulous and unqualified individuals to attempt to falsely show that vaccines are in some way a net harm. He simply must be stopped.
Exactly! Especially, during heated and active tensions. Netany*hu would have used her words as justification to further escalate his genocidal agenda. Plusโฆ.he knew that a Harris presidency would have likely brought sanctions.
Iโm so sorry, Jay. ๐ซ Miss Gracie was such an inspiration. Baby girl LiVED her best life. ๐ She will be missed and never forgotten. โจ
That part. ๐๐ฝ We see it. This is what happens when folks intentionally downplayed the fact that Harris was also the sitting VP. She had the daunting task of navigating her own presidential campaign without undermining the current Presidentโs efforts to de-escalate tensions. Tr*mp & the GOP knew this.
I've been saying this for over a year! The democratic party is being sabotaged, by the right, the left, the progressives, the media, and then they go "oh low polling" and "messaging" they are the effing messaging killers.
The white denial is FASCINATING. Iโm a 1/2-white Black, man paid to fight racism; who studies collective behavior and knows white ppl โจneverโจ think collectively. Like..otherwise smart white ppl talmbout future electionsโ๏ธ Audre Lorde said โthe masterโs tools will never dismantle the masterโs house.
Republicans will win all future elections by a healthy marginโnothing extreme; close enough for voters to believe their vote mattered. Even more open racists will come out to vote Republican AND Republicans will cheat (via Elon counting votes). This is all laid out fairly clearly in Project 2025.
Time to share this one again: @leciamichelle.bsky.social and her book, "The White Allies Handbook." Because some of y'all still have work to do:
You guys, I really donโt think yโall are planning seriously enough for the impending pandemic. Itโs going to be so, so bad. Imagine many, many times the number of Covid deaths, but with no lockdown or social distancing guidance in place, no interest in finding a vaccine, etc. Bad bad bad ๐ท
College and technical training should be free for citizens. That's the best way to stimulate the economy, by providing people with an opportunity to become experts in fields they choose. That's how you bring innovation here, by becoming a beacon of education.
Black history is only jolting to those whoโve grown accustomed to white lies
The impending [measles, bird flu, smallpox] pandemic will be horrific. And the official U.S. govโt response will be formal inaction and anti-vaccination as policy. Many, many millions will die. A cure will ultimately be developed by China or some other nation the Trump administration has alienated.
Heโs going to go full out conspiracist with this one. I agree. His โcausesโ will be: 1) Vaccines 2) All vaccine ingredients (preservatives, adjuvants, stabilizers) 3) Antibiotics 4) Water ๐ The key to understand these ๐คกs is understanding their desired endgame. This study is a means to an end.
Heโs aiding/abetting a eugenics movement that has zero interest in protecting people from preventable/treatable ailments and diseases. The moment he joined this admin, he agreed to do their evil bidding. Most of them are vaccinated. They just donโt want most of us to have access to vaccines.
When you say โcovid is overโ or refer to the pandemic only in the pastense you make it easy for RFK jr to withhold the vaccines & defund clinics. You make it easy for employers to end paid sick days. When you donโt mask up you make it easy to pass bans. We organize but what you do & say matters too.
COVID is not โover.โ People presenting at hospitals who are severely ill with the virus are the unvaccinated. Theyโre the ones dying, too. RFK, Jr., a known anti-vaxxer, plans to cancel $500m in funding for mRNA vaccines that counter viruses that cause diseases such as the flu and Covid-19.
Whatโs also nefarious re: saying Covid is โoverโ is that we have an administration thatโs actively promoting pseudoscience, destroying past progress, terminating research, & hobbling existing science to weaken society. Mixing a new strain or disease w/ current antipathy is diabolically disastrous.
Purity politics = regressive politics Pragmatic politics = progressive politics
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
Iโm not sure why Bluesky hasnโt gotten better at being Etsy friendly but hereโs a new link that worksโฆhopefully. comingandgoingdesign.etsy.com/listing/1897...
Democrats have been arrested, thrown to the ground, broken filibuster records, sued in the courts, willing to redistrict their states, confronting ICE, leaving their states on the run, done 130 Town Halls in GOP districts and even assassinated for being Democrats and still โthis is what we get.
Fresh words โจ in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of Katrina allyfromnola.medium.com/how-hurrican...
โIf Dems want to win back working peopleโ ๐ Are the 92% not working people?
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Fresh words โจ medium.com/for-black-wo...
Black people know what anti-woke means. We get it that it's your cowardly way of expressing hatred toward us. But most White people don't know what "woke" really means. That gap in understanding is ironic.
๐จ๐จ๐จ OK, it's the final stretch. There's 7 more states to go. I'm gonna post them all in one thread. 4 of them have massive numbers of enrollees. 3 only have a small number of enrollees but the rate hikes for some enrollees are TRULY jaw-dropping. First up: The Million Plus Enrollee Club:
Vaccinate your kids. If you're an adult, make sure your vaccinations are up to date. Measles doesn't know state lines, and people travel.
Twenty years after Katrina, and White families in New Orleans hold approximately 13 times the wealth of Black families, even greater than the national average
We mobilized 30,000 volunteers to make calls and send texts to help Iowa Democrats and Catelin Drey's campaign get out the voteโwinning a district that Donald Trump won by over 11 points in November.
A McKinsey Company report found that 43% of Black private-sector workers earn less than $30,000 per year. That's why it's so important to look at the big picture, not just the outliers that are paraded around. www.mckinsey.com/featured-ins...
Hogg exemplifies how white mediocrity gets boosted, elevated and dragged across the finish line; while Black excellence, integrity and intellect gets nothing but opposition, obstacles and demands to โdo better.โ Heโs an op for the โBlue Tea Partyโ movement that wyt folks are once again failing for.
"Leftists" have been doing this foolishness for a long time. This is what happened with #BlackLivesMatter movement. youtube.com/shorts/G68jh...
There are lots of rumors flying around about what might happen to COVID vaccine access, but please note we still do not have any official news yet. While we wait, there are things you can do: 1๏ธโฃ Wear a mask to prevent COVID transmission 2๏ธโฃ Push your elected officials to speak up about vaccine access
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Canโt quite figure this out. Hmmโฆ
Lisa Cook is a test because the firing is illegal & if Habbaโs appeals donโt get the results he wants from SCOTUS, heโll hope Cookโs appeals expand his power. If sheโs charged w/ mortgage fraud she becomes the test case for his โenemiesโ, like AG James. His racism & misogynoir are not distractions.
Just wasted 10 minutes of my life watching a YouTube video titled โprogressive and a proud boy.โ ๐คฆ๐ฝโโ๏ธ Further proof that many progressive white men just want a way to say โat least Iโm not that guy!โ Thatโs why the pod-bros are doing all those Jubilee-type โdebates.โ Theyโre looking for common ground.
Thx ๐
A victory for democracy.
I donโt think theyโre scared for the same reasons as the rest of us. They are uncomfortable that this moment requires them to relinquish privilege, take the lead in fighting for everyoneโs rights, and actually hold their own folks accountable. Theyโre not used to doing that.
Y'all need to tighten down on your money. This is the third time I have said this. Shit is going to be bonkers the next few months. Him firing Lisa Cook is a bad thing. You will see.
Mississippi asked the Supreme Court to overturn a 5th Circuit ruling that struck down the stateโs five-day post-election grace period for late mail-in ballots. If the Court takes up the case, it could theoretically strike down grace periods nationwide.
Health misinformation and disinformation are the biggest and most under prioritized threats to public health in the 21st century. They are eroding decades of progress in the control and spread of diseases in real time. If we do not address this like the existential threat it is, we risk everything!
โWe need to admit to, confront, and change the racism in the American justice system that decides who is stopped by police, who is arrested, who is searched, who is charged, who is prosecuted, and who isnโt, as well as look at who receives longer sentences and why and demand a fair and equal system.
White Rage by Carol Anderson should be required reading
I discovered that one New Orleans mayoral candidate has a spouse with ties to Trump. The same one claiming this campaign is not about race is rubbing noses with racists. Vote locally and show up to the debate on September 9th.
I will never forgive America for allowing this to happen. Never. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Secretary Clinton was right about EVERYTHING. I wish folks had listened.๐ If you didn't listen then, listen NOW, because she's still 100% correct.
Yep. I remember Inauguration Day and how hopeful it felt. Actually was able to look forward to holidays again, without them being grossly politicized by Drumpf. Not seeing his azz 24/7 was glorious.
๐จBREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislatureโs gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
๐จBREAKING: 3rd Circuit REJECTS RNC motion to pause ruling requiring Pennsylvania counties to count undated/wrongly dated ballots. This means counties cannot reject undated and wrongly dated ballots while the case continues on appeal. Congrats to our clients DSCC and DCCC!
This is 100% correct.
SCOOP: CBP has had access to more than 80,000 Flock cameras nationwide. Cops said they didnโt understand they were sharing with CBP. Flock has just cut off access: www.404media.co/cbp-had-acce...
Cable news keeps broadcasting Trump as he tells blatant lies, and only rarely do they correct him. Which means they're amplifying his lies. It's complicity with fascism.
On Inauguration Day, I listed 12 tripwires of tyranny that would indicate we were in a MAGA dictatorship. Things like โInvestigators being investigatedโ and โA powerless Congress.โ Weโve hit 5 of those tripwires and are close on 5 others. Check out the list in my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
Bigoted white people, stop acting like the laws of the land are some measure of morality. Your history in this country has already proven you're full of sh*tโฆโฆ..
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market โwithin months,โ one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.โs closest associates has told the Daily Beast.
RFK Jr. Warns Docs of Liability if They Stray From CDC on Vaccines www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v... Hoyce Frieden, MedPage Today
1/7 Everyone knows Sinclair. But the real giant shaping Americaโs โlocalโ news is one youโve probably never heard of: Nexstar. It owns or runs nearly 200 stations, reaching 68% of households. Bigger than Sinclair. Bigger than Tegna & almost completely invisible #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
Ffs FYI โ ๏ธ Toothpaste Recalled Nationwide as FDA Issues Risk Warning - Newsweek share.google/z2xBrQDdo1Dp...
Let Gavin cook.., and recognize he can say what he wants and take an approach that women like Kamala & Hillary could not..
I just want to remind everyone Trump's executive orders are not lawful. Presidents do not rule by decree.
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Iโm old enough to remember folks arguing on the old space about the viability of RFK, Jr. as President. ๐คฆ๐ฝโโ๏ธ That didnโt age well for them. Yet, I see zero folks admitting that they voted for him, West, or their favorite spoilerโฆ.Stein. They were warned that a 3rd Party vote was a vote for Frumpy. ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
They say they hate socialism, but drive on roads paid for with tax dollars, send their kids to publicly funded schools, call fire departments in case of emergency, and look forward to collecting social security at retirement age.
Listening to my mother talk about not having the option to attend Kindergarten in Jim Crow South Carolinaโฆ She holds a doctorate degree. Sheโs traveled the world. When I say our existence is miraculous. You absolutely cannot tear me down because my ancestral line keeps me.
Donโt I know it!!! ๐ Itโs a phenomenon that one day will be studied. I have a racially diverse family and although they are not outright racist, the past few years have exposed much of their inherent biases. Iโm in the trenches, ready to pull all my hair out (or theirsโฆ ๐) b/c they DO NOT get it.
Black Joy has always been an act of resistance.