❇️ Plant lover & Nazi hater ❇️
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Good morning to you 🌞 from the Southern Coast on the
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
A habitable planet is more important than the profits of a few fossil fuel companies. Pass it on.
De Georgiou: And to be clear, the only motive for opposing this bill would be to conceal wrongdoing. You have a choice: stand with the truth or with the lies that have protected predators for decades.
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
Khanna: It’s going to be a bombshell press conference tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The American people will hear directly from survivors of the Epstein abuse. And they’re not just going to talk about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s abuse — they’re going to talk about rich and powerful men…
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
As we begin September, Democracy Docket is tracking 139 voting and election cases is 40 states. 13 in Georgia 13 in North Carolina 10 in Texas 9 in Arizona 8 in Pennsylvania 8 in Wisconsin Democracy is on the docket! www.democracydocket.com
As Trump attacks unions and occupies our city, we’re called to remember how we got here. Labor Day would not exist without the workers who fought and died at the Haymarket Massacre and the Pullman Strike in Chicago. It’s not a coincidence he’s targeting Chicago:
I am 76 & I have had most of these vaccinations at one time or another. Also vaccinations against Covid, Tetanus, plus Cholera & Yellow Fever when travelling in foreign countries. These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
Los Angeles, CA Music Festival 9/1/25
Thank you on this labor day!!
I love this guy
@jakescottmd.bsky.social
Ditto.
Until Trump speaks publicly, I’m going to assume he’s incapable.
California stepping up.
If they enact a new illegal congressional map, Missouri will be sued.
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.
Tomorrow (9/1). Stop the billionaire takeover. More than 1,000 protests nationwide. Find one near you. MayDayStrong.org.
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
Science is real
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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Let that sink in.
This is a must-read article.
Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
“They advocate the removal of almost all public officials and services, increasing the numbers of the armed forces and police, building up the capacity for repression by the powers that be, no longer public, but corporate and business. [DOGE and militia-style police (ICE)] is a trial run of this.”
CHICAGO…
Why are we waiting for the people that are purposely killing us to die naturally? We are all gonna be dead by then.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.
Actually, they do care. Republicans want the American people to suffer and die. It is intentional.
Actually they do. And they want a whole lot of us dead! 😒
NEVER FORGET: The GOP Congress lack of interest in the breach of actual science at the CDC has made it CLEAR: they don’t care if we live or die.
The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight. Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?
Good news everyone we can all go back to shitting in the drinking water for freedom
Learn to decipher the codespeak.
Trump already gutted $9 billion in foreign aid—now he’s back for $4.9 billion more. This time he's trying to let Republicans dodge a vote. These cuts hit vital counterterrorism, food security, and democracy programs with zero accountability. This is illegal, plain and simple.
Yeah Hitler didn't back down because he was asked nicely 😃 It's going to get uncomfortable wether we fight back or not so might as well fight for a better life.
I do not
I boycott places like Amazon and Facebook but it's hard and frustrating when I feel I could do more.
These people are attacking the population on every front. Health. Education. Water. Air. Food. Transportation. And of course our legal protections.
Either Trump's presidency is legitimate, or the Constitution is legitimate. Both cannot be true. We must choose, and the future of this country pivots on the choice we all make.
We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is.
DO NOT PUT CHILDREN ON TV TALKING ABOUT A SHOOTING THEY JUST LIVED THROUGH The media who do this are heartless bastards
The bigger picture: Donald Trump is waging war against America & Americans. youtu.be/6Qp5AZZ-N2A
This fire has burned 9K acres and is only 13% contained. On top of that, the doge cuts never restored staffing levels so the wild land crews were already short handed before this ICE action www.kiro7.com/news/local/b...
Trump’s ICE goons now literally arresting firefighters. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Sen Patty Murray (D-WA): “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired.”
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It’s worse than that, Senator, although that is bad enough. You need to impeach Kennedy. This is a DISGRACE. bsky.app/profile/eliz...
Vaccines save lives and that's why they want them gone. Fraud and abuse or something... Blah,blah, blah... Socialism.
It’s outrageous that Sec. Kennedy is trying to fire the CDC Director — after only a few weeks on the job — for her commitment to public health & vaccines. The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible. Vaccines save lives. Period.
Horrifying and also preventable. I hate reading this. 💔
OK, I’m going to try and sleep and see what it does to the world and to my brain. See you in the morning. Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.
GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
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I won't pay anything for treatment. No insurance forms to complete. No worries about costs or bankruptcy. Cardiac surgeon called this morning. Less than 24 hours. Consult and booking in two weeks. That's what universal healthcare looks like in Canada. 🇨🇦
Universal healthcare is a frequent topic on Bluesky. I have a story to share as a Canadian. Yesterday, I went for an angiogram. I was experiencing very intermittent, mild chest pain. Procedure went well. Very professional care. But I need a triple bypass. Ugh...cont'd.
🚨NEW🚨 Russia is mandating a new VK messaging app called Max. We had some researchers take a look and—surprise, surprise—it's tracking basically everything users do. “This app just gathers all the data and logs it. I don’t remember seeing that in any messenger app." www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Roasting the National Guard 🫡 😂 🤣 😂
It won't be the party that saves us
A full busload of National Guard members were seen Tuesday morning picking up trash around Lafayette Park, just outside of the White House.
George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, intends to sue the federal government following his violent arrest and three-day detention by ICE without any explanation.
Iowa tonight is exactly why Republicans are redrawing their maps.
ICYMI — @GovPritzker tells Trump to stay out of CHICAGO, and urges the press to stop both-sidesing us into authoritarianism 🔥 🎯 🇺🇸
NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
Shout out to all our “small government” Republican friends
The military is not a police force, and should never be deployed in American communities against their will. That the President doesn't understand this (or simply doesn't care) shows just how grossly unfit for office he is.
I effing can’t get over the number of people I know who continue to believe, “It can’t be Fascism. I’m still playing pickleball.”
It’s continues to be despicable how the media has spent a decade normalizing the orange felon so much so that they are reporting on his authoritarian militarization of Washington DC as if it were a routine military exercise. They deliberately failed democracy for clickbait.
To the Bluesky community and everyone who follows and fights.
People keep blaming the rise of fascism on the books women are reading but you know what I think the real cause is? Giving stupid people's opinions the same merit and consideration as the experts.
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence
Good morning and happy Tuesday to everyone. It's called a dictatorship. And it's pronounced fuck you.
note how Trump on a daily basis is trying to normalize the idea that he's a dictator
I was just told by my Republican congressman’s staffer in DC that Rep Sam Graves hasn’t had a town hall since 2012 because he is scared for his safety… So, he has been avoiding his constituents for 13 years because he’s scared of us? I’m confused.
Trump does a thing, democrats call it a distraction. No they are all the thing. We’re under attack. Fight all the things.
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