Mike Nowak (@mikenowak.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago, on the eve of occupation. @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social
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view profile on Bluesky Mike Nowak (@mikenowak.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago, on the eve of occupation. @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Do it.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
OMG all you have to do is pull to the side of the road, pick a place for your care there and park it.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
This is fucking reprehensible.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
The Atlantic is a MAGAt NAZI racist, anti-LGBTQ, anti-feminist, anti-science tabloid rag.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Having highly paid Blue Anon grifters cape for BAD Democrats is also a fucking problem.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I have never seen them criticize anything that elected Dems are or aren't doing right now or any of Kamala Harris' failures as a pres candidate.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Brian never criticizes anything that Dems are doing.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't believe them because they never criticize any elected Dems.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a huge problem.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
Hey @joshkaulwi.bsky.social this racist horror happened in your state.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
I usually wait to get my vaccines until October so the one for the flu lasts all winter. Should I just get it now with my COVID and RSV vaccines and be done with them?
Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy.com) reposted
No joke. Homeschooling should be illegal.
doc (@docseuss.bsky.social) reposted
as someone who was homeschooled: yes. ban every last inch of it. I don't care if you're lucky enough to have a someone with a post-doc in engineering and someone else with a master's in english teaching you. it's wrong. it's abuse. it should be illegal.
I’ve Had It Podcast (@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social) reposted
JD Vance, where’s the gratitude for your Sephora eyeliner?? 💋
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
Attention everyone, go to their YouTube channel tomorrow to watch this interview.
I’ve Had It Podcast (@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social) reposted
Canks has his 💅 moments
Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) reposted
Keir Starmer just appointed Tim Allan, a board member of the anti trans hate group, Sex Matters, to be his new communications director.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
The labour party in the UK is now a full fascist organization.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Him talking about the flag this much is giving me the creeps because it reminds me of the flag waving racist people here in America
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
He is a vile piece of garbage
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Again, we all apologize to you for not backing your campaign over fetterman.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember everybody in the White House press pool are sycophants now and they are being paid off to not ask these questions or really say anything in public at all.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Donald Trump didn't write that. He hasn't written any of the social media posts attributed to him in like 5 days. He hasn't spoken out loud since last Tuesday.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
This is another example of social media brain rot. TV shows used to get tens of millions of viewers each week and all of those actors were bigger celebrities than anyone today.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep. I think he had a stroke.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, the last time he spoke was at the cabinet meeting that lasted for almost 4 hours.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a possibility.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah that's the other thing I noticed
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah that is the face of somebody who just had a stroke
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
Trust and believe that Martha voted for Donald Trump three times
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
These people are so stupid
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Susan Sarandon should not be lionized in any way at all. She told people to vote for the Russian asset and US elections chaos agent Jill Stein in 2016.
Mikki Halpin (@mikkipedia.bsky.social) reposted
Giuliani's "business partner" Maria Ryan, who he was visiting in New Hampshire, was intimately involved in Jan 6 and so-called Stop the Steal www.nhbr.com/report-ex-co...
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
No Democratic electeds should be allowed to have Twitter accounts anymore because that platform is rotting their brains and the brains of their staffers who monitor the account for them.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
There was a pandemic playbook that the Obama administration left behind for Donald and his minions and they threw it in the garbage.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Brian and Chris and Cory all have brain rot. There are others but those are the first three that came to my mind.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Brian has so much brain rot. He's the perfect example of why allowing Democratic electeds to stay on Twitter is an absolute dangerous thing.
Ravin Boodram (@rvbdrm.com) reposted
I watched Katrina: Come Hell and High Water on Netflix. Fuck everyone for trying to rehabilitate anyone from the George W. Bush administration.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep and they have been for almost a week now.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Who is the person you are responding to? They are blocked for me.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
This is so goddamn infuriating. Fuck the entire Republican party because they are all Donald Trump's MAGAts now.
Kathleen Bachynski (@bachynski.bsky.social) reposted
This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I know, I have to set boundaries around my social media consumption.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
He is the worst on that show
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
Again, the fascism is worldwide. Wake up
David Menschel (@davidmenschel.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago homicides are down 32% over one year and 50% over four years. If that keeps up for the remainder of the year, Chicago will have fewer homicides this year than any year in half a century.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
It's been over 10 years since we had actual weekends without having to think about the horrid political situation in America. This situation will continue to infuriate me.
Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GBLTY8/ AIPAC runs the United States. It’s a fucking outrage and it needs to stop.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
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."
Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted
Hey! Just icymi: FEMA is now evicting THOUSANDS of Hurricane Helene survivors Our government hates us. And millions voted for this degree of brutality and cruelty. Why?
Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted
In approximately 60 days, several major elections are going to take place across the country. I think SOMEONE at the DNC should be responsible for INFORMING all of the Dems in America how we can help our team members win. SOMEONE should be sending out links to sign up for letter writing, call &
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Again there is no "thank you for your attention to this matter" sentence at the end of this post meaning he didn't write it.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
There are three other Republican senators who are doctors who need to be criticized every single day for their yes votes.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
Why do I blame Bill Cassidy for the destruction of the CDC and the NIH? Because he is a physician. He knew or should have known the danger that Kennedy poses to the U.S. and the globe. Kennedy has never hidden what he is—a predator, a fraud, an anti-science hack, and a gargantuan narcissist.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
None of these chain restaurants are worth going to anymore.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh my God HH Holmes
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
This house is insane and should not exist.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Lots of these things were enabled by Joe Biden in the Senate
Jesse Myerson (@jessemyerson.bsky.social) reposted
So’s we’re clear, here’s Bill Clinton’s policy record: -NAFTA (killing industrial jobs in the US) -1994 “Crime” Bill (supercharging mass incarceration) -“Welfare Reform” (deepening poverty) -Telecommunications deregulation (corporate media consolidation) 1/2
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks and when you look at everything from a historical perspective you are correct. Jesse.
Robert Loerzel (@robertloerzel.bsky.social) reposted
Downtown Chicago is really hopping tonight. Restaurants are full. Lots of people on the sidewalks. Thousands enjoying free music at Jazz Fest.
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social) reposted
Out for a stroll on another incredible Chicago day. This is ‘meet me on Milwaukee,’ a car free event in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Happy people & happy dogs everywhere. Remember this when Trump tries to paint an ugly picture of our beautiful city. #chicago
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Give me a couple of examples in case I need to talk about it in real life.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
We should help make sure that Dan wins just so Pete doesn't get a government pension on top of his millions in financial assets.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
Let's make sure Pete Ricketts loses his senate seat next year. This multi-millionaire doesn't deserve a government pension and if he loses he doesn't get it.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
Actor Finola Hughes aka Anna Devane is sharing memories of her history on General Hospital playing against the now late great Tristan Rogers aka Robert Scorpio on Instagram and it's so great to read her and Kimberly McCullough's aka Dr. Robin Scorpio remembrances.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
The Daily Beast has a report about Bill Clinton.
Oliver Larkin (@oliveralarkin.bsky.social) reposted
Trump's corruption is out in the open. DeSantis is trashing the VRA. Democrats don't need Jared Moskowitz's "bipartisanship" empowering ICE, joining DOGE, & censuring Al Green. My name is Oliver Larkin. Help FL23 elect a real Democrat. Donate by 12AM: secure.actblue.com/donate/ofc_s...
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Watch them go out of business in 5 years tops.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
So both Steak 'n Shake and In-N-Out Burger are now Nazi maga loving places. We need to boycott both places.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Especially considering Adams is almost twice Momdani's age.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Four of those things on his list are just him being a cop with different ranks. He's so pathetic.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
I highly recommend the Netflix kdrama movie Love Untangled. I'm finishing it right now.
Claire Willett (@clairewillett.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
if we pick candidates with strong policies in defense of trans people who ALSO have great policies in support of whatever your thing is - housing, the economy, immigration, defense spending, healthcare (all of which affect trans people!) - then there’s no reason for trans rights to cost them voters!
Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted
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!
Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) reposted
Remember the Goolsbee Rule, also called the “pathological irony of crisis”: If you lose credibility, your statements begin to mean the opposite of what you say.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Sending you lots of support right now Chris.
Violet Miller (@vimiller.bsky.social) reposted
The city is now sharing know your rights info and other resources here: bit.ly/fafochicago
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I had to use my car to go to the grocery stores in Chicago this morning to stock up and it was beautiful not to be confronted by so many cars.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I love this!
Michael McLean (@mclean.bsky.social) reposted
POV: you just entered Chicago’s hottest new club, Meet Me On Milwaukee Cameos: @aldermanlaspata.bsky.social, @viktorkoves.com
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social)
OMG
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Public transit in America writ large is terrible.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope you are coming to understand why there are many of us who are very enraged at the Democratic party right now after we've voted for them for decades and have gotten almost nothing from them. Marriage equality was won because of everyday citizens and lawyers, not elected officials.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you know that Kamala Harris never once uttered anything about my lgbtq community at all. She alluded to marriage equality in some of her speeches on the campaign trail but never once mentioned the equality act or anything about trans people. It was disgusting erasure.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm a gen xer as well and I'm so sick of the whiny maga traitors in our generation.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Again, the fact that you won't acknowledge that you are a cisgender person makes me question anything you have to say. Do you not like being classified?
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
We told Kamala Harris all last summer and into the fall on Twitter. Do the right thing with all the issues that I told you about just before and she ignored us. She listened to the consultants who caused so many losses in the past. I'm sick of it all.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
He is really sick. It's clear as a sunny day.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I would trust Bill Kristol to be president over Gavin Newsom.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
The reason why I'm talking to you right now is because we're both cisgender people and I want you to realize how bad you are coming off here.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
No, the whole point right now is to make sure that he is not the nominee. All we want him to do is gerrymander California and that's it.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Kamala Harris lost because she ignored trans people and their rights as human beings, as well as the rights of the unhoused and undocumented immigrants and refused to deviate from Joe Biden's genocidal policies in Gaza with his Israeli allegiance.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
By propping up people like Gavin Newsom you are saying that.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
You're basically saying that it's okay to cater to people who voted for Republicans in the past but not protect trans people or the unhoused or undocumented immigrants. Your privilege is showing.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I shouldn't have to, especially since Pritzker has been on TV a lot over the last few days.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, the idea that any cisgender person should tell a transgender person to get over it is disgusting.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't see anything over the last 3 days of you championing them.
maraleia (@maraleia.bsky.social) reply parent
And again, unless you are a part of a marginalized community, you have no idea how it feels for people to denigrate you and force you to accept concessions. I am a lesbian who is terrified for my future.