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I hate telling this story, but when tear gas is in the news... telling always feels importantm Tear gas is an abortifacient. When I was tear gassed, we were trying for a baby. The following day, I bled in a way I never have before. Like no period of my life before or since. Horror movie stuff.
Exactly. And his joke on TV was actually about 47 not behaving like someone whose friend died, so if anything it was complaining that Kirk wasn't being respected!
Sinclair owns an NBC and a CBS in my city. How is that permissible? They are in direct competition, and probably have their local news teams reading the same MAGA-spun news copy.
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.
What *are* those lil boxes?
While we're at it, where is the tarrif money going? #WITTMG
Even with the few details so far from Utah Valley Univ, we immediately know: - Political violence is unacceptable. - Gun violence is unacceptable. - The terror those students felt/must now live with the rest of their lives is unacceptable. - Even so, this will happen again until we do something.
Is this where the tarrif money is going? #WhereIsTheTarrifMoneyGoing #WITTMG
The Roberts Court just created second-class citizenship, the latest horror from a majority hell-bent on rolling back Reconstruction. The next Democratic administration must expand and reform the Court to save our democracy. I have the comprehensive bill to do it.
“The only reason the system hasn’t already collapsed is that the mission-driven staffers who remain are each doing the work of five people. They are holding Social Security together with shoestrings and chewing gum— but they can’t do it forever.” No we can’t. We really can’t. 💔💔💔
New polling finds an overwhelming majority (81%) of parents support mandates for vaccines against diseases like MMR and polio. That includes 82% of parents in Florida, 75% of Republicans, and 73% of MAGA Republicans. Anti-vaccine positions remain extremely unpopular. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
Is anyone in Congress or on @bsky.app pursuing the question Where Is The Tarrif Money Going (#WITTMG) with the same determination as @annabower.bsky.social seeking Who Is The Administrator Of DOGE (#WITAOD)?
It's the most confusing system, especially for disabled folks who are not seniors. MA is so appealing bc it seems like regular insurance. And finding docs who accept Medicare is getting harder every day.
She would have been the best president.
While he and his family personally make billions in crypto. New crypto token boosts Trump family's wealth by $5 billion - CBS News share.google/3q5odbGvaIVn...
The massive layoffs by this regime do not get the broad coverage they should. 500 people. Insane. How many total jobs have they killed stateside and abroad? And where is the "savings" going? JDs vacays? Military occupation? Ballrooms?
Thanks to you and Sen. Merkley for pressing for oversight of this aid distribution and attempting to assess the situation directly.
Thanks for sharing. I so admire the continuation of his work by The King Center and hope they come over to Bluesky soon. The other place needs the reminders they post, so I get why they're there.
DHS argued “that because [Ward] flew over international waters to get to the Virgin Islands, she left the US.” Maria Kari, attorney for Ward Sakeik — a stateless Palestinian detained by ICE — tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how DHS illegally held her client for 140 days after flying domestically.
Come From Away so low in both? That show is an annual must-watch for story alone, so maybe bump it up into the bottom of the 4th.
Friendship and unmasking defeat evil? Yesssss!
Reminding myself that art is rest and resistance with my first watch of K-POP Demon Hunters (finally)! #Huntrix #Resist
Sickening. If we ever get out of this mess of a regime, we must abolish ICE, prosecute these lawless terrorist agents and ensure reparations to their victims like Abrego Garcia.
Incredible offer. Thank you, @marthawells.com and Tor and all who had this idea and made it possible. Preservation Alliance would be in favor by unanimous consent.
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Democrats should be doing press conferences every day with people hurt by Trump and his policies. Scientists, struggling people, the disabled, etc. Also with WWII veterans and Holocaust survivors who remember fascism. They should be telling people’s stories to humanize the damage.
When he said you should spank a 2-year-old for disobeying, I knew his advice was garbage.
AMAZING NEWS! A judge has ruled that the Everglades Interment Camp must halt operations. They cannot receive new immigrants (thank GOD), and must tear down fencing and other aspects within 60 days. Essentially making it inoperable. www.everglades.org/judge-halts-...
And mine for a riveting sample, not the opening credits and the first 5 minutes.
Black women are being used as test subjects for the limits of abuse of power. I want people to not ignore this since this always happens and then when the abuse arrives at people's doorstep, they're surprised. CALL IT OUT NOW.
Another reason that using chat GPT is worse than simply not having a lawyer. If opposing counsel finds out you've been using chat gpt, they can request your logs and find out everything you've been saying. You get bad advice *and* you are creating discoverable evidence that can be used against you.
Just to be clear, Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is not holding some kind of sit-in protest. She is literally locked in the State Capitol against her will.
“I, too, sing America… I, too, am America.“ — Langston Hughes “I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,… Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else.” — Walt Whitman
This is what resistance to preserve democracy looks like. Thank you, Representative Collier.
“With less they beat slavery. With less they beat Jim Crow… Harriet Tubman didn’t have email, Twitter, Texts, TikTok…”
Parenting FB groups: 95% posts about how people need 2nd/3rd jobs, no one's hiring, rent too high, evictions, fleeing domestic abuse 5% posts about trad wife of husband making six figures, Disney vacations, advice on $10k boob job in the US vs $5k in Mexico Wildly different realities
Jessica LaPointe: For 90 years, we've kept America's greatest anti-poverty success story alive. We serve widows, orphans, the elderly, disabled, every vulnerable soul in your families and in your communities because you deserve respect and dignity when you apply for your earned benefits.
BREAKING: DC is in chaos tonight as massive protests flood the streets. Trump has called in the National Guard over some bullshit “violent crime emergency” he just made up. This isn’t law & order—this is fascism in broad daylight.
But I was told by everyone on the right that the only person who could deploy the National Guard (or prevent the deployment of the National Guard) was Nancy Pelosi.
Trump: We're going to be adding a magnificent ballroom—most beautiful ballroom, I think, anywhere. We need it. Meiselas: We need it? No, we literally don’t. We need health care. We need affordable housing. We need an end to wars. We need peace in Gaza. We don’t need a ballroom.
Fox News contributor Ted Williams, a criminal and civil trial attorney, told the network that he found President Trump’s plan “troubling” because “crime is not out of control in the District of Columbia.” trib.al/T26W820
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black. Do you understand?
Can we please stop calling them Christian? They are not living like the Jesus in the Gospels in any way.
Trump has slashed DC’s federal security grant by $20M (44%), the largest drop of any city, while at the same time saying crime in DC is “out of control”, Fox reports. He’s ordered in more federal law enforcement in what appears to be a rolling takeover.
Sue and Brad, best of besties
Oregon passed a law to bar truant reps from reelection, but it was becausue GOP reps left to oppose things like gun safety and abortion protections, but their leaving shut down the entire legislative process and jeopardized other programs.
This happened in Oregon multiple times when GOP reps left the state to protest progressive bills. In 2022, they left for 6 wks so voters passed a law to bar them from reelection. Hope these TX Dems have reinforcements + full support of the party to weather any backlash. Their cause is actually just.
I was just thinking, all we need is a kid to pipe up at an event and blurt the truth: this guy's lying!
Community groups and churches should be hosting these types of events, too.
"Essentially, they tax us relentlessly Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree" #HamFam #Hamilton
🎵 Sunrise, Sunset. Sunrise, Sunset. Intermittent and unreliable! 🎵
This!
Thank you for defending the Consitution!
Or someone built a very cushy facility that could easily be repurposed post-47 as a homeless shelter, transitional housing or medical clinic?
Anti-vaccine (and anti-GMO) talking points came to conservatives for decades via talk/Christian radio through "research" organizations closely tied to Scientology.
Fueled by conspiracy theories and dogma!
And the screen menus rotate, so just as you're figuring out what to get, it disappears! So customers end up taking longer and asking more questions.
Thank you bluesky for letting me know that when Microsoft tries to hugely raise the price on Office 365 for all the "exciting" new AI features, if you go to cancel your subscription they will try to keep you by offering Office 365 Classic. Less AI! Cheaper! What we all want!
Wow! What a great idea for public schools and shared spaces like parks, libraries, rec centers and malls.
As I recall, this is the school founded by a king, shut down by a revolution, and reopened while ditching King in the name. Why are they acting like they're chartered by a king again?
The last six months will be defined by the GOP’s crusade to eliminate health care access and protect Jeffrey Epstein. The American people are paying attention.
Ah, the chipped paint and hose water of childhood.
I've heard horror stories about 1) AI hallucinating medical history a patient never related and 2) AI customer service adding credit card charges that the human reps couldnt undo.
We must all say no, every time, looking closely at all contracts and terms, especially for any works you create, your finances or for medical care.
This administration will forever be remembered for its Cruelty.
Would it be helpful to add cities that Avelo Airlines runs flights out of?
Clearly, government leaders have not read enough science fiction.
UTAH… this is not a game…
Bad enough that AI is destroying jobs, but now reputations with its hallucinated lies.
No matter where you live, there’s likely an Indivisible group near you that’s organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups Or let us help connect you with your nearest organizers: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...
The fact so many people are happy and oblivious today is infuriating.
Have a VA hospital in your neighborhood? Tonight, and every night is a great night to not set off fireworks. Not to mention your Vet neighbors, the environment, animals. Maybe consider just not setting them off at all. Ever. 🧐
Pleading with the Almighty for this to fail and spare so much suffering.
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
On the morning of july first, by a nearly unanimous vote, the ten year moratorium on "AI" regulation was struck from the senate Budget Reconciliation Bill. This is a very very good thing, & we should say so; but the rest of the bill still has a lot of bad in it, & that bad still needs to be fought.
Crimes Against Humanity (a) Murder; (b) Extermination; (c) Enslavement; (d) Deportation or forcible transfer of population; (e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law (f) Torture ... ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
When will we collectively say No More? This has to stop. www.opb.org/article/2025...
NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward. I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
And we cannot forget how many small clinics in cities (red and blie states alike) will close because the majority of their clients are on Medicaid. If they lose those clients, they can't stay afloat for the insured/self-pay clients. Then everyone loses access to those services.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more.
Which is why they're going after birthright citizenship and deporting citizens as test cases.
Impeach. Censure. Sanction. Any option available to us, we must try.
Holy crap I missed this story a few weeks ago.
This is powerful and a great example of how peaceful demonstrations can shed light on important issues.
History not taught in many schools ...
"To treat land, water, wildlife, and wilderness as mere commodities—up for sale to the highest bidder—is a violation of both Scripture and conscience. This is not stewardship. It is desecration." - @brcremer.bsky.social
Banning states from passing or enforcing laws that protect workers from AI for the next DECADE is just plain reckless. The labor movement is urging the Senate to remove this harmful, anti-worker provision from their budget bill.
The Bove allegations should be treated as something akin to Watergate, or Iran Contra. The administration was attempting to do something they *knew* was illegal (anticipating the courts saying as much), and then trying to COVER IT UP. Only here instead of it being run out of the WH or NSC, it’s DOJ
What is the next most serious action. And why aren't you taking it?
"We're gonna get you a Robert's Rules of Order" Bwahaha
Meanwhile, Congress is trying to pass a bill that prohibits regulating AI for the next 10 years! Instead, we need them to pass the bipartisan No Fakes Act. www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...
Meta will pocket $15 billion from one new tax break in Trump's budget. That is more money than the federal government spends annually on childcare. Trump's budget is filled with tax breaks for wealthy corporations while screwing over American families. It's disgusting.
Thank you for doing what needs to be done.
Hang in there. Lived through a similar nightmare after bringing home a newborn. That residence will always be remembered as "The Mouse House."
How is this real life?
I live in a small, very liberal city in a blue state. This affects us all.