Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! - The Atlantic apple.news/Awkodo8EPTt-...
Husband, Dad, Educator, baseball/softball/volleyball/track/XC fan. šŗšøšØš¦šŗš¦š³ļøāā§ļøš³ļøāšš½āļø #FoxtrotDeltaJuliettTaco āI awakened to the cry That the people have the power to redeem the work of fools Upon the meek the graces shower It's decreed the people ruleā
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Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! - The Atlantic apple.news/Awkodo8EPTt-...
Also the Pulte family: www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/u... www.justice.gov/crt/housing-... www.compasslexecon.com/cases/pulte-... www.umass.edu/labor/resear....
NEWS A federal judge BLOCKS the Trump admin from using the military in California for civilian law enforcement in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. Ruling storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Background www.allrisenews.com/p/general-sc...
Soā¦ death panels.
#RFKJr wants to take away #COVID #vaccines (and then move on to #childhood #preventable #diseases). You can see it in the works now. Write to your member of #Congress now. This makes it easy to do so. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
The MIGOP is a collection of feckless sycophants.
From the desk of the Big Beautiful Bigot... #Disability Federal officials are looking to walk back a decade-old rule designed to compel businesses to employ people with disabilities in greater numbers. disabilityscoop.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Okay. I just came back to this and you arenāt calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
40+ years of GOP attacks on public education and demonizing of public educators; this was the intended result.
This photo was taken of miners at the end of their shift during the Gilded Age before they were unionized. A Labor Day reminder of the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights that Trump and his thugs are trying to strip away.
Happy Labor Day! Trumpās record? The most anti-worker, anti-union presidency in modern history.
Can we just enjoy the peace and quiet for a moment?
I canāt think of a group of professionals Iād be more reluctant to piss off than the people responsible for getting me out of the hospital. We already have a nursing shortage, maybe we should be incentivizing people to enter the profession not driving them away.
President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than one million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.
Thatās a solid parenting win!
"By banning the press from accessing the Palestinian territory and waging the deadliest war against journalists in the history of armed conflicts, Israel is destroying press freedom, with little reaction from the United States or the European Union." www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
The interesting thing about the tariff lies coming out of the White House is that Trump is in the Epstein files and heās willing to sacrifice the civilian population of two countries, militarize American cities, and pardon a woman convicted of trafficking children for sex to cover it up.
A DOGE whistleblower revealed that employees uploaded a Social Security databaseācontaining full names, dates of birth, and addresses of hundreds of millions of Americansā to a cloud server without āindependent security or oversight," creating āenormous vulnerabilities" to hackers. trib.al/FDTWG43
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My churchās Labor Day sermons do not miss. Today was a meditation on the unpaid work many care givers do and self care, rest, as an act of rebellion. May all of the laborers out there partake in a rebellious act of rest this weekend.
Half a year of Trumpian diplomacy on display. Where will we be after 4 years? edition.cnn.com/2025/09/01/w...
Pope Leoā¦..Thank you www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leo-s...
Thatās not gonna sit well with the USCCB.
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
Pritzker on Trump's authoritarian takeover: "The playbook is the same. It's thwart the media. It's create mayhem that requires military interdiction. These are things that happen throughout history and Donald Trump is just following that playbook."
RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why? TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it
Oh boy, thatās not going to sit well with the USCCB.
GOP: Itās not the guns, itās a mental health issue. Also the GOP: Screw mental health.
The cover-up involving Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell has been going on for decades. In 2007, Epstein scored a Non-Prosecution Agreement w/the Feds that now may provide a āget out of jailā free card for Maxwell. I explain that Epstein sweetheart deal. youtu.be/OH7WlcLRFcc?...
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
Last January, a source shared evidence with me that DOGE was installing devices on govt servers to upload data to the cloud. Some hosts were FOREIGN. On Friday, a whistleblower resigned and came forward to share the same. Listen to what we found in January: www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-...
Being kind boosts mental health more than seeking joy. Evidence: Doing 3 random acts of kindness a week is enough to reduce depression, anxiety & loneliness. It's more beneficial than doing nice things for yourself. Self-care feels good, but generosity builds lasting bonds.
White House Downplays Trump Hand Bruise As Least Concerning Part Of Body https://theonion.com/white-house-downplays-trump-hand-bruise-as-least-concerning-part-of-body/
There is no party platform anymore. Just the whims of a madman and the agenda of his handlers.
"But itās not just the individual threats that weigh on us. Itās the sheer volume. The autocratās playbook isnāt just about single acts of repression; itās about creating a dozen crises at once. This is not incompetence; it is a strategy," explains tonight's guest @ianbassin.bsky.social
Attention Courts and the Public- - we told you this is what DOGE was doing!! www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
It seems safe to say it's been a tough week for Republicans coming home from the Washington DC bubble.
ABC: āA federal appeals court has ruled that most of Trump's sweeping global tariffsare unlawful, potentially dealing a significant blow to the president's effort to reshape the country's trade policy unilaterallyā¦ā abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-gl...
Four million dollars. Theyāre cutting a program to test treatments for children with brain cancer to save four million dollars a year.
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC, revealed that RFK Jr. has NEVER been briefed by CDC experts on measles, flu, or Covid: āNo one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topicsā¦Heās getting his information from somewhereā
"It is without a doubt the most illegal search I've ever seen in my life," U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said from the bench. "I'm absolutely flabbergasted at what has happened. A high school student would know this was an illegal search." unreal quote š
August 29, 2025
Once you start noticing how thirsty Vance is for Trump's job, it's quite something. Obsequious, sure. But also snaky.
BREAKING: Trumpās attorney general and FBI director will *finally* be called to testify before Congress after deceiving their base and inadvertently sparking days of national controversy. trib.al/IX93jf8
I applaud workers at the CDC for standing up against Sec. Kennedyās dangerous anti-vaccine crusade. We are witnessing a full-blown war on public health from the Trump Administration. History will not look kindly on those who stayed silent in the face of this assault on science.
Vance says Minneapolis church shooting is part of 'mental health crisis' in America - NBC News apple.news/AsB2jxK_7Q_W...
It's been 70 years since Emmett Till was lynched by white supremacists. He was 14. After years of pushing for it, the Chicago church where Emmett's mother bravely held his open-casket wake is a national monument. May Emmett and Mamie Till-Mobley's stories never be forgotten.
By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social A federal judge has ruled that Trump administration official Kari Lake can't unilaterally fire the director of Voice of America.
AP Livestream - CDC coming out in force to support our ousted leaders.
After deadly Minneapolis mass shooting, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison push for federal, state and local gun reform.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
NEW: A federal grand jury has REFUSED to indict sandwich guy! I imagine the DoJ will keep trying. They have two weeks, at which point theyāll have to drop the charges or reduce it to a misdemeanor. š„Ŗ www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Firearms now the top cause of death among children, adolescents news.umich.edu/firearms-now...
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.
Anyone who looks at America in 2025 and thinks, "maybe we can fix this by throwing trans people under the bus" 1) doesn't have the brains to understand what's going on or how we got here 2) doesn't have the stomach for any of the fights ahead and 3) is vice signaling to their MAGA friends.
"Anger can turn into activism... Activism can turn into pressure on elected officials and that pressure can turn into laws. It's not hopeless at all." Watch Jen Psaki's powerful remarks on turning anger over today's tragedy in Minneapolis into action against American gun problem.:
August 27, 2025
Thanks @ianbassin.bsky.social "To āfight the long defeatā is not to surrender to futility but to locate dignity and meaning in the struggle itself ā and to recognize that what feels like defeat in one moment may seed the victories of another." What @sifill.bsky.social refers to as a time to plant
You didnāt read or canāt read? Doesnāt matter, I guess. Youāre clearly focused on the needs of adults and not on the needs of children. Good night, Redshift. Have the day you deserve.
Yes, it shouldnāt be normal to see children interviewed by the media in the aftermath of trauma. No child should be put on TV and retraumatized in real time. ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2024/12/05/b...
Swing and a miss. Again, thanks for playing.
Youāre so determined to moralize the behavior of the journalists. When youāve supported a school, students and educators, through the aftermath of a school shooting, then you can comment with some authority. You want to read something, read this. ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2024/12/05/b...
Stop contributing to the trauma of these children by interviewing them and broadcasting the interview. Have you no shame whatsoever? ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2024/12/05/b...
Seriously, Pennywise, what part of āstop traumatizing children to satisfy your masochistic fetishā isnāt getting through to you? These reporters are ethically bankrupt for conducting the interview and morally vacuous for broadcasting it.
Trump would rather we kick and scream over deploying the National Guard vs talk about the Jeffrey Epstein files or his falling approval ratings. Heās playing games with the National Guard and distracting his supporters while doing so.
Says the person who canāt read the difference between unaccompanied and unattended? š Nice try. Thanks for playing.
In Israel, hundred of thousands take to the street opposing Netanyahu's planned military campaign in Gaza City and demanding that he accept the hostage release deal already accepted by Hamas. www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/m...
Whatās weird is your fetish for traumatizing children. That really needs expert intervention. For national psychiatric crisis help, dial or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or by using the SAMHSA Treatment locator by calling 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
Looking for an excuse for your own shallow morality, eh?
Tell us youāre a predatory, heartless moron without telling us youāre a predatory, heartless moron. An UNACCOMPANIED minor is one whose parent/guardian is not present. I see lots of grown ups, not sure I see many adults. Have the day you deserve.
GOP: Itās not the guns, itās a mental health issue. Also the GOP:
As Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
āA double-tap strikeā¦ Israel has killed more journalists in Gaza than all journalists killed in wars since World War 2 combinedā¦ā @chrislhayes @krystalmball @esaagar @aymanm cover the horrific Nasser hospital strikes, where rescue workers were targeted. Not a āmishapā.
The White House (or Hassett, at bare minimum) appears to be conceding that Lisa Cook is still a Federal Reserve governor. She canāt take leave from a job if she doesnāt have it. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/t...
An excellent analysis and read.
Why is the media interviewing unaccompanied minor children?
In the richest country on Earth, hospitals are closing en masse. In rural Maine youāre driving an hour to the nearest birthing center. The hospital in Blue Hill where I was born is closed. Itās a disaster brought on by decades of pure greed, and nothing short of Medicare for All can turn the tide.
BREAKING: In Atlanta, GOP operatives are trying to strong-arm Fulton County into installing two far-right activists on Georgiaās LARGEST elections board Both have ties to the national voter suppression machine & a record of undermining confidence in our elections This can't fly under the radar
Michigan's average combined SAT score for the juniors who took the college entrance exam this past spring was about 9 points higher than 2024's score.
How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
The interesting thing about uniformed military picking up trash is that Trump is in the Epstein files and heās willing to sacrifice the civilian population of two countries, militarize American cities, and pardon a woman convicted of trafficking children for sex to cover it up. #FOCUS
GOP: āItās not the ______, itās a mental health problem!ā Also the GOP: āScrew mental health services.ā
We should be making sure kids have MORE mental health support. Instead, Trump and his billionaire education secretary want to slash critical support for kids. Thank you @dananessel.bsky.social for fighting for our kids! www.wilx.com/2025/08/25/a...
A big trouble with navigating this political moment is that, on the one hand, the Trump administration has clearly overthrown the constitutional order and we are no longer anything like a free republic, but on the other, it feels like the wheels are already coming off the administration.
This Thursday in DC: Stand with Indivisibles against Trumpās power grab.
Moore: "The thing that gets me most about this is how deeply disrespectful this is to members of the National Guard who signed up for this job as I did when I deployed overseas & led paratroopers in combat where we signed up w/the expectation the commander in chief was actually taking it seriously"
Look whoās defunding the police.
Happy anniversary to the 19th! May it never be overturned. š¬
When you consider that businesses are run by dictatorsāthat a firm is not a democracyāit makes sense why a series of rich guys at the top of the capitalist world think government can be run without following any laws.
Itās official. September 6th. From all across this nation. We march in D.C. Join us.
We will not be silent Pete Hegseth youtu.be/Kj1UQuJjrXI?... @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Michigan House Republicans want to stop Attorney General Nessel from suing the Trump administration (which she has done 32 times to date, recouping over $1.6 billion in funding to our state) as well as āany oil or gas entity.ā In case you were wondering who they work for.
Democrats flip another special election seat, this time in Iowa Senate 1, a Trump +11 district. Congratulations to Catelin Drey for running a great race and breaking a Republican supermajority. Voters in IA-01 understand Trump and Republicans are harming our country.
š„New Statement š„ Michigan House GOP budget lacks transparency, puts basic services Michiganders rely upon at risk. Read full statement: bit.ly/47M86po #mileg #mlpp