SGI Buddhist. Active in 1960’s and 1970’s protests, having déjà vu. Committed to dialogue.
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🚨🚨🚨If you live anywhere in the greater Chicago area…ICE will start using Great Lakes Naval Station as a command center for their “enforcement” operations across Chicago on Sept 5. The base isn’t in the city or Cook County. It’s north, in Lake County. Expect raids across entire the metropolitan area.
So he had his mug on the Labor Bldg but didn’t make any announcement in Labor Day about how he’s the greatest president workers have ever had.
We should enjoy it while it lasts.
In 1885, royal Hawaiian brothers were studying at a military school in California. There, they introduced a sport known as "surfboard swimming." The Princes of Surf exhibit tells what happened next.
Thank you on this labor day!!
Story time... youtu.be/FB981QXWXUM
The United States is now Putin's deportation partner. Russian political refugees who sought safety in the U.S. are being returned on charter flights. Upon return, they face hours-long interrogations by security services. 🧵Here's what is known about the latest flight:
Yes! I noticed that bedtime too. And he looks drugged in this morning’s photo.
I don’t think he wrote this himself.
Federal officers arrested two firefighters in Washington state who were fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula. Here's everything we know: www.snopes.com/fact-check/w...
I am horrified by the viciousness of comments here about Giuliani‘s serious accident. I know there are trolls on any social media site, even ours, but these calls of horrific nastiness (not humor) seem to be coming from inside the house.
Meanwhile, did you see? A federal judge on Friday allowed the Trump admin and the Oklahoma AG to use his court to subvert democracy through a sham lawsuit manufactured to get rid of a pro-immigrant state law they don’t like without needing to go through the trouble of actually repealing the law.
As the DoJ tells the court that it will not remove unaccompanied minors to Guatemala, we can only hope they’re telling the truth.
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
Yeah, that’s an awfully quiet hat choice.
happy bday Armenian-American writer William Saroyan, b1908, Fresno, CA “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. “You must not be unkind, especially when it happens that you're right. “The role of art is to make a world which can be inhabited.”
The Trump regime has pulled the US out of the UN Human Rights Universal Process Review. This is chilling. This review happens every 4-5 years for each country in the UN. No country has ever pulled out of the review. Until now. I remember the last time the US had its UPR... 🧵
This is the kind of stuff that rational people struggle to take seriously because it's SO conspiracy-sounding. But this is really something we need to pay attention to because it's their next step.
Stephen Manning, this guy’s lawyer, is one of the best in the country. It’s very good news that he’s taken this case.
Judge: Planned Parenthood clinics can remain Medicaid providers while lawsuit continues | via @sofiaresnick.bsky.social #ksleg
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I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
⚠️ Israel assassinated the prime minister of Yemen.
Israeli strike kills Houthi political leaders in Yemen. Looks like tactical success, strategic nothing. No change to overall dynamic. Worth noting this is one of the wars Trump lied that he solved. Vowed to stop the fire, bombed, leaked plans via Signal, stopped, achieved nothing, claimed victory.
🚨BREAKING: Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) reinforced GOP power grabs sweeping the country, calling a special legislative session Friday to redraw congressional districts and weaken the ability of voters to pass laws through ballot initiatives. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Yep, I definitely think Vance will be worse. The insanity will be gone, and the evil will remain.
So using the weight loss drug and slimming down doesn’t reduce his heart failure risk?
Olympics are next. I hope they aren’t thinking everything will be fixed by 2028.
So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?
They’re detaining wildfire fighters while on the job. Insanity.
When a president decides to disregard the will of the American people, you’re right, that’s the mark of authoritarian rule. The White House has notified Congress that it plans to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding that lawmakers had already approved, doing so without their consent.
Home Depot doesn’t mind these daily raids apparently.
Trump’s Border Patrol raided a Washington wildfire camp, forcing firefighters to pause their work for hours. "Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Stephen Miller and their ilk are going to burn the country to the ground if that’s what it takes, so they can rule over the ashes," says Chris Hayes.
He’s always lookin’ out for the little guy…
So how many actively on-the-line firefighters did the BLM terminate in Washington? Two illegals arrested but contracts allegedly cancelled with Table Rock Forestry and ASI Arden; so who’s fighting the fires?
A Republican senator closely allied with US President Donald Trump suggested imposing tariffs on Norway in retaliation for a decision by the country’s sovereign wealth fund to divest its holdings of heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar
Can’t help but wonder if we’re now going to see increased tariffs on Brazil.
@bloomberg.com Everyone should be following this account for unique somewhat unbiased info (or at least both sides) and also more live coverage of DJT comments than the exhausted MSM are willing to give him.
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
In Michigan, we passed a red flag law, safe storage, universal background checks, and closed the domestic violence loophole. We CAN make change. But we won’t stop this epidemic of gun violence until we elect people at every level who view our kids and communities' safety as a priority.
Includes NWS. At what point do federal workers get fed up and strike despite law prohibiting it?
"Atul Gawande, a physician who helped oversee the Biden administration’s global health strategy, asked on social media why the Trump administration had again selected a non-physician to run the nation’s premier public health agency. Monarez was the first non-physician to head the CDC since 1953."
This won’t be a problem, will it? www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
Yeah, who’s going to pay me back for the products I recently paid for that are now never going to arrive in the U.S.? Maybe DJT can use some tariff money to reimburse us consumers.
No words. This is… a) …laughable b) …dangerous c) …damaging
MASA
And windmills
A Trump appointee has proposed rewriting a measure that requires companies to clean up “forever chemicals,” documents show. The new version would shift costs from polluters.
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
Please remind everyone that though no one is allowed to publish statistics, Covid is still out there. A friend of mine didn’t know she had it and had been on a cruise and a plane before someone encouraged her to get tested. Too late my friends, too late.
They need to manufacture a MASA hat.
They need a MASA hat.
Perhaps more fun: We recorded a short vid to promote the contest, but accumulated an extensive blooper reel along the way. It turned out to be surprisingly delightful. Have fun at our expense... www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlA...
Watch. If you claim one of these to get a vaccine, they’ll use it later as a preexisting condition to crank up your health premium or kick you off your plan.
Every day, another piece of nauseating news hits my gut in a way I thought I’d become immune to, reminding me that the decline towards fascism takes place through the actions, not just of the fascists themselves, but of weak humans who choose short term self-preservation over courage and conviction.
The only thing more disgraceful than having groveling cabinet members so willing to debase themselves in this shameless way is having such a damaged, insecure, and needy president that they know desperately needs to hear this BS.
Undermining the Fed to get lower rates now is like ripping the batteries out of your smoke alarm because it’s beeping. It’s quiet for a bit. Then your house burns down. Credibility anchors expectations; expectations anchor inflation.
RFK Jr. has essentially banned the COVID vaccine for most of the US population
This administration of extremists, quacks, and grifters continues to endanger the lives and health of millions
Gupta: Here’s why this matters: 1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that… 2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.
He still thinks the water he forced BLM to release from the reservoir just rolled right down all the way to So Cal, but it actually just flooded some nearby fields.
MASA
NEW: Yesterday, I posted that I was unable to get the COVID vaccine at my VA clinic, and many of you assured me that the new one would be available soon and that I was overreacting. I was not overreacting. I am no longer eligible for the vaccine. apnews.com/article/vacc...
RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
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WOW: Beverly Hills Unified School District board members vote to fly Israeli flags inside schools. Next they will make students pledge allegiance to the flag. This is TREASONOUS! www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
So f’d. I had forgotten the age restrictions, since I’m over 65. You are the singing canary in the coal mine as millions make the discovery you just made. Make America Sick Again; maybe we can get an MASA cap?
So is America great yet? Grrr.
Most infuriating. Often seen after accidents: the thanking of God for saving the child, but never the blaming of God for the killing of the parents. Grrr.
This is a major story. “Trump wants Greenland”? King Leopoldo wanted the Congo. And took it. It’s naked imperialism. And espionage. More than 80% of the population of Greenland is indigenous. “Beautiful” Inuits are not “asking Trump to take over.” They categorically don’t want it.
MAGA: "Government healthcare is socialism!" Also MAGA: "YAY, government-run trains!"
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Donald Trump has assumed full federal control of Washington DC's Union Station and has taken it over from Amtrak. Trump isn't "fixing" anything - he's consolidating POWER in the nation's capital, one takeover at a time.
Assuming that anyone pro-Palestinian is therefore pro-Hamas is akin to assuming anyone pro-U.S. is therefore pro-Trump. Not all Palestinians voted for Hamas.
I was being sarcastic.
DOGE put the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans at risk by uploading it to a vulnerable cloud server, according to a whistleblower complaint -NYT
Yep, any program anywhere that allows non-whites to participate is considered DEI.
It’s my understanding that the newest version that was in the pipeline is not going to be issued. I got another booster of the old stuff because who knows if that will be restocked? The Feds are basically out of the COVID business (MAHA-Make America Horrible Again).
It won’t make sense to give a Peace Prize to someone who creates a Department of War.
The valve he ordered turned on was reservoir water being saved for farmers use, which was then wasted, as it flooded nearby fields but didn’t then keep flowing all the way to Southern California as his physics logic seemed to expect.
One of DJT’s early EO with the help of Musk (and then Palantir) gives every federal dept complete access to every other dept’s records, despite any privacy rules. They can scan every federal record for an individual. Fannie May and IRS are obvious starting points.
Everyone should be following this account.
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
That’s what happens when you get rid of windmills?😆
bsky.app/profile/paul...
If Trump were operating in the best interests of America's businesses, his move to fire Lisa Cook would cause stocks to shrug, or maybe rise. But they're saying: This is dangerous. This move serves Trump, but not America. Our economy is at risk when the President undermines the Fed.
Here is Rachel's interview with @pkrugman.bsky.social about tonight's breaking news of Donald Trump attempting to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board. youtu.be/hWWKo6VSXbs?...
Do you suppose the businesses who depend on trade and commuters who use that bridge would stand up and protest? Silly me; I keep thinking businesses will stand up. My mother (military spouse) is buried at Ft. Bliss, no doubt rolling over in her grave.
With a prompt from Blanche, Maxwell denied seeing any “non-consensual” acts. Give me a break; the whole concept of “grooming” is that the victims come to see their actions as normal and don’t refuse or consider it r*pe.
🚨BREAKING: A leading election conspiracy theorist has been named to a new “election integrity” post at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Eternally grateful to @drjengunter.bsky.social for pursuing these women's health rabbit holes so we don't have to. Voila, here you have the origins of the "natural medicine" term "bio-identical" when it comes to menopausal hormone therapy. TLDR more marketing bs. vajenda.substack.com/p/the-birth-...
So…troops in Beverly Hills?
I still think it’s an IV site, maybe B12 injections?
Water (life) returning to a dried river bed after a good rain.
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates has told the Daily Beast.
"Mariam Dagga, a visual freelance journalist for The Associated Press, chronicled the stream of wounded and dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital, where she was often based. [...] Dagga was killed Monday by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, according to health officials."
JUST IN: On X, DHS says that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “will be processed for removal to Uganda.”
For decades, I've been fighting to make sure insurers don't discriminate against patients with mental illness and addiction. I've passed 2 different laws to make them pay these claims. But now Trump is taking the insurers side. I hope you watch this. It's an important story.
What happened to “we shouldn’t get involved in EU countries’ issues”?