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I just got my knitting mojo back, I think. Old enough to be your grandma with the eating habits of a 12-year-old.
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Why are no headlines focusing on the unconstitutional and dictatorial nature of this action?

You know your country has screwed up priorities when it pretends it doesn't have the money to prevent LGBTQ teen suicides but it *does* have the funds to subsidize the wealthiest man in the world's engineering incompetence. www.cbsnews.com/news/video-s...

I didn’t think I could love Shirley Manson any more, but I was wrong.

NEW: With two extraordinary moves, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended the certainty that American children will always have cost-free access to lifesaving vaccines (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/h...

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ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.

ICE is detaining people in LA in a basement with no beds, no air, no light and not enough food and water. These are crimes.

Kristi Noem in Feb 2024: If Biden federalizes the National Guard [to handle border issues], we’ve got a war on our hands.”l Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.

🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

"They're breaking the law." "What law?" "You know, vibes and shit."

Quick. Somebody tell Trump that the best way to own Elon is to restore all research grants and double NSF funding.

Astronauts on the Space Station flipping back and forth between Musk and Trump accounts to find out if they're going to be able to return to Earth.

Remember when Trump gave Elon access to ALL of the government’s data?

It's common to hear that, if Dems are to win against the right, they need to shift their rhetoric regarding social policies towards the right. This is conventional wisdom for many. But I'll let you in on a little secret: There's actually quite a lot of data about whether this works, and it doesn't.

Judd Legum calls out Ds who supported the crypto bill many received $ from crypto: Schiff $80k Warner Gallego $10M Slotkin $10M Gillibrand $180k Heinrich 17.5k Cortez Masto open.substack.com/pub/populari...

Whether it's Bill Clinton talking to Loretta Lynch on the tarmac for five minutes or Donald Trump completely destroying 230 years of Constitutional governance in five months, both presidents have contributed greatly to the weakening of our norms.

NEW: A right-wing think tank known for drafting model legislation for state GOP lawmakers, is expanding its state-level anti-voting efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

<s>Muslim</s> Poverty Ban

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 82 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

🚨Another HUGE bit of news tonight; in collaboration with the Trump admin, Texas just kicked 20,000 undocumented college students — people who grew up in Texas and graduated from high school there — out of eligibility for in-state tuition. This may force thousands to drop out.

No cops at Pride includes the cop in your head who tells you to police other queer people. Learn the difference between being uncomfortable and being harmed. Deal with your discomfort on your own time. Pride is for the community, not just you.

I am getting tired of saying this but I keep sporadically hearing from people things like your life has no substantively changed since trump retook power, bitch yes it has I have a conscience and I wake up mad every day fuck You lol.

Thank you for voting no on AB 942, @buffywicks.bsky.social. @jessearreguin.bsky.social, please vote no when this bill to break the contract with rooftop solar owners comes up in the state senate. As a constituent who invested in rooftop solar just 2 years ago, I am watching this bill closely.

WTF @asmmiabonta.bsky.social? You voted FOR AB 942, which will slash the credit for NEM 1 and NEM 2 rooftop solar owners and tax solar? How many of your constituents in Alameda will lose money if this passes the state senate?

Susan Collins is the Teddy Ruxpin of senators — she doesn’t actually *do* anything but you’re supposed to be impressed because she has three sentences she plays on repeat.

BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that those people sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15-16 had their due process rights violates and certifies them as a class. He orders that the government "facilitate" the ability for them to seek habeas relief.

that’s right

I'm reading "Money, Lies, and God" rn, and I'm glad Stewart has documented this.

Lots of people asking about my plans for the 2028 election. I have a new, radical two-step process I intend to deploy: 1. Vote for my preferred candidate in the primary 2. Vote for whichever dem wins the primary in the general

ICE arrested Elsy Noemi Berrios without cause or due process, damaging her car and traumatizing her family in the process. America cannot be a country where this is considered acceptable. Call Congress to demand due process: 202-224-3121 #DisappearedInAmerica #AbductedByTrump #PeoplesMovement

He really is Temu Barack Obama

What's up with the police activity at Curtis & Gilman, @berkeleyscanner.com ?

Target's bold "Pride" collection this year features a colorless hoodie with the words "Out Loud & Proud" written teeny tiny only the string.

JONI ERNST: "Well, we are all going to die." ME: "You first, dear."

The @rollingstone.com hed is a little more direct than the @nytimes.com. 🤡 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...