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I’m here for the variety. Politics: Democrat in red-state Arkansas. Work: higher ed / liberal arts. &More: wife, mom, breast cancer survivor, dog and cat mom, liberal on all the things.
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Same. I’ve been thinking about this kid all day. It’s time to shift.

Yes, SIR! This is how it’s done. This entire cabinet is so out of their depth it’s unbelievable. They look good on TV. That is their only credential. They’re hired spokespeople, delivering lines—media personalities only. Please, let’s cancel this Reality TV Regime already.

In the past week, a union leader has been arrested, a U.S. Rep charged with a crime, a U.S. Senator violently handcuffed, and reporters shot with rubber bullets and detained. There is no ambiguity. This is a regime operating as an authoritarian. Americans who believe in liberty must oppose it.

This is chilling to watch and utterly unacceptable in the United States of America. As a former Senator, I’m calling on all current members to speak out on behalf of Sen. Padilla and defend him and the Senate against these outrageous attacks.

I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla. This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

Don't let them lie to you about Senator Padilla. DHS is claiming the agents DID NOT KNOW he was a senator. He CLEARLY says (BEFORE he is tackled and cuffed) "I am Senator Alex Padilla and I have a question for the secretary."

Of course. Who actually believed the opposite? DEI is about respecting people and meeting them where they are.

A United States Senator. For trying to ask a question. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. 🇺🇸

Zero notes

Accurate.

Funded by your tax dollars.

This is — and I cannot stress this enough — a real government website right now. It is hosted on the Department of Commerce website (the Department of Commerce has no immigration functions whatsoever that I am aware of).

I hope it’s true. More people need to share the truth.

I am sounding the alarm as loudly as I can that Donald Trump has turned the Department of Justice into a cog in his authoritarian machine to prosecute his political opponents.

Omg, yessss!

i have been singing this all day

Dr. Cassidy, what a joke. Pretty sure your vote for RFK was in violation of the oath you took when you became a doc. Time for you to go too.

The professional agitators are ICE.

This is our answer: Secure the Border, Protect the Dream. open.substack.com/pub/oliviaju...

More than 300 officials, from across all of the NIH’s 27 institutes and centers, sent a letter that calls on the agency's director, Jay Bhattacharya, to reverse some of the most damaging changes the Trump administration has made. Katherine J. Wu reports:

There are active duty Marines deployed to an American city while the president is planning a military parade for his birthday... What country is this???

This is so good.

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. 🧵(1/5)

In a world full of Stephen Millers, be a Terry Moran.

Tanks being moved into DC. National guard being mobilized in LA. Paramilitary thugs being unleashed across America. It's summer in America in fascism is in full bloom.

This is NOT ok. If people have violated laws, or are criminals & need to be deported then give them their due process in court. Otherwise, leave people alone! FFS! We have a felon & adjudicated rapist in our White House & he’s kidnapping & trafficking people. WHAT ARE WE DOING?! #ProudBlue #OneV1

UPDATE: Looks like Musk is deleting his Defcon 3 and 2 tweets — Epstein and impeachment. But no worries, I captured them all:

They are terrible people. Why have a process if you aren’t going to follow it?

Yes to all this.

These two psychos have access to all your personal data, by the way.

In a stunning moment, a meteorologist from Southern Florida announced that he will not be able to accurately tell his audience the weather due to massive DOGE cuts, just as hurricane season is about to hit. #TrumpsBillWillKill

Happy Philly Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨ From the 600-foot pride flag we carried, to the inclusive community, and the Batala Philly drummers #batalaphilly this was one of my favorite Pride March experiences!

RFK Jr. is absolutely poisonous. He has now caused Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, the person in charge of COVID19 vaccinations at the CDC, to resign. She did so because RFK Jr. demanded that the experts in charge of vaccine guidance listen to him and not to the scientific evidence.

It’s on record.

Republicans are lying about Medicaid work requirements. The truth is that a vast majority of recipients who can work are already working. Work requirements are just a shady way to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.

I hope you'll listen to Rachel as she shares her son’s story.   Nate is a disabled adult who relies on Medicaid. Medicaid makes Nate's life & dreams possible—it means freedom. Cuts to Medicaid eliminate those freedoms.   Help share Nate's story & join me in saying: NO CUTS TO MEDICAID.

this is why local news in so many of its forms is so important. people in media who serve a community, not a national audience, who can build up decades of credibility. it's not just that he's speaking up but that there's a possibility people might listen. this is what's lost when you gut local news

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

Reposting so I back to watch…

Donald has spent the last week pardoning his friends who defrauded Medicare, union pensions, banks, and more. This is what “fraud and abuse” actually looks like. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @repbeatty.bsky.social breaks down Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill — a nightmare ripping food and care from millions. House Republicans pushed it through while you were sleeping because they don’t want you to know what’s in it.

www.rawstory.com/conservative...

We need to fight this decision for women and their newborn babies.

I want my FDA-approved advanced COVID vaccine with higher levels of antibodies. Freedom, y’all.

The next few months need to resemble the 2017 fight to save the ACA. In the end, we won. Call Congressmembers, confront them at town halls, offices, airports & fundraisers. Hold events so Congressmembers look really bad for being afraid of constituents.

Some "Christians" these are.