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Retired school psychologist from IA, WOKE (cause I care about all people!) happily married mom of 3, grandma of 1, one sweet dog and two crazy cats. NO DMs, please! 💙 Resist! 🌈 🇺🇦 🌻
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Trump's biggest inaugural donors are already reaping their rewards: -Pilgrim's Pride ($5M) could benefit from deregulation of meat safety standards -Ripple ($4.9M) closed its SEC legal battle -Billionaire Warren Stephens ($4M) became UK Ambassador Everything is for sale.

The MAGA movement’s celebration of its own ignorance and mediocrity is many things. But the impulses on which it thrives are not new to humanity. The question is whether enough of us can do enough to demand more. And I still believe we can.

I think the people standing up in the streets to protect their neighbors in California right now are heroes and true patriots.

Under Trump’s #BigUglyBill, breastfeeding mothers receiving WIC assistance would see their monthly benefits go from $54 to just $13. They’ll force you to birth a baby, but will deny you the ability to feed it. Ok. MAHA my azz.

On June 14, we’re coming together to stand together against cruelty, corruption, and authoritarianism. We have one simple message: No Kings in America #NoKings social.demcast.com/s/58vsXOoW

My whole feed should be the protests in Los Angeles. It is not. Let’s get the word out. People are putting their bodies on the line to fight fascism.

LAPD helicopters are starting to buzz around again tonight. LAPD statements so far are vague and riddled with lawyer-speak, and our Mayor should order the police chief to provide full & live transparency regarding LAPD operations.

Wanda Sykes delivered a 26-minute acceptance speech at the Critics Choice Association‘s Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television, mentioning every other winner at the event and speaking up for trans people: "You gotta be proud, you gotta be loud, we have to protect our trans brothers and sisters"

Trump lit the match, poured the gasoline, and now wants to use the blaze he is creating as pretext to burn it all down.

Glad to see Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland supporting Harvard as it resists Trump’s lawlessness and bullying. This is what leadership looks like. Shame on those caving to Trump’s abuses of power and assault on our Constitution.

Over 150 protesters in Lower Manhattan tried to block federal immigration raids, clashing with NYPD and federal agents. Some threw objects and sat in the road. The standoff ended with five arrests, part of a wave of anti-ICE protests spreading across U.S. cities. nypost.com/2025/06/07/u...

www.nbcnews.com/science/clim... CO2 levels are now 430 ppm up from 400 in 2013. Now that we’ve modified the climate, nature is taking over creating forest fires that create additional CO2 and wipe out tens of millions of acre annually, further removing photosynthesis ability to convert CO2 to O2.

Shout out to my parents, got together shortly after Loving v. Virginia. Married 50 years today. 🍾

An insurrection is different from mere rioting or disorder, as it typically involves a clear objective to overthrow the government. Stephen Miller knows that. He’s just pushing a narrative of his own making to justify calling out the military to quash an alleged rebellion.

You guys are keeping us safe from the veterans and the US Marshall you arrested? Keeping us safe from little kids with cancer you deported? The Americans you all kicked out of the house in their underwear when you knocked on the wrong door? Okay, Todd. 🧑‍🍳💋 #ICE #Immigration #ProudBlue #DemVoice1

This is Trump’s America. The man getting assaulted and arrested is an American citizen and labor leader, SEIU California’s President David Huerta. This abhorrent behavior and depravity should have no place in the America we know and love. Don't look away, and please pass it on. #OnYourSide

The Trump administration’s freezing in April of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grant money from the National Institutes of Health.

BS, Canadians are having issues and they are NOT isolated incidents. U.S. ambassador says #Canadians facing device searches, detainment 'not a pattern' Ottawa's new travel advice says Canadians should 'expect scrutiny at ports of entry' www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

AMERICAN means we stand up for ALL AMERICANS not just white ones.

LOS ANGELES: Stay off the streets tonight. Stay home. Stay safe. Tom Homan says the National Guard might be deployed — and I’m telling you, he wants violence. They’re baiting us to react so they can escalate. Rule #1: Never protest at night. That’s when the worst happens—under cover of darkness.

Fact......

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As predicted 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Remember, the entire goal of Project 2025 is the unitary executive theory: the president assumes ultimate power, with all other branches playing a supporting role in implementing his wishes. Los Angeles is the beginning of how they’re going to try to get it done.

Please repost and spread this message from americanopposition.org:

The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets. These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.

Better safe than sorry… 🚨Heavy ICE Presence Expected in Los Angeles on Sunday. A bilingual warning is being shared with the community — including areas to avoid. Stay alert. Protect each other. Know your rights.

With you in spirit, LA. ❤️ from Portugal.

substack.com/@jessicawild... Good point 💙

What stage of capitalism is this? www.levernews.com/fda-approved...

To the refugees who came to America...I can't imagine the thoughts going in your head...the triggering events that is currently happening. I see you. 🪷

After spending a lifetime teaching, I know my proudest legacy is the students who will rebuild this country — making it better, more just, and more equal. My colleagues at @imcivicaction.bsky.social‬ have announced that tickets are on sale for their film about my last semester teaching.

People in ICE detention are being denied health care and adequate nutrition, often given spoiled food or nothing at all. Our government’s cruelty to immigrants is a moral failing — not a policy solution.

I am praying …. 🙏💔 Damn everyone for putting children through this. I am sorry everyone is to blame here and I mean everyone.

Louder for the people in the back 📢 ICE melts under HEAT – turn it up 🔥

I ruined the Proud Boys’ press conference 😂

I asked New Mexicans what they would say to someone trying to sell off our public lands. Swipe to see what they said. Their message is loud and clear, keep public lands public. I’m making sure it’s heard in Washington.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are hoping to pass a shield law to protect patients who travel to Pennsylvania for care and to also protect Pennsylvania doctors who provide abortion services. #Pinks

At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

Here is why voting matters.

Best wishes to the good people of Paramount, CA as they fight back against tyranny.