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Once again Cherokee Nation and other Oklahoma tribes are having to step in and feed non-Native children because of Kevin Stitt's refusal to accept programs that would help Oklahoma's low-income children. 😡 www.newson6.com/story/680c12...

Could you ever have imagined you would see a headline like this in your lifetime

If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.

This is how you accurately write a headline. Rolling Stone gets it.

Another one not long ago. March 12th of this year.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

"Sugar, Spice, & Equal Fucking Rights"

Historians agree. They are grabbing people off the street They are disappearing them They are savaging gov't institutions They are laughing at guardrails & ethics. They are scoffing at the rule of law. They are threatening members of Congress into silence & compliance They are destroying democracy

2 months!!!

I am sincerely moved by Sen. Van Hollen. Sometimes Members of Congress do stuff that is brave. I didn’t say this while he was there, but it kind of reminded me of Rep. Leo Ryan in 1978. We need more MOCs to show the same spine for their constituents. We do NOT accept our neighbors being disappeared

I am begging everyone to stop saying things like "the IRS plans to rescind" or "ICE is building camps." Why are they doing that? Because Donald Trump told them to. Put. The. Responsibility. Where. It. Belongs. "Donald Trump takes unprecedented step off stripping Harvard's tax-exempt status" e.g.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Since we’re all talking about it I want to blow up a real female space pioneer, Mae Jemison, an actual astronaut. She’s a graduate of Stanford and Cornel Medical School, served in the peace corps, started an educational nonprofit, and worked for the CDC researching vaccines. That’s a woman in space

If you can't see this, you aren't paying close enough attention.

"Like Amazon, but with human beings."

Oh HELL yes.

What. The. Actual. Fuck????

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

I was scared to first put up a queer pride flag (red state resident) but the biggest surprise was how much more often people stopped by my house asking for help: stuck motorists, unhoused neighbors, etc. Some told me outright that the flag made them guess that I cared about them and that's correct

In Divisive Move, Democrats Put Books Back in Libraries Liberal Activists Say Women Should Be Allowed to Wear Shoes Again. It's Not That Simple In This Steeltown Diner, the Ashes of the Purged Would Tell Us One Thing If They Were Alive: Keep Trans Players Out of Frisbee Golf

Is he asking if Hamas was as compassionate as the *checks notes* Nazis?

"The officer added that Avery should just be glad the officers didn’t damage more property, like throwing a couch into the TV.”

The Trump admin is dismantling Freedom of Information Act offices. Then the offices send out emails like, “Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.” The lengths this admin will go to ensure zero transparency with the American people is astounding.

And people say a liberal arts education is a waste. 10/10. No notes.

Nothing says “winning” like a $2.5 trillion market wipeout. If you have a retirement account, a small business, or just buy groceries, congratulations you’re paying for Trump’s economic recklessness. Slapping tariffs on America’s biggest trading partners isn’t a genius economic strategy.

Jesus. Heads up NC voters.

Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.

North Carolina!!

Two appeals court judges voted to disenfranchise a bunch of Democratic voters so they can install a guy who dressed up as a Confederate soldier in college

Schadenfreude AND mitfreude 😊

Maybe everyone can see it now, but the world's richest people have tanked it all to restock assets and get liquid after years of illegally playing with funny money. They used "the wokeness" as a cudgel and it worked. The next Disney princess WILL be white, as we all eat beans under the highway.

Burn it all to the ground and buy up the land and water and minerals at rock bottom prices. This a fire sale for the oligarchy. How do I know? They’ve already done it to rural America…

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