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My “to read” list is far too long for me to be without health insurance. Rideshare driver. Little Free In-Car Librarian. Tabletop gamer. Bubbles!
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“Leftists cannot tolerate other ideas” said the people who disappear their political enemies

We have a fascist party and a party who won’t oppose the fascists. American citizens are being hung out to dry.

They'd sell you out without a buyer.

If Dems were unwilling to fight over cabinet nominees and unwilling to fight over the budget/shutdown, it’s safe to assume they’re not going to fight over anything.

They literally just told everyone in the dept of education to not come to work!!! They are already doing this!!!

If you aren’t willing to risk your seat in order to fight for the health and safety of the people who gave it to you in the first place, you should fucking retire today. Walk out. Quit. You’re done. You don’t even remember what your job was, and we can no longer trust you to do it.

"The establishment elite preferred to see democracy die rather than risk its wealth, power, and privileges." - Historian Benjamin Carter Hett on how the Nazis took power.

Love, peace, and respect to the loved ones of Rep Grijalva. Tucson mourns.

Rain! It’s raining! First time since freaking November. I thought we were going to miss out on our winter rains entirely. Usually by this time, the mountains would be green, wild flowers blooming. But it’s just been so dry and brown. Still beautiful. Tucson is never not beautiful.

I am a rideshare driver. Walking home from the auto shop Again is how I get my exercise.

“I told you so!” is isolating. It does not matter if someone effed around and found out. The only part that matters is the “found out.” We are all victims of the same bullshit whether we voted for it or not. Social isolation is the tool of the enemy. And yes, I voted for Kamala too. (1)

This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak. Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

“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

HELL YEAH! Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces he Will NOT COMPLY to Donald Trump’s demands for the DMV to turn over data about undocumented immigrants without due process. It gets even better.

Do not let the bastards silence you, scare you into compliance, fatigue you into inaction, or drive you to cynicism or despair. They're blitzing us with orders & measures to demoralize us. Fuck them. A people united have overthrown dictatorships scarier than anything these shites have planned.

If there is to be any 'resistance', we need to establish connection with invisible classes. (Undocumented people & the prison population being obvious examples) I don't know how! And there are a lot of concerns that'd make it difficult to do properly.

"The Logoff is a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Every afternoon, we’ll send you an as-short-as-possible explanation of the most important news of the day..." www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/want...

It is not in my control to fix the hearts of those in power. But I can keep my heart open, my door open, and share with my neighbors. The neighborhood has started leaving extra food in the laundry room - cans, produce. We won’t be isolated. We’ll care for our neighbors & hope for the same.

Hey conservatives, guess what? Trans people, immigrants, all the people you were taught to hate… We were never your enemy. Ever. We did nothing to you. We were the shiny keys that powerful men dangled in front of you, and when you turned to look, they picked your pockets.

Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge). You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*

Books chosen by my passengers today: My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George The Jungle, Upton Sinclair Folks always say that they love that I have books to share in the car, but very few take a book with them. Two in one day is awesome!

Senator Mark Kelly on Pete Hegseth and his double speak and lack of answers that he has provided to the committee: "What concerns me just as much is the idea of having a Secretary of Defense that is not transparent." Spot on.

Ursula K. LeGuin on technology

What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

Senators who voted to ban TikTok but have TikTok accounts: Cory Booker (D-NJ) Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Bob Casey (D-PA) John Fetterman (D-PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Edward Markey (D-MA) Patty Murray (D-WA) Jon Ossoff (D-GA) Raphael Warnock (D-GA) www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYo2KUFt/

My building has ongoing plumbing issues & a new management company that’s neglected to update the answering machine message with info re: contacting emergency maintenance. So that’s great.

Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration? 👀 👎

“The firefighters are heroes!” Cool, then maybe they shouldn’t be in jail. Like, if you’re a nonviolent offender and well enough to be trusted to fight fires, you shouldn’t be in jail. And you CERTAINLY shouldn’t be making $10 a day doing it.

#EmbarrassmentInChief 🤮

And he walks. Because of course he does. He announces that he can get away with anything up to & including murder, & the courts agree. No consequences for the Toddler in Chief.

1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox General Mills Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

Interesting data on who is actually preying in children. www.whoismakingnews.com

Don Jr. and his dad both pushed fake news trying to blame illegal immigrants for the attack in New Orleans. They're the ones who are deranged. Further proof we don't need an alleged drunk and a Putin simp in charge of national and foreign security.

Agree or disagree?

I need someone to explain to me why it’s always “if you can’t pay rent, buy fewer lattes and avocado toasts” and not “if you can’t pay your employees a living wage, buy fewer yachts and real estate”. Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.

And just like that, the first anti LGBTQ bill in nearly 3 decades was signed by Biden and passed by a Democratic senate. It included a ban on gender affirming care for trans children of military families. So much for having our back, you god damn liar. www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

Make this go viral so everyone knows. Call and get all the arrangements for your area. Skip work that day, borrow a wheelchair if needed, but make sure you're 'there'

Don’t act like you didn’t hear me: NO ONE elected Elon Musk and he should stay the hell out of government talks about avoiding a shutdown!