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Mother, wife, teacher, unionist, and unapologetic social justice warrior. Here for science, education, news, and networking for democracy.
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REMEMBER: THIS Friday, February 28. NOT 1 PENNY SPENT. We can DO this. I'm IN, are YOU?

Infuriating! 😡 Don’t Cut My Medicaid! The majority of my son’s medical team are in Austin (1.5 hr drive), some in Houston (3 hrs), one in Dallas (5 hrs). Telehealth appts are needed & necessary! My son has extreme car anxiety, not to mention wear and tear on our car, gas! 🤬 And we’re not alone!

This pretty much sums it up

Get in the game, there's something for absolutely everyone to do.

It's not lost on me that the two Democratic electeds talking consistently to regular people right now are AOC and Jasmine Crockett. Dassit.

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

Billings, Montana thank you for showing up!!! #CourageIsContagious #FiftyFiftyOne

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible. Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

This is what oligarchy looks like.

Where are the CEOs of @deltaairline.bsky.social @americanair.bsky.social @unitedairlinesual.bsky.social @jetblue2.bsky.social ? They’re good with this. Where are the leaders of business?

Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one.

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

This is your daily reminder that it's a coup.

#Florida universal vouchers: "in many cases the new law did not expand these new families’ options. Instead, it provided state subsidies for the choices they had previously made and were able to afford on their own." www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/02/12/f...

“Sources…say the additional administrative burden, combined with an ongoing federal hiring freeze and additional anticipated staff and budget cuts, will hamper ability of the US to maintain a functioning public weather service.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.

It's a coup.

Oops 😬

We're here! Come friend, follow, etc. Looking forward to seeing you. Blue skies from now on ?

This happened to me today. Someone sent me a news link, horrified about the events- even though I was pretty sure she voted for him. I swallowed hard and spoke gently, about common concerns. It was a productive convo, I hope.

What can the opposition party do? Like, actually *do*, right now? Five concrete things the Democrats can do to fight Trump:

3 hours to leave her house. This is how they treat a 4-star Admiral and Commandant of the Coast Guard. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

My short but pointed remarks from today's press conference condemning the pardons for January 6th rioters.

This is a glaring red flag. El Salvador will accept "deported" Americans, almost surely to be tortured and imprisoned by Bukeles thugs. You cannot legally deport an American citizen. That doesn't mean they won't try. apnews.com/article/migr...

YES! Chuck, where do you live? Can you call your Senator?

This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully. Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸

So Canada and Mexico win

Imagine saying this about an agency that has helped millions of people around the world avoid malaria, obtain clean water, and gain access to food & health care. Especially when you’re the world’s richest man & your net worth is something like 20 times this agency’s annual budget. What a foul soul.

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

We could’ve had Tim 😭

What the US is experiencing right now is fascism. There's no other word for it and pretending that it's verboten to say so diminishes the truth as much as they are diminishing the truth. It's fascism. It's arrived.

A white South African billionaire has taken control of the US Government and is using it to punish South Africa for ending apartheid www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We can’t let a mega rich dude shut down the main foreign aid program created and funded by Congress just because he doesn’t like it and has our president by the balls www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

.Florida Politics' Almost (but not quite) Biggest Loser: FLDOE, for its response to dismal NAEP scores (FL 8th graders scored the lowest in any year over the past two decades). "Rather than searching for fixes at home, Diaz called on federal officials to correct any “shortcomings.”" bit.ly/3CHrYgg

Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is [email protected]. Reposts appreciated.

"This category was introduced in 1989. And two women have won...THREE WOMEN HAVE WON." We're not crying, you're crying at Doechii's Best Rap Album #Grammy win

This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Musk: We're in the process of shutting down USAID.

At the exact moment Musk is saying that more transparency is needed, he has moved to shut down an independent government agency with no transparency until now. He has not disclosed the plans or actions to the public or to the agency. But instead mentioned it now on X.

Evergreen.

Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.

Peanut Butter from Kentucky, Whiskey from Tennessee, Orange Juice from Florida…. This is what we call “getting what you voted for”.

Know what I dont miss? Following celebrities on social media. Turns out, I dont give a shit what Kanye West, Ice T, Genndy Tartakovsky, Tom Hanks, etc has to say about the price of bullshit in fuckberg. Reading posts from everyday people making and doing things has so much more value.

My coworker is an immigrant from Afghanistan. She said “I survived three wars. If you have lentils and water, we can get through this. I will make sure.”