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Hi! This is a LOVELY little anecdote for the next time someone tells you to LOSE WEIGHT to manage your pain:

THIS HAS GOT TO EFFECT MILITARY MISSIONS. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

Trump has to be stopped. I no longer care how. 🦋💙🦋 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

There’s a special place in heaven for amazing teachers ❤️❤️❤️ 🔊🔊 Sound up! 🎥 in|cool.missp

Worst. Episode. EVER.

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

This! We all should do this!l! if our Red States put this kind of legislation into effect!!!

Yes, men are called to submit, too. My new Substack is up! open.substack.com/pub/baremarr...

Just back from a mass that the local catholic church offered for our boy. I have no clue whose suggestion it was from that community, but I am grateful. The way his name was included even within the eucharistic prayer itself was the most comforting thing that’s happened. He was held close to God. ⚓️

From United Humanists on FB

I need more of this in my life...

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

FOX NEWS: You are against people bringing in eggs that have not been-- I mean, we have the USDA for a reason. These could be contaminated and bring illnesses in. GALLEGO: Absolutely. This is why we shouldn't be firing USDA inspectors that are actually doing oversight over avian flu

Heard a song from the 80s reference a "long distance call" and it occurred to me that this is a concept that no longer holds any emotional currency whatsoever

And who they didn't like

Have Catholics added an uninspired word to the Bible? #maklelan2575 youtu.be/hmx5y1epYMA

🫡🇺🇸 "Americans do not swear an oath to a king, a tyrant or a dictator. We swear an oath to the Constitution and the idea of ​​America, for which we are willing to die," — Mark Milley ❗️He said that every US military member gives his life to protect the Constitution, not to individuals.

Leon is a dick!

If you are collecting Social Security and on Medicare, could you live without it? If you are not collecting SS what investments would you make with your after taxes money?

Not to be the harbinger of doom, but it seems all the trump EOs and firings are setting the stage for martial law. Does anyone else see this?

Remarkable: Trump's own pollster just found that in swing House districts, Dems lead by 5 points and voters want tax policy to prioritize working people, per Politico. Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts! New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1918...

ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.

Remember: politicians work for YOU. Don’t let them forget that.

Just let this sink in. The number of people who will be put in serious danger. It's the difference between life and death. 😒 www.medicarerights.org/medicare-wat...

A former Soviet intelligence officer alleges Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov.” Alnur Mussayev served in the 6th Directorate, responsible for counter-intelligence support in the economy. One key objective was “recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries.”

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

Top aides at the Utah Capitol are making over $300,000 a year — far more than Governor Spencer Cox — and they've had recent double digit percentage pay hikes in contrast with teachers and other state workers. bit.ly/4gOCMHv

Proud Boys are back at the Capitol. Here they are near the first Jan. 6 breach point, around Peace Circle.

The Trump curse strikes again. He couldn’t just stay out of it. First the KC Chiefs and now the US Hockey team. He’s on a roll.

Believe them. (What’s “the job”? Ending our democracy, and 🇺🇸 as we know it?)

Malcolm X was assassinated 60 yrs ago today. See his timeless wisdom on the true meaning of “progress.” “If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”

This is how many hours per week a person needs to work in order to escape poverty. The US is dead last. #Poverty #USA

Republicans are waging war on healthcare. Their aim? To strip coverage from millions of Americans to fund tax breaks for billionaires. #DontCutMyMedicaid

The Pentagon will fire 5,400 civilian workers next week.

“I’m in West Virginia — My insulin went from $6 to $80”

How does firing Americans help make America great again? Cutting 5-8% of the workers is unproductive and harmful to our economy and society. This is just simply reckless and unsustainable. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

Lucky for him, he still has the treasury to rob.

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It’s a cult.

Trump’s betrayal of Americans: He promised not to cut Medicaid—now he’s backing a House plan that slashes $880 billion from it. All to fund $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich. He doesn’t care if families drown in debt, as long as he & his billionaire buddies get richer. Don’t Cut My Medicaid!

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

Fresh out of prison after Trump’s pardon, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested today for assaulting a woman protesting his event.

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