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Textile artist, empty nester, single is a lifestyle, 🌈, anti fascism/racism/ableism
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We have lost all contact with our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, communications have been cut off. This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive". We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.

House Oversight hearing with Sanctuary State Governors at 10am today Dem Governors testifying: Tim Walz of Minnesota JB Pritzker of Illinois Kathy Hochul of New York Stream it here: oversight.house.gov/hearing/a-he...

i'm sorry, an american religious nutjob is building a compound in guyana? www.notus.org/congress/sup...

Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...

Bigots need to stop saying they're fine with immigrants entering "the right way," because y'all are applauding and saying "I voted for this" when they snatch people WHO ARE FOLLOWING THE LEGAL PROCESS. Just admit you want ALL Black and Brown people gone.

ICE doesn’t care any longer whether you’re a citizen or not. It’s full stop an ethnic cleansing movement. See if for what it is.

He stood in front of our troops today and gave a mean spirited, partisan speech. He stood in front of our troops today and attacked Americans by name. He stood in front of our troops today and goaded them into booing their fellow Americans. Never become desensitized to this.

PSA

@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."

Horrific. And private prison companies are getting rich on all this. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Yup.

NEW: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into CODIS, a national criminal database originally built for convicted sex offenders and violent criminals, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.

Official prohibitions against using Signal for classified information were distributed a month before this recent security debacle. Hegseth must resign.

According to a source I have at the CIA, Director Radcliffe lied today under oath. Signal is absolutely not loaded on agency computers. As a matter of fact it’s specifically prohibited as an outside app. Skype is allowed for conference calls but not Signal. He’s lying. @markwarner.bsky.social

Disgusting

Public Service Announcement.

Happy International Women’s Day!❤️ @plantedwithsara.bsky.social

WTF

The United States of SPITE.

Wholesale elimination of all things public, esp public accountability and the rule of law. Privatize everything including the Commons. It's a cult of complete insanity.

Just a little bit of heaven to give yourself a short, healing break from every horrid thing going on in this country right now. 🎶💙⚡️💛🎶NFA ~Firefly #gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #BranfordMarsalis #eyesoftheworld

Boycott Tesla! Proud to join a protest on Sunday at Tesla, Burbank, CA! Felon, f-Elon, GOP, oligarchs are staging a hostile takeover of the government; installing unelected, corrupt oligarchs; selling off the people’s government to put $ in billionaires’ pockets at Americans’ expense! #TeslaTakeover

She is speaking the truth! Are you listening?

“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.” - Haile Selassie

The American concentration camp is born.

Fox never takes the high road…

New Arizona plane crash, with 2 dead, wasn't a mid-air collision, as ABC headline implied. One plane landed already. Second crashed. "The Cessna landed uneventfully; the Lancair impacted terrain near runway 3 and a post-impact www.msn.com/en-us/travel...

"Most cases are in school-age kids, and 13 have been hospitalized..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit. A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/w...

Captures it perfectly.

🚨 🚨 👀 👇🏼 🚨 🚨 AMERICA!!!! YOU HAVE A PROBLEM!!!!!

It’s FUKKKING tiring already!