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20+ years in the finance industry. Surviving cancer one day at a time. Wife to @Packetbear (formerly Corum) mother to RJbear. Looking for the people that I used to know
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Wow, we are impressed by Canada 🇨🇦 —1% of the population has signed to revoke Elon’s Canadian citizenship. Can Americans sign as well?

I just do not understand why anyone is listening to anything Musk says. Why even let him and his jokers in the door?

We need a workable answer to this question.

JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID

Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives. Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.

As we hit the three-year mark since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Europe and NATO appear to be at their most fractured and vulnerable. (via @wbur.org)

Three things. 1. Literacy: About 54% of U.S. adults (16-74) read below a sixth-grade level. 2. Savings: 40% of Americans can’t cover a $1,000 emergency with cash or savings. 3. Trump and Elon are gutting the education system even further.

You are not allowed to _not_ work with Elon Musk in Muskmerica

There's absolutely no reason Elon Musk needs access to the system that pays your Social Security check. This is terrifying and not normal. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

We warned everyone about Project 2025 constantly. Now, it’s closer to becoming a reality with Trump’s pick Russell Vought for Director of the OMB. Take a second right now to say hell no on this one:

They will later say that transgender care is "unproven" as there is "insufficient research"... after they've destroyed all the research. This is the same playbook that has been used against trans folks since the Nazis burned the Institut fĂźr Sexualwissenschaft and probably a lot further.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat. The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….

Dear Federal Employees: DO NOT TAKE TRUMP’s PAYOUT! IT IS A SET UP. HE WILL NOT PAY. HE WANTS ALL PEOPLE COMMITTED TO AMERICA AND THE CONSTITUTION GONE.

For everyone who voted for Trump because “he’s not a politician”… I hope your next colonoscopy is done by a plumber.

No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.

cool how Project 2025 went viral during the election, we were told Trump disavowed it and wouldn't do it, he got elected and started implementing it immediately and now we're being told "well this is what people voted for" they very explicitly did not

“Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß” www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

The horrors of this past week reminded me how batshit insane some of the anti-Dem rhetoric online during the election was, and upon reflection I think this was really a stand out performance from Bree.

I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.

Family values.

I may not be able to scientifically prove that increasing one's garlic bread intake drastically improves overall quality of life, but on the other hand, you can't prove that it *doesn't*.

NEW: Merrick Garland should drop the Florida case and release both volumes of the report. My latest, with a link to email the Attorney General. Please share widely! www.muellershewrote.com/p/merrick-ga...

All of our messaging should be written at the 5th grade level and should assume no prior knowledge of anything political. Thanks for highlighting my work!

Oh my god you fucking simpleton, the CA is for California. Ontario, CA is in San Bernardino County.

It's freezing in Hell. I knew this because I just partially agreed with Steve Bannon.

And we're having him do it all over again.

Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚

The Fourteenth Amendment was intended to extend full citizenship to formerly enslaved Black people, and it undergirds the right of all Americans to be treated equally under the law, no matter who they are or in which state they reside. newrepublic.com/article/1896...

The New Republic is doing it right. Journalists take note

Women have proven essential in modern combat roles, strengthening America’s military at every level. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense pick, is waging a baseless culture war that threatens recruitment, retention, morale, and the very strength of our Armed Forces at a time when we can least afford it.

The issue isn’t whether Universal Healthcare can work. The issue is how do we get from where we are to UH. It took Canada decades and it has a ton of limits we might not like. The point being we have to find a starting point that can grow it into what works here www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

Here are 4 domestic terrorists, all US citizens born in the US. Just like Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans. He was born in Texas, and was an Army veteran. Domestic terrorists have always existed.

This was genius! 😂

This should make "President Musk, vice-president Trump" predicament more interesting.

Accusations = Confessions

To us, the Gaetz report looks like a set of strong accusations. To Trump, the Gaetz report looked like a set of strong qualifications.

Unbelievably proud of my kid who suffered a major concussion October 2023 and had to medically withdraw from his freshman year of college. He missed the whole year and had to start over from square one. Just got the letter - he made Dean’s List.

@danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co: "Right now, we have President Elon Musk. And Donald Trump—maybe he's vice president. I guess vice presidents don't do much, so that makes sense. He might be the chief of staff. I don't know what you call him, but he is not calling the shots."

My son Elijah died from pediatric brain cancer in 2017, right after I met Obama at the WH and he pledged to support the cancer moonshot. These evil, soulless people are ok with kids dying from cancer, and they deserve to be haunted until the end of their days. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"How Americans Can Protect Their Health From RFK and the Trump Administration's Pro-Death Agenda" People aren't prepared for the full-scale assault on our health, safety, and medical community. I break it down with @drericding.bsky.social thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-americ...

Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are at their highest level in at least 20 years, as vaccinations decline. The disease can be deadly to infants. Alarmed by the increase, doctors are pleading for families to vaccinate their children.

Randomly remembered this galaxy brain take