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nicholasrowland.bsky.social
Training for Ukraine and raising a daughter. I always carry a small packet of googly eyes for the right occasion. People tell me I'm a lot...
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The head of the FDA tells us they're taking a look at the dietary guidelines and that the food pyramid is out. The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.

You bet he is

NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill" On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

I waitress while I run for Congress. I know what it’s like to stretch a paycheck, juggle bills, and still show up for your community. Washington needs more people who live like us — not just talk about us. Derrick Van Orden talks the talk. I'll walk the walk.

i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone

Everyone I knew who covered disinformation got laid off, their bosses got bullied into firing them, or they changed their beats from actual Nazi harassment campaigns. It cannot be stressed the damage the paid-for Substack “free speech” guys did in the service of fascism and against real free speech.

Investigations are now underway into officers and ICE agents who fired crowd-control munitions at dangerously close range. In case after case, the situation only escalated when force was used against peaceful protesters.

LAPD: THEY PUT FLOWERS AT THE FEET OF THE GUARD! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!

Enjoy your canned vegetables for Thanksgiving, people. This is only going to get worse.

Siri, what form of government is this called?

#ICE #MLS #Soccer

In this moment of anxiety, please enjoy a baby goose falling out of an adult gooses wing. Yes I wrote that sentence. Yes this happened. Yes it's ADORABLE. No I don't think I'll capture a cuter goose moment this year. 🐣 🪶

It can happen here. It is happening here.

This all comes down to policy choices. Do we want a nation with policies rooted in cruelty and punishment? Or do we want a nation with policies rooted in kindness and compassion? This is the choice before us.

My family owes everything to America's acceptance of a refugee named Nicholas Pritzker on its shores over a century ago. My story, however, is not unique — our state and nation have been strengthened by people from across the globe seeking freedom, opportunity, and refuge here.

bluesky is the #1 app for introspection

Cop kneeling on a woman's neck while other cops use bikes to shield him from cameras. Philadelphia, PA 6/10/25 #ICEprotests #ACAB

Only one pure soul recognize the real talent on streets ❤️

To the National Guard & Marines deployed to US cities: Our beef is not with you. It is with your commander in chief. Now is the time for you to decide which side of history you belong: the side of free speech OR the side of oppression. Time is running out. Soon the decision will be made for you.

Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.

🔥 @repstansbury.bsky.social : “The deployment of Marines against American citizens is a disgusting abuse of power. There is no legal basis for it.”

Dystopian.

Rep. Lynch: "In late March, ICE agents wearing masks detained Rümeysa Öztürk. And those of you who watched that abduction, when you compare the old films of the Gestapo grabbing people off the streets of Poland ... it does look like the Gestapo."

i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The most inspiring chapters in our nation's history came when Americans faced down some of our country's darkest demons. Those moments, like our own, were difficult to live through but also brought the chance to bring out the best in us, with enduring consequences.

some right-winger looked up a jacket I was wearing and is mad that it was expensive when it was for sale in like 2014 and I really don't know how to explain the concept of thrifting to them

Nice work all. "Chainlink, JPMorgan, Ondo Finance complete crosschain treasury settlement" cointelegraph.com/news/chainli...

Calvin & Hobbes is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic strips of all time and I feel like we STILL underrate it.

I'm glad someone had the balls to say it. "Weatherman goes rogue on live TV with grave warning about hurricane season: 'I am here to tell you I'm not sure I can do that this year'" www.yahoo.com/news/weather...

That's why he lost in a landslide 🙄🙄🙄

I love baseball

I welcome the conclusion of the talks on the future EU-UK agreement on Gibraltar. It safeguards the integrity of Schengen and the Single Market, while ensuring stability, legal certainty and prosperity for the region. Congratulations Maroš Šefčovič on successful negotiations.

MFA of Ukraine 💙💛

Right now there are more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are to Syria and Iraq combined.

You may have seen clips of this speech, but if you haven't yet, you really ought to watch the entire thing and then share it with everyone you know! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slq...

Reporter to Leavitt: "I'm struck that the president has not at any point said 'the most important thing is to protect the 1st Amendment rights of peaceful protesters' ... why is he not out saying, 'all peaceful protesters will be protected?'"

The CDC is rehiring more than 400 people who had received layoff notices. Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

“Democracy is under assault right before our eyes,” Newsom warned. “The moment we’ve feared has arrived. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.

The cruelty in today's politics feels horribly corrosive. Bringing up that hard-working immigrant families — undocumented, yes, but not violent criminals — are being ripped apart based on immigration status doesn't bring compassion or even pause, but gleeful cheers.

Idiocracy was a documentary.

May the anti-ICE movement continue to spread nationwide! This is the Los Angeles spirit your news broadcast isn’t showing…

New euphemism for authoritarian lawlessness just dropped

Mamdani is now ahead of Cuomo with just two weeks until the Democratic NYC mayoral primary, a new poll found.