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Martensdale St. Mary's 2008 Simpson College 2012 IBEW Electrician I love music, movies, and my family and I am a safe person to LGBT, BIPOC, religious minorities, etc. Democracy, love, art, and humanity are all worth fighting for.
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Iowa Governor lies outright about why she signed bill. It does not make women safer in any way. Also the state of Iowa was never paying for transgender surgeries. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

I talk to Trump supporters. I correct misinformation and try to convey the perspective of those being oppressed. Same guys every day, usually. But they get on social media for hours a day and consume lies. I can't compete with that.

For context, $38b is more than the total FY23 Medicaid spending in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, and Utah *combined*. More than the total spend in Illinois. About Maryland and Virginia combined. More than Kentucky and Louisiana combined.

god this guy is an idiot. like, a stone cold idiot who sincerely believes that war fighting and preparedness is about having the biggest dick

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

There is still beauty in this world

*** looking @ people who "sat this one out" *** You had one job.

See now I’m starting to think that these people want a machine to summarize things for them because when a human does it, the human uses words like “no” and “that would hurt people” and “that’s illegal.”

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

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.

Canada is not the problem

Collective bargaining works. Apply liberally.

Nothings changed! A 22-year-old in Wisconsin died after a severe asthma attack because he couldn't afford the price of his inhaler, which was no longer covered by his insurance. The pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) rescheduled his medication is OptumRx, which is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

Much like other air disasters I will not mention, there were warning signs that predated that plane/helicopter crash. When will the FAA start taking things seriously BEFORE there are terrible accidents? www.whec.com/national-wor...

Why we aren’t having kids…

“Brexit continues to haunt us. It’s posing real economic problems. The govt doesn’t like the equilibrium we’ve reached but is unwilling to do much about it…the EU feels little pressure to change the status quo” What a tedious, costly, bandwidth-consuming mess. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Lately there’s always two mood at once at all times: Mood one: “I must spread love and support at al times. We stand together. We fight together. We protect each other.” Mood two: “He did what now? Fuck all those motherfuckers. Fuck all of this.”