💚💚💚 @mandykathryn.bsky.social. Holding you and all who knew them well in caring.

I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you. They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.

Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.

We all deserve the same healthcare we provide to Congress…

Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new low…even for us.

Healthcare not wealthcare.

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳

Whitehouse: Not only were the founders extremely interested in checks and balances but they were desperately concerned about corruption. This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.

If ANY Republican in Congress says Mark Kelly committed “sedition” by telling troops to disobey unlawful orders, ask them if they voted yes on the most recent NDAA. Because if they did, they also told the troops to disobey unlawful orders by authorizing the latest UCMJ.

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While we concern ourselves about SNAP benefits…

December 9, 2025

Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical. Thinking it isn’t is.

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SKIPPED A GANG OF EIGHT MEETING????!!!!

It would be nice if their fellow journalists would stand up for the female reporters Trump routinely bullies. He'll do it again. Make a plan for it. Act collectively.

December 8, 2025

Teachers are the best of us. Mary McLeod Bethune was one of these leading beacons who educated, motivated, and created a better world. She wrote,"There can be no divided democracy, no class government, no half free country..." @hcrichardson.bsky.social #WomenInHistory youtu.be/ImnWEv3SN_Q?...

The DOJ has confirmed that President Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents requested as part of a lawsuit brought by injured January 6 police officers. With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/o6IVFjF

And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.

I love my city-dweller friends, but one thing legacy news & cable networks have done rather successfully is convince you rural, small-town, & ex-urban America is just a slowly fading Rockwell print. The demographic changes & class realignments of these places make them politically up for grabs.

It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.

ChatGPT cannot fathom that we are living in this timeline.

To recap: •Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M •Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K •Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America

Something @hcrichardson.bsky.social said the other day has really stuck with me. Abridged: The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.

It's not sustainable to pay for every newsletter and Patreon you want to support. I subscribe to MANY and I am going to have to unsubscribe to some because it is costing me thousands of dollars a year (over $3000). More collectivist options need to be developed.

Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:

We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.

They released this on a Friday for a reason. Trump’s new National Security Strategy walks away from alliances, embraces domination, and reframes “security” as protection from diversity. Trump has made white nationalist power official U.S. policy. open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

December 7, 2025

Today we remember the thousands of Americans who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor 84 years ago. Nearly half of those lost were aboard the USS Arizona, and I remember what a moving experience it was when Gabby and I visited the memorial. We’ll never forget their sacrifice.

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."

Read this. Take it in

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. (Published Dec. 2024)

An unambiguously and unabashedly pro-rape administration www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Suozzi: Prices are up. Why? Because of the tariffs. Prices are going up in health insurance because of the cancellation of the premium tax credits. Prices are going up in energy because there’s new demand for energy at the same time they cut supply.

some days you just have to laugh at how unbelievably stupid everything is

Need help preparing for a college exam or dissertation? Reach out to your campus librarian!

And showing up often means sending a letter and following up with calls so excuses of not having time don't fly.

Brought to you by the guys who pardoned all the other guys So unserious We almost don’t even need to intercut this with all the guys they pardoned because it just happens in your head automatically as you watch this absurd performance

Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.

Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.

Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map

What did minimum wage get you in each decade? In 2025, it gets you nothing but exhaustion. There isn’t a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom rental. That’s the reality. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis

Tyson’s Nebraska plant shuts down and 3,200 jobs are lost, hurting small-town families and shrinking local economies. With less supply, beef prices rise nationwide. Get ready for pricier groceries and fast food—another hit to Americans’ wallets. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis

Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.

I don’t know, I still randomly trip out over the fact that the President told states to specifically gerrymander for him. And they did.