My husband and I have been together 39 years. First as domestic partners, then as a civil union and finally married in 2008 when legally allowed…each time jumping through hoops for recognition no straight couple is required to do. Same sex marriage is not special rights…just equal rights. Period.

🚨 THE HANDMAIDS AT BROADVIEW 🚨 Dozens of women gathered outside the Broadview, Illinois ICE 🧊 facility dressed as handmaids, protesting the Gestapo-like secret military forces and standing in solidarity with detained victims. #BlueCrew #Resist #ResistTrump #NoHumanIsIllegal #DefendDemocracy

Connections needs food to distribute in our community. Drop contributions off tomorrow (Monday) 2-4pm. Perishables, non perishables, and gift cards are all welcome. The shelves are already bare because the need is so great right now.

Second Drive Alert! Following our successful first effort, we're urgently collecting food and toiletries for the #ChandlerCareCenter. Times are tough (especially post-SNAP cuts). Help us support our community! #CommunityCare #AZIndivisibles

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

So we are finally protesting the right people. This is outside of the Heritage Foundation.

Heartbreaking.

Crazy how Dr. Oz is actual a Muslim working in the White House, but Zohran Mamdani being Muslim winning the NYC Mayor suddenly breaks MAGA brains

Our justice system is complete shit. This is outrageous. The judge should be removed from the bench, and an investigation should be launched to see if there was a payoff. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My 100% American born, Puerto Rican uncle who is a CITY ALDERMAN was just held at gunpoint by ICE in Waukegan IL, north of Chicago. The incident was captured on a doorbell camera. They didn’t care about his status before drawing 4 guns on him -Tamara Gonzales www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/w...

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

When the shakedowns just start happening in public. $NVO

TAX THE RICH‼️ TAX THE RICH‼️

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory On Tuesday Maine became the 22 state to adopt a “red flag” law for regulating guns, with the approval of nearly 59% of voters. This will allow families to petition a judge to remove firearms to help prevent suicides & mass shootings. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Chicago Alderman, Andre Vasquez, pulls out a whistle from around his neck and asks fellow Chicago citizens to join the Whistle Brigade that patrols streets and sends whistles to warn neighborhoods of the presence of ICE. "Everyone asks what did they do in 1930s Germany? They did things like this."

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95.8 million in 2024. The median barista made just $14,674. That's a 6,666-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio. The largest of all S&P 500 companies. Every single worker should walk out. Americans deserve a livable wage. Enough!

Runoff Elections Set for Three Charleston County Municipalities holycitysinner.com/politics/run...

WHAT HAPPENS when you fire food inspectors: Prepared pasta sold at grocery chains across the country, including Albertsons and Trader Joe’s, were recalled after 27 people in 18 states became ill from Listeria. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...

NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

Reminder: In Virginia, you can register to vote on Election Day through same-day voter registration. This lets you register in person and cast a provisional ballot if you missed the regular registration deadline. Your vote will be counted once eligibility is confirmed, so don’t sit this one out!

In California, the DOJ has deployed poll monitors in Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Riverside, and Fresno Counties. In New Jersey, they’re stationed in Passaic County. Don’t let these voter intimidation tactics by the Trump administration stop you from voting.

Teen Vogue eliminated all their Black and trans staff today. It's resegregation in real time.

🚨PLEASE SHARE🚨 #Missing 15 year old from #PrinceAlbert #Saskatchewan #Canada Aiyanna is described as: EYES: Brown HAIR: Dark red, Medium-length HEIGHT: 5'5" WEIGHT: 130 Ibs #MMIW #MMIWG #EveryChildMatters #RedDressAlert #NoMoreStolenSisters www.aboriginalalert.ca/missingperso...

#Florida man clears 35,000 pounds of trash from Miami's mangroves (and he's nowhere near done yet). www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu... via @washingtonpost.com

The Oregon Department of Justice submitted multiple video exhibits showing federal officers using extreme force against nonviolent protesters outside the U.S. Immigration & Customs Building. This is part of its effort to block the federal deployment of National Guard troops to Portland.

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Men & women of all ages need to read this. It’s a real problem parents need to address. It talks about the dangers of boys growing up learning from social media rather than directly from adult men. It’s a serious issue cause women are tired of carrying the emotional load apple.news/AgI2ZTkAHQ6C...

South Carolina officials confirm eight new measle cases, total at 33 abcnews4.com/news/local/s...

Breaking: Trump just banned states from being able to wipe medical debt from Americans’ credit reports. The Biden-Harris administration had moved to wipe medical debt from credit reports. Now this new rule will keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.

On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer

I just want a government that works … due to the federal government shutdown, 9,659 people in Pickens County & 266,000 people in the state may suddenly be without their SNAP food credits in November. That’s 7% of our neighbors in this county, probably around 5,000 are children.

Q: Has Speaker Johnson reached out to you since the January 6er made a threat on your life? HAKEEM JEFFRIES: No

Hey @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co care to comment?

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Another pardoned J6 rioter was arrested Sunday, this one for threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries. The 23rd in 3 days. Moynihan was arrested after text messages saying he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries in New York City. He wrote "I cannot allow this terrorist to live." #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

The MAGA crowd seems very triggered that yesterday’s protest was historic, their comments are everywhere. In total, 22 MAGA individuals were arrested for attempting to attack peaceful protesters. Arrests were made in OH, KY, CA, SC, NC, MI, OR, FL, VA, TX, and PA.

Multiple states, MULTIPLE, are reporting pauses, delays and cessation of SNAP AND WIC. Multiple states.

George Santos is a criminal. But he voted GOP so he’s pardoned. Media interviews him. Normalizes lawlessness We are an ignorance & loyalty based government. My disgust at the first 10 months of the admin is hard to define No self-respecting real “conservative” would tolerate this. Where are they?

“Is it any wonder that members of a generation that grew up with Jan. 6 .. are more likely to tolerate political violence ..? They don’t know that politics — as imperfect as it’s always been — can be much more decent than it is right now.” @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...

No Kings in Los Angeles: Patriotic Angelenos showed up, y'all — BIG TIME. 🙌💪👏✊️🇺🇸👇

Twisp Washington Population 950 1,000 showed up #NoKings

San Diego VIBES. I love that I live here 💙🚫👑 #NoKings

🔥 Even deep in red Springfield, Ohio, the people showed up — bold, hopeful, and unafraid. 💙 They’re proving that courage grows in every corner of this country, and democracy still has defenders everywhere. 👑❌🇺🇸 #NoKings @klhresist.bsky.social

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...