Hey if your party senate leader is most concerned about how #ICE will effect midterms they don’t care about killings and brutality and disappearings

If you’ve been following the reporting of @morganwatkins.lpm.org on LMPD sharing Flock camera information on immigration with the feds, this new #kyga26 bill is relevant:

A #Dem dropped from #KY’s #Senate race for #McConnells seat saying the #US doesn’t care ab #Kentucky. If you live here, THESE are the people to watch if you wanna #flip the seat! It can be done - the #GOP is fighting hard to retain it. #redstates have flipped! Make ppl care ab ky #politics

Disgusted by major #news outlets trying to “both sides” horrific avoidable violence in the #US. Idgaf if ICE has families, we do NOT need to “come together” with them to keep the peace. #ICE is relying on the #media to humanize them as they froth at the mouth to kidnap and kill #fuckice #cnn #cbs

#KY!! #AndyBarr is running to be the next #McConnell & has repeatedly shown to be more extremist!! His outright approval of this should jar you. he’s no more than a “yes man.” He does NOT have #Kentucky interests at heart in #Washington or #politics. This is #Iraq again - we know better. We must act

#Avengers are on today & a good reminder for the #US (& countries dealing with #dictators) that’s THIS is what we do.

Reminder before George Bailey got here ⬇️ he fought like hell for his community: “This rabble you’re talking about, they do most of the working & paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work & pay and live & die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath?” #xmas

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@democrats.org just mimicking #thehungergames ‘s #SOTR cast release format with #trump as snow is not only nauseating but tone deaf af - YOU are the elected officials with political power! DO SOMETHING ABOUT ANYTHING GOING ON. unfriendly reminder your D rep does NOT gaf about you either #politics

Members of Congress and victims said the documents, many heavily redacted, fell far short of the law requiring DOJ to release the files.

Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.

I fear not enough people are realizing that if #SCOTUS can legitimize a unilateral decision to redistrict power, we actually have no rights or freedoms

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@apnews.com posting that they’re standing against #trump in court to report honestly & then having the AUDACITY to use the word “testing” in this article for Israeli attacks in Gaza (a BREAK of a ceasefire) destroys their credibility & should shame the writers & co

Trump is getting rid of the Department of Education. You know who suffers the most? The kid in Eastern Kentucky whose only meal is school lunch. The special needs student whose aide gets cut. The rural teacher buying supplies with her own money. Hope those billionaire tax breaks were worth it.

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

Wait… so if #immigrants have been a long standing problem #Dems didn’t address, why are they JUST NOW destroying the economy? This vile hatred can’t be tolerated or normalized any longer. Spewing hate so bad they have to put “blame” in the headline is embarrassing.

If the #POTUS calling for execution of representatives of the opposing party why tf isn’t EVERY #congressperson calling for an IMMEDIATE #impeachment ??? #MikePence learned this lesson the 1st time around… violence, fear, and absolute power has ALWAYS been the endgame #politics #dems #reps #congress

I’d just realllyyyyy like to emphasize that any #Democratic candidate up for #Senate to replace #McConnell in the midterms is doing a really bad job of getting their name & platform out there. It’s time to put away the old way if we really want to see change - if other red states did it, so can #KY

Reeling at overall failure from #Democrats on the heels of #ZohranMamdani ’s win, this is necessary for how progressives survive the future. #Dems step up or get out! @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @democrats.org #nyc #politics #shutdown #dems #leftists #progress medium.com/counterarts/...

Democrats seem to think the pivoting to the center makes them most electable but all it does it piss *everyone* off. Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory

Wow I wonder if #democrats throwing #Americans who’ve suffered from no paychecks, the loss of #SNAP, etc for > a month during the #shutdown under the bus has anything to do with their stock portfolios & the billionaires they work for??? Methinks it does Way to capitulate to #Republicans & give us 0

This one goes out for all the #senate #democrats that are wavering in the #shutdown

Every time you generalize red states remember there are people like this fighting back & always have been!

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

Big day for people who care about other people

As MILLIONS have lost food security over the weekend it’s good to know an exorbitant billionaire became a number we can’t even comprehend RICHER by killing the environment, ending jobs, & destroying brains. #americandream #politics #eattherich

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If the GOP doesn’t want tax dollars going to food, healthcare, housing, ed, SS, veterans’ care, housing, research, science, art, infrastructure, transit, childcare, the environment, public broadcasting, diplomacy, regulatory agencies, or job training… WTF are we paying them for?

Oh, some SNAP recipients are breaking the law with their benefits? Well, I have some super upsetting news for you about our entire national government.

Devastating to watch a college in a #rural area cancel their free book program not because it wasn’t essential, but simply to be aligned with federal regulation. #EKU

Just a reminder for #Kentucky voters suffering right now, #AndyBarr wanted to make it HARDER for #Kentuckians to get #SNAP (ie access to food) - remember this when voting!

Governor @andybeshearky.bsky.social won't let Kentucky families go hungry without a fight. He's suing the USDA to force them to fund SNAP benefits for more than 600,000 Kentuckians during the Republican shutdown. The emergency funds exist. They just refuse to use them.

What, wouldst thou have me go and beg my food?

Completely cruel and heartless.

Yes, they’re using the shutdown to turn off SNAP benefits. No, they don’t have to.

They. Are. Attacking. #Sanctuaries. They’re going after these centers- intended for protection-to hunt people down. Don’t ever pretend this is #Christianity. #Jesus would be ashamed AND THE #BIBLE BACKS THAT UP. The #WhiteHouse is using religion to hunt people

Cowardly headline about a country that has continually broken ceasefires, has been proven to use violence for cruelty’s sake, & whose government has literally said this was the end game. Do better @theguardian.com

As a former #MLB #baseball lover who’s witnessed crime be endorsed by the league (*cough cough* #CincinnatiReds & Pete Rose) I am MORE than excited for the creation of the #WPBL!! #women

There’s a word for a person who feigns confusion about what a Nazi is. A Nazi.

What #Dems forget is #KY has BOTH the #Senators that (despite how awful they are) were some of the only #Republicans to do against some of #Trump policies. The #GOP candidates running to replace #McConnell are heavily divided

To all the people staying silent in the face of 40 million Americans losing SNAP… shame on you. Speak up Being poor, disabled or homeless is not a moral failing These are minority groups you can join any time It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of We need support & solidarity

Gee how could this be true?? #politics #shutdown

I’m so glad we have the #UN so they can prevent this kind of behavior…wait

Hey LITERALLY EVERY LEFT WING LEADER WTF WHERE IS YOUR BACKBONE?? WHY DO “YOUNG REPUBLICANS” FEEL CONFIDENT AND SAFE TO DO THE THINGS THEY DID AND YOURE DOING NOTHING!!!

Never worship someone so much that you find yourself on the internet one day excusing swastikas.

Not only should EVERYONE be concerned the #Pentagon feels like it has the right to do this, but even #FoxNews said no… that’s how bad this is. Fox. News. Said. No.

Really disappointed but not surprised that @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy would choose to ONLY display the Isr*eli flag & ONLY talk about the release their hostages, continuing to turn a blind eye & misuse their platform for #Palestine 🇵🇸

Your grandfathers didn’t storm Normandy so you could be afraid of the word antifascist or “antifa”

“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.” (Published May) By @jeremykohler.bsky.social