"Trade not aid" is such a BS response. It's just them making an excuse to not actually help. The Trump Trade War is why farmers are suffering, and new trade deals ain't coming anytime soon, and the GOP knows it.

Dr Oz said people must “prove they matter” to get Medicaid. RFK Jr has said “only sick kids should die of measles” and repeatedly laments how disabled people won’t pay taxes or serve in the military. These are the people trying to cut healthcare. The shutdown is an attempt to stop them.

Blue sky makes needs to be more straightforward when you accidentally share something and want to remove it.

Things I believe in: 🔵 compassion 🔵 empathy 🔵 diversity 🔵 equity 🔵 inclusion 🔵 kindness 🔵 women's rights 🔵 LGBTQIA rights 🔵 black & brown rights 🔵 free speech If you feel the same, share this, and let's connect. 🫂

Pre-caffeine thoughts: the universe nerfed ADHDers with forgetfulness because it knew we'd be too powerful if we could actually remember when we're supposed to do shit WE COULD TAKE OVER THE WORLD

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

Black Hawk helicopters, apartment doors kicked down, an entire apartment building snatched by ICE and forced to wait for hours in a Uhaul so that their "status can be verified." No warrants, no Miranda Rights, apartments destroyed, belongings stolen. ICE is the Gestapo.

Don’t mess with my sweeties 😤 #portland

Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.

Shocker. Johnson is refusing to allow the newest Rep to be sworn in because the second she is, they are going to force the vote on releasing the Epstein files. The Shutdown seems multi-purpose. Trump and Johnson are hoping to peel off GOP support.

War is profitable. Corporate prisons are profitable. For profit health care is profitable. That should give you a very good idea of what's going on here.

This is Great Britain in the 1970's, not WW2. Good stuff. youtu.be/XeHviTKEqSo?...

Schumer is already getting cold feet and talking about folding. It's good to hear that everyone else is telling him "Hell no." www.axios.com/2025/09/29/d...

I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.

Meanwhile, in war ravaged Portland, I think I've figured out how to make proper Yorkshire pudding.

LA and DC and Chicago showed us how it's done, Portland. We understand that Tr*mp is trying and failing over and over to incite violence. City after city is proving his outrageous lies about our communities wrong. Portlanders, it's our turn to show the world how extreme, ridiculous, false 47 is.

If you want your mail in ballot counted, and you aren't able to put it into a ballot box, get it in extra early. Do not mail it the day of. Do it a week in advance. It won't be postmarked day of. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Neurodivergent culture is wanting to talk to someone but waiting for them to contact you first to be sure they want to talk to you 😮‍💨

Y'all please pass this on. These people need to go to their local ED and get the rabies prophylaxis ASAP. Rabies is fatal to humans, and extremely painful. Note: The ED may not have the prophylaxis treatment themselves, but will know where it is available and will help make arrangements.

Perfect.

Huh... So you're telling me that hiring sycophants instead of qualified and experienced candidates doesn't usually work out?

No matter who they get rid of, force to hide or make illegal, they will always need a scapegoat to blame for all the ills of the world, many of their own creation.

Welp, no more Ben & Jerry's, I guess. www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/b...

They can call for the murder of homeless people, and that's okay, but people who don't mourn the death of a far right bigot deserve to be harassed, doxxed, lose their jobs and freedom?

Bomb threats against the Maryland General Assembly. Bomb threats against the Michigan lieutenant governor and his family. Bomb threats against 5 HBCUs. Two arrests for violent assaults in Idaho. In 24 hours. All Democratic or left-leaning victims. All suspected MAGA perpetrators.

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

Whenever I'm at a bar that encourages writing on the walls, I always write "Godzilla loves you," because it's true and you need to hear it.

Even if it comes out that the shooter was a MAGA angry that Kirk wasn't more extreme, the Right will still blame Democrats.

The Charlie Kirk shooting happened essentially as another school shooting happened a state away

Things may get dicey out there. Please be safe, folks.

Epstein had a lotta buddies who hurt people with him. It doesn't matter who they are, they ALL need to be brought to justice. I don't care if they are Democrat, Republican or a Prince. Justice for the survivors!

I want someone to ask Secretary Brain Worm what Survival of the Fittest means... and then correct him when he gets it wrong. Survival of the Fittest is about reproductive success, not physical fitness. It's outdated, and not used by modern scientists anymore.

Let me be clear, RFKJr believes that if he lets disease run rampant, and unalive the people he views as weak, that it will somehow make the world stronger. Which populations tend to get hurt the worst by pandemics? The elderly, and the very young. Think about your children and your grandparents.

RFKJr is a rich man, long insulated from those who would disagree with or challenge him. So when he is challenged during the Senate hearing, he lashes out like a petulant child. He is not clever. He does not think on his feet. He's just an awful cruel out of touch old man.

Be safe out there. Things will get worse before they get better. We're in for a wild ride, so buckle up.

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