Good morning 🦋!

Good morning 🦋!

Not entirely thrilled about the direction of basically everything, it must be said

Good morning 🦋!

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

If the Senate's budget is enacted, millions will lose health insurance, millions will fall into poverty, and the national debt will increase by $3.3T. All of this to provide a major tax cut mainly to the rich and big corporations. There is no justification for this.

Republicans, before you vote to close 1 of 4 nursing homes, can you update us on where those people will go? Maybe call a few seniors in your state and go over plans for where they go next? Or call the son whose dad has dementia and tell him how he can be a full-time caregiver?

The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences. The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences. The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?

Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.

You know your country has screwed up priorities when it pretends it doesn't have the money to prevent LGBTQ teen suicides but it *does* have the funds to subsidize the wealthiest man in the world's engineering incompetence. www.cbsnews.com/news/video-s...

What is this—Make Asbestos Great Again? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 150 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and other convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.

Literally the Russian flag in the post. Two of them

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

Crockett: I know that there’s been some conversations about what’s going on in LA and they want to say that it’s riots because they didn’t want people to keep talking about the Epstein files

81 years ago, America's bravest generation stormed the beaches of Normandy in hopes of freeing Europe from the clutches of a brutal authoritarian. Today, we face authoritarianism on our shores. We owe it to ourselves, our country, and that great generation to fight for freedom here at home.

I don’t aspire to be rich. I aspire to have enough. I want my neighbors to have enough. I want everyone to have shelter, education, homes, healthcare. I don’t have much in common with folks who are not for the working class bc I am working class.

A Hero and the Hoodlum

Next time someone in Congress glibly dismisses your need for healthcare, remember that they have some of the best healthcare in the country. And it was paid for by YOU.

Meltdown on Truth Social in 3, 2, 1...

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.

Wise words from Mr. Rogers. We are all in this together. Let us all renew ourselves to strive for the common good.

Good morning 🦋!

Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121

Hakeem Jeffries: States like NY, NJ, CT, IL, and CA are donor states. We regularly send billions more to the federal government than we get back in return. We’re not going to be lectured by people who are in taker states who receive more money from the government than they send in tax payer dollars.

Theo was considering a career in pole dancing but discovered that it is too much effort to get up!

Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.

Just got word that Secretary Noem is asking for an addition to her budget - a new private Gulfstream 5 jet for her personal national photo op tour. She's already got a private plane but wants a tricked out new one. All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

Remember when the story broke about a worm eating part of his brain and nobody was that surprised?

Bribery in plain sight.

The overwhelming majority of jobs at the two biggest companies in America pay less than $20/hr. Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet. See the problem?

If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.

Louder for the voters in the back!

But Hunter Biden! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

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This administration has the audacity to say that they don't want to attack Social Security benefits. Then, they do everything in their power by a million cuts to try to undermine Social Security. That is dead wrong. - @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org

Rainy Days &Mondays Happy Cinco De Mayo Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican army's victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 It has evolved into a broader celebration of Mexican culture In the U.S., it is a day to celebrate Mexican culture, heritage, and community.

Things the president of the United States said on meet the press today: He doesn’t know if he has to follow the constitution He’s fine with a recession Americans can do with less Small businesses are just “a couple of little businesses”