Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.” Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.

ICYMI yesterday

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

Ukrainian attack damages power plants in Russian-controlled parts of Donetsk, official says reut.rs/3JZVKRc

There’s plenty of discourse about whether these Young Republicans mean the things they say. And honestly, it doesn’t matter. Because whether they believe in it or not, the willingness to participate in these conversations predicts the willingness to perpetrate the violence they describe.

These are not just people with different ideas about governance. They are horrible people, down to their soul.

POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.

Admittedly I am surprised at how quickly and thoroughly these institutions are being dismantled.

“The message being relayed is that the suits who are making these calls not only want to eliminate the Colbert problem, but the mere possibility of such a platform for political commentary of dissent.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore

"Adolf Hitler, pursuing a ruthless campaign for a 'Nasified' and loyal Germany, armed himself today with the power to cancel citizenships and and confiscate the property of critical or hostile citizens, including Germans living abroad." United Press July 16, 1933

(Women laughing to themselves.)

🚨NEW: When ICE raided a Californian farm yesterday, they snatched & disappeared a disabled US veteran who was in his car. They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor. Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is. (🎥 ABC 7 News)

Don't worry, everything's gonna be RFK

U.S. Representative @wassermanschultz.house.gov (D-FL) was given a sanitized “tour” of the Everglades MAGA torture camp and what she saw was enough to turn her stomach. “They get their drinking water and brush their teeth where they poop.” FL Dems are fighting to shut it down. #OnYourSide

it is unacceptable for ANYONE to be disappeared. if your solidarity doesn't include sex workers then fuck off.

@preopticarea.bsky.social 😁

Red flag: The IRS has said in a court filing that churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates from the pulpit — carving out an exemption in a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.

It's an authoritarian cult for Trump. It's the entire Republican party and movement now. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I don't understand. God's hand saved hundreds, but it missed saving scores of others, including children. Why didn't God do a better job? And can't we just get Him/Her/They to stop extreme weather events caused by climate change?

🇫🇷 The French president said, 'the recognition of the state of Palestine is, according to me, the only way to build peace and stability to all in the whole region'

It's abomination that Congress has not taken action to unmask these folks. It's a dereliction of duty.

Filmmakers cut footage of fishing boats destroying seagrass meadows, the plant on the planet having the highest capacity of carbon storage, because it was deemed “too shocking” from David Attenborough’s film Ocean. 🌊 Show the truth!! #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

If the Swastika fits.

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Wow. Just wow. I have no words 🥲

The GOP’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’ removes virtually all of the tax credits for renewable energy, electric vehicles & clean manufacturing. It will also add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030. #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory www.carbonbrief.org/chart-trumps...

FEMA stands for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. According to its website, "FEMA coordinates the federal response to disasters that receive a Presidential disaster declaration."

Interesting… @preopticarea.bsky.social

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

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Imagine what a different world this would be if US Senators had courage?

I can’t ingest any more news. It all makes me cry. Time to look at something beautiful… I love how the Russian sage and the blooms of the hostas blend together!

A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.

People should lift each other up and cheer each other on, not try to outdo each other. The sky would be terribly dark with only one star.

No matter who you are or who you love, you are welcome here. Happy Pride Month, Minnesota!

The FDA has updated an ongoing recall of tomatoes distributed in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to its most severe warning, saying there is a higher probability that potential salmonella contamination could lead to “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

Mother Gaia to celebrate Pride Month tonight after sunset

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding. It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Breaking News: The CDC kept Covid shots on an updated vaccination schedule for children, days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they would be taken off.

The Presidents Budget Request for NASA is out. It’s a bloodbath Canceled are DAVINCI, VERITAS, Juno, OSIRIS-APEX, US participation in ExoMars and EnVision… Huge cut to R&A. No funding to begin development of the Uranus Orbiter. If you’ve ever cared about NASA, time to contact congress.

It’s been around since 1983.

Good morning beautiful souls! School's out so the summer reading club will start Monday at my library and I'm the lead this year. Maybe some #GoodTrouble in my future 😎 Happy Friday! 🌞☕🌻🏃‍♀️🕉️