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This one is for Dana Bash (and for the great Jamie Raskin in a different way), because in the middle of a berserker rampage by the right, those of us on the liberal-to-left spectrum are supposed to stop it through seraphic politeness, according to the lost souls in the middle of the road.

On the $1.5 trillion defense budget request

Trump has not “given” the USPS special control over mail ballots because that is not a thing that is his to give. PLEASE STOP PRETENDING THAT THE CARNIVAL BARKER HAS MAGIC POWERS JUST BECAUSE HE SAYS HE HAS MAGIC POWERS.

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: No DHS Funding Until Stephen Miller Is Removed. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

There is ample evidence that our elections are not rife with issues…yet. Simply put, the Save Act is the Trump administration’s attempt to subvert fair elections in our country.

In the modern era, no American president has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump. None.

TRANS KANSANS: I'm moving this weekend (just two blocks, but still involves packing & carrying literally tons of books) & my apartment will be available to rent immediately. Small town in Western Mass, trans-friendly & with a strong arts scene. We'd be happy to have you. DM for more. 💜 Please share!

Roughly 2 USAIDs

Rep Raskin laying it out clearly

Release the Epstein files already.

My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!

This administration incited political violence that led to the storming of the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, and then issued 6,000 pardons to people who assaulted and brutalized police officers.

I can’t believe I have to say this but leave Greenland alone. Oh, and release the Epstein files. We are not distracted.

We lost one of the great ones. How to live a full and rich life. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

Low stakes New Year’s resolution: when cooking, I will choose bowls that are big enough instead of starting with small bowls, have everything slop over, and then switch to the appropriate size bowl.

Nauseating

73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data. Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.” As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.

A monster

@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high. This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.

Thanks for everything, DOGE. 🤡 @birdyword.bsky.social

NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.

All of these members have military experience—and are rightfully alarmed that the Admin is directing people to commit violence against Americans.   Those who serve our country swore an oath to the Constitution, *not* Trump.   If pointing that out is "treason," what else is he willing to criminalize?

And if you've previously picked a side, you don't have to stay there. Whatever you may have thought Trump was, he's proven his unfit. Let's be pro-democracy now. We can go back to party politics when we get through this.

Love my #westernmass

Yup #Westernmass #Greenfield

Incapable of learning

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

From the Berkshires to the Cape and everywhere in between, there are people in need — and people ready to help. To donate food, funds or time, visit Mass.gov/SNAPFreeze.

A compilation of videos of crying children whose parents were taken by ICE has broken me. Where is our humanity?

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving: $100 billion Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%: $100 billion One is decried as "welfare." One is not. Why?

We will do our very best.

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

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.” “SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.” ~Center for Budget and Policy

Heck yeah!

If they think this is bad wait until the tribunals for crimes against humanity.

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings. These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate. Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

Does anyone have a calculator that would tell people what their premiums would be without the subsidies? I have seen examples of the huge increases, but I think it would be very effective for people to be able to put in their plan to find out what their own cost would be.

Join us!

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

Every ridiculous new Trump AI video further highlights how desperate he is for distractions from the Epstein files.

Gov’t shutdown update - Here’s what you should know: • SNAP benefits in MA will be paid in full through Oct • USDA food already ordered months in advance will arrive as planned The Food Bank’s work will continue without interruption.

Here in the Pioneer Valley, I am in the Season of Pilates - too old for roller derby and too young for Young at Heart.

This.

Release. The. Files.

He is desperate for distraction.

Nope, still not distracted. Release the Epstein files.

Nothing brings out my grass-is-always-greener than blueberry picking. Others’ bushes and rows are superior and call to me.

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

Within the first 7 months, Trump has managed to add trillions to the deficit, eviscerate agencies like the Education Department, rattle the economy, shake our strongest alliances, build concentration camps for his deportation program, and strip popular social programs like Medicaid from millions.