A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

TurboTax makers Intuit have lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing. Now Trump has terminated the free IRS Direct File program, nearly a year after Intuit gave his inauguration $1M. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Yet another way Trump is screwing working families: this was a FREE tool we set up so folks could file taxes directly, without paying an expensive service. So who does cancelling it benefit? The answer is not working Americans, but it sure is big corporations who profit off them.

My district is home to thousands of federal workers, and their voices should be heard in the halls of Congress during this shutdown. It's time to end the political games. Republicans need to open the House so we can get to work. (3/3)

"Kathy is a soon-to-be-retired small animal veterinarian in the greater Des Moines area. She was once reviewed as a top veterinarian for rats on a local rat forum. In her office, she has a preserved dog heart suspended in fluid filled with heartworm."

Imagine how many food banks Bloomberg could have funded with that five mil instead of flushing it down the toilet of the Cuomo campaign.

My colleagues are the best. Everyone works so hard and is so committed to the mission.

Who could have ever predicted this?

Please, PLEASE, I am begging you as both a parent and someone who is sick of all this THIS, go vote for your school boards. Even if you don't have kids, that's how these reactionary dipshits got their feet in, that's where the book bans and library cuts start.

Some really perverse incentives here for people to allow their homes to collapse into the sea rather than removing them proactively. A fix is-no surprise-stalled in the legislature. www.theassemblync.com/environment/...

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?

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.

I greatly admire these people working quietly for peace, year after year. www.theassemblync.com/place/state-...

This just in: "Charges were suddenly dropped Wednesday against a Tennessee man who had been jailed for more than a month for posting a Trump meme." The reversal came one day after @philinvestigates.com highlighted the case on NewsChannel 5 in Nashville. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history. The leading cause of death? Covid-19. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

Trump is choosing not to release $6 billion in emergency USDA funding that could fund SNAP into November, which is a violation of law, and is profoundly depraved: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

I say "Oh, eye knowwwww." in her honor.

Elon Musk's "DOGE" project failed. The U.S. federal budget deficit is now larger (not smaller) than it has been in any year since the pandemic - and it's still growing.

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

welcome to America, where the idea that kids should have food gets you labeled some kind of communist

Interesting that the WSJ chooses to focus on the generational difference here and not that 70% of Americans don’t have $ to buy a car or pay for medical expenses & 80% don’t have enough to retire. www.wsj.com/personal-fin...

Excellent clip on the history of hostile architecture in NYC-it’s current form seen in the leaning benches in subways &lack of any seating (except Amtrak Lounge) in Moynihan station impacting ppl who are unhoused, older, and/or disabled. Of course, Robert Moses & his legacy are responsible for this.

Saw that Mike Johnson said the House is not going to be in session for another damn week. Posting this again to remind folks none of this normal.

This man is a political prisoner.

This is awful and terrible for democracy and I hate it but it seems like we have to do it. Play hardball now and then ffs pass a voting rights bill that outlaws gerrymandering as soon as we can. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

This is so good. I just sent it to my kids, both of whom are undergrads. "You are more than a future source of profit, and humanity's survival depends on all of us understanding this."

This is how you blurb

North Carolina is virtually synonymous with partisan gerrymandering. Republicans have drawn all election maps in our state for 14 years running - the last Democratic lawmaker to touch any map, whatsoever, was back in 2003. Here are just a few examples of the rigged maps that are in effect today.

A poem that's been kicking around my head for a few days

I’ll say it straight: It is unbecoming, undignified, cowardly, and shameful for a institution as revered and respected as the University of Virginia to grant an audience in 2025 to those who are committed to destroying science, free thought, human rights, and the rule of law.

If you were looking for an example of everything that's wrong in our politics today, you could do worse than this sentiment from Republican North Carolina State Senator Ralph Hise on Monday, October 20th 2025, to objections from lawmakers about his proposal to rig North Carolina's Congressional map.

North Carolina’s GOP just enacted a new congressional gerrymander to win an 11-3 GOP majority in a swing state by targeting Black Dem Don Davis. They already gerrymandered a 10-4 edge in 2024 by replacing a fairer map that split 7-7 in 2022. Interactive map: davesredistricting.org/join/3f06a7f...

An employee at Sequoia Park Zoo in Northern California found a black bear who came in from the wild, introduced itself to the zoo’s bears and played with their toys, before being shown the exit.

Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs - Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75% - Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60% - Social Sciences by 50–70% - History by 60% - Biology by 75% - The German department will lose all PhD seats - Sociology from six PhD students to zero

"Hello, this is your kid’s school calling. So, your kid said her daddy dropped her off today. I could still see him if I stepped outside, but I know it’s much more convenient for you to take this call."

Losses will be higher in states more enrolled in ACA: Texas: 83,400 Florida: 57,500 Georgia: 33,600 California: 20,300 South Carolina: 13,100 Tennessee: 12,300 Alabama: 9,100 Louisiana: 7,000 North Carolina: 6,900 Mississippi: 6,700 These 10 states will lose 250,000 jobs, 3/4 of jobs lost across US

It's that time again! Come save big!

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”? anyway that’s why these events are important

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

Karoline Leavitt on what she expected for today’s demonstrations: “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, violent criminals.” Scott Bessent: “Most unhinged in the Democratic Party” Mike Johnson: “The pro-Hamas wing, the antifa people.” NYPD: More than 100,000 protesters; zero arrests.

Today in Kent, Ohio. Yes, THAT Kent. A psycho Trumper charged into the No Kings rally, throwing punches, assaulted a woman. He was armed. The crowd tackled him. I considered going to Kent for the protest. It's an hour drive for me. Went to downtown Cleveland instead.

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

This is so good. So so good. An anthem is born. #FrogBrigade #TheFrogRebellion youtu.be/QGtBfOdnG24

NYPD announces that zero arrests were made at the massive No Kings protests today after Republicans spent days claiming the protestors are violent terrorists.

A stable, functioning democracy is often unassuming, boring even. Easy to take for granted. But this - millions coming together in a shared public space to insist on their rights as democratic citizens - is a mighty reminder that a proper democracy is something quite incredible and inspiring.

Durham, NC has turned OUT! The rally and march just kept getting bigger