Silly Sally

Breaking: The @wsj.com is reporting that the comment was not made by Brian Kilmeade but by an unidentified transgender person

there is nothing more american than news of a political shooting being interrupted by news of a school shooting

Greg Abbott claims that the redistricting maps aren’t racist.

Let’s see!

First, we know the 2021 maps are illegal…but let’s keep going.

Here is what he said about Harris County elections:

“No county in Texas does a worse job of conducting elections than Harris County," said Governor Abbott.
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🤑 HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of DOLLARS to be SPENT on a GAUDY BALLROOM at the White House…

…BUT NO MONEY 💸 for CHILDREN DYING of CANCER. 🤯

Keep your eye on what's happening in Texas.

This is an amazing blow to democracy and an illustration of how Trump and the GOP are trying to impose minority rule. Great work from @ariberman.bsky.social

Tim Burchett broke a rib.

He’s fine, folks. His free platinum congressional health plan covered it. You, on the other hand, would get ibuprofen and a YouTube video on how to set a broken rib.

Watch every second of this.

Our worst fears are here. With Trump’s new bill, the police state is no longer looming—it’s official.

Expect more raids on a massive scale, shattered families, and a brutal crackdown on humanitarian protections.

Now good luck explaining to the ICE agent stuffing you on a plane to South Sudan that you qualify as a member of a nationwide class as to whom the EO is blocked

There’s a growing problem you’re not supposed to question: masked agents detaining migrants. Not in war zones...here...on U.S. soil. When power hides its face...it stops being accountable. When you can’t ID authority...you can’t challenge it. 1/5 🧵

Can you chat with these folks? www.facebook.com/share/p/1BgY...

This is a United States Senator

MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities

BANKS: You probably deserved it

MACK: Why did I deserve it?

BANKS: Because you look like a clown

YouTube video by Savannah Sparks “Show me the money!” - RFK Jr.

youtu.be/gnKe4mUrz2I?...

The Ultimate Guide to Supporting a Loved One with Trump Fueled Anxiety—How to Help Without Saying the Wrong Thing or Making It Worse The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #283

The Ultimate Guide to Supporting a Loved One with Trump-Fueled Anxiety—How to Help Without Saying the Wrong Thing or Making It Worse

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Spot the difference

There’s nothing wrong with Billionaires having billions. There is something inherently wrong with billionaires cutting your benefits, and help to the poor through USAID, and running around with a chainsaw giggling.

You can have power or billions. But we refuse to be an oligarchy

House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt

🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

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This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West

America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

Jasmine Crockett is shredding this solo. But it’s past time for the rhythm section to enter this song already.

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Parenting In the Age of Trump Like Sarah Connor, the heroine of the Terminator movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for the dystopian future.

Behold: My unified Terminator Theory of parenting through the Trump Era into the apocalypse he has created for our children.

...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.

My latest in @thenation.com

No, neither.

My message to Zuck

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I think it’s just $ but I don’t want to assume … is there a policy rationale for either approach — an enrollment fee (Texas) or cost share (Florida)?

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