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Strategic Comms Was Her Job. Then came her “villain” arc. Be careful who you RIF.

500 thank-yous to @amberscorah.bsky.social & @psst-org.bsky.social for caring to profile me and taking the time to narrate my perspective with empathy + flair!

Amber & Psst are shining examples of why independent media is critical!

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In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

F*** ABC.

F*** Nexstar.

F*** Disney.

F*** Hulu.

F*** Carr.

F*** the FCC.

F*** Trump.

This is Perry Sook.

Perry Sook works for Nexstar Media Group.

Perry Sook cancelled Jimmy Kimmel.

Perry Sook is a cunt.

Tell Nexstar how you feel about Perry Sook.
972.373.8800

End of line.

Texas Legislator: WHAT'S THIS? A&M offers a course on biologic diversity!!!!! WOKE Biology!

We only need one species on this planet, and that's white men!

#Satire

I do believe its time that the Governors of all blue states started having a real talk about what forming a new union and seceding from the current one would entail.

We're past the point of no return.

If #SNL were smart, they would have Jimmy #Kimmel hosting week 1 of Season 51 in two weeks. But Lorne is more weak than smart so I doubt that could happen.

RFK Jr.’s compromised ACIP continues to hide their data for their false claims about COVID19 vaccines and pediatric deaths, because they know they cannot withstand scientific scrutiny.

No charges after report of explicit images on Oklahoma education chief's TV The Oklahoma County sheriff said investigators determined the TV in Ryan Walters' office was tuned to a channel showing 1985's "The Protector." The movie includes a scene in which naked women enter a warehouse to package drugs.

Oklahoma County's top prosecutor says she declined to file criminal charges after two Board of Education members said they saw images of naked women on a television in the office of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters.

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya is quietly attempting to revive a massive Alzheimer’s data collection project that was shut down by Congress after it was found to be “at risk of failing to manage…hundreds of millions of dollars…and raised a host of privacy concerns”.

But this time it’s for autism.

This 3-part series sent chills up my spine.

I can say with the utmost certainty that I feel much more apprehensive and anxious about traveling by air now.

This interview gives me great pause about my future travel plans.

Wow. I cannot believe this is where we are a society and a country.

To take aim at the veterans who have fought for the very democracy that we stand under is just unbelievable!

Here's how millions of people could lose health insurance if Trump's tax bill becomes law Roughly 11.8 million adults and kids will be at risk for losing health insurance if Republicans’ domestic policy package becomes a law.

Fun fact: Members of Congress keep stable, subsidized health insurance - even in retirement. Sounds great, right?

Last week, many of them voted for the Big Ugly Bill, which strips coverage from millions.

Healthcare is a human right - for me, not for thee.

Prescient statement. What a call to action!

#StandWithEPAWorkers

Please join today's rally if you can! It's important to show that these brave federal workers have our support when the chips are down!

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.

New York Times headline

Not surprising. Not okay.

E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump

Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.

The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.

I signed it with my full name. I'm already on admin leave (from another agency). I imagine they're going to now RIF me twice?

Ha!

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

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