Dr. Rita Shah

When Trump sent the military to occupy LA it was a test and the pillars of our democracy failed it

*sigh* so we’re about to see more so called dems through trans people under the bus, huh?

No, I don't think there is any need for you, me or anyone to have access to ChatGPT or CoPilot just to help you plan your kid's birthday party, or find nearby restaurants, or plan your holiday for you, or do your homework for you, or write your book review for you, all to see the world burn.

‘I’m Actually Surprised It Didn’t Happen Sooner’ CDC staffers saw the violence coming.

“I didn’t expect to face the same risks in Atlanta as in South Sudan.”

*We repeat: Friday’s CDC shooting wasn’t random. It’s the product of years of attacks on public health by Trump and our own boss, RFK Jr.*

Thanks to @landmanspeaking.bsky.social for outstanding reporting

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That’s right Americans, your only hope of sleeping well these days is to literally freeze to death. Checks out tbh.

Also, Andrew Cuomo spent $20 million of NY taxpayers' money to subpoena phone (& gynecological records!) of women who accused him of sexual harassment. How else might those 20 million have been spent? For instance: on resources and services for needy New Yorkers?

I. Hate. This. Timeline.

This feels important. I guess not important enough for our legacy media.

Just spitballing here, but cryptobros throwing sex toys at WNBA players on the court and other cryptobros and male sports commentators calling it funny and telling the women and their coaches to 'lighten up' both explains the 'male loneliness epidemic' and why I don't care about it.

Only someone as out of touch as Cuomo would think $2300 a month for rent is affordable to low income folks. Hell I’m pretty solidly middle class and I can’t afford that!

To the people who claim that the genocide is all Netanyahu's doing and he's the problem, how do you explain that the Israeli military has all these plans prepared?

The “goal” is to send “all Palestinian civilians from Gaza City” to “the” “camps.”

Let us be VERY clear... the NFL didn't suspend the game.

The Atlanta Falcons and the Detroit Lions FORCED them to end the game because they realized this didn't matter anymore. These two teams remember what almost happened with Buffalo and decided to take it out of their hands.

Well done.

I do not believe I have ever seen what the Lions and Falcons are doing right now, and props to the players and likely Dan Campbell and Raheem Morris for just running out the clock.

Scorching cells How heat threatens lives in America’s prisons

Scorching cells. How heat threatens lives in America’s prisons. Story via @reuters.com.

This avalanche of trauma was piled onto him because the luckiest people in the history of the world were convinced that the immigrant down the street might eat their cat. And how does Andry react to his mistreatment? Here’s what he told me: And what I can say to the people, to President Trump, and to everyone watching this podcast is, let’s be more empathetic, let’s be more, more humane, knowing that we can’t make firewood from a fallen tree. . . . Let’s be more empathetic and not destroy others, because no one likes to be talked down to, let’s not kick a dead horse, because, it’s easy to speak badly of someone, but we don’t like people talking badly about them. So, as a relative told me, everyone is going to throw stones at the tree that bears fruit.

A remarkable level of grace and humanity from Andry Hernández Romero, the hairdresser from Venezuela that the United States sent to CECOT in El Salvador, where prison guard forced him to perform oral sex.

Despite all this, he shows a stunning level of grace. www.thebulwark.com/p/can-we-eve...

1) This was always the plan. And I hope anyone who said otherwise hangs their head in shame.

2) Colonizers gonna colonize. Always.

My go to in grad school was peanut butter jelly.

Can we have more of this on the interwebs again please?

Every generation for the past century has enjoyed one true, world-changing technological miracle. For my generation, it is not AI. It's mRNA vaccines. Guess which one fascists have decided to embrace and which one they are trying to destroy!

my impression is that it's nothing but rasputins as far as the eye can see, in fact

NEW: Apple CEO, Tim Cook, arrives at the White House with a 24 karat gold gift for Trump.

When the history books are written, these compliant, knee-bending billionaires will be excoriated. They will be labelled co-conspirators.

(🎥 CSPAN)

Me: I really need to write this book review.

Also me: How about I work on canvas instead?

#AcademicSky

Andrew Cuomo couldn’t allow his first, tepid recognition of reality — that the Israeli government, with the full support of the Trump administration, is starving the people of Gaza — last more than a few hours without walking it back.

This is someone who believes in nothing.

What it is going to take is one university after another simply saying, we will not deal. This is not a legitimate way for the executive branch to interact with universities and we will not do it. Full stop.

The threats to our democracy are growing.

This year, we’ve seen:

🗳️ Attempts to restrict voting access

🏢 Pressure on election officials who uphold the process

🚨 Support for individuals who spread distrust in elections

📢A step back from federal voting rights protections

Some of my colleagues who are currently crying online about TX Democrats leaving the state are the same ones who left D.C. early so they wouldn’t have to vote on releasing the Epstein Files.

Kind of interesting how that works, huh?

Chuck Schumer is on record saying his primary goal is to keep Democrats supporting the genocidal isreali regime.

So if you are wondering why he isn't pressing trump at all... Its because they have the same policy preferences.

I knew no charges. Wasn’t sure about the arresting part.