Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)

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Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

This is... A lot.

I'm so proud of my little town!

Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump OUR GREAT MILITARY PARADE IS ON, RAIN OR SHINE. REMEMBER, A RAINY DAY PERADE BRINGS GOOD LUCK. I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN D.C.

OUR GRATE PERADE IS ON, RANE OR SHYNE!
Can’t wait to celabrate freedumb with tanks, flags, and a puddle of melted constitooshun. 🤭🙄
#NoKings

I haven't posted in a while, but this really resonated.

"I'm asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours."

We are the ones that we have been waiting for. Stand strong today.

#NoKings

Reading is the key, and the gateway, to so many important things. Protect it.

Your top 10 FAQ on drug prices Some clarity for this wildly confusing topic.

P.S. Don't believe drug companies when they blame high prices on "research & development." Most large drug companies only spend about 10-20% of their revenue on research.

Read the article for more. 5/🧵

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/your-top-1...

He's essentially asking drug companies to match other countries' prices with no consequences if they don't. The reason other countries have lower prices is because they have universal health care, allowing the government to choose not to cover a drug if the manufacturer refuses to negotiate. 4/🧵

Drug lobbyists spend millions of dollars to block laws that might limit their profits, including any kind of reform that would lower drug costs.

Additionally, Trump's executive order is unlikely to fix things because there is no mechanism of enforcement. 3/🧵

Patents on new medications prevent other drug companies from creating generics for 12-14 years on average, and drug companies are often able to renew patents by "re-releasing" the drug with minor improvements. 2/🧵

The reason drug prices are high comes down to several things (a🧵 based on data from @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social )

Unlike other countries, the U.S. government can't do anything to negotiate drug prices, and there are no laws that dictate how much profit drug companies are allowed to make. 1/🧵

Why were people so angry about it?

This type of thinking along with RFK's suggestions that chronically ill and autistic people cannot be contributing members to society is eerily, and dangerously similar. 🧵4

When Hitler started euthanizing people, he started with the disabled, but first he spread messaging to make citizens feel less sympathetic toward them. 🧵3

This is an ignorant and dangerous mischaracterization, and only a hop, skip and a jump away from insinuating that people who become sick, or are chronically ill, brought it on themselves. 🧵2

The rise of a new form of germ theory denial But did they have any underlying conditions?

This "germ denial" theory has dark implications. There are people in the MAHA movement who are suggesting that the real reason people die from illness is because their "unhealthy diet" or "lack of exercise" caused damage to their immune system. 1/🧵

open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

This is excellent news!

U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in preparation for trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, b...

"Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly instructed officials to push for regulatory approvals for Musk’s satellite firm at a moment when the White House is calling for wide-ranging talks on trade."

Elon Musk isn't in this for us. He's in it for himself.

link.theskimm.com/click/397646...

This makes me feel sick. ICE is targeting people at their most vulnerable, and it's absolutely despicable.

#ImmigrantsAreHuman

"The clitoris has around 8000 nerve endings and it's still not as sensitive as a conservative man on the internet."

No notes.

what if we put the people breaking laws and ignoring court orders into jail? is that an option? we can apparently do it to people who haven't broken any laws and are just too brown, so I have to assume we can do it to people who are actually doing bad shit, right?

I hate it here.

While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.

“When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. They said it would be temporary. Nothing changes instantaneously.”
- The Handmaids Tale #krasnov #deathofdemocracy #ourlastchance

I laughed all the way out loud when I saw this.

70 Michigan students are facing deportation. No explanation. No due process. Just revenge.

This is Trump making good on his threat to punish student protestors—and using immigration as his weapon.

Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s already here.

If Trump & RFK Jr. actually cared about “Making America Healthy Again,” they wouldn’t be dismantling the agencies that keep our food and drugs safe.

@repsummerlee.bsky.social serves an honest #CupOfJoe calling out the false narratives of RFK Jr. & FOTUS.

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There are ways to do religion right. I'm sad your grandma's not in the world anymore @sarahneedscoffee.bsky.social.

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I'm currently reading Attack From Within by Barbara McQuade, and it's very informative but also very painful to relive all Trump's lies. 😮‍💨

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