The Weeping Somnambulist

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Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started as the federal government shutdown continues.

They were going to do this anyway. The regime is just using it as an excuse. They think they can somehow make the firings the Democrats fault.

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Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

This is what happens when sadism and hatred is institutionalized.

“But you can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up under them.” -Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

senwarren with blue checkmark Donald Trump is deploying the military to our cities and using our servicemembers as political pawns. Americans aren’t asking for this. This is about one thing:Trump’s agenda of fear a d chaos. Trump’s authorized power grab must stop.

Facebook post from Dad Jokes I love telling cheesy jokes, but my friends are laughtose intolerant.

Just a little break in your doomscrolling 🧀

This is my fourth day of working without pay. Demoralized is not a strong enough word. #trumpshutdown

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Several Kentucky colleges sign on to letter slamming 'coercive' Trump actions, but public universities haven't signed on An open letter taking direct aim at the Trump administration's policies surrounding higher education gained the support of several Kentucky colleges, but none of the state's public universities have s...

So proud of my alma mater, Berea College for standing up. Go Mountainers! #BereaBeloved

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Facebook post from Really American As long as we are cutting healthcare for everyday Americans, let’s remove the lifetime of free healthcare for members of Congress. Time for them to live in the system they’ve created for us.

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

NEW: For the last several months, I have written and spoken regularly about the rise of authoritarianism in the United States. This is not something I ever envisioned for myself — and it is certainly not something my ancestors envisioned for their great grandchildren.

#EPSTEIN

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

Trump and the Texas GOP moved first, stealing seats to rig elections in their favor.

Now it’s California's time to fight back, level the playing field, and defend democracy.

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That’s beautiful. We planted a cutting from a hydrangea that had been divided throughout the family for a hundred years by my Dad’s grave. It’s a little beauty among the grief.

It’s demoralizing to have to work but not get a paycheck

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

Every ICE agent, every cop and any other person involved in this assault on these people, should face prosecution.

It will always baffle me how easily people will believe that the poor, the sick, the marginalized, and the immigrant are the cause of their problems, rather than the people in the most powerful positions in our country who refuse to fix problems and exploit them instead.

I posted this one week after the election in 2024. Holds up.

Post from Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse “Healthcare for illegal aliens” is the new “immigrants are eating cats and dogs in Springfield .” The Republican playbook s simple make up a baseless lie, repeat it every chance you get, hope and pray that everyone blames Democrats for the crisis you creates.

This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.