Sema

Some people say voting doesn’t matter, yet billionaires and lobbyists are backing gerrymandering and voter suppression laws. Makes you wonder why they’re trying so hard to silence something they say is meaningless.

Tax the Rich. They'll Stay Mamdani’s plan to tax New York’s millionaires has the penthouse crowd aflutter. History and data show they won’t fly the coop.

"Mamdani’s proposals would make the city more livable for working people while improving public goods — from transit to child care — that benefit everyone, including those footing a slightly higher tax bill."

The biggest criminal in D.C. is in fact Trump.

Prove me wrong.

We are in survival mode under fascism.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully expelled to El Salvador in March and then brought back to face criminal charges, was detained again on Monday after the Trump administration indicated that it planned to re-deport him to Uganda, his lawyer said. nyti.ms/4myTSgr

“GOING TO BE A BLOODBATH”

@BalladHealth CEO Alan Levine (a Republican Lee pal) says a flooded East TN hospital may not get rebuilt thanks to Trump’s monstrous Bill.

Will anyone ask @MarshaBlackburn & @RepJohnRose about backing it, as they run for guv? 🤷🏼‍♀️ www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

What is flash flood alley and what do Texans in its path face? Central Texas is one of the most dangerous regions in the U.S. for flash flooding. Here’s why.

Central Texas is one of the most dangerous regions in the U.S. for flash flooding. Here’s why. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...

"That's just how it is."

The death toll in Texas rose to 79 on Sunday afternoon and forecasters warned that downpours would continue in areas already reeling from the deadly floods. Dozens of people remained unaccounted for, including 10 girls from a summer camp on the Guadalupe River. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4knBZ1S

YouTube video by thehouseofusher Cristina - "Things Fall Apart"

Good morning midnight, it's Christmas.

youtu.be/s5Xgktqp-Zw?...

Somehow xmas manages to show up...even this year when it's just the two of us. ( and our kind families)

Low key and sweet. Nite!

bringing this thread back one year later

Elon trying to be President. 🤣
Muthafucka needs to show us his papers. Show us your birth certificate.

'Like doomsday': Palestinians recount surviving Israel's brutal Beit Lahia offensive Survivors of Israeli incursion in northern Gaza describe drone attacks on schools, lack of food and medicine and dodging bullets

‘It was like doomsday’: Palestinians who survived Israel’s brutal Beit Lahia offensive describe constant hunger, panic-inducing sound bombs, and drone attacks outside schools.

Mom Charged With Terrorism for Health Insurance "Threat" How the FBI is protecting the insurance industry

Mom charged with terrorism for saying "Delay, deny depose" to health insurance company after being denied a claim:

Why Are Platforms Erasing Luigi Mangione’s Social Media History? — SLANDERTOWN Because the First Amendment only constrains state censorship, social media companies can decide for themselves what content can be circulated on their platforms. There is no ‘Poster’s Bill of Rights.’...

SLANDERTOWN interviewed the internet's favorite independent journalist @kenklippenstein.bsky.social about the press and social media platforms blockading information about Luigi Mangione.

www.slandertown.com/blog/mangion...

Screenshot of The Real News podcast by Max. Pub info reads: ‘Everytime we come back, we all get sick’: GA residents affected by September BioLab fire are still going through hell “Where do you go to escape this?… Is it safe to go back home? Do I stay here? Where do I go? How do you run from a chemical plume?”

Nightmarish photo of red, pink, gray, and black smoke billowing up from the BioLab facility during the Sept 29 fire in Conyers, GA

2 months ago, our newsfeeds were filled w/ photos of a chemical fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, GA. It looked like the mouth of hell had opened up. For @therealnews.com I spoke w/ 3 affected residents about the hell they’ve been living through ever since...

therealnews.com/ga-residents...

A photo taken from a distance of missiles exploding in Syria. Just enormous fucking detonations that look like mushroom clouds.

Israel hammering Tartus, Syria tonight, to further the nationalistic psychopathy of a man we ideologically and financially support.

Sesame Street premiered in 1969, declaring its target audience “the four-year-old inner-city Black youngster.” It tackled poverty, disability, death, and difference with understanding and respect.

It is foundational to millions of us, and should be to millions more.

Last time Trump won, Republicans had a huge margin in the house, this time…. Not so much

Joe Biden issues ‘full and unconditional’ pardon to son Hunter Decision marks reversal for US president, who had said he would not use executive authority to pardon son’s charges

Thousands were wrongly incarcerated under Joe Biden's Crime Act of 1994. He pardoned none of them, but he pardoned the one person he conditioned to break the law . . . his son.

Biden is no different from Trump, and he never was.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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Holiday gifts for the Geeks and Gamers in your life!
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Supreme Risk: An Interactive Guide to Rights the Supreme Court Could Take Away Most rights are based in statute, but dozens — such as rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings — are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn and that…

In 2023, our team created an interactive guide to rights the Supreme Court has established — and could take away.

Most rights are based in statute, but rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn. ⤵️

I have no trust in the State of Israel.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/w...

Sometimes igniting fires to systemic oppression is required to light the way for others and staying warm on the journey to liberation.

Mood.

Biden’s legacy will be aiding & abetting a genocide in Gaza.

He will never escape it and we will never forgive him.

🤍

I desire to love myself as profoundly as I give of myself to everyone else.

Pressure is on to get Biden to fulfill a campaign promise before he leaves office Advocacy groups are pressuring Biden to fulfill a campaign promise and prevent President-elect Trump from initiating another series of executions.

Time is running out for the Biden-Harris administration to commute sentences.

Leonard Peltier has waited far too long.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...