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A person with a voice shouting into the void

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PHOTO | "ABOLISH ICE! NO ICE IN THIS MELTING POT!"

πŸ“Austin FC, USA

01.07.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound up)

DAY 2 JULY 2025

THE BIG BAD UGLY BILL

Now in the House
They don't have the votes

AND

YOUR VOICE MATTERS
YOUR PHONE CALLS ARE SO IMPORTANT

Especially YOU, THEIR CONSTITUENT

TELL THEM VOTE NO Please Call
You know what is at stake
Call 202 224-3121

03.07.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 448    πŸ” 255    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 12

πŸ‘†

03.07.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

God is good

02.07.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.

02.07.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 27334    πŸ” 8602    πŸ’¬ 1103    πŸ“Œ 328

Women hold up the sky I swear

02.07.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!

01.07.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9267    πŸ” 2377    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 77

Nah, because Collins voted first

02.07.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to seeing your proposal and organizing

02.07.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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 β€” 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 β€” 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 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 β€” 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 β€” 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.

01.07.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 37269    πŸ” 6825    πŸ’¬ 641    πŸ“Œ 507
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ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.

01.07.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 20952    πŸ” 7117    πŸ’¬ 628    πŸ“Œ 541

I'm waiting for Trump to officially deport Elon then Elon in turn specifically details how he rigged the 2024 election so Trump can wim

01.07.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That show was so great. It made her heel turn even more heartbreaking.

01.07.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also he couldn’t give less of a shit about cats or dogs

01.07.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He never believed that

01.07.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Most of the people blathering about β€œwhat Dems must do” are problematic. No surprise there.

26.06.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every fucking time. β€œBut both sides!”

01.07.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ossoff: "If we allow Affordable Care Act benefits to expire, as this bill would, more than a million Georgians will pay more for health insurance next year. A family of 4 in Clayton County making $65k a year - that's a $2,600 increase...the AJC reports 300k Georgians would lose insurance altogether"

30.06.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 10761    πŸ” 4125    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 168

In order for them to β€œdo something” they need majority votes in one or both houses of Congress.

30.06.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, everything this administration does is the fault of β€œdems”

30.06.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Trump administration is dropping charges against ms-13 gang leaders after the gang leaders agreed to use their power as gang leaders to support Nayib Bukele politically in El Salvador. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...

30.06.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1685    πŸ” 886    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 120
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Call your Senators at (202)Β 224-3121 β€” NOW!!! ☎️

30.06.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2732    πŸ” 1478    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 78

It’s the β€œquiet part” of international relations that you’re not supposed to say out loud. If it’s for Iran to β€œsave face” and get in a retaliation, you can’t really say β€œyeah we told them to go ahead and bomb our bases”

30.06.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t throw mine away. What if?

30.06.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if he ever wore a tan suit. That would be a dealbreaker

30.06.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nearly half of all the rural hospitals left in Missouri are at risk of closure β€” the proposed Medicaid cuts will likely finish them off.

Closing these hospitals not only harms the people in these communities, but it will also hasten the death of these communities.

30.06.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6086    πŸ” 2083    πŸ’¬ 422    πŸ“Œ 98

What s weird headline. Also wonderful. Using E. Coli to make Tylenol out of plastic? What

30.06.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

... it was Dems doing the voting.

29.06.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

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