Becki

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

✨ divorce your MAGA husband while you still legally can ✨

(Hi, no fault divorce is literally on the list of to-get-rid-ofs)

Need help figuring out the money part of getting away? We've got you.

For starters:

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003

when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

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If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara.

Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.

We are failing our kids

Lots of typos, sorry, I couldn't proofread through my seething rage 😅

The Dems should have all banded together a counter bill denouncing dictatorship, fascism, and totalitarianism. THOSE are the true threats to our democracy.

I'm seriously sick of Dems trying to play the moderate middle road. They are killing this country and hanging it over to right-wing racists faster than I could have imagined. I'm fucking furious and terrified for our country. 🤬

I couldn't believe this so I looked up the actual text of the bill: "Congress denounces socialism in all its forms, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States."
Thanks Dems, I suppose we can now kiss goodbye public education, SNAP, Medicaid, Social security, etc. 🫠

CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr. The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.

In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

¡Adelante, mi gente!

No; it means you must undertake scientific investigation that disproves the facts with which you disagree. Your criticism is not enough.

If this week has taught us anything, it's that passionate people can defeat machines designed to break us. Don't look at the Dem Party as a completed institution, but one that is ready for change. We can take it and force it to work for us, which is happening now. Be a part of that and be loud.

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.

It doesn't have to be this way.

Remember DNC, it doesn't matter who you run, Fox news will call them a socialist. You could endorse the corpse of Ronald Reagan and their first segment would be "Extreme socialist Reagan picked by Soros to destroy America"

Stop caring what fox news says, and listen to your base. It clearly works.

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

We are being ruled by absolute losers

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Yikes. I'm not familiar with whatever studies grok is citing to support its racist drivel but even if they were legitimate scientific studies, grok has zero understanding about what "heritability" means in genetics. In this context, it does NOT mean "low IQ is genetically programmed".

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

> @newyorker.com

National Day of Action: Reject the Compact!

🗓️ Friday, October 17
🕖 4:00pm - 6:00pm
📍 Old Main, University of Arizona

Organized by the No Compact 9 Coalition and campus organizations pictured below.

This clown has ZERO understanding of science and democracy. This is classic doublespeak. I have no words for this idiocy.