Nik Swain

“There’s no way I’m bending the knee I have left for a king in America.”

Damn. Just … damn.

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

At Oakland #NoKings, I asked Justin here if, as a Black man, he had particular concerns w the Trump admin's actions. Loved his answer.

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

I'll take Ironically Correct for $400, Ken!

JFC… 😳 That worm really did eat his brain.

Exactly what I was thinking! 😂

This. Also, a critical and significant part of therapy is LISTENING to the client, analyzing their responses within a therapeutic framework, and responding appropriately, i.e. in a way that does not actively HARM their clients' mental health and wellbeing, which "conversion therapy" is proven to do.

SSI continues through the end of December so that is not entirely accurate. SNAP loads in full for October but will have to start cutting food benefits after that. So, yes the most vulnerable will be hurt if this goes long.

Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid all continue as normal through a shutdown. Don’t worry about that part.

We must pay billions to farmers

Because we cut off their customers with tariffs

And pay billions to Argentina

Whose farmers are selling to the customers we forfeited

Because that is America First

Trump is a billionaire who is trying to take your health care away by pitting you against brown people who are not even eligible for ACA subsidies. He wants vulnerable white people fighting vulnerable brown people, so that no one pays attention to the billionaire trying to consolidate power.

#Museums
#Smithsonian
#USpolitics
#RevisionistHistory
#Resist

Is your House Rep on this thread?? Call them, now!

(Reblog/share everywhere, whether they are or not!)

This is a total fucking disaster. Worse than the original House bill in some ways, which is horrifying.

At least Tillis voted no, which, considering how much I've been yelling at him, is kinda satisfying.

Time for us all to contact our reps. 📢

HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.

Among the thousands of federal workers that HHS fired this year: CDC researchers who advised clinicians on how to prescribe contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.

My latest on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @kffhealthnews.org www.cbsnews.com/news/hhs-cdc...

These people are Nazis. I know that's well-understood by many people at this point, but not enough. They are Nazis and we need to keep saying it.

Yes, please!

It's not normal for a POTUS to fire a four-star. But when it happens, it typically involves request from SecDef, input from Chairman of JCS, likely coordination with Congressional committees, and a very serious cause (misconduct, loss of confidence in performance, etc).

Not "Laura Loomer said to".

If you're a North Carolina voter, and you didn't vote in person, check this list to see if your ballot was thrown out!

I hope to hell this isn't true, but Marisa Kabas has been right about some whack-sounding crap before.

Black graphic with text “You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police.If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries.If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away.If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you’ll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney — no matter your citizenship or immigration status.”

If you’re protesting this weekend, know your rights.

Wouldn't this be a massive HIPPA violation?

BREAKING - Trump KILLING veterans' healthcare and benefits

Firing 83,000 employees from Veterans Administration (VA)

Perhaps the biggest insult to veterans in American history

Why? To force them into PRIVATE insurance and healthcare -- this is a giant giveaway to corporates

It is kinda funny that people are going wow Canada seems pretty united and pissed off and yeah I guess threatening to take over someone’s homeland and trying to economically ruin them might make folks a little upset that’s wild

Just the Department of Homeland Security specifically authorizing domestic surveillance of LGBTQ people. Totally normal.

SSA employee to me re: 50% staff reduction: "Can say unequivocally that such deep cuts to SSA, which is already at historically low staffing, will cause significant to extreme degradation of services, very likely including checks missed and individuals dying before their claims can be processed."

Why some Native American citizens worry about getting caught in ICE's net Some Native Americans now carry extra identification, worried they could get caught up in ICE raids.

Native Americans born in the United States are U.S. citizens, and ICE cannot arrest them for immigration violations or deport them.

New Visa Restrictions Target Transgender Athletes, Raising Title IX and Compliance Concerns for Colleges On February 24, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the State Department to deny visas to transgender athletes if their sex marker does not align with their sex assigned at birth. His direct...

Here's some level discussion from Rachel See (former A4TE/NCTE board chair and formerly a NLRB / EEOC lawyer) and her Seyfarth Shaw colleagues about the trans visa *misgendering* (not ban) requirement: www.seyfarth.com/news-insight...