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ONE parent. And in Florida, ONE man is responsible for 40% of all book challenges in the state. The book banners are a tiny minority. Make that clear by speaking up in favor of the freedom to read. (Email your school board!)

I think every person who shills trad wife content should watch two-three episodes of the PBS Show “Frontier House” and report back because SAME.

Text from a screen grab as follows: Sean Duffy, a former star of MTV’s Real World" who knows what it means to be good on television - and is now the secretary of transportation - played his own role in the conflict earlier in the meeting, when he spoke in defense of air traffic controllers, some of whom,

Today, in sentences I never wanted to read:

it's been said before but it's wild that these guys have more money and power than anyone on earth and still have unshakeable loser energy. none of them would survive the cafeteria of a public high school. give me a five-minute phone call with j.d. and i could make him cry

I hope the protesters are okay.

I’ve said this before and I will probably say it again, but we forget so easily that everyone from history we look back on as the face of some movement had something else they wanted to do with their lives. I think every day about the fact that all Fred Hampton wanted was to play for the Yankees.

Okay I NEED this

Thought we were attempting to reduce the federal deficit? Instead, Trump’s proposed budget plan is projected to significantly increase it.

I have never related harder to one of your newsletters. I, too, have lost entire days to Civ. 🫠

This is also a VERY useful stat sheet for calls tomorrow reminding your members of Congress how many voters they just voted to fuck over in favor of billionaires.

The House will vote TODAY on whether to advance devastating cuts to Medicaid that would destroy lifesaving programs for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.

Call your representative now and tell them to save Medicaid at (202) 224-3121.

Budzinski: "We saw just yesterday another round of layoffs at the VA -- 1,400 more people. When we're trying to address veterans suicide rates, when you're cutting jobs for folks that are actually answering those suicide hotlines, how is that in the service of our veterans?"

The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated over 1,400 employees.

Congress: Save Medicaid Now Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.

URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.

Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.

Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025 Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård

I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

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Hello, it’s me again, posting a blog-thing on a Sunday. 💕

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Aw thank youuu!

🥰🥰🥰 I am constantly learning from fiction!

People are very quick to dismiss any hint of romance since it’s so feminized but it’s doing really important work.

Keeping up with a weekly post is kinda fun? Anyway, heres this one: open.substack.com/pub/unsucces...

1600 calls per minute being received by the senate phone system, this past week, when their usual average is 40.

Keep calling.

DOJ agrees to proposed order to limit DOGE's access to Treasury data The DOJ agreed to a proposed order that would largely block the Treasury Department from sharing sensitive financial data with the Department of Government Efficiency.

BREAKING: DOJ agrees to limit DOGE access to U.S. Treasury abcnews.go.com/US/judge-wei...

Dear DNC, DSCC, and DCCC:

I don't want to see another fundraising text or email asking for a dollar of mine until I see an actual plan to meet this moment.

Y'all had 11 weeks between the election and inauguration, and there's still no plan. There's no excuse for that.

No plan, no donation.

it needs to be said that while democratic elected officials are trying to get into the USAID building which was shut down by musk, CNN and MSNBC are showing the entirety of a trump press conference.

This is great to see. Thank you Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen!

Would be even better is MSNBC was covering it live, as they have live shots right now on air in the White House and Congress but not here.

So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.

Murderbot 🥹