Ash-Leigh

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Twins: Walk-off win
Frost: Triple-OT win, 2-1 series lead
Wolves: Most points in a playoff game, 2-1 series

Have a day, Minnesota.

I used to work OB/GYNA claims in Georgia. Back then, 2017-ish, the state Medicaid would not cover the procedure to remove the remains of a miscarriage. We could send them images, lab results, multiple reports from multiple MDs, it didn't matter. I asked them once why and they said it was because 🧵

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

This statistic blew my mind

This feels like a good time to remind everyone that this is exactly the same shit the Nazis did & the same types of rhetoric they used to justify killing disabled people in the holocaust. Also worth remembering that the killing methods used in concentration camps were tested on disabled ppl first...

There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:

Oh dear God. Where were the adults?

Burn it all to the ground and buy up the land and water and minerals at rock bottom prices.

This a fire sale for the oligarchy.

How do I know? They’ve already done it to rural America…

this is a good post and "decadence" is a good way to think about a lot of things. true decadence is, eg, thinking you could let an insurrection go unpunished and the country would just keep chugging along nbd

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YouGov poll:

74% Americans — including 60% of Republicans — say the Trump admin's use of the Signal chat to discuss military strikes is a serious problem.

REPORTER: How do you determine whether somebody is a gang member? What criteria do you use?

HOMAN: Through various investigations

The Era of Purges The firing of trans officials is part of a broader pattern of exclusion

New, from me: Tulsi Gabbard purged trans intelligence officers after a Chris Rufo smear campaign.
They were targeted because they were trans, their words were mischaracterized, and they were offered no due process.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...

A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain told NBC News. www.nbcnews.com/weather/wild...

Juxtapositions Life and fascism are happening at the same time.

Life and fascism are happening at the same time...

Order your garden seeds and keep a record of Nazi and fascist players in the government. Play with the grandkids and write a letter to the editor. Make supper and make a phone call to your Representative.

jesspiper.substack.com/p/juxtaposit...

Now I know why Hamilton writes like he’s running out of time.

Brilliant reporting outlining how the press SHOULD be writing about what is happening in America.

If a Democrat fired 100 FAA employees and put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers 8 days before an airport plane crash, there would be a right-wing and media frenzy for weeks.

Not only would Tim have an outdoor inauguration in the snow he would also help push your car out if you got stuck.

They should put a breathalyzer lock on Hegseth’s pentagon office door.

A group of men sit in front of a chart that incorrectly spells "military" as "miltary."

GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!

WE KNOW HOW IT ENDS. WE’RE ALL READY FOR IT. (pop-tart standing atop toaster slot)

going into 2025 with this energy

Going back and watching clips of her from earlier this year, stumbling through short, prepared remarks, with this context.

She was chair of House Appropriations, one of the most important jobs in Congress.

EXCLUSIVE: Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger? Amid the ongoing drama in D.C. with Congress debating on an interim spending bill a key question has arisen, "Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger?"

Apparently Rep. Kay Granger from Texas has, unbeknownst to her constituents, been missing in Congress for the past six months and living in an assisted living/memory care facility.
Her staff has still gotten paid and have posted like she’s still there
dallasexpress.com/tarrant/excl...

NEW: They’re already trying to cut social security. Dems in the senate saved it.