Freida Gupton Adams

> the world’s first “internet-native revolution.”
> voted in the prime minister via Discord

Putting away my petty for a sec and not pointing out how this wasn’t done via any decentralized social media platform — but I’m saying, this is all I want.

Just a lil internet revolution. Nothing crazy.

California lawmakers pass bill protecting residents’ right to give food, water to unhoused people Law says cities can’t enforce laws that stop people and organizations from providing aid for basic survival

I am glad the State of California is on track to allow me to...provide basic decency to people.

laist.com/news/housing...

Immigration judges said they were told **how to rule** by DOJ to aid the often illegal arrests of immigrants in courthouses.

Socialism is what they called public power. 

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Planes in air must turn around.👇

“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938

RFK Jr. Dismisses Measles Outbreak As ‘Not Unusual’ After Child's Death “We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.

RFK Jr is either IGNORANT or a LIAR. The two measles deaths — both unvaccinated children — in Texas announced today are actually the FIRST deaths attributed to the disease in the U.S. since 2015.

This is all true. 👇

And who they didn't like

that’s fart in Spanish

Beyond horrific and grievous.👇

A screenshot of a tweet from Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinF). The tweet quotes Atul Gawande, a former USAID official: "Two weeks ago I was combatting diseases. We had 21 serious outbreaks at the time worldwide. Three are serious now: an Ebola outbreak in the capital of Uganda. Bird flu has broken out in 49 countries. Our efforts to contain them have all been shut down."

Trump/Musk shutting down USAID puts us all at greater risk.

A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights — ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

Screenshot of article excerpt. Text reads: On Friday morning, the staffers at a half dozen U.S.-funded medical facilities in Sudan who care for severely malnourished children had a choice to make: Defy President Donald Trump’s order to immediately stop their operations or let up to 100 babies and toddlers die. They chose the children. In spite of the order, they will keep their facilities open for as long as they can, according to three people with direct knowledge of the situation. The people requested anonymity for fear that the administration might target their group for reprisals. Trump’s order also meant they would stop receiving new, previously approved funds to cover salaries, IV bags and other supplies. They said it’s a matter of days, not weeks, before they run out.

3/ Aid groups and government officials say they’ve never faced a catastrophe this sudden and extensive.

Here's a stark example from a group of malnutrition clinics in Sudan.

“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True. Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...

2/ @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy took stock of dire consequences unfolding around the world:

• Emergency care for displaced Palestinians and Yemenis
• Heat and electricity for Ukrainian refugees
• HIV treatment and mpox surveillance in Africa

All have had to stop.

Helping Refugees & Sneaking Across International Borders While helping refugees resettle in the area is stymied, I reflect on my past international border crossings.

I had been working on this post and then I read @itsmebenmarsh.substack.com skeet about how Christian denominations support illegal border crossings through their missions organizations. I share some border crossing stories from my missionary days in the post. open.substack.com/pub/ramhatte...

Kansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind.

abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...

Where does he plan to deport them to?

I think we’ve been letting the general populace off the hook too easy with the disinformation/misinformation excuse.

Yes, it’s flooding the airwaves, but it’s also never been easier to check multiple sources.

Voters have to give a damn enough to fact check. I’ll never lower that very basic bar.

Matt Gaetz is Southern Baptist. Speaker Mike Johnson, who tried to deep-six the report, is Southern Baptist.

Having turned a blind eye to the sexual abuse of 100s of pastors, Southern Baptists tried to bring the impunity of their faith group into the federal government. #ThisistheSBC

Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far right “Only the AfD can save Germany,” said the key Donald Trump ally.

It’s late 1934 and an American automobile magnate is supporting the German fascist party.

It’s late 2024 and an ‘American’ ‘automobile’ magnate is supporting the German fascist party. www.politico.eu/article/elon...