Val Flynn she/her

Champions keep playing until they get it right. #FuckTrump #HesOnTheList #Resist

#USDemocracy
Protesters are flooding DC streets to demand two things: that the National Guard be recalled and that the Epstein files be released.

We stand with you, DC!

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"Are you seriously claiming that Trump is deploying the National Guard to D.C. as a distraction from his relationship with Epstein?"

Yes. I am. Next question.

EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

Democratic politicians everywhere need to understand something: the massive support you're seeing right now for Texas House Democrats would be the support you'd easily get, too, if you were willing to fight back aggressively instead of navel-gazing and talking about "norms."

Rampant mosquitoes swarming the tents. Leaks after summer rainstorms. Excessive heat. And hurricane season around the corner. This is life in "Alligator Alcatraz."

@lauracmorel.bsky.social reports:

Did RNC chair Michael Whatley help run a fossil fuel "front group"? The Trump-backed Senate hopeful was all about congressional oversight—when it meant stopping Obama's green power plans.

The Republican National Committee chair—and North Carolina Senate canidate—Michael Whatley has an interesting career past. Take a look:

“He was caught on video cheating on the golf course; he cheated on his taxes, he cheated on his business loans, he cheated on his wives, he cheated on the business contractor that he stiffed through forty years of business, and he tried to cheat on the 2020 election.” #txlege

I get a panic attack on my way there.

So many questions

Former CEO of Christian nonprofit pleads guilty to possessing child pornography Jason Yates, former CEO of Christian faith-based nonprofit My Faith Votes, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.

The former CEO of My Faith Votes, a nonprofit that encourages "Christians in America to vote in every election," has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse images, months after his arrest.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.

Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.

Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.

Texas has had seven major gun massacres in recent years. But now—even after the slaughter of school kids, teachers, and churchgoers—Republican leaders have prohibited a law that keeps guns away from unhinged people. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... (📸: Pete Luna, Uvalde Leader-News)

Disabled veteran who is a U.S. citizen taken during Camarillo immigration raid

Posting this for no particular reason.

Nearly 80% of Americans Think Immigration Is Good for the Country A record-high number of adults believe in the virtues of immigrations, a new poll has found.

"Nearly [80 percent] of adults believe immigration is good for the country, the highest level ever recorded. A new Gallup poll found 79 percent of Americans now have a positive view of immigrants, reversing a four-year decline with a dramatic 15-point surge."

www.thedailybeast.com/nearly-80-of...

George Michael?! But just the one song. 🤣

Twelve million Americans may lose their health care because Republicans want the wealthiest people in our country to be a fraction of a fraction wealthier than they are now.

Iran launched multiple missiles at U.S. military bases in the Middle East on Monday, retaliating for a recent American strike.

The number of times I've thought about this exchange in the past week.

The time is now to #ground and be ready to act proactively, not react, shut down, or fixate on things beyond our control.

"We knew this was coming. We knew it was coming. We here now. Ground yourself. Take care of yourself... We need you on the other side."

#wisdom #mindfulness #Iranbombing #build

Brownshirt ICE rolled up to my local Home Depot today and got the F-off treatment.

Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off.

📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.

Florida is building a new migrant detention center nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” converting an airfield deep in the Everglades into one of the Trump administration’s most ominous additions to its immigration crackdown. FDT!

Analysis of Israel’s own data "shows it murdered 377,000 Palestinians during genocide so far—half of them kids"

These ICE agents are an embarrassment to law enforcement. Imagine being so afraid of being a public servant that they have to cover their face. Under no circumstances should any arresting officer be lawfully allowed to shield his/her identity.

As always in war, innocents will suffer. Children will suffer. I do not support war.

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”

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