Birdie

I love it so much! My first new one since I left Texas. Thanks, @westophertattoos.bsky.social
#lifephasetattoo #memorialtattoo #bluebonnet #armadillo #Texastattoo

Was just thinking about you. I hope things are OK in KCMO

Ok. i left Texas but the Texas Tribune and your paper are about all i believe anyway

god, I got off of Twitter maybe a year ago... i mean, i guess it makes sense to stay as a journalist... i guess, as long as you trust nothing you read there

Children with disabilities deserve strong oversight and support. Staff eliminations to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) threaten the implementation of IDEA and the rights it protects. 📢 Urge Congress to restore OSEP immediately. #4SpecialEducation

www.votervoice.net/mobile/CFEC/...

The Empire is striking back, but we know how this story unfolds.
The Resistance stands firm & grows. Those who were trampled by the powers of darkness joined & fought back.
We are #AltGov, and we are here to help.
The fight has only just begun.

Your venmo? I can never remember my PayPal sign in

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

I had the pleasure of meeting Daryle at a protest of the AmRen conference in TN in maybe 2013? He’s been at this work for a long time, and doing it well. Glad to be able to support, and I encourage others to donate if they have the capacity.

*firing

Tell Congress what you think about them voting all the federal employees who support disabled kids

Protesters on the steps on the Nebraska Capitol building. Holding signs. A guy with a guitar and speaker is singing anti Trump songs he wrote

Protesters in Lincoln, Nebraska in front of the State Capitol building. Hard to tell but it was a huge, peaceful, noisy crowd. The entire sidewalk in front of the Capitol property was full on both sides of the street. There were many people on the Capitol steps and grass, going up to the public balcony

Lincoln. Nebraska State Capitol

I don't know whether there was or not, but some Deaf people prefer sign language because it's their first language while written and spoken English is not

Love the inclusiveness of having a sign language interpreter

Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?

Dems always cede if politically expedient. They don't want to lose the billionaires who own them. Shuttered government means less $$ to contractors & other consequences. Sometimes I think the Dems are almost worse because the GOP is straightforward while Dems pretend they are on our side

Link

Celia R., hope you're doing OK

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

Special education.
Targeting the most vulnerable children and families in our society for the lulz.
Tell me again how very Christian this is.
The cruelty here is unfathomable.

Well, fuck

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

Honestly, dating kinda sucks

Can't hurt... just moderation

Are you a "man" with long hair? Are you a woman who prefers pants? Are you an assertive "woman"? Maybe you're gender nonconforming

*white, obvi

Honestly, it's the majority of cis wrote men... check out how they vote. Do you want to be associated with that

Are you nonbinary? Have you questioned and revolted against gender norms? "Tomorrow there'll be more of us"

ACA marketplace plans are expected to skyrocket soon. This will disproportionately hurt chronically ill/disabled people who are unable to work full-time jobs, so they're freelance.

As if the data aren't clear that the vast majority of child predators are cis, white men....

"We know who's really doing the planting"