Clare McKeown 🍉

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Haggis Pakora

Reminder: The existence of these in most Scottish supermarkets and corner shops is proof that anyone shilling for the notion that multiculturalism can't work on this island is a charlatan

While everyone is chattering about that guy, at least 5 (number keeps growing) HBCUs have received campus threats and had to go on lockdown today including one here in Louisiana. This is not ok.

Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.

And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.

No refugee underfunded a school.

No refugee closed a hospital.

No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.

We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

Apparently, it was a “cruel hoax.” While I’m glad it wasn’t real, the power of such threats to spark panic highlights the fear that Americans are just supposed to live with.

Met another American at an event yesterday & we spoke about how safe we felt on Scottish campuses, in contrast to the awfulness back home. And today there’s an active shooter situation in Villanova (not far from my own undergrad campus). I hope there are no serious casualties. When will it end?

Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.

A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41.

Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.

Anyway

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Devastating… The House voted 218–214 to pass Trump’s domestic-policy bill.

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” Baldwin.

After mostly shrugging off Trump’s assault on government for the last five months, establishment Democrats have finally found something to be outraged about: Zohran Mamdani’s primary win.

To say that I’ve been underwhelmed by the current Labour Government is the understatement of the year. So, I’m very glad to see my MP Euan Stainbank on this list.

The welfare rebellion in full - here are the 108 names on the reasoned amendment

I am incensed. This is all so heartbreaking and despicable. The Iranian people do not deserve this violence. We do not deserve this governance. The world does not deserve this. These outrages must end.

Analysis: US strikes mark a stunning demonstration of military might and presidential power

I can’t fucking believe we’re doing this.

I worry that escalating war with Iran will be used to whip up more fear and hate for non-white immigrants, particularly those of Arab descent, and be used for unjust deportations.

Classic poster with childlike painting of a flower & words: “War is not healthy for children and other living things.”

“War is not healthy for children and other living things.”

May every single human being on this planet be safe.

May every single person be protected from harm.

May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.

As ive said a hundred times, most people, myself included, have enough empathy to want assisted d*ing for those who need it, ie terminally ill

But in this current climate, the attacks on disabled people, its just a dangerous path to be on

Especially as politicians continue to VOTE DOWN SAFEGUARDS

Grew up nearby but moved abroad years ago. Lots of conflicted feelings about the place, but this makes my ❤️ happy. Nix besser.

Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.

A homemade sign reading "only one orange king in Philly", with a picture of Gritty wearing a crown over his helmet and saying "it me"

A homemade sign with "Liberté, Égalité, Gritté" written in copperplate script

No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

Find your closest rally on Saturday and go. You can tell your kids where you were on the other side of this. Outnumber him everywhere.

www.nokings.org#map

so many posts boil down to "you are not protesting the way that I would protest if I was protesting, which i'm not"

Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

Speaking of current events…

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Say it with me: Disabled people deserve to live even if they can’t work.

hey it's also ok if you're autistic and you haven't accomplished shit