Lorraine Markus DiRienzo

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

Amy Nixon @texasrunnerDFW Why are our tax dollars subsidizing Lobster for SNAP recipients? Lobster Tail $2.50/ounce SNAP EBT eligible WHOLE FOODS MARKET $9.95 THE RESISTANCE Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren Why are our tax dollars subsidizing the Walton family of Walmart, worth $458 billion, and McDonald's, a $218 billion corporation, who have the most workers on food stamps because they pay starvation wages? Walmart and McDonald's have the most workers on food stamps and Medicaid, new study shows

Thou Shalt Not Starve Children While Giving Yourself A Golden Ballroom “They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” - Tupac Shakur

“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.”

Things like this keep happening.

In Surprise Move, Virginia Dems to Announce Redistricting to Counter GOP Gerrymanders Read more here.

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But will we have free and fair elections?

We've been bamboozled

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

Trump Down Bad After ‘No Kings’ Protests Posts sad poop video.

This man is obviously super depressed. Donald is down bad. SMITE!

To be unaware of one thing you don't wish to talk about is convenient.

To be unaware of *everything* you don't wish to talk about is either lying or incompetence. Or both.

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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Oh

Sending billions to Argentina while laying off Americans at home.

Letting Qatar build a base on US soil coz they bribed Trump with a plane and are investing billions in his personal business ventures.

Doesn’t seem like “America First”, does it?

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Transgender people make up less than 0.6% of the world’s population.

If your life sucks, it’s because of you— not trans people.

The plan? Assemble the top military leadership in one place. Have an alcoholic who stalled out at major call them fat. Next have a sundowning draft dodger call them gay.

Well… the whole world can now see that the emperor is naked.

How embarrassing.

By talking you mean mansplaining.

They ran thinkpieces about Biden’s gait and his sneakers. Now Trump’s dragging his leg, covered in IV bruises, and waddling around with ankles that look ready to burst—and not a single word from the media.

The double standard is pathetic.

The U.S. is not a Functional Democracy Last week, Trump went full authoritarian

We are no longer at a “tipping point” or “an inflection point.” We are no longer “sliding” toward autocracy. Donald Trump no longer “aspires” to be an autocrat. Last week, Trump went full-bore authoritarian. The United States currently is not a functional democracy. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The hand is all dolled up for its trip to England.

Who is he saluting?

Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...

Ed Dept has pulled funding for programs in eight states aimed at supporting students who have hearing & vision loss. They got caught in Trump admin’s attacks on DEI, with Ed Dept spokesperson citing concerns about “divisive concepts” and “fairness” in acknowledging decision to withhold the funding.

The Delight of a Surprise Emmys Win The night’s most moving speech captured the hard slog of being a working actor.

Jeff Hiller, recognized for his role on “Somebody Somewhere,” was one of the night’s most surprising Emmy winners. His moving speech invoked the earnest warmth that made his show so special, Paula Mejía writes: