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WATCH: Rep. Justin Jones honors Lynne McFarland— the 80yo woman who made national news when troopers carried her out of committee in protest of the cruel @SenBoWatson @WilliamLamberth bill to keep undocumented kids out of school.

Tennessee Troopers Carry Brave 80 Year-Old Woman Out of Hearing For Protesting 80-year-old Lynne McFarland stood up for the rights of undocumented immigrants, refusing to leave a meeting over a controversial bill and so THP Troopers carried her out and arrested her.

Read the comments here. They are filled with support from older generations. They are pissed off too. And props to Lynne McFarland of Tennessee. The movement will be multigenerational #Aging

www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/tennessee-...

You can have complete disdain for them and also recognize that many of them are going to be in the same boat as us because the impact is huge. More than what you can exist.

And I think what's true is that some people need to step back. there are folks who are capable and being able to do this work and there are some who can't. Understandable. Know your limits

People can tell when you delight in the cruelty inflicted on them.

And too many people project their anger at a perpetrator of harm onto the victims instead.

I’ve interviewed a lot of victims stayed in an abusive relationship because they worried their loved ones would judge them for not leaving sooner. They needed support and they knew they would get ridicule instead.

And that’s something I’m thinking about a lot in this political environment.

I went grocery shopping with a friend at an Asian supermarket and he mentioned how concerned he was about what the tariffs would do to markets like that one.

I want to scream. They give us a deadline. A short deadline. But then the platform to submit is keeping everyone out. Wtf????

Senator Market Statement. Full text linked in the reply.

My Statement on How the Trump and Musk Attack on National Institutes of Health Funding Is Targeted Attack on Massachusetts. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Seeing all these posts from Democrats with some variation of “You deserve everything you get” has been very revealing. This is not what fighting fascism looks like.

People in Gaza are still collecting the skulls and decomposed remains of their children from beneath the rubble, while some fantasize about building a resort on their mass graves, and others gloat over a minority that refused to vote for the party that enabled a genocide.

Fuck age. It's about mindset & access to power. It's about what you are willing to do to save this country. And if you want to sit on your hands then you can go do that shit at home. Young or old, take your ass home with that bullshit.

Side supporting trump. Youth is not a cure and I would like for us to release ourselves from that belief.

It's also true is that those members in the democrats, young or old, who are not aligned with what the people need have got to go. The ones who want to tweet instead of fight gotta go.

People don't want to hear this but yes its absolutely ageist to say "our politicians are too old, we need younger people who will get it." Because the assumption is that all younger people are progressive. Younger people are supporting Musk right now. Younger people are on the right wing

Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia Vote to Form Chain’s First Union (Gift Article) The union win comes as Amazon, which owns the grocery chain, is also fighting labor organizing in its warehouse and delivery businesses.

Workers at a Whole Foods in Philadelphia just voted to become the first unionized store in Amazon’s grocery chain

Hey folks! Trump has announced something he’s hinted at in the past: sending U.S. prisoners abroad to penal colonies. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Keep your eyes on this.

Per an NIH source:

“Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

Imagine if a cyberattack did this.

It would be an act of war.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Trans Woman Sues After Being Notified Of Transfer To Men’s Prison One of the women sued the Trump administration, alleging the order violates her constitutional rights and puts her “at an extremely high risk of harassment, abuse, violence, and sexual assault.”

NEW: Trans women in federal custody were placed in solitary and told they were going to be moved to men's facilities days after Trump's exec order. Other trans folks have issues accessing HRT.

Advocates fear this is just the beginning.

from me + @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/35x3azm7

there’s a bill on the floor rn to outlaw gender affirming care for minors in washington, PLEASE go to this link and select "oppose." takes 30 sec. examples on stuff to say in thread!
app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1038

A very smart colleague just pointed out the grim truth that the U.S. leaving the WHO may ultimately be a win for the rest of the world. Why? Because without a vote, “the US can't block WHO actions like vaccine programs, disease surveillance, contraception, etc”. Man, that is daaaark, but accurate.

As this "pause" hits you and your project, institution, workplace, etc:

TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.

Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.

Tell real life stories of harm.

Oh my gosh!

#medsky #idsky

BREAKING: A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship.

We will keep fighting until this order is blocked for good.

what did she say?

Schools in Massachusetts' second largest city won't coordinate with ICE, warn about agents at bus stops School bus drivers in the second largest city in Massachusetts are urged to keep students on the bus if an immigration agent is waiting for them.

what in the entire fuck is Maura Healey doing????

www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

tremendous fucking work maura, thanks

But can they sit cutely to encourage the humans to feed them?

Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail Japan is in the grip of an elderly crime wave. Poverty and loneliness are two of the possible causes.

I'm interested in learning how older adults are managing with poverty globally.

Just saw this article

www.bbc.com/news/stories...