Then FIGHT the cruelty. Do NOT sign this spending bill. I'm amazed you don't see the far-reaching consequences that your acquiescence on this will have. Are you so out of touch that you can't see that people's civil rights β even lives β are at stake here? Have you not read On Tyranny?
14.03.2025 16:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Former πΊπΈ ambassador to Russia ππ½
04.03.2025 12:40 β π 69366 π 20643 π¬ 1160 π 721
US Rep Al Green removed by Trump's Nazi while others sat and watched or jeer at him. He stood up to Trump and told him he had no mandate to disrupt Medicaid for millions of people. Make a list of which politicians you are going to keep. So far it's a short list. #3E #SOTU
05.03.2025 02:42 β π 11677 π 2518 π¬ 612 π 256
This speech really sums up the manipulation, deception, exploitation, and overwhelm tactics of the administration as a whole. I honestly donβt know where to start. But his intentions for immigrants and trans people are clear and horrifying. #stateoftheunion
05.03.2025 03:35 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0
Nope, nothing to see here. All systems nrmolβ I mean, nomralβΒ I mean...
31.01.2025 22:02 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
From avocados to autos, Trump tariffs on Canada and Mexico could hit close to home
The 25% tax that President Donald Trump plans to slap as soon as Saturday on imports from Canada and Mexico could drive up the price of everything from gasoline to pickup trucks to the guacamole dip t...
The 25% tax that President Donald Trump plans to slap on imports from Canada and Mexico as soon as Saturday could drive up the price of everything from gasoline and pickup trucks to Super Bowl party guacamole dip.
The tariffs would also invite retaliation.
31.01.2025 21:29 β π 779 π 266 π¬ 93 π 64
California DOE fires back against Trump's executive order:
"It does nothing"
"It is against federal law for the White House to dictate what educators can and cannot teach"
Will not comply.
31.01.2025 18:50 β π 16492 π 4343 π¬ 169 π 295
ynicism is first of all a style of presenting oneself, and it takes pride more than anything in not being fooled and not being foolish. But in the forms in which I encounter it, cynicism is frequently both these things. That the attitude that prides itself on world-weary experience is often so naΓ―ve says much about the triumph of style over substance, attitude over analysis.
Maybe it also says something about the tendency to oversimplify. If simplification means reducing things to their essentials, oversimplification tosses aside the essential as well. It is a relentless pursuit of certainty and clarity in a world that generally offers neither, a desire to shove nuances and complexities into clear-cut binaries. NaΓ―ve cynicism concerns me because it flattens out the past and the future, and because it reduces the motivation to participate in public life, public discourse, and even intelligent conversation that distinguishes shades of gray, ambiguities and ambivalences, uncertainties, unknowns, and opportunities. Instead, we conduct our conversations like wars, and the heavy artillery of grim confidence is the weapon many reach for.
I'm exhausted by all the people out there who are trying to prove they're each the most cynical world-weary disillusioned person who's not gonna ever do a fucking thing ever except dump on everything and expect to be admired for that. Wrote about that in 2016:
28.01.2025 17:09 β π 1759 π 363 π¬ 5 π 60
28.01.2025 18:58 β π 1271 π 369 π¬ 108 π 28
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul points out pause in funding would disrupt the Internet Crimes Against Children task force for catching child predators.
28.01.2025 19:20 β π 870 π 172 π¬ 17 π 34
If you're in Illinois, you're on Section 8, and your landlord tries to evict you because of the government funding freeze, email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. My cases are pay-whatever-you-can.
28.01.2025 18:39 β π 10432 π 4555 π¬ 172 π 127
A widespread federal government hiring freeze imposed by President Donald Trump last week has upended the job market for a wide swath of law students interested in government careers reut.rs/3EbUE1j 1/5
28.01.2025 20:46 β π 51 π 14 π¬ 3 π 2
And they're just getting started.
28.01.2025 20:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
28.01.2025 18:13 β π 21173 π 8439 π¬ 1991 π 1122
As stigmatized as autistic people already are, I would still like to tell him to stop making us look bad.
23.01.2025 08:14 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Conservative Outraged Tampons Available In Menβs Grocery Stores
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22.01.2025 17:01 β π 8247 π 841 π¬ 85 π 34
Oh, so now you're calling him a Nazi?
Just bc he's an apartheid authoritarian who just gave 2 Nazi salutes after platforming antisemites and endorsing the AfD Nazis in Germany?
So much for the 'tolerant left.'
22.01.2025 17:20 β π 1543 π 198 π¬ 54 π 6
Okay, what the hell is this and why canβt I block or unfollow them?!?!
22.01.2025 07:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βWe really canβt be certain it was a Nazi salute,β says everyone but the Nazis.
21.01.2025 01:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What the hell do you think heβs doing, @nytimes.com? Dabbing?
21.01.2025 01:37 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
βYou must not surrender.
You may or may not get there, but just know that you're qualified and hold on and hold out.
We must never surrender. America will get better and better.
Keep hope alive!β
- Jesse Jackson
#RadioFreeAmerica
21.01.2025 01:29 β π 31 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Well, this is terrifying. Deleting the app now because honestly, this is just creepy and horrifying. I feel like I just saw a cockroach crawling across my pillow.
20.01.2025 08:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Skepticism is saying ghosts probably donβt exist.
Cynicism is saying that if ghosts do exist, theyβre probably just as stupid as the living.
20.01.2025 02:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If I never smell brushfire smoke again, itβll be too soon.
But Iβm grateful our power, heat, phone reception, internet and hot water are back. While Iβm still coughing, Iβm grateful to not taste blood or vomit anymore. Iβm grateful to have potable tap water, and that my home is still standing.
11.01.2025 08:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π Zelensky: Russian missile strike on Ukraine, 93 missiles. There was at least one North Korean missile.
βοΈWe managed to shoot down 81 missiles, 11 cruise missiles were shot down by F-16s. Russians also used ~200 drones. One of the largest strikes on our energy sector.
13.12.2024 09:24 β π 567 π 117 π¬ 7 π 1
Sometimes having a delayed circadian rhythm is hilarious β like just now when my sleep app told me my afternoon energy dip is approaching. You know, at 11:35 p.m.
10.12.2024 07:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Some things never change.
06.12.2024 11:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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