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This feeling very “weekend at Bernie’s “

My boxer/hound and sato terrier/chihuahua are the opposite of my golden.

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

If I spent all of my time perfecting my sport you’d better believe I would keep from getting sick before the largest stage. Seems pretty baseline

I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

straight up Gestapo shit

Libs of TikTok is doxxing teachers and nurses who support Alex Pretti or oppose ICE, trying to get them fired

Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account Libs of TikTok, has spent the days following Alex Pretti’s killing doxxing ordinary working people — teachers, nurses, school board members — for speaking out against federal immigration officials or expressing sympathy for Pretti.

Federal agents shoot two in Portland, Oregon, officials say Mayor Keith Wilson (D) did not identify which federal agency the agents belong to but called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end operations in the city.

Trump’s war against Americans...

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Everyone’s been doing hockey romance recs — and good thing! — but I’d like to also take a moment and point out that there’s a ton of great Asian-Canadian contemporary romance writing happening right now too!

If I can make something that helps someone else create the space I have when I read a book or whatever I'm doing to rest, then I have to do that. I can't not do that, especially when what I do feels pointless.

They forced everyone off my train at park street and the train is disabled.

@universalhub.com

I’m watching it on Viki with my husband and we were bereft that the next episode wasn’t out yet. He’s super into sword and sorcery and I’m a fantasy/scifi fan so the convoluted plot is right in our wheelhouse

Thank you. My kid is walking home from school and I wanted to be sure there wasn’t a reason to be concerned

I’m getting my uhub shirt out 🤣

@universalhub.com any news on why helicopters are circling Roslindale?

Uber is doing its part to protect women — and now some male drivers are upset Pairing female passengers with female drivers is one meaningful way to allow women drivers and passengers to feel safer.

www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...

Smart and fabulous 1st person view of the gig economy

Our School District Can Now Keep Track of Your Child with Just Three Terrible Apps Other than lawsuits, losing track of a child is every school district’s worst nightmare. We haven’t lost anyone yet, but an EdTech company has pain...

"Is this time-effective? Of course not. We’re dispersing the labor previously done by one person across five paid employees and hundreds of parents and guardians. But is it cost-effective? Also, no."

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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.

YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.

In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.

To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

❓When people say, "the longest in U.S. history," how long is that?

The U.S. was founded in 1776. So, "the longest" means 249 years. That’s 8-10 generations of people.

Think about that when we say: Tonight, this government shutdown will become the longest in U.S. history.

Let that sink in.

Weird!

Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

There are a few shows I really want to watch, but I’m waiting until they are fully out and will binge and cancel.

My HIV vaccine group’s goal was to innovate our way out of a job. Sadly that’s not what we got to

Amazon is the employer with the most employees on Medicaid in the state of Nevada. Walmart is second. (Recent national stats broken out by employer are unavailable, prob because employers don’t want us to know the social safety net is a corporate subsidy.)

CEOs are the only real welfare queens.

“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”

www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.