Cats and Cheese

CA is also losing 2000 or so public health jobs from one single line item (SNAP-Ed) cut by H.R. 1, along with deep tires to community programs and ultimately ripple effects in agriculture, food retail, and other industries. Other states, too, I just can't speak to their numbers.

Wait, you're also in NorCal? (Sutter?) I hadn't realized this. Or maybe I did when I first followed and forgot (brain fog!!!) I'm glad you've got a doctor helping you. This sounds like good progress for once!

Texas attorney general wants students to pray in school – unless they’re Muslim Ken Paxton, who is running for US Senate, is urging schools to say the Lord’s Prayer as a Republican law goes into effect

“‘They’re blowing right through separation of church & state,’ said Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate & Extremism.
‘They have no respect for other faiths. And in fact, that includes a lot of Christians who don’t agree w/ this far-right version of Christianity.’” 9/7/25 …1/

Map of COVID vaccine availability by state

🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US.

Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.

The Rosegarden CLUB? He turned the People's House into a private CLUB?

He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house.

Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only.

He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.

White Christian Taliban shit right here.

Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)

Graphic design contracts for all this (and the web versions) as well

Subsidies

Remember when one of the wealthiest humans on Earth and proud South African colonizer helped get Trump elected; then was appointed to a made-up White House position; then stole all of our personal and banking information; then quit and returned to the private sector?

That really happened.

I'm so proud of these SNAP-Ed partners for their dedication and hard work to create healthy environments for children across California. Fantastic job! 🍎⛹🏻‍♀️🎖️

“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oh

ICYMI
ICE Poster Boy

Dean Cain only made it one week

And unlike hard-working Brown People, he will get short-term disability until Republicans eliminate that

ICE must be stopped and investigated
Call Your Representatives 202 224-3121

Well, I live in California in a town run by megachurches with a school board run by megachurches in a county run by megachurches. And that's before... I can't wait to see how bad it gets now 👎🏻

Placer County, this is our moment. Prop. 50 is how California fights back.

While MAGA Republicans in Texas redraw maps to rig the 2026 election, Prop. 50 gives California the power to respond. It’s temporary. It’s targeted. And it’s how we protect democracy when others try to dismantle it.

Tell me the president doesn’t understand the economy without telling me the president doesn’t understand the economy.

Thank you!

Thanks! What's the second one about his agency? I get "It's all..." But then it's too garbled for me.

Could someone caption it? I've listened repeatedly and cannot understand his responses to either question.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court.

SNAP helps families get back on their feet and keeps dollars flowing to grocery stores, corner markets, and farmers' markets. Cutting it hurts everyone. #SNAPmatters

"We sign this declaration in our own personal capacities, on our personal time, and without the use of government equipment, as protected by our First Amendment rights..."

www.savehhs.org

BREAKING: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said Loving v. Virginia—legalizing interracial marriage—should have been left to individual states. That’s not misunderstanding, it’s blatant racism. Now he’s “walking it back.” We see your game, Gov. Watch this space, don’t let anyone forget.

How to Mentally Survive America's New Great Depression This morning was a rude awakening.

Tens of millions of people have found the reservoirs of hope dangerously low in recent weeks, and they can't seem to shake the profound sense of dread hovering always in the periphery of their daily life.

Yes, this is our collective Great Depression.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/how-to-men...

Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses Amid immigration enforcement, city and school officials will set up "safe zones" monitored by LAPD and community volunteers to protect undocumented families when school resumes at LAUSD.

Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Telling disabled people to formally complain every time they're faced with inaccessibility or ableism, is a pretty privileged and ignorant suggestion.

We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.

Tonight, please spare a thought to all our scientists and public health workers who have dedicated their careers to saving millions of lives.

Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation.

It should not be like this 💔

Howdy, neighbor!

As someone who lives in his district (and his former state assembly district so I've dealt with him a long time), I welcome you to saying "Kevin Kiley can fuck right off" on a regular basis! It's good, clean fun!!