Mandi Jo Berry

Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.

“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

The average SNAP benefit is $6 a day, so I just tried to buy a week’s worth of groceries for $42.

Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans want to cut SNAP to give tax cuts to billionaires.

Make it make sense.

#SNAPChallenge25

Oh hey there. Yes good point, no one should be ok with it. My background is conservative Christianity, where sin is worried over constantly. You have to fight it, and you can be shunned/kicked out of church for doing it. That’s why I put that question out there, just to see if anyone has a theory.

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Tonight:

Can y’all turn your backs on him the whole time? Or think of a cue of when to do it?

This was a disgusting display by the soft, uninformed VP Vance trying to school Zelensky, the man who has led his country through the most surprisingly resilient and effective fight for sovereignty against a global superpower.

Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.

"I’m not sure which is worse: the fact that Republicans are moving to gut the last lifeline for 72 million Americans who rely on Medicaid and 43 million Americans who rely on Food Stamps or the fact that they’re lying about doing it."

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“To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights.” Picture is of a quote from On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, illustrated by Nora Krug. Illustration, cartoon-like, is of a person who had climbed up a ladder and is now digging into a cave, with bats overhead. They are digging towards a red jewel, but there is a spider, scorpion, a snake, and what appear to be eggs underground, too.

Can anyone out there explain to me why Christian’s are okay with all the lying coming out of this admin? As in the constant, dangerous lies that so many of them are spouting, including lawmakers? The ones that endanger the whole country, heck the whole world?

I have no words, just 💔

Chicago honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I get it! I need it because the local low cost vet clinic only posts there, and it’s important that I see when they open their appts up (we get a lot of stray cats). I’ve taken it off my phone and will redownload it when I need to, use it like a tool instead of to scroll mindlessly.

Umm, no thanks Masterclass, nope!

Tell your Senators: Oppose Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence Please contact Congress now!

Click the link below to send a letter to your Senators urging them to reject Tulsi Gabbard's nomination.

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Yes, this! When I read his post has the same thought. FB started out as a revenge “hot or not” website. Yeesh.

BREAKING NEWS: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM | GLAAD Meta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate ...

Meta has quietly removed major sections of its hate speech policy protecting LGBTQ people, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Today’s alarming policy changes will allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and cease to protect LGBTQ users from being targeted with such attacks

So yeah, umm, who else is thinking about deactivating their Meta accounts? 👀

This must be condemned by everyone.