Lisa L Tomlinson

...for him to peruse the vinyl, and me the books. Looking at the shelves I noticed a whole lotta far right authors. Like their side reads? 🤣 Anyway, here's what I picked up for my reading pleasure.

Our V-Day started off with our favorite breakfast bar (don't gasp — I'm low carb for health, and have recently marked 52 lbs⬇️ + stabilized my BG, but that's for another post), then moved to Half Price Books...🧵

While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →

H.H.S. Reverses Decision to Cut $2 Billion for Mental Health and Addiction Services A day after funding termination notices went out to more than 2,000 programs nationwide, the administration reversed itself and reinstated the money.

Less than 24 hours after the Trump administration informed more than 2,000 addiction and mental health programs nationwide that it was immediately terminating almost $2 billion of their funding, the administration reversed course and reinstated the money. An administration official confirmed Wednesday night that the money was being restored, but declined to say why.

Well well well. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/h...

UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’ Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights

UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’ — 🤬

every accusation...

Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.

Of course...

www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

So are regular police forces, actually.

Jonathan David Ross...big tough guy who shoots unarmed women in the face. This piece of shit has to be held accountable.

I'm proud of you, sweetheart, as I'm sure millions of other moms are, too.

Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:

-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS

Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3YDNNFa

#ResistTrump

FBI Search of Washington Post Reporter’s Home Raises Serious First Amendment Concerns, Knight Institute Says

"Searches of newsrooms and journalists are hallmarks of illiberal regimes, and we must ensure that these practices are not normalized here," says @jameeljaffer.bsky.social, calling on the Justice Department to publicly explain its actions. See our full statement:
knightcolumbia.org/content/fbi-...

F*ckers. Do they know how that ended?

trump has been saying and doing this for over a decade but the mainstream media coveted their precious access and book deals so they didnt give a fuck about the first amendment and freedom of the press.

www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

Read it. Read it again. Do you get it now? Let's do something about *waves hands all around* all of this.

“Fascism is a new name for that terror the Negro has always faced in America.”

- Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901[1] – May 22, 1967)

Love this! Must subscribe! 😁

Threads is throttling interactions with anti-fascist accounts. I've let my Bluesky account lie fallow for too long. Time to rectify that. We have much work to do.

AOC is saying Republican health‑care cuts are bankrolling ICE’s street violence — your higher premiums are literally paying the “thugs” who are shooting mothers in the face.

I have taken an hiatus from the insanity of American politics. I'm currently implementing self-care in the form of drowning myself in joyful, calming hobbies. I'll jump back into the fray at some point, but for now my mental health is priority. How are you doing, and what are you doing to stay sane?

This video is worth watching to the end. (🎥: ledbydonkeys) TikTok video by COURIER

I have no doubt that this is true.

Exactly.

I've taken a hiatus from social media for the last week or two. I can't say it didn't feel good, but I am less informed. I'm trying to avoid cocooning myself in blissful ignorance, tempting as that may be. We have so much work to do, but we have to eat this elephant one bite at a time.

Who's the boss? We the People!

Funny how that happened.

✊🏼

Just resting up for the fight — no apathy or defeat here!

A heart shaped autumn tree against a cloudy sky.

Enjoy your day, everyone. Don't forget to feel some joy today, and maybe have a laugh or two — it's good medicine.

This felt exceedingly satisfying. Just about as good as blocking the scam accounts creeping into my DMs. 😏