Amanda (she/they)

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.

🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨

Please share widely

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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

For real tho…

They called it the “big beautiful bill” because “bloodless economic strangulation” didn’t fit on a bumper sticker.

“If you’ve never been poor, don’t legislate for the poor.” - @replsimon.bsky.social

This also includes people with uteruses.

Today I proposed two amendments to the Republican budget reconciliation bill to 1) protect access to reproductive health care and 2) protect our federal workforce & SNAP.

Republicans tried to sneak this bill through in the dead of the night.

Dems have been here since 1am holding up the bill.

If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.

“These are kids who will never pay taxes,” Kennedy declared. “They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted. We have to recognize we are doing this to our children.”

It’s very telling what RFK deems makes someone worthy of existence: paying taxes & working. We are so much more than what we monetarily contribute to our community and society. We deserve better than this BS.

It’s also clear that they have no idea what Autism is.

High school. Together 23 years, married 6.

Good morning, friends. Take a break from doom-scrolling this weekend. Unplug, step outside, and connect with those who bring you joy. Rest is resistance. 💚

Masking discourse is on again and I’ll just say if you see people masking when few others are it’s likely because they’ve determined that for them, in that setting, the benefit of not catching (or spreading) whatever’s going around is worth the cost of masking. It’s rarely more complicated than that

the fact that our president is clearly insane and destroying the economy makes it even more pathetic for major law firms and universities to bend the knee to him

YouTube video by MSNBC Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster

There are people standing up and resisting. Everyday people. We need more of this from our elected leaders, businesses, & community leaders. It’s time to get loud, stop softening language, and not stop until we see meaningful change.

youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc

A cartoon of a woman looking at her computer monitor. The title of the cartoon is "Peak Operational Efficiency." Quote bubbles coming out of the monitor suggest numerous emails with contradictory information and instructions. "You're fired!" "NO - WAIT! Never mind!" "Back to work!" "Send your manager FIVE accomplishments or you're fired!" "No don't!" "Send five or you're fired!" There's an additional chat bubble coming from the monitor with an apparent headline that reads, "Thousands of fired federal workers called back to work." Finally, there is a cell phone on the desk, and the caller is asking, "Hey...do you still have a job?

This.

NEW: Trump is governing from the Project 2025 playbook and it’s costing us $$

10 Things to Know About Medicaid | KFF At the start of 2025, many issues are at play that will affect Medicaid coverage, financing, and access to care. While Medicaid was not discussed much on the campaign trail, Congress may consider big ...

1 in 5 Americans DEPEND on Medicaid. I depend on the program as do millions of others of people with disabilities, seniors, children, low-income and many vulnerable populations. Any major cuts to the program would be devastating and catastrophic.

www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

Measles cases by U.S. state before and after the measles vaccine.

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5calls.org

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

YouTube video by WeRateDogs Pit Bull Grossed Out By Fake Cockroach

Here are The Top 10 Dogs of the week!

youtu.be/DbtbGQVtG2o

I like this one

Our end of year statement for childcare was just over 21K for our one child.

By comparison, we paid $25K towards our mortgage.

Thank you @govevers for putting childcare in the Wisconsin state budget to help working families afford quality care for their kids!

Learn how much #NIH funding impacts your state here www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

In Wisconsin that’s $654M, 7,760 jobs supported, & $1.48B in economic activity.

Time to get on the phones folks:
- www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
- www.house.gov/representati...