Allie Simpson

From the top rope

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

I don’t want performative outrage. I want action. I want strategy. I want courage. I want Democrats to meet the moment, and to lead like democracy depends on it. Because it does.

Stop asking me to do more until you start doing more./

Not even two hours after the Senate passed the budget bill, I got a text asking me to donate “to fight back.” Fight back? I am fighting. I’ve never stopped. But I don’t see enough of that same fight from the people in power. (3/?)

I’m watching our democracy unravel in real time and the response from the party I’ve devoted my life to feels weak, tepid, and performative. We are up against a fascist movement. And yet, I see too many Democratic leaders treating this like politics as usual. (2/?)

I’ve been a Democrat my entire life. Born into a politically active family, I was volunteering on campaigns before I could walk. I’ve knocked doors, made calls, donated what I could (& then some), and poured my time, energy, and heart into electing Democrats up and down the ballot.
But I’m angry. 🧵

We’re Calling It. This Small Town in Iowa Is the Place to Be This Summer. Once the butt of jokes, the town of Dubuque, Iowa, has emerged as an unlikely hub of Midwest cool. Here’s how to plan a long weekend that packs in all its charms.

“Once the butt of jokes, the town of Dubuque, Iowa, has emerged as an unlikely hub of Midwest cool.

Here’s how to plan a long weekend that packs in all its charms.”

www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

Not if Mike pence has the courage to do what should be done to protect our country and our constitution.

Never fucking forget

🧵 We got a pretty nasty load of bad news yesterday on the future of Social Security. It's not hyperbole to say we've passed the point of no return on Trump/DOGE's efforts to kill the agency...

First and Last preschool Tea Party 💙

If you were up in arms about Hillary’s private email server, but don’t have shit to say about Cabinet members using Signal for top secret war plans - you’re in a cult. Hope that helps.

Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants."

In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.

Bernie Sanders: "I think this is a prelude not only to cutting benefits, but to privatizing Social Security ... why do you lie so much about Social Security? Why do you make it look like it's a broken system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the system so you can give it over to Wall St"

We Can’t Give In to Fear From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.

I hope you read, really consider its implications, and share it widely.

"It is often said: When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. If that is true, then only weeks into Donald Trump’s four-year term, we are approaching tyranny."

"A screenshot of an NBC News article headline. The headline reads: 'Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail.' Below the headline, a subtext states: 'The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.' The NBC News logo is visible at the top, along with a navigation bar that includes a 'WATCH' button and a user profile icon."

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.

This is a campaign of eradication.

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

I wish the Iowa GOP had this kind of common sense.

Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potenti...

SCOOP: The Air Force general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress had inappropriate romantic relationships with five women, including three who worked on Capitol Hill. Sources tell @propublica.org that one of those scrutinized was @senjoniernst.bsky.social

Employees at the National Crime Victimization Survey--the federal government's team for gathering crime data on victims, twice a year--have been ordered to remove all questions related to transgender victims.

There will no longer be any federal crime data on transgender Americans.

Former Social Security Head Warns System Could ‘Collapse’ in ‘Next 30 to 90 Days’ The agency’s former commissioner said the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts could cause disruptions in benefit payments.

The former Social Security chief has warned that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting spree could cause a system breakdown within the next 30 to 90 days.

While the representatives of Iowa were busy voting to take away the civil rights of Trans Iowans, I’m so proud of those that showed up, spoke up, and represented the kind of Iowa I’m proud to be a part of. Now, let’s work on getting these fascists out of office.

Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

"assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs"

good time time become an antipsychiatry grifter in the US

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Garcia: "I find it ironic that our chairman, Rep. Greene, is in charge of running this committee. In the last Congress, Chairwoman Greene literally showed a dick pic in our Oversight hearing, so I thought I'd bring one as well. This, of course, is President Elon Musk ... "

If you’re a republican Senator who votes for Tulsi Gabbard, I don’t ever want to hear a goddamn word out of your mouth about national security ever again.

Elon Musk says Department of Education no longer ‘exists’ Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (D-CT) joins Michael Steele as the Trump administration prepares to gut the Department of Education.

While we were all preoccupied, the real president was hard at work.