Shirley Sexton

New rule: no criticizing the way others choose to resist unless you have a better, actionable idea and kind, constructive feedback. New ideas are good! Performative contrarianism is useless.

(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org

We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation.

On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.

Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

NO KINGS Lewisburg, WV · No Kings NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. We’ve watched as they’ve cracked down on free spee...

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We did it!

Nightmare.

‘What fresh hell awaits me today?’ Federal workers share their stories. Maryland is home to about 327,000 federal workers. They share their stories of stress and uncertainty as they watch colleagues fired and contend with the Trump administration's demands to document…

"The real enemy is not me, the dedicated employee and disabled veteran... The real enemy is the reckless decision-making that puts Americans, patriots, civil servants, and civilians in danger while undermining the very functions that keep this government — and this nation — strong."

The Christian Nationalist Plot to Disenfranchise Women Voters The SAVE Act, which purports to fend off the phantasmal threat of voter fraud, would throw millions of women off the voting rolls.

The rumors are true: The proposed SAVE Act, now considered a priority for Republicans in the House, will make it harder, if not practically impossible, for millions of women to vote.

Small Peckered Politicians (A Poem) They took them out of their pants and

Small Peckered Politicians (A Poem)
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An Open Letter To RFK Jr As One Of Those Crazy People On SSRI’s *audio of this essay will be up at WeLoveCorey.com the very second he gets his voice back!*

Last night I perhaps had one too many hot toddys for my throat and wrote about RFK Jr threatening to take away antidepressants for millions of people like me.

Read it here for free!

HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸

Pointing the Way: An Op-ed for the Wa-po. To The Washington Post:

"If we feel someone is a rapist, we should be free to say so, or a lifetime bigot...blowhard, or a porcine pork person, or a malignant, delusion, licentious, clownish traitor, or just a plain old douchebag. By God, it is our right and our duty to do so." geneweingarten.substack.com/p/pointing-t...

Homophobes and transphobes get the airlock.

a group of cartoon characters are sitting in a stadium and one of them is saying boooo ALT: a group of cartoon characters are sitting in a stadium and one of them is saying boooo

BOO DONALD TRUMP AT THE SUPER BOWL
BOO DONALD TRUMP AT THE SUPER BOWL
BOO DONALD TRUMP AT THE SUPER BOWL
BOO DONALD TRUMP AT THE SUPER BOWL
BOO DONALD TRUMP AT THE SUPER BOWL
BOO DONALD TRUMP AT THE SUPER BOWL
BOO DONALD TRUMP AT THE SUPER BOWL
BOO DONALD TRUMP AT THE SUPER BOWL

PASS IT ON!!!

New CFPB chief closes headquarters, tells all staff they must work remotely for the week The edict comes as Russell Vought takes over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Vought has ordered work to halt at the consumer finance watchdog, and is cutting off new funding.

The edict comes as Russell Vought takes over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Vought has ordered work to halt at the consumer finance watchdog, and is cutting off new funding.

This a massive win for Democracy. The war is far from over but let's celebrate battles won!

How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze (Gift Article) President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.

The cruelty is the point.

In famine-stricken Sudan, soup kitchens that feed hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in a war zone have shut down.

In Thailand, war refugees with life-threatening diseases have been turned away by hospitals and carted off on makeshift stretchers.

Shout out @vichcraft.bsky.social for the new swag for our 100-year-old press.

"And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall." --Bob Dylan

Hmmm, maybe we don't need to go to Covington today.

Amen!

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to share." --Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #MLKDay

@markagee.bsky.social Daily dumbass nominee! Spelling still counts even though morons are running the country.

Has your organization stopped using Twitter yet? It's way past time. Don't feed the beast.

@godpod.bsky.social bless the ACLU! People in several West Virginia communities do not have access to clean drinking water. This is nuts.

Daddy Died a MAGA His last words were apologies for Facebook posts--it shouldn't have ended that way

So many of us have lost family members to the MAGA cult. It's heartbreaking. jesspiper.substack.com/p/daddy-died...

Contact your Delegates. House proposes removing public hearings: “How will West Virginians know a bill they want to weigh in on is being considered in enough time for them to do so?”
#wvlegis mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/01/16/r...

We need a local Blue Velvet watch party. Lewis Theater would be amazing!

I'm participating in #lightsout until Tuesday. Time to reflect and time to prepare for battle. #nohateinmyholler #hatehasnohomehere

BREAKING: Police & Nurses Conspired to Fabricate Evidence Against Brittany Watts, Suit Says The suit fights back against pregnancy criminalization

Remember Brittany Watts, the Ohio woman arrested for 'abuse of a corpse' after flushing her miscarriage? A new lawsuit accuses a police officer and two nurses of conspiring to fabricate evidence against her jessica.substack.com/p/breaking-p...