Emily

I am shocked I’m still shocked.

For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…

Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.

And America shrugged and moved on.

You don’t know what this means to me.

It was only taken serious by pundits and lawmakers after COVID lockdowns, when right wing Qnon and anti vax moms merged. But look to the history of when some states removed non medical vaccine exemptions. Legislators were attacked pre-2020 by angry moms!

I believe we are where we are today with MAHA because for decades, the vaccine issue was regulated to “women” or “mommy” issues, instead of a mobilization of radicalization and propaganda. Bc of this, the threat was never taken seriously.

A tweet about Pope Leo spending a Sunday dining with refugees, poor people, unhoused folks and volunteers that help them, followed immediately by a tweet about JD Vance's speech in which he describes unhoused people as "crazy people yelling at our kids."

Unexpected feed lineup here.

Religion subtext: Vance is Catholic.

when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”

The Supreme Court said it was unlawful for the Biden administration to forgive student loans because it lacked congressional authority but has no problem with the Trump administration gutting the entire Department of Education without congressional approval. This is a lawless court.

IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.

The IRS just lifted a decades-long ban on clergy endorsing political candidates.

But most Americans don't want to hear endorsements from the pulpit, according to surveys

Here's the story, with @jackjenkins.me & @bmietana.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/07/08/n...

Less than a month following a political assassination of a Democrat leader.

💫 🧜🏼‍♀️ (my good vibes emojis)

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.

- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.

- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

Congress died the moment they allowed 147 insurrectionists to remain in office instead of expelling them and charging them with sedition. That’s just my opinion.

A certain anti-choice group feels called to courageous action to do their mission. So far, crickets about how they have been public with their threats.

There’s a certain gun group that visits the Capitol every year and gets to terrorize DFL staff. I once had a random man ask me which district is the most Jewish on one of those days. I did not acknowledge his existence.

Freedom of speech allows men to stand up on the senate floor and spit out absolute lies. And the media says mostly nothing, over and over again. Rinse and repeat.

It’s cliche, but you can’t fix it unless you recognize the problem. And so far, I have not heard much about how gop members are allowed to say whatever they want.

The same man and organization welcomed with open arms into the offices of gop legislators.

I have checked out, so maybe I’ve missed it. But I have not seen a local deep dive into the far right talking points that every day gop legislators use without any consequences. Articles about cosplaying cops - yes. Articles about man testifying he will go after members 4 repro freedom votes - no.

Interesting that reporting is calling out the terrorist was under financial duress, but he had three AK47s. I also believe he legally purchased most of his gear. So maybe stfu about that as if is relevant.

How about the first Democratic Senator to call for Mike Lee’s censure gets to be Minority Leader.

The Real MAHA Agenda? Sending Women Back to the Kitchen Making our current system out to be the problem tasks mothers with being the solution.

“Women do a disproportionate share of the kind of work that the MAHA movement is asking people to do, which is to grow their own food, to prepare all of their food from scratch, and to avoid processed food and even packaged food” www.self.com/story/how-th...

Literally. Democrats need to analyze how much we keep capitulating to mediocre white men in how we message AND make policies.

Sleep when your tween/teen sleeps. Put a camera monitor in their car. Make sure they burp after every meal to alleviate smart ass comments.

Fascism demands a strongman figure. You aren't winning over fascists by looking like a coward, licking your finger and trying to figure out how much fascism you need to do to convince people that they should like you.

There are many reasons Trump is popular, but a big one is the idea that he fights for what he believes in.

Caving on important issues--like rights for trans people and treating immigrants with dignity and respect--does not win people back to your side.

It makes you look weak.

Penalty cutting #Medicaid expansion funding no longer applies to states covering lawfully present children and pregnant women BUT now states are penalized for covering some other lawfully present immigrants (5/x)

These provisions would likely increase the uninsured rate among immigrant families, including citizen children in those families, and have broader ramifications for the nation’s workforce and economy given the role immigrants play.

Don’t obey in advance when it comes to fascism