Sending best wishes from Massachusetts for your mom and a solid and steady recovery.

And, not for nothing:

Until all health care workers are federalized, and all health-care facilities, are taken by eminent domain, the problem will continue.

In 2023, health care in the US cost $4.9T, making $71B (profit) 1.4% of that total.

Is that right? People profiting from other's sickness? Maybe, maybe not.

But insurance isn't the problem, it's the cost of the care. And big pharma isn't blameless...

Nothing like that autopen signing your name exactly the same way each time to muck up your day -- especially if you weren't the one to authorize its use. #AccusationsAreConfessions

POTUS' turnaround on the Epstein files simply means that his lackeys have finished the job of whitewashing them - sanitized for his own protection, and that of his allies.

ANYONE who thinks that we're going to see the full and unvarnished truth is fooling themselves.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

There are those who serve their community, their commonwealth and their country every day, who don’t have the uniform, the benefits, or the national holiday.

#HiddenHeroes

What the hell is with Steve Inskeep? Feeding GOP talking points to Rep Mike Lawlor, who responded with an assent?

@npr.org needs to start lining up journalists willing and ready to question authority, challenge their interviewees, and stop parroting propaganda.

I’ve got Fox News for that swill.

would say, in all reality, that a “hermaphrodite witch“ would value essential liberties like religious tolerance, and social equity, two things that I personally hold in high regard. The person would likely have experienced extreme societal discrimination and economic discrimination in their life.

Uhm… ok…

The article’s title implies that two billionaires gave “millions” — that’s entirely not the case. A total of $270,000 was donated by these two people, compared to the millions upon millions donated by the billionaires who supported Cuomo.

$270,000, versus $22M? Big difference.

I truly hope I'm wrong, and that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social takes it. But I've grown cynical.

My prediction: Cuomo wins NYC Mayoral contest by enough of a margin to avoid any question of a recount, but not by SO high a margin that it looks obviously rigged.

#PaperBallots

Trump administration is planning new mission in Mexico against cartels, current and former U.S. officials say The new operation would include U.S. troops on the ground in Mexico striking drug labs and cartel leaders, according to current and former U.S. officials, though a deployment is not imminent.

How does ANY military action on foreign soil - particularly without the consent of the legally established government - NOT constitute an act of war?

Why isn't the US Senate / Congress doing something about it?

Plus, you don’t have to listen to his voice.

Gotta read the transcript. What’s mind-blowing is what they left on the cutting room floor

Mark my words: the reason for all of the redistricting plans is to provide cover when they manipulate the election results in a year.

Obamacare Prices Soar 26% in First Preview Available Online 24 million Americans will start open enrollment Nov. 1.

“The concern that has been raised is that a large number of the 12 million people who had never used their insurance last year may not legitimately have the insurance, know they have the insurance, want to have the insurance.” 2/2

Just.... WHAT?!?

(Dr. Mehmet) Oz claimed that “half” of people on Obamacare haven’t filed a claim all year. “I have to ask myself—you should be as well—if I had insurance, why would I never use it?” Oz said. 1/2

Trump directs Pentagon to test nuclear weapons for first time since 1992 The president said he wanted testing to occur “on an equal basis” with Russia and China. The Kremlin condemned the move, and there was no indication of when tests might take place.

The red button in the hands of Dementia Donald.
We must be mad.
Truly suicidal. #NoNukes

I cannot think of a more apt, visual representation of what this administration is doing to our nation, our history, our heritage, and our values.

Respectfully, the monsters are real: you put pictures of three of them at the top of this post…

Yep. This was awesome!

Received, thanks. Did not realize such a thing was such a high priority for the Commonwealth.

Forgive my ignorance, but what precisely is a “street takeover”?

We need to bury them - each and every person in this administration - that is using their office to propigate partisan points of view.

osc.gov/Documents/Re...

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics? Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

Intriguing...

Sen. Warren:

Real question, from a real person, your real constituent, using my real name, out west in the Mayflower State:

What will it take for you - for us! - to admit that the United States is lost to authoritarianism and oligarchy, and to take action to protect the People of Massachusetts?

Dear Aptera:

I hold reservations for TWO Apteras.

I'm patient.

I've waited.

I've been in love with the Aptera since 2008.

My god - I was still in my thirties.

But, I'm a pessimist:
I expect that I'll lose my deposit,
and never see an Aptera in my driveway.

Please prove me wrong.

So, is there such a thing as Profa?

YouTube video by Paul Hinrichs Zappa defines "Fascist Theocracy"

A reminder for folks - Frank Zappa knew this nearly 40 years ago.

youtu.be/5llMaZ80ErY?...