Martha Keim

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Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.

Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP are choosing to do this.

Nothing to see here. Just @emilyjaynef.bsky.social being forcibly removed from NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall tonight for having the temerity to act like a citizen of the United States. Hero.

Scared

Page from a newspaper with a big opinion header in read at the top; a photo of Pope Francis; and three stacked headlines for three different stories: 1. Will the church keep Francis' 'big tent' vision? 2. I learned about a largely hidden health crisis when my body tried to kill me 3. Harrisburg Republicans must find a way to fully fund SEPTA

Page from a newspaper with a big photo of Pope Francis at his first Urbi et Orbi address in 2013, dressed in a simple white cassock, waving at those gathered in St. Peter's square; and a smaller photo of Francis' predecessor, Pope Benedict at one his Urbi et Orbi addresses, dressed in a richly embroidered papal cope and miter.

I was the managing editor of a Catholic newspaper for nearly a decade, so (no surprise) I wrote an opinion piece about Pope Francis and whether the Church will choose to build on his "big tent" legacy.

My brain is so fried that I can’t watch news at all. Read and listen.
All of that said I’m just starting to watch “The Studio” on Apple TV.
It’s way fucking funny; it’s helping.

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American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell “So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have be...

Heartbreaking. Infuriating.
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I should add: I recommend this with the realization that Number 12, "Make eye contact and small talk," is difficult and sometimes painful for autistics, and they should find the most accommodating possible ways to do it. (I say it as one myself. We'll need to fight for disability rights.)

AP Race Call: Democrat Maxwell Frost wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida's 10th Congressional District Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Frost, the youngest member of the House, first won his seat in 2022 at the age of 25, becoming the fi...

apnews.com/article/race... Race Call: Democrat Maxwell Frost wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida's 10th Congressional District

Officially give up on Facebook. I’m online here

Uh huh

What's it going to take for MAGA to realize that trump's tariffs are actually A TAX ON EVERYONE?

Serious fucking question.

Watercolor: dancing in NO

I’m just kicked off Facebook and have discovered that I’ve been hacked a lot so please friends don’t answer anything that seems to be from me for a while.

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.

NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.

This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.

Keep drawing

Pete Hegseth’s sexual assault allegations and hush money payments disqualify him for Sec of Defense, but qualify him for President

Encourage your children to start a banned book club 📕 💙 ❤️

Dan Rather brings the fire🔥