McKenna’s Already Tired

This is wild because I know who my wife voted for in the city comptroller race and we talk about ballot measures I cannot imagine being in a relationship with someone who didn’t share those values much less who wasn’t sure I deserved full rights love is blind my absolute ass

Truly nothing heals my soul like running into a queer friend at the farmers market. And standing still long enough to have other friends bump into you. And then there’s a gaggle of queers by the radish guy and you’re taking about a spring supper party.

Measles case reported in Howard County, unrelated to Southwest outbreak A Howard County resident who recently travelled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday.

Measles case reported in Howard County, unrelated to outbreak in Southwest U.S.

A lot of people are going to die from this

This is unreal.

Over the course of 12 days, starting on Jan. 29, 2025 -- nine days after the current POTUS took over -- a total of 85 people have died in four major U.S. aviation incidents.

Before 2025, the most recent deadly plane crash involving a U.S. airliner was in 2009.

Heads up folks. We can watch live on C-Span. www.c-span.org/event/house-...
Thank you Rep. @jasmineforus.bsky.social.

Trump won't block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to m...

Grateful that my denomination and my state’s Council of Churches is part of this lawsuit
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

They're eating the checks!

They're eating the balances!

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System

There's absolutely no reason Elon Musk needs access to the system that pays your Social Security check.

This is terrifying and not normal. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

High-key, some of the street-level bureaucrats that I see being the bravest and putting up the most resistance to this administration right now are teachers. They are on the frontlines, working with some of our most vulnerable folks in society, and are not batting an eye at noncompliance.

every new bit of news is the worst thing I have ever heard

A community defender immigration training zoom maxed out and people can’t get in the room. Frustrating. And amazing.

Y’all keep showing up.

If you're with ICE or any other authority targeting innocent migrants, don't expect cooperation from me. Your failure is a blessing for humanity. I hope your job is soul-draining. I am actively rooting for your anxiety and frustration. I would rather gargle broken glass than make your life easier.

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

"... You don't like our freedom, okay. I don't shake hands with white slavers. I shake hands with the white libertarian heirs of Lincoln and the black and white farm boys of the USA, at whose graves I cried and prayed on a battlefield..."

Goes hard as fuck

This is why progressives have to learn their org’s polity and why every revolutionary team should have a wonk. We love to see it.

DOJ orders federally funded legal service providers to stop providing support at immigration courts The Department of Justice has told legal service providers who receive federal funding to stop providing legal orientation to immigrants at immigration courts.

Truly sinister. Find your way to resist, which could be supporting orgs on the frintline. — Get that DOJ orders federally funded legal service providers to stop providing support at immigration courts https://bit.ly/3EaEPrV?

Ooh yes. 🙋‍♀️ and my wife @wmisha.bsky.social

Genuinely obsessed with this rationale that is basically “bitch it smells like that every day you’re not fancy this is baltimore.”

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

Anyway. We are protecting and fighting for trans people.

During the last one of these, I wasn’t on meds yet, so let’s go Lexapro…you got this girl.