Bitter Sweet

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So … what are the odds right now that we are going to survive all this?

beneath the Tylenol autism discourse is deep ableism—a rejection of difference & a refusal to accommodate it.

but as I wrote in @chronicle.com, we need neurodivergent people’s inventive & creative minds:

For my Okie friends.

Chump's Anti Vaxxer RFKJR has
Already been connected to
Several Avoidable Deaths......

It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.

As an enraged parent of a brilliant neurodiverse kid, I proudly say to all of those spewing this Tylenol bullshit make-believe speak: fuck you.
#neurodiversity #momrage

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.

And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

Does anyone have any semi-positive news/info to share in the Small Victories category of this daily Shitstorm Fight we are in? We all need it.

For the first time in 4 years, unemployed workers outnumber available jobs.
 
The U.S. economy actually lost 13,000 jobs in June, the first negative jobs month in nearly 5 years.

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

So … please share what you are you doing locally, regionally to fight. Protests? Hit the streets? Volunteer? Phone banks? Let’s take action … go.

Just so I'm clear:

TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal

TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.

TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.

Free speech, everyone.

As I told Jimmy Kimmel, when is it enough?

The right is honoring Charlie Kirk’s legacy of “free speech” by firing everyone exercising free speech…

Fox News host literally advocated for murdering homeless people on air, on the most watched television network.

But Jimmy Kimmel......

No ABC. No MSNBC. No … who else? The water is coming to a boil. Will we fight? Hell fucking yeah.

Image of a checklist, which included “control the media”

Controlling the media is one of the items on the authoritarian checklist; this includes not just hard news, and increasingly social media, but also threatening satirists who mock the regime.
The FCC is pushing this control, but corporations do not have to fold. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

I’m a single parent with one kid in college on small but significant (and much-needed) scholarships. And I own a home which is not yet paid off. So … a triple whammy. 🤬🤬🤬 indeed.

Trump is deporting the guy who mows your lawn but releasing the guy who bashed a police officer’s head in back to your community.

Proposal would outlaw use of abortion pills and tighten rape exception • Indiana Capital Chronicle A new bill would further clamp down on abortions in Indiana by banning procedures using pills and requiring women to file an affidavit of rape

A new bill would further clamp down on abortions in Indiana by banning procedures using pills and requiring women to file an affidavit of rape to meet one of the state’s few exceptions.

Luxuriant

I’m not mad about it.

Hmmm … who should I share this development with at the Thanksgiving dinner table? 🤣

For my Okie friends.

Funny Instagram post: “I’ve just turned off the news and out on a serial killer documentary to relax.”

Sounds about right.

🚨NEW: Former GOP Senator and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has come out in opposition to Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Department.

REPOST to thank Hagel for standing up for our democracy!

Good morning - happy Friday! The bouquet of flowers say hi, too.

Good morning - happy Friday. (The flowers say hi, too.)