Mamaof2teens

I have the game on but I am not listening. Too painful. Lol

Jhoan Duran intro at Citizens Bank Park

red = bad btw

In Illinois and across the country, working families will see costs rise. Premiums will go up by an average of 75% for 90% of the Affordable Care Act enrollees.

Premiums for many Illinoisans who get coverage through the ACA marketplace are projected to increase 61%, or $1,032 annually.

Forcing people to have a job in order to get health insurance is just another form of indentured servitude.

“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”

— A. Whitney Griswold

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

Consider donating to Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity. They’ve filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court to try and stop “Alligator Alcatraz” before it opens.

We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations “We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.

We will not stay silent on the health benefits of vaccines. Immunizations save lives.
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Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.

Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

What's happened since?

A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.

The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers. He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land

Six former CDC vaccine chairs are sounding the alarm—and we better listen. The U.S. is on the brink of losing access to life-saving immunizations. When science is attacked and trust is eroded, lives will be lost. This is not a drill. This is a national emergency.

If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.

“A horrible display of waste… rotting fruits and vegetables… store after store closed… if the ice raids continue be ready for even bigger sticker shock when you go grocery shopping…” 🍎 🥕

A Democratic comptroller in NYC arrested

A Democratic marcher shot and killed

A Democratic State Representative killed

A Democratic Congresswoman indicted

A Democratic Mayor arrested

A Democratic Senator tackled and detained

A Democratic State Representative in critical condition

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Mayor Ras Baraka (D-Newark)
Judge Hannah Dugan (WI)
Controller Brad Lander (D-NYC)

This is not normal. This is not okay. We cannot let them convince us that this is normal or okay.

20-year-old U.S. citizen Adrian Andrew Martinez was swarmed by ICE in Pico Rivera while defending someone. He never hit back—just struggled—before being slammed into a CBP van. No records. No lawyer. His mom can’t find him. This is abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.

"THE END OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL
REPUBLIC AS WE
KNOW IT COULD BE HAPPENING NOW"

Masked officers is a marker of authoritarian regimes. In authoritarian systems, it’s common for state security forces to operate anonymously to suppress dissent. When this becomes normalized in democracies, it’s a red flag for democratic backsliding.

I think that is Sirga and he sees the cat every day.

Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a rancid bigot.

New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism

“'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.'

*More of this, please*"

A win! A federal judge has ordered the government to restore hundreds of NIH grants slashed by the Trump administration, ruling the cuts were discriminatory against minorities and LGBTQ individuals. The judge said he’d have to be “blind” not to see the discrimination and declared the cuts illegal.

CNN: "Breaking just moments ago. New data showing consumers cut back spending sharply last month ... this does appears to at least partially be driven by a hangover from tariffs."

Remarkable.

MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."

Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.

Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

Why accountability matters: “Civilians have impersonated ICE agents while committing robbery (Pennsylvania), kidnappings (Florida, South Carolina), sexual assault (North Carolina) and other forms of public intimidation (Washington state, California). Opinion”

It can happen here. It is happening here.

LA is home to nearly a million undocumented immigrants. If you live here, you know someone living that reality whether you know it or not.

It’s part of what makes this city what it is—and no, we’re not living in fear because of them.