Teresa Allen-Martin

And just when will that start?

In an unforgettable Veterans Day moment, former President Barack Obama surprised dozens of Korean and Vietnam War veterans as their Honor Flight landed in Washington, D.C. The veterans, fresh off their flight from Madison, Wisconsin, were greeted by President Obama himself.

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

Bread dough rising

Bread baking

I’m so proud of my daughter in Seattle.

She doesn’t have much money (she’s a preschool teacher with a preschooler of her own) but she has a big bag of Costco flour — so she’s baking sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls every week for people in her neighborhood who are furloughed or lost SNAP…

🥹

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Is there an equivalent 10-run rule in the NFL?

#seahawks #superbowlbound

17 years ago today, my friends and I were watching as Obama got elected, sobbing and chain-smoking cigarettes, waxing poetic about the first Black president.

In hindsight, it is a privilege to have believed in something so completely. I’ll never fault the person I was who believed in hope & change.

Spectacular image.

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Blue wave!!!

Good night peeps, sweet dreams.

Seattle Mariners' Raleigh, Wilson named MLB award finalists Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh was named an AL MVP finalist and manager Dan Wilson an AL Manager of the Year finalist on Monday.

#Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and manager Dan Wilson are each up for prestigious awards. Raleigh was named a finalist for AL MVP and Wilson for AL Manager of the Year on Monday.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

What did people do before SNAP?”

They died.

Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.

They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore

The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.

For those who need help finding a local food bank, the link below lets you search by zip code.

If you are able, donation can be accessed as well.

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Just when the PNW foliage is fully developed in its color and you’re ready to shoot your three weekend family sessions, the winds and rain start, likely for the rest of our lives. Or at least till July.

“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.”

- former First Lady Betty Ford

The East Wing is gone.

Over a century of American history, reduced to rubble.

All to appease the vanity of a corrupt authoritarian.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.

I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.

Not sure why the focus is on middle aged women at the No Kings rallies. From my observation, there is a healthy mix of young and old.
But maybe the reason there are so many middle aged women protesting is because we see the future and it looks a lot like the past we struggled to overcome.

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

Profoundly sad. The People’s House. I know no one personally who will use a 90,000 square foot ballroom. People, programs, policies. Now this historic structure. Damaged and decimated.

An estimated 4,000 patriots in Everett WA, out to save our democracy.

Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.

You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.