Val Swainson

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

White House approves increased oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s national wildlife refuge National Petroleum Reserve lease sales and permitting for road through Izembek wildlife refuge were also approved

Well this is great for conservation.

(Sarcasm intended)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Reminder that the new influx of pro-MAGA troll farm accounts are being ran by TPUSA operatives. It is a mix of bots and college students managing different accounts, modeled after Israel's Hasbara propaganda program.

A capybara standing upright in the deep part of his pool, his webbed feet just touching the bottom. A branch of bamboo is splayed out before him, floating by his face.

Feeling pretty low, wishing my body felt like it was floating and not weighed down with aches and pains.

Home Depot made a fortune off the backs of day laborers, and yet now demands their employees sit and watch Nazis torture people as if they're no longer human.
What the fuck have we become.

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

Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...

Wondering what’s next after No Kings?

Join movement leaders and fellow activists at 8pm ET tonight to find out!

We’ll post a livestream link later as well.

Did you know that there's a strong support for continued wolf protections across America? Yet Congress is considering bills that would strip gray wolves of protections, despite desires of the American public.

Urge your Member of Congress to oppose these bills.📣 Take action below:
bit.ly/42PZcUR

Thank you so much!

Can I Punch Nazis? A quick helper to determine if you can punch a nazi.

We are going to leave you tonight with a simple reminder that it’s okay to punch (full grown) Nazis.

No debating. No listening. Punching.

"The fabulously rich are enjoying their literal jewels, which are of no practical value other than to really rub it in people's faces that you're super rich"

Meanwhile people are fucking starving to death and dying every fucking day in this bullshit country.

But hey, neat necklace, I guess

Children are dying because Trump gutted USAID and cut lifesaving foreign aid — even though it took up less than 1% of the U.S. budget.

Meanwhile, he's preparing to dole out $40 billion to prop up Argentina's failing economy, all to help out his authoritarian pal.

Priorities.

Oh it’s not appropriate for your program to air the president wearing a crown and shitting on American citizens?

You’ll talk about it in euphemisms? Maybe call it the “crown video” and ignore the shitting part? Because that’s appropriate?

Tell me, was it appropriate for the president to do it?

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Paws in the air
Like you just don't care
'Cause you're a big, brown bear
With an itch back there
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#A_NewHope ✊

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Tips for Preparedness, Peaceful Protesting, and Safety Safety and preparedness are essential in uncertain times. Whether you're preparing for an emergency or participating in a peaceful protest, these…

Remember just because you are peaceful it doesn’t mean the regime will be.

The protests are expected to be peaceful however the regime wants to crackdown with or without an excuse, don’t give them the satisfaction of arresting or terrorizing you. Be cool, be brave, and be strong. #3E #NoKings

For no reason at all: I suggest you take time & watch footage from the Hong Kong democracy protests — specifically 2019-2020 protests. Get a sense of what tech-enabled anti-protest policing looks like. Those kids came up with wild stuff to withstand/neutralize “non-lethal” crowd control techniques.

Biggest reason I finally deleted my Instagram!

My husband’s ballot came in the mail. Mine did not. I looked into why and…

I was purged from the voting roll.

PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION.

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Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th

Know Your Rights, Share Your Rights Read the full Know Your Rights resource on protesters' rights here. If you're ready to share what you've learned, we've created graphics outlining your protest rights that you can download and share on social media.

If you're headed to a No Kings protest this Saturday, make sure you know your rights and others do too.

Download a Know Your Rights phone screen background, protest sign, and more.

Portland has fallen!

Eating less/no animal products (especially beef), composting food waste, and demanding your community quickly transition away from fossil fuels are great ways to reduce methane emissions — and therefore help coral reefs because not all hope is lost!!

Here’s an example of what happens when the unregulated supplement industry meets the multi-billion dollar fitness/wellness market - high levels of lead in widely-used protein powders.

You’d think 🧠🪱’s MAHA movement would want the FDA to do something about that…

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

Well fuck...