@kd2cu.bsky.social
Writing for Survival. Painting for Pleasure. Proud to be a listening, learning, laughing, loving, liberal. Being the change I wish to see in the world.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We're trying to play by one set of rules. And these folks on the other side play by a completely different set of rules. So much so that the president United States called Greg Abbott and told him, in essence, find 5 additional seats so he can rig the election next year."
26.07.2025 18:55 β π 14639 π 5203 π¬ 455 π 226Sheβs not wrong
25.07.2025 16:03 β π 14616 π 4508 π¬ 513 π 176They also laugh about having to shoot some immigrants eventually, and the $30,000 bonus money they get for being ICE agents making it ok to smell peopleβs urine when they piss their pants after being tased.
Trump and Stephen Millerβs America. πΊπΈ
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A President of the United States is not supposed to be this involved in our daily lives.
Most Presidents run the Government,
F47 wants to run everything else
Everyone who has a heart and conscience needs to do so if we are to somehow retain any semblance of our decent and humane society as we navigate through the hellscape Trump created and expanded.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.
02.07.2025 19:11 β π 9337 π 3485 π¬ 499 π 209Just heard Bill Kristol, former chief of staff for Dan Quayle, say he thinks ICE should be defunded and that the entire DHS should probably be disbanded, which puts him to the left of maybe the majority of elected Democrats. Truly wild times weβre living in.
01.07.2025 23:03 β π 12493 π 2428 π¬ 257 π 304Measles is a highly infectious virus, and summer travel raises fears that it will spread. Hereβs how to protect yourself and your family.
02.07.2025 03:40 β π 134 π 42 π¬ 87 π 47@hcrichardson.bsky.social I can't even explain how excited I am to see you on We Can Do Hard Things!! These women and this podcast have changed my life. They get me thru hard, confusing times just like you have. The BEST crossover!
Everyone go listen to HCR and Glennon
pca.st/podcast/f22f...
Are you familiar with Amos Ozβs concept of the Order of the Teaspoon?
I also recommend @hcrichardson.bsky.socialβs address on the anniversary of Paul Revereβs ride. She talks about how little things done by we little people can have oversized impact. We just need to stay ready to ride.
WTF are we doing here?
01.07.2025 23:35 β π 10744 π 2530 π¬ 3638 π 841Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
02.07.2025 01:44 β π 12529 π 4067 π¬ 922 π 649The GOP war on higher ed continues apace. Gutting public uni systems that state residents have long relied on as drivers of cultural advancement and social mobility.
01.07.2025 13:35 β π 257 π 94 π¬ 15 π 5"The biggest job-killing bill in history."
01.07.2025 17:19 β π 1539 π 649 π¬ 65 π 27Telling people in your community about ICE raids is NOT illegal. No matter what Pam Bondi says.
01.07.2025 16:18 β π 8444 π 2412 π¬ 194 π 63CBS bends the knee. Ironically reported by the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
02.07.2025 05:40 β π 1565 π 398 π¬ 200 π 36Chance that this guyβwho onJan 6 told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, βKill βem! Kill βem! Kill βem!ββcould get a security clearance in normal times:
Zero.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Iranian-linked hackers say theyβve stolen 100 gigabytes of internal Trump campaign and GOP emails.
U.S. cybersecurity officials have confirmed the group is real. The breach happened. The leaks are expected soon.
And theyβre threatening to publish everything.
www.newsweek.com/iran-hackers...
A man who helped save a 9-year-old during a shark attack in Florida last month is now facing deportation after being taken into custody for driving without a license.
02.07.2025 02:01 β π 2269 π 1056 π¬ 121 π 108500% MORE NON-CRIMINAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED. β©NON-criminals!βͺ
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Not every R who voted for the cruelest bill in modern times will be on the ballot in 2026 but you can vote against everyone who is. Every damn one.
01.07.2025 23:09 β π 6915 π 1862 π¬ 246 π 89Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.
02.07.2025 02:08 β π 9354 π 3718 π¬ 82 π 65Washington, D.C., has a population roughly equivalent to Alaska's.
And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today.
Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill
Weβre about to see a bunch of house republicans publicly decry the billionaire bailout bill, only to eventually vote yes on it. Light up the switchboard!
02.07.2025 02:23 β π 6349 π 1330 π¬ 157 π 49BLOOMBERG
Americaβs Hot Garbage Problem
Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, and neighbors have been getting sick.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The nation's fifth most populous county, San Diego, just chose its political future todayβand appears to have chosen to have a Democratic local governmentβand it's crickets everywhere. Quite the eye-popping example of the NY/East-Coast-bias of how elections get covered.
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