Amanda Leach

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I've resumed my blog after a decade long break.

Yeah, Tony Stark could build it in a cave with a box of scraps.

Americans want universal healthcare, not a colony on Mars.

And don’t tell me it’s about “innovation.”

Making sure every American has housing, food, and healthcare is innovation, too.

Kudos to Gov. Janet Mills of Maine for standing up to Trump. He threatened loss of federal funds for her state simply because it allows trans girls to play in sports. She said, “See you in court.”

Trump is a weak, shallow, callous leader who wants desperately to be a despot. #BullyPolPot

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

"It's almost impossible to believe he exists.
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"

#PRESIDEMENTIA

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

Reading materials for the weekend.

White House Slammed After Sharing Disgusting 'ASMR' Video Of Migrants Being Deported Absolutely deporable.

This is absolutely disgusting.

Good morning friends! Sending you all a big hug on this Friday morning. Today I will be trying to remember that even small acts of kindness and love matter—and to do a few.

I haven’t read the news for a week. I know it’s important to be informed of current events but my mental health needed a break from being bombarded with all the negative things that I am powerless to change.

Juicy Fruit is gonna move ya’

Dogs are the best!!

My first months pay from a ministry feels really strange to me. It’s weird to be paid for doing something good in the world rather than for participating in the profit machine.

I just ordered three more books on ebay for part of my seminary research. Two of them were by Dr Letty Russel and one by Rev Dr William Barber. My book collection gets more interesting and varied with each semester.

27 religious groups, including UCC Conference, file lawsuit challenging ICE action in churches - United Church of Christ The Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ is among more than two dozen religious groups suing the Department of Homeland Security in

📢 Many people have reached out to ask if UCC national will sign on to this lawsuit, and here is all of the information, along with UCC response from Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC.

👇🏾 📰 Access the article here: www.ucc.org/27-religious...

A tweet from Comrade Sisko ( @Pinko69420 ) with two raised fist emojis reads: "If we can call a body of water a new name, I feel like we can all call trans people by their names and pronouns too." The tweet includes an image of a map showing the southeastern United States, the Gulf of Mexico, and parts of the Caribbean. Overlaid on the map is the text: "If we can call a body of water a new name, I feel like we can all call trans people by their names and pronouns too." Below this text, there's a URL: threads.net/ @fleiwrite

A fine point.

Send this to your Quaker sugar bear. 2 days till Valentine's Day!

A tweet from user @delsalcott features a screenshot of a reporting interface. The interface asks, "What issue do you want to report about Gulf of America?" with the option "Name is wrong" selected. Other options include "Location on map is wrong" and "Something else." The tweet's caption reads, "About to be insufferable," implying the user is about to correct the incorrect name, as "Gulf of America" is not a real geographic term (likely referring to the Gulf of Mexico).

Please continue to report.

Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.

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

For more—and to sign— go to

saynotoethniccleansing.org

"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If bread hatched out of eggs would you still eat it? That's my weird thought for the night. I should probably get some sleep.

I'm moving over here from facebook. I haven't found very many of my facebook friends here yet but that's okay. It seems less toxic here. I can live with that.