"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

How to pronounce acetaminophen:

ree-LEESE thuh EPP-steen FYLES

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

Did you know there’s a special election THIS Tuesday in Iowa that could break the GOP super majority in the Iowa state senate?

I had no idea.

Just saw it on Tik Tok.

Now…just out of curiosity, do you think the DNC should have rallied national Dems to support this election?

Certification of North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs · Megaphone North Carolina More than six months ago, Justice Allison Riggs won re-election to her Supreme Court seat. Now, after millions of dollars spent, thousands of volunteer hours, and more than 68,000 voters’ ballots put ...

I'm attending Megaphone North Carolina's event, “Certification of North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/megaphonenc/...

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Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

But mass deportations were supposed to fix the housing crisis, weren't they? 🤔

Weather Wes Hohenstein Facebook post: “Was your car parked outside Friday night & then really dirty Saturday morning? That’s because there was a dust storm on the other side of the country that made it to North Carolina Friday. When a little bit of light rain fell Friday night, it fell as dirty rain. Now, a lot of us need a car wash!”

Saw this on my FB feed this morning.

YouTube video by Janta Ka Reporter US senator asks if Donald Trump is a Russian asset after bust-up with Zelenskyy | Janta Ka Reporter

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-9t...

Trump’s Ukraine policy reads like Putin’s dream for a Russian asset:

✔️Spread propaganda that Ukraine started the war
✔️Cut off military aid
✔️Block intel sharing
✔️Demean Zelenskyy in the Oval Office
✔️Weaken US alliances with Europe

Who benefits? Putin. Who loses? Us.

Who do we think can best endure the price fluctuations that is coming for farm products?

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture Family Farms and Small Businesses are the "E" In DEI

Had been thinking about USAID destruction being a vehicle to force family farms to sell to big business. Here she's connecting the dots with WIC/food stamps/free-and-reduced lunches.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj1r...

The start of week three:

Where Is This Leading? Late today, Donald Trump’s acting attorney general fired the prosecutors who worked on the January 6 and classified documents prosecutions against Trump.

Violating rules about firing IGs when he could have just as easily done it lawfully suggests Trump's larger goals. It starts with pardons & firing prosecutors. I pull the threads in this piece to see where it might end. joycevance.substack.com/p/where-is-t...

NC Supreme Court could now decide who should win the election for a seat on the court After incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs appeared to defeat Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, Griffin has been seeking to throw out…

The Republican-controlled N.C. Supreme Court might soon decide who should win the election for one of its own seats following the latest developments in Judge Jefferson Griffin's attempt to steal the election he lost to Justice Allison Riggs.
#NCPOL #NCCourts #NC

New Year’s Day attacks demonstrate the importance of an FBI director with knowledge, experience, and judgment. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made her Broadway debut in & Juliet this weekend in a one-night-only performance.

She fulfilled a childhood dream.

Love this!

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Denounce the 52 Democrats Who Voted to Enable Trump's Attacks on Nonprofits In a shocking and deeply disappointing move, 52 House Democrats just voted in support of a bill that would give Donald Trump unprecedented power to target nonprofits and strip them of their tax-exempt...

The House is expected to vote on this bill again as soon as soon as today.

We need to make sure these 52 Democrats join the majority of other Democrats in standing with nonprofits against this dangerous and misguided legislation.

This cartoon is spot on.

Under the accessibility settings, you can configure BlueSky to require ALT Text when your post includes an image.

The best Bluesky tips 2024: bin Twitter and make social media fun People who used to love Twitter are flocking to Bluesky. We explain how to get started – and make sure your experience beats anything from X…

By me: The best Bluesky tips 2024: replace Twitter and make social media fun again www.stuff.tv/features/the...

This will be in the next issue of the print mag, but we wanted it online now to help anyone wanting Bluesky tips.

(Shares appreciated. Then the editor might let me write more! :D)

A roughly circular cloud of gas and dust with complex structure. The inner shell is made of bright pink and orange filaments studded with clumps and knots that look like tiny pieces of shattered glass. Around the exterior of the inner shell, there are curtains of wispy gas that look like campfire smoke. Around and within the nebula, various stars are seen as points of blue and white light. Outside the nebula, there are also clumps of dust, coloured yellow in the image.

High definition image of a dead star.
This is Cassiopeia A, a star that died 320 years ago.
This image was presented today on AAS Nova (ApJL).
aasnova.org/2024/11/12/t...
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How we know voter fraud is very rare in U.S. elections “Research has been consistent over time that voter fraud is infinitesimally rare,” one expert tells NPR.

“Research has been consistent over time that voter fraud is infinitesimally rare,” one expert tells NPR.

I'm doing well here in Raleigh with my tiny pup :)