Aspen->AMKE

GOP wants to reclassify 7-year-olds to strip food aid from millions House Republicans, intent on increasing work requirements for assistance programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and promoting marriage, have devised a new definition for “...

The GOP isn’t pro-life: “proposed House definition for SNAP, once that child turns 7 — usually someone in second grade — they could no longer be considered a dependent, with one exception.” The exception is married working parents.

www.rawstory.com/snap-2672000...

Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.

The republicans really can't stay out of your underwear.

"A Texas state bill could charge transgender people with “gender identity fraud,” making it illegal to identify as trans"

Congress just passed a bill that strips judges of the power to stop unconstitutional laws. If H.R. 1526 becomes law, the courts won’t be able to protect us from authoritarian abuse. This isn’t a drill... TikTok video by 🧿 Mossy Matriarch 🌀

Get this out this is important! Call your senators and tell them NO on HR Bill 1526!!!

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjLwhuug/

UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

Let’s show we stand with Ukraine in material ways.

Donate whatever you can to @u24.gov.ua, the official fundraiser for Ukraine supported by President Zelensky and u24 ambassador @markhamillofficial.bsky.social!

Even a few dollars today show President Zelensky we stand with him.

u24.gov.ua

MUPPET SCIENCE!
MUPPET SCIENCE!
MUPPET SCIENCE!

It bears repeating.

The Iowa legislature just became the first in modern history to repeal a statutory civil rights law by removing protections for gender identity first passed in 2007. They have legalized discrimination against trans people in housing, healthcare, and employment.

This is a campaign of eradication.

🚨 Texas House Rep. Brent Money has introduced the first total ban on gender affirming care for all trans people in Texas. This is an unequivocal ban affecting all trans people by removing amending the existing ban on trans youth to apply to adults as well.

capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...

I am currently getting multiple reports that Google, in an attempt to remove pronouns in the US government email accounts, just removed pronouns for every private workplace account in the world.

If you use Google workspaces, go check on that and confirm for me.

Overcompliance leads to stupidity.

The White House says it will choose which journalists cover tRump, effectively ending freedom of speech. Nothing like violating the 1st amendment. Another sad day in this country.

US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications

THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE PERMANENT VISA BANS TO TRANS VISITORS TO THE US.

This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications.

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

I’m going on record: Life first happened when an RNA fucked a metabolism.

YouTube video by GloriaEstefanVEVO Gloria Estefan - Dr. Beat

As a kid I thought every city had its own Sound Machine and Miami’s was just the most famous one.

youtu.be/nAEil3_D03k?...

YouTube video by Back to the Science Why you should listen to my mum and NOT anitvaxxers

My mum was born in 1940 when there were very few vaccines available, so she saw firsthand what can happen when children are exposed to childhood diseases without the benefits of vaccines. She had friends who died and she had friends who were left crippled.
youtu.be/CCOS7vy-BrI

An official release date for “COLORFUL STAGE! THE MOVIE, a miku who can’t sing” in North America has been set on april 11th ‼️‼️

Are you ready to see miku on the big screen? :3

Creep-P announced for AMKE again this year. In some ways, life good.

To be loved is to have someone put this on for you at a party

the Yellowjackets fandom running with “shaunahat” and not “shalissa” is actually criminal

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.

a vintage menu board that reads: WHOLE PIES PLAIN ADD PEP I SAUS MARG NORTHSIDER UNCLE KEVIN BEES CHEESE PISS $69

went to the soft open for my buddy’s new pizza shop and the menu was on lock

Vet found hanging draped in trans flag The suicide letter they won't publish

I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe.

She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.

RIP Elisa.

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development programs abroad.

Hopefully this judgement will be honored by the Trump administration and aid will begin to flow again.
It's worth repeating: The President of the U.S. does not decide where or how our tax money is spent. That is Congress's job. That's why Trump keeps losing in court.
apnews.com/article/usai...

Spoilers s2 e4 of Severance. Severance X Muppets Most Wanted by pelenhelen65 on tiktok

Texas v. Becerra: What it is and How You Can Help Stop the Attack on Section 504 - DREDF Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

What is Texas vs Becerra? How it would end section 504, and how to contact your state attorney General if you're in one of the 17 states involved dredf.org/protect-504/

caskets look a lot more comfortable than they probably need to be

Instructions for Federal Financial Assistance Program Analysis in Support of M-25-13 All Federal agencies that provide Federal financial assistance are required by February 7, 2025 to complete the attached spreadsheet and submit it to OMB. The information requested must be provided for any program that has funding or activities planned through March 15. Agencies are encouraged to complete this task for all their programs as soon as possible. OMB will be following up with additional deadlines for subsequent periods. Using the spreadsheet provided, locate or filter the spreadsheet to isolate the agency's list of Federal programs (by Assistance Listing number) and complete the requested information for each program (represented in columns C-G). Agencies should add additional lines to the spreadsheet to include any programs not listed in the spreadsheet. Column B: Column C-G: Column H: Column 1: Column J: Column K: Column L: Column M-T: Column U: Sub-Agency or component. These columns contain pre-populated information on each Assistance Listing program. Identify the email of the senior political appointee responsible for overseeing this program. Indicate if the program has any pending funding announcements. Indicate if this program has any anticipated obligations or disbursement of funds through 3/15/2025. Indicate if this program has any statutory requirements mandating the obligation or disbursement of funds through 3/15/2025. Provide the estimated date of the next obligation or disbursement of funds. Provide responses to each of the questions (Yes/No). Provide any additional relevant information on program or project activities. Submit the spreadsheet no later than February 7, 2025 to: FFAPlans@omb.eop.gov. OMB will review each agency submission and will communicate additional information to each Federal agency through the agency Senior Financial Assistance Official and the Points of Contact provided.

Screenshot of first page of spreadsheet (very small text, hard to read, just posted as visual example—follow link in post for full text)

A new OMB memo lists programs *potentially* affected by Trump's (illegal) funding freeze. The list does nothing to dispel confusion, since it includes programs (SNAP, Head Start) that OMB now claims are unaffected. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

First reported by @jennifershutt.bsky.social