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"No voting on who gets to be people." -- N. K. Jemison. Trans rights are human rights.
It's not just the ones who folded. Schumer has been signaling all week that a capitulation was going to be a-ok, not holding the caucus together. His no vote is no figleaf.
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's not just the ones who folded. Schumer has been signaling all week that a capitulation was going to be a-ok, not holding the caucus together. His no vote is no figleaf.
There is a petition to sign and not much time - deadline is Nov 19.
MA combines low pay ($82,044 for year-round full-time work) with “stipends” doled out at the sole discretion of leadership that can go upwards of $119,000. Want to cross leadership or vote against them? You better be independently wealthy!
www.stipendreform.com/our-vision
www.stipendreform.com/our-vision
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
There is a petition to sign and not much time - deadline is Nov 19.
That seems about right to me.
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
That seems about right to me.
Taking a moment to honor the aunts by courtesy and by blood in my life, most of them gone now. They've been my guides when I needed them.
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Taking a moment to honor the aunts by courtesy and by blood in my life, most of them gone now. They've been my guides when I needed them.
I don't get it. Why isn't Dem leadership using the ballroom as a symbol of lawless destruction and connecting that to the SNAP benefits cuts next week?
GOV. WHITMER: “.. no one is worried about building a ballroom in Washington, D.C. What they want is to make sure that they can feed their kids next week.” Most Americans are “never going to step foot in a ballroom over the course of their lifetime.”
@thehill.com
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@thehill.com
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October 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I don't get it. Why isn't Dem leadership using the ballroom as a symbol of lawless destruction and connecting that to the SNAP benefits cuts next week?
A reminder to Massachusetts voters, next Saturday Oct 25 is the close of voter registration before election day. You can check your registration status and register online at www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/ See you at the voting booth showing "this is what democracy looks like" all over again.
www.sec.state.ma.us
October 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A reminder to Massachusetts voters, next Saturday Oct 25 is the close of voter registration before election day. You can check your registration status and register online at www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/ See you at the voting booth showing "this is what democracy looks like" all over again.
My list isn't exactly this but it's similar. It's not sustainable.
I now communicate with people via text, Gmail, Discord, FB messenger, Whatsapp, Signal, iMessages (iPad only), IG dms, Tumblr dms, bsky dms, and two different healthcare messaging systems and I don’t even currently work. It’s absurd and untenable.
October 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My list isn't exactly this but it's similar. It's not sustainable.
It's outrageous to say "America should have no kings and no tyrants." I'm going to go be outrageous, see you there!
Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."
October 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's outrageous to say "America should have no kings and no tyrants." I'm going to go be outrageous, see you there!
That plane wasn't a bribe or anything.
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That plane wasn't a bribe or anything.
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Every city Trump is targeting is an economic hub upon which this country depends to survive. That's where the money they're spending on ICE comes from
They are depending on us to keep handing them sacks of cash while meekly submitting to authoritarian rule, and we can simply not
They are depending on us to keep handing them sacks of cash while meekly submitting to authoritarian rule, and we can simply not
October 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Every city Trump is targeting is an economic hub upon which this country depends to survive. That's where the money they're spending on ICE comes from
They are depending on us to keep handing them sacks of cash while meekly submitting to authoritarian rule, and we can simply not
They are depending on us to keep handing them sacks of cash while meekly submitting to authoritarian rule, and we can simply not
I'm deeply disappointed in Rep. Katherine Clark's decision to vote yes to support the bill memorializing Charlie Kirk. It is offensive to all who have been attacked by Kirk's anti-Semitism and bigotry. She, along with Jeffries displayed a lack of leadership when we need to resist MAGA lies.
September 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm deeply disappointed in Rep. Katherine Clark's decision to vote yes to support the bill memorializing Charlie Kirk. It is offensive to all who have been attacked by Kirk's anti-Semitism and bigotry. She, along with Jeffries displayed a lack of leadership when we need to resist MAGA lies.
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
Massachusetts passes laws with glacial speed, and, for a solidly Blue state, has been curiously unresponsive to some of the avenues for change. This film highlights the legislative structures that are making that status stay quo. www.shadowsdoc.com - watch the trailer, support the film.
Shadows on the Hill — Documentary
In the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the Speaker decides which bills live, which ones die, and who gets punished for speaking out. Debate is staged. Outcomes are decided in advance. And the ...
www.shadowsdoc.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Massachusetts passes laws with glacial speed, and, for a solidly Blue state, has been curiously unresponsive to some of the avenues for change. This film highlights the legislative structures that are making that status stay quo. www.shadowsdoc.com - watch the trailer, support the film.
You're inside my head, right?
This post just slapped me right in my anxiety
September 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You're inside my head, right?
If ever there were a day that needed a bit of whimsy here you go.
This video has brought me such joy. I can’t stop singing the song lol. It feels like a forehead kiss 🥹
July 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If ever there were a day that needed a bit of whimsy here you go.
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SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S.
Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S.
Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
July 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S.
Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S.
Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
The point that if Planned Parenthood can be cut off of funding so can anyone else is one I haven't seen spelled out often enough.
HEADS UP: The Icing on This Bigoted BS Shitcake of a Bill is also a Backdoor Abortion Ban. Anyone celebrating their independence today is not to be trusted.
July 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The point that if Planned Parenthood can be cut off of funding so can anyone else is one I haven't seen spelled out often enough.
Great turn out for No Kings in Melrose.
June 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Great turn out for No Kings in Melrose.
Technology is not destiny. This whole thread is important.
And you’re probably thinking, well, the technology is already here, it’s going to determine what happens, alas. Well, technology, even very widespread technology, does not always determine how people act, often in fundamental ways.
Let me give you a little parable by way of example:
Let me give you a little parable by way of example:
June 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Technology is not destiny. This whole thread is important.
The application of law, absent justice, mercy, or common sense....
NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow
He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The application of law, absent justice, mercy, or common sense....
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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
I try to be cynical but it's just too hard to keep up ...
”First, the plane is 13 years old. You read that correctly. A piddling little Middle Eastern autocracy is trying to bribe our president with a used plane.”
The Situation: A Used Plane That Needs Work
I have problems with the Qatar plane deal.
www.lawfaremedia.org
May 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I try to be cynical but it's just too hard to keep up ...
That's the "state's rights unless it inconveniences our donors" interpretation of the Constitution.
Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down!
www.404media.co/republicans-...
www.404media.co/republicans-...
Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
www.404media.co
May 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
That's the "state's rights unless it inconveniences our donors" interpretation of the Constitution.