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Trump raped countless children and the NYT had all the receipts and photographs but the REAL problem for our country according the Times was the trans 7th grade girl on the volleyball team in Wisconsin.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Trump raped countless children and the NYT had all the receipts and photographs but the REAL problem for our country according the Times was the trans 7th grade girl on the volleyball team in Wisconsin.
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Woke pope
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Woke pope
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Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
Serious illness or disability won’t happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it.
The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
Serious illness or disability won’t happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it.
The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
James Van Der Beek selling ‘Dawson’s Creek’ merch to help pay for cancer costs
The “Varsity Blues” star was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer last year.
nypost.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
Serious illness or disability won’t happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it.
The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
Serious illness or disability won’t happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it.
The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
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The dehumanization tactics will only get worse
Saying he’s a “criminal illegal alien & not a firefighter” is meant to make you see him as less than a person.
They do the same thing to disabled people. We’re “useless eaters”.
They want you to view others as expendable so they can commit atrocities
Saying he’s a “criminal illegal alien & not a firefighter” is meant to make you see him as less than a person.
They do the same thing to disabled people. We’re “useless eaters”.
They want you to view others as expendable so they can commit atrocities
After José's arrest sparked outrage in August, DHS attacked him in a press release, calling him a "criminal illegal alien, not a firefighter." DHS has cited a 12-year-old drug delivery charge while failing to acknowledge the charge was dismissed.
Full @us.theguardian.com interview and story here:
Full @us.theguardian.com interview and story here:
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The dehumanization tactics will only get worse
Saying he’s a “criminal illegal alien & not a firefighter” is meant to make you see him as less than a person.
They do the same thing to disabled people. We’re “useless eaters”.
They want you to view others as expendable so they can commit atrocities
Saying he’s a “criminal illegal alien & not a firefighter” is meant to make you see him as less than a person.
They do the same thing to disabled people. We’re “useless eaters”.
They want you to view others as expendable so they can commit atrocities
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Folks are getting carried away with calling stuff "ageism".
Thinking any 45 year old is unqualified to enter a new industry: ageism.
Thinking any 25 year old is incapable of leadership: ageism.
Thinking an 80yo is likely to have an unforeseen adverse health event at any time: statistics
Thinking any 45 year old is unqualified to enter a new industry: ageism.
Thinking any 25 year old is incapable of leadership: ageism.
Thinking an 80yo is likely to have an unforeseen adverse health event at any time: statistics
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Folks are getting carried away with calling stuff "ageism".
Thinking any 45 year old is unqualified to enter a new industry: ageism.
Thinking any 25 year old is incapable of leadership: ageism.
Thinking an 80yo is likely to have an unforeseen adverse health event at any time: statistics
Thinking any 45 year old is unqualified to enter a new industry: ageism.
Thinking any 25 year old is incapable of leadership: ageism.
Thinking an 80yo is likely to have an unforeseen adverse health event at any time: statistics
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Excellent job inviting these technologies into our campuses to work closely with vulnerable young people, university administrators and edtech people.
BRAVO.
apnews.com/article/open...
BRAVO.
apnews.com/article/open...
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Excellent job inviting these technologies into our campuses to work closely with vulnerable young people, university administrators and edtech people.
BRAVO.
apnews.com/article/open...
BRAVO.
apnews.com/article/open...
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The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
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Lord save me from people who have the privilege to sit around and debate who is and isn’t a “true leftist” while fascism rolls across the US.
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Lord save me from people who have the privilege to sit around and debate who is and isn’t a “true leftist” while fascism rolls across the US.
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“The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.”
George Carlin
George Carlin
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.”
George Carlin
George Carlin
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Day 24 of Emmanuel Garcia being in federal custody.
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Day 24 of Emmanuel Garcia being in federal custody.
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
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What did people do before SNAP?”
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
What did people do before SNAP?”
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
Lovely week- watched In person panel Sports and Human rights, Dr Tommie Smith and Dr John Carlos- online with Malala Yousafzai, online Shari Lewis documentary, then locked my keys in running car and got help from everyone in shopping center parking lot- many wonderful people in this world
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Lovely week- watched In person panel Sports and Human rights, Dr Tommie Smith and Dr John Carlos- online with Malala Yousafzai, online Shari Lewis documentary, then locked my keys in running car and got help from everyone in shopping center parking lot- many wonderful people in this world
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People scream about taxes being “theft” when it pays for healthcare, food assistance or disability support
They don’t object to taxes for war, infrastructure or enriching the billionaire class
They object when it benefits folks they see as useless eaters.
They don’t want us to survive.
They don’t object to taxes for war, infrastructure or enriching the billionaire class
They object when it benefits folks they see as useless eaters.
They don’t want us to survive.
October 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
People scream about taxes being “theft” when it pays for healthcare, food assistance or disability support
They don’t object to taxes for war, infrastructure or enriching the billionaire class
They object when it benefits folks they see as useless eaters.
They don’t want us to survive.
They don’t object to taxes for war, infrastructure or enriching the billionaire class
They object when it benefits folks they see as useless eaters.
They don’t want us to survive.
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“If you’re not enraged today, you’re not an American.” 🇺🇸
I wholeheartedly agree.
I wholeheartedly agree.
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“If you’re not enraged today, you’re not an American.” 🇺🇸
I wholeheartedly agree.
I wholeheartedly agree.
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When you say only the “genuinely disabled” should receive support, you’re aiding fascism.
When you say people are scamming the system, you’re aiding fascism.
Many disabilities are invisible and it’s hard to get support.
People aren’t scamming. That’s “useless eater” rhetoric designed to divide.
When you say people are scamming the system, you’re aiding fascism.
Many disabilities are invisible and it’s hard to get support.
People aren’t scamming. That’s “useless eater” rhetoric designed to divide.
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 AM
When you say only the “genuinely disabled” should receive support, you’re aiding fascism.
When you say people are scamming the system, you’re aiding fascism.
Many disabilities are invisible and it’s hard to get support.
People aren’t scamming. That’s “useless eater” rhetoric designed to divide.
When you say people are scamming the system, you’re aiding fascism.
Many disabilities are invisible and it’s hard to get support.
People aren’t scamming. That’s “useless eater” rhetoric designed to divide.
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If anybody wants to apologize to me re Pritzker, my mentions are open. Not my DMs though. We will never be that close
State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
October 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If anybody wants to apologize to me re Pritzker, my mentions are open. Not my DMs though. We will never be that close
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I lived in a homeless shelter for most of 2016. The wildest part is how many people who also lived there worked every day. One guy was a manager at Family Dollar. Very disheartening...
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I lived in a homeless shelter for most of 2016. The wildest part is how many people who also lived there worked every day. One guy was a manager at Family Dollar. Very disheartening...
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Portland Letter Carriers Union has passed a resolution saying that its members are committed to reporting any ICE sightings to local rapid response groups: “As you know, letter carriers are on every street, every day. So we’re a big set of eyes and ears.” 💌
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Portland Letter Carriers Union has passed a resolution saying that its members are committed to reporting any ICE sightings to local rapid response groups: “As you know, letter carriers are on every street, every day. So we’re a big set of eyes and ears.” 💌
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One of the most egregious myths of patriarchy is The Protectors power fantasy that men protect women & children & are quick to violence in response to men harming them. The rates of violence against women & children vs men preventing or avenging show otherwise.
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
One of the most egregious myths of patriarchy is The Protectors power fantasy that men protect women & children & are quick to violence in response to men harming them. The rates of violence against women & children vs men preventing or avenging show otherwise.
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You can easily say that descendants of Italian, Irish and Jewish immigrants to America today face radically less levels of systemic discrimination than their ancestors did in the 1800’s without being like “and actually that discrimination never even existed”. Erasing that history is genuinely insane
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
You can easily say that descendants of Italian, Irish and Jewish immigrants to America today face radically less levels of systemic discrimination than their ancestors did in the 1800’s without being like “and actually that discrimination never even existed”. Erasing that history is genuinely insane
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...