TheLastStraw
@thelaststraw.bsky.social
They/Them/Theirs
nonbinary trans h+
Disabled, POTS, chronic DVT, VI, Dercum's Disease, other stuff
Melungeon, Yuchi🪶
The leftest left of left left
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Chaotic confabulation.
Disembodied argy-bargy.
Displaced hostage
Live to better each other.
nonbinary trans h+
Disabled, POTS, chronic DVT, VI, Dercum's Disease, other stuff
Melungeon, Yuchi🪶
The leftest left of left left
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️
Chaotic confabulation.
Disembodied argy-bargy.
Displaced hostage
Live to better each other.
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TheLastStraw
@thelaststraw.bsky.social
· Oct 12
I'm in a dark enough place, should I start a cult? I feel like that might fix this.
The difference that would make would be just incredible for us.
New bill would increase Social Security payments: full list of cosponsors
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act on October 30.
www.newsweek.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The difference that would make would be just incredible for us.
Bold lie in that title. Republicans won huge amounts. Democrats are in shambles. People are already seeing increases in healthcare costs and those bills keep going up. The only people that won are rich white republicans and the Turncoat democrats. Bullshit ass AP article.
A historic shutdown is nearly over. It leaves no winners and much frustration
The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as Day 43 with almost no one happy with the final result.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Bold lie in that title. Republicans won huge amounts. Democrats are in shambles. People are already seeing increases in healthcare costs and those bills keep going up. The only people that won are rich white republicans and the Turncoat democrats. Bullshit ass AP article.
This account smells like Christmas Tree and startling depression.
This account smells like hot glue, acrylic paint and pizza
This account smells like Palo Santo and Longing.
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This account smells like Christmas Tree and startling depression.
The time is coming that ICE is going to mess with the wrong person.
A father and his one-year-old daughter were pepper sprayed by US ICE agents in Chicago while on their way to go grocery shopping.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The time is coming that ICE is going to mess with the wrong person.
Tariffs cost average citizens $2400 to 2700 this year. Healthcare costs are going to go up 2 to 4× before year's end. Taxes for average Americans will increase by nearly 10%or more for anyone making less than $400k a year, nearly 120 million working Americans.
Running hot? Boy, take a seat.
Running hot? Boy, take a seat.
Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now.
I get it. I have my own feelings.
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I get it. I have my own feelings.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Tariffs cost average citizens $2400 to 2700 this year. Healthcare costs are going to go up 2 to 4× before year's end. Taxes for average Americans will increase by nearly 10%or more for anyone making less than $400k a year, nearly 120 million working Americans.
Running hot? Boy, take a seat.
Running hot? Boy, take a seat.
Math time.
Tariffs will cost the average family $2400 to $2700 by year's end. He wants to give a $2k stimulus/ dividend/ whatever he wants to call it. It will still be taxable, so that's more like $1600. So tariffs will still cost average Americans $1k or more. With 2 to 4× higher healthcare costs.
Tariffs will cost the average family $2400 to $2700 by year's end. He wants to give a $2k stimulus/ dividend/ whatever he wants to call it. It will still be taxable, so that's more like $1600. So tariffs will still cost average Americans $1k or more. With 2 to 4× higher healthcare costs.
President Donald Trump’s idea of mailing $2,000 “dividend” payments from tariffs to US citizens marks a throwback to the stimulus checks distributed during the Covid crisis, with similar economic risks.
Trump’s $2,000 Tariff ‘Dividend’ Marks Throwback to Covid Checks
President Donald Trump’s idea of mailing $2,000 “dividend” payments from tariffs to US citizens marks a throwback to the stimulus checks distributed during the Covid crisis, with similar economic risks.
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Math time.
Tariffs will cost the average family $2400 to $2700 by year's end. He wants to give a $2k stimulus/ dividend/ whatever he wants to call it. It will still be taxable, so that's more like $1600. So tariffs will still cost average Americans $1k or more. With 2 to 4× higher healthcare costs.
Tariffs will cost the average family $2400 to $2700 by year's end. He wants to give a $2k stimulus/ dividend/ whatever he wants to call it. It will still be taxable, so that's more like $1600. So tariffs will still cost average Americans $1k or more. With 2 to 4× higher healthcare costs.
Tell me, historically speaking, how was fascism defeated? Was it votes? Peaceful protests against a fascist backed authority? 5 calls to 5 governed officials? Insulting people that are telling you we live*in*fascism? What was it that defeated fascism after its claws were set?
Unfortunately in this moment we have zero choice. We don’t show up we get fascism. Simple as that. It’s the easiest choice there has ever been yet people won’t see it that way unless something happens within the inept party. We might just deserve all this as we can never get out of our own way.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tell me, historically speaking, how was fascism defeated? Was it votes? Peaceful protests against a fascist backed authority? 5 calls to 5 governed officials? Insulting people that are telling you we live*in*fascism? What was it that defeated fascism after its claws were set?
Murder Ballads.
The Ballad of Jimmy and Johnny - Rancid
The Ballad of Jimmy and Johnny - Rancid
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Murder Ballads.
The Ballad of Jimmy and Johnny - Rancid
The Ballad of Jimmy and Johnny - Rancid
Oh yeah. And pictures are circulating of B-52 bombers carrying what appears to be nuclear missiles over the Pacific Ocean. So that's fun and not worrying at all considering how many nuclear missiles and bombs have been lost during exercises and transporting them this way. (It's 9 missing nukes)
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Oh yeah. And pictures are circulating of B-52 bombers carrying what appears to be nuclear missiles over the Pacific Ocean. So that's fun and not worrying at all considering how many nuclear missiles and bombs have been lost during exercises and transporting them this way. (It's 9 missing nukes)
Does anyone have the feeling Trump is losing it about SNAP because there's no money left and he's depending on it for billionaires' pockets? Cause it sure does seem like that's where this is going.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Does anyone have the feeling Trump is losing it about SNAP because there's no money left and he's depending on it for billionaires' pockets? Cause it sure does seem like that's where this is going.
@johnfetterman.com please explain how increasing health care costs 2 to 4 times more to Pennsylvanians is helping Pennsylvanians? Please justify your vote with clear explanations. You just ruined the lives of dozens of my friends. Please give your excuse.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@johnfetterman.com please explain how increasing health care costs 2 to 4 times more to Pennsylvanians is helping Pennsylvanians? Please justify your vote with clear explanations. You just ruined the lives of dozens of my friends. Please give your excuse.
Access to food is healthcare.
Access to transportation is healthcare.
Access to work, in the US, it's healthcare.
Access to tax based government assistance is healthcare.
Access to safe and affordable healthcare is healthcare.
You, and the 7 dems, just took all of that away.
Folded Dem sheets.
Access to transportation is healthcare.
Access to work, in the US, it's healthcare.
Access to tax based government assistance is healthcare.
Access to safe and affordable healthcare is healthcare.
You, and the 7 dems, just took all of that away.
Folded Dem sheets.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Access to food is healthcare.
Access to transportation is healthcare.
Access to work, in the US, it's healthcare.
Access to tax based government assistance is healthcare.
Access to safe and affordable healthcare is healthcare.
You, and the 7 dems, just took all of that away.
Folded Dem sheets.
Access to transportation is healthcare.
Access to work, in the US, it's healthcare.
Access to tax based government assistance is healthcare.
Access to safe and affordable healthcare is healthcare.
You, and the 7 dems, just took all of that away.
Folded Dem sheets.
Everyone knows what made this song famous. But what kind of person are you: the Silence of the Lambs person or the Jay of Jay and Silent Bob Clerks 2 scene? That's the kind of stuff relationships are built on.
#GoodbyeHorses #SilenceOfTheLambs #Clerks2 #JayAndSilentBob
#GoodbyeHorses #SilenceOfTheLambs #Clerks2 #JayAndSilentBob
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
YouTube video by BossGotheric
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Everyone knows what made this song famous. But what kind of person are you: the Silence of the Lambs person or the Jay of Jay and Silent Bob Clerks 2 scene? That's the kind of stuff relationships are built on.
#GoodbyeHorses #SilenceOfTheLambs #Clerks2 #JayAndSilentBob
#GoodbyeHorses #SilenceOfTheLambs #Clerks2 #JayAndSilentBob
And just like that, fascism has completely won. No amount of protests or voting will ever be able to fix this.
BREAKING: The US Senate votes 60-40 to advance a bill to end the government shutdown
Shutdown Nears End as Democrats Agree to Funding Deal
The US Senate took a major step toward re-opening the government after a group of moderate Democrats broke with their party leaders and voted to support a deal to end the record-breaking shutdown.
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
And just like that, fascism has completely won. No amount of protests or voting will ever be able to fix this.
I call for House Minority leader to be replaced by Senator Harvey "Twoface" Dent (I- Gotham).
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I call for House Minority leader to be replaced by Senator Harvey "Twoface" Dent (I- Gotham).
And the dems are indicating they will fold like bed sheets for a handful of treats no one asked for.
Trump: "We'll never agree to give any substantial money or any money to prisoners, illegals. And I think the Democrats understand that. And it looks like we're getting close to the shutdown ending."
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
And the dems are indicating they will fold like bed sheets for a handful of treats no one asked for.
Yay! I'll stop squeezing blood from this stone I've been carrying around. Mmhmm! Gonna get me a new stone to squeeze! This one will have Baha Blast in it!
In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the payments would be for all but "high income people."
Trump says a tariff dividend of 'at least' $2,000 will be paid to most Americans
In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the payments would be for all but "high income people."
www.businessinsider.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Yay! I'll stop squeezing blood from this stone I've been carrying around. Mmhmm! Gonna get me a new stone to squeeze! This one will have Baha Blast in it!
Is everyone clear that Trump, specifically the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is telling states to starve people. Not for political gain, not for the lack of budget. Only because he wants people to suffer for his failure. No other reason. Trump wants Americans to starve and die.
Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of 'catastrophic impact'
President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders. The U.S.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Is everyone clear that Trump, specifically the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is telling states to starve people. Not for political gain, not for the lack of budget. Only because he wants people to suffer for his failure. No other reason. Trump wants Americans to starve and die.
It's been changed slightly, but not enough.
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's been changed slightly, but not enough.
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The fascists are mistreating disabled people in the concentration camps. We've heard this before.
There’s a disturbing lack of outrage over ICE’s aggressive tackling and arrest of a non verbal autistic man in Chicago.
Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months.
Disabled lives matter too!
Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months.
Disabled lives matter too!
Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities
Why is no one talking about it? Where's the media? Where's the public outcry? Another example of the pervasive nature of ableism and how society views disabled people as expendable.
www.disabledginger.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The fascists are mistreating disabled people in the concentration camps. We've heard this before.
Reposted by TheLastStraw
Disabled people tried to warn you.
We said that the rising eugenicist sentiment that accelerated during the “back to normal” phase of Covid would eventually hurt everyone
The new healthcare plan for America appears to be:
Don’t get sick
If you do get sick, it’s your fault
If you can’t pay, die
We said that the rising eugenicist sentiment that accelerated during the “back to normal” phase of Covid would eventually hurt everyone
The new healthcare plan for America appears to be:
Don’t get sick
If you do get sick, it’s your fault
If you can’t pay, die
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Disabled people tried to warn you.
We said that the rising eugenicist sentiment that accelerated during the “back to normal” phase of Covid would eventually hurt everyone
The new healthcare plan for America appears to be:
Don’t get sick
If you do get sick, it’s your fault
If you can’t pay, die
We said that the rising eugenicist sentiment that accelerated during the “back to normal” phase of Covid would eventually hurt everyone
The new healthcare plan for America appears to be:
Don’t get sick
If you do get sick, it’s your fault
If you can’t pay, die
Okay. I fell for it long enough. I'm out. Live to better each other, but kick fascists in the teeth.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Okay. I fell for it long enough. I'm out. Live to better each other, but kick fascists in the teeth.
Reposted by TheLastStraw
Reposted by TheLastStraw
Breaking: Trump just tried to illegally “freeze” Obamacare.
He said starting immediately there will be no more money for insurance companies.
No more subsidies.
No more Affordable Care Act.
First they came for the immigrants, then food assistance, now healthcare.
He said starting immediately there will be no more money for insurance companies.
No more subsidies.
No more Affordable Care Act.
First they came for the immigrants, then food assistance, now healthcare.
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Breaking: Trump just tried to illegally “freeze” Obamacare.
He said starting immediately there will be no more money for insurance companies.
No more subsidies.
No more Affordable Care Act.
First they came for the immigrants, then food assistance, now healthcare.
He said starting immediately there will be no more money for insurance companies.
No more subsidies.
No more Affordable Care Act.
First they came for the immigrants, then food assistance, now healthcare.