School lunch debt is skyrocketing with the expiration of Covid-era subsidies. With it come humiliating debt-collection tactics served on children.

That + more in this week's MomLeft (a new newsletter for moms on the left): open.substack.com/pub/momleft/...

The Texas oligarchs (look them up) didn’t want Ken Paxton impeached, so he was fully acquitted. The state is fully owned and run by several billionaire donors, and families’ safety was likely threatened which is how these people roll. #txlege

Keep this in mind. Even if a wider invasion isn’t a realistic goal/danger due to NATO’s strength and deterrence, the general’s statement lays bare russia’s hostile posture. Plus, they're not threatened; they think they're entitled to controlling big parts of Europe.

www.newsweek.com/russian-gene...

Hamish is big bro to Clancy who showed up on our back porch a couple of months ago.
#cats #caturday #adoptdontshop

gotta organize to get school boards to ban the use of prageru material, which is unadulterated history misinformation

All of David Frum’s Tweet thread about what dipshit Musk did with Starlink in Ukraine is important. And for the record, Musk’s argument about not wanting to be complicit in an act of war is BS. The moment he took the Pentagon contract, he was complicit. He should never have this type of power.

"The US health system is expensive and inefficient, even if you ignore the extraordinary administrative costs that are simply delegated to users of health services. If you live in America, you are required to serve as your own healthcare navigator through this complex system."

Oh my. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' to Jim Jordan: Sit down and STFU.

It's a long letter but you must, must read the whole thing. It's worth every minute spent. www.ajc.com/politics/wil...

Ruin the environment for a speculative digital playground and then compensate them at a rate higher than their bitcoin would be worth when the environment is ruined.
Greg Abbott is a genius.
t.co/1Jg49VR6nm

Here's my recap of the first two days of the Ken Paxton trial, featuring a saffron-hued Tony Buzbee and too many drunk grandpas to count

If that one was behind a paywall, see:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

A political psychologist I know says the root of right-wing- militia anger is that they no longer control women.

Think of it: 100 years ago, any man could get a woman. Incel wasn't a thing: women were entirely dependent on men.

These members of #txlege voted today to dismiss all charges against TXAG Ken Paxton:

Tan Parker
Charles Schwertner
Donna Campbell
Charles Perry
Lois Kolkhorst
Paul Bettencourt
Brandon Creighton
Bob Hall

They’re owned by the billionaires who run the Texas shadow government.

🎯 @mollyjongfast.bsky.social:
“As HRC predicted, we now need protection from our rogue judiciary… the 🇺🇸 people need to pressure elected officials to hold this extremist & ethically challenged Court accountable before it’s too late, if it isn’t already...”