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B.S. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
MChE, University of Delaware

Liberal democrat and pragmatic progressive voter and activist.

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2025-07-19 01:31:25 UTC

“Grocery prices will fall on Day 1 of my Administration….”
Beef prices have soared in the US - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/beef-prices-soared-us-grilling-season-123847411
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/114/877/307/784/781/522/original/860fb37f466066e0.mp4

2025-06-22 02:37:53 UTC

Make light of it all you want, but I never got a text from my daughter who’s in her bed like this while Joe Biden was President.
Dumbasses on this platform think they’re above it all.
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2025-05-11 22:09:40 UTC

If I accept the premise that accepting a plane made by the Qatari government to serve as Air Force One is a good idea, which it isn’t, If Donald Trump gets to keep it after he leaves office then it isn’t a gift from a foreign government to our government for use by the President.
It’s a gift from a foreign government to Donald Trump specifically because he’s president. That’s literally just a bribe.
Trump is reportedly set to accept a jet from Qatar's ruling family |
https://apnews.com/article/trump-qatar-gift-jet-air-force-one-7f9afb461c6b3ac16fca3bb0973715ff

2025-05-07 17:13:36 UTC

They are upset because Trump lied. It has been well documented for over 10 years that Trump lies. If he is talking, he is lying. Everyone knew he meant any immigrants, legal or no.
Bottom line - the hatred for immigrants, which now includes your son, has now messed up all of our lives, including our children. I do hope he gets out and maybe can find a family of people who’ll support him better than this.
They voted for Trump and their green-card son is in ICE detention:
https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/they-voted-for-trump-and-now-their-son-is-in-ice-detention/SYFCW7GWOVA6NBW63RXUN3IJEU/

2025-05-07 00:11:57 UTC

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@nprofile…eqw3 Thanks, non-Kamala voters.

2025-05-05 15:40:19 UTC

Hispanic voters have a more favorable view of Congressional Democrats right now than Congressional Republicans and a pretty good majority rightly hold Trump responsible for sending the country in the wrong direction.
Democrats should reach out more to the Hispanic community and let them know and show them how we can address their issues better.
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Two-Thirds of Hispanic Voters Believe Country is Headed in the Wrong Direction; 70% of Them Hold President Trump Responsible |
https://unidosus.org/press-releases/nearly-two-thirds-of-hispanic-voters-believe-country-is-headed-in-the-wrong-direction-70-percent-hold-president-trump-responsible/

2025-05-05 14:27:13 UTC

Don’t forget about your local races. They matter and Democrats are overperforming consistently.
Democrats just turned in the biggest overperformance in a special election this year:
https://www.the-downballot.com/p/democrats-just-turned-in-the-biggest
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2025-05-04 18:20:07 UTC

“I want to live but some Fox News guy and Joe Rogan convinced me that Kamala Harris was a communist so I voted to die.”
‘I want to live': Coal miners speak out as Trump strips away health protections - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-coal-miners-speak-trump-strips-health-protections/story?id=121257399

2025-05-03 21:23:10 UTC

If Democrats do get back into federal office, give them time and space to fix what’s been broken. Stop the cycle of destructive impatience.
It’s going to take more than 4 years to rebuild and repair damage from these last 100 days alone.
Tune out the media and their distractions and the extremists and their promises of revolution and quick fixes.
Nothing will be getting fixed quickly. Rebuilding foreign alliances and destroyed agencies like The Forest Service alone will take generations.

2025-05-03 20:56:31 UTC

There's a myth that the carmakers have tons of empty factory space and they just need to fire up the old assembly lines and it will all work out.
However at best it will take years and years and hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars and no company is going to commit that kind of money when GOP policy is so erratic.
You get the government you voted for.
Another round of auto tariffs just went into effect. They could change the industry forever |
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/business/auto-parts-tariffs

2025-04-30 23:45:46 UTC

Additional note: no effort is being put forth to boost trade school options. It's never about education. It's always no education.
Biden wanted to and did forgive student loans to the extent an Executive Order could do so. People criticized him for doing too much and too little and didn’t give Democrats proper Congressional majorities.
It didn’t have to be this way.
Congress Takes Huge Step To Repeal 6 Student Loan Repayment Plans And Force Many Borrowers To Pay More:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/04/30/congress-takes-huge-step-to-repeal-6-student-loan-repayment-plans-and-force-many-borrowers-to-pay-more/

2025-04-27 23:54:14 UTC

Then it's not 160 billion in savings if it cost 135.
Bring back DEI. The math was a lot better.
DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says. - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-cuts-cost-135-billion-analysis-elon-musk-department-of-government-efficiency/

2025-04-25 16:57:39 UTC

We literally told everyone that if Trump got elected again, we’d be living in a police state. But a lot of people thought it wasn’t the biggest issue we faced, accused us of being hyperbolic, or fell for and spread pro-fascist propaganda.
Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan:
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arrest-judge-hannah-dugan-wisconsin-congress

2025-04-24 19:48:08 UTC

Honestly I really feel for people who live in these states who didn’t vote for this. I’ve been there.
However Sarah Sanders went out and fully endorsed the GOP and Trump's agenda and praised DOGE which among other idiotic ideas wants to get rid of FEMA. But now, after 2 killer tornadoes destroyed part of the state, she wants FEMA money.
Sarah Sanders begs her old boss Trump to reconsider after president rejects Arkansas’ request for disaster relief funds:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/sarah-sanders-arkansas-storms-b2738058.html
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2025-04-23 21:44:58 UTC

I want everyone who contributed to this massive human disaster to feel terrible about themselves.
I want everyone who hasn't learned anything from it to feel too stupid and ashamed to speak about politics until they do.
And please consider donating to non-profits trying to help. They provide free lawyers to these children, as well as counseling. They’re in the article.
4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent' -
https://gothamist.com/news/4-year-old-migrant-girl-other-kids-go-to-court-in-nyc-with-no-lawyer-the-cruelty-is-apparent

2025-04-20 01:10:22 UTC

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@nprofile…3nsk Cool. This candidate is really qualified.
Judge, a social worker, a Highly Recommended ACBA-rated attorney, advocate for children and families.
These kinds of seats can really impact what kind of justice everyday people get and are very important. Voting in them matters, thanks!

2025-04-18 15:53:58 UTC

Senator Chris Van Hollen acted with strength. He showed respect for the government of El Salvador, worked with the embassy, and used local press and social media to document his work. He used international law relevant to the case.
May this be a lesson for do something folks.
It takes politicking for politics. It takes patience and wisdom to be effective. We should want people like him to work for us.
US Senator Van Hollen meets wrongly deported man in El Salvador |
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-senator-van-hollen-says-he-met-wrongly-deported-man-el-salvador-2025-04-18/

2025-04-16 17:38:57 UTC

There’s absolutely no reason to put through the nominees of the person who is abusing the judicial system and weaponizing it against Americans he sees as enemies.
Schumer moves to block Trump U.S. attorney nominees:
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5251671-schumer-blue-slip-trump-u-s-attorney-nominees/

2025-04-16 02:38:16 UTC

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@nprofile…fqfw I said this to someone else already but I’d readily quit reminding people of it if I’d go a few days here without some clown showing up in my posts about Trump ignoring the courts or people losing their jobs or the government we rely on for services being torn down telling me it’s Democrats’ fault for not inspiring them.
If you’re too much of an asshole to own your part, at least learn to keep it to yourself.

2025-04-15 17:38:16 UTC

I wish the media cared as much about Trump deporting legal residents and defying the Supreme Court and Hegseth’s national security breach as much as they cared about Biden’s age and Hillary's emails and Kamala’s McDonald’s job.

2025-04-15 14:16:36 UTC

We must destroy the Republican Party. That’s the plan. Not a new plan. Better get with the plan, though.

2025-04-13 16:18:07 UTC

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@nprofile…eqw3 Would not be surprised in the least.

2025-04-13 16:07:52 UTC

I'll take this as an offer for the government to cover the cost of nutrition classes, starting in schools, subsidized healthy lunches for kids at school, subsidizing healthy food options in areas where fresh fruits and vegetables are scarce or expensive, education for the prevention of diabetes, and free medication treating type II diabetes.
No? They just want to punish people? Got it.
Trump administration urges states to limit what can be bought with food stamps |
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-urges-states-limit-what-can-be-bought-with-food-stamps-2025-04-10/

2025-04-12 18:55:37 UTC

So right now, if someone wants to import all of the parts needed to make a computer, they have to pay a massive tariff. But if they import the fully assembled computer, there is no tariff.
Wow- truly a genius plan to reshore tech manufacturing.
Joe Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act was a much better way of driving manufacturing in the U.S. and to better compete with China. We actually had good policy and threw it away.
New Tariff Rules Favor Apple, Nvidia, Dell and Others:
https://www.barrons.com/articles/tariffs-exclusions-exemptions-apple-nvidia-dell-smartphones-pcs-b2e069ff

2025-04-10 23:26:08 UTC

I don’t think the MAGA idea of returning to factory work is honest. It seems like more MAGA fake nostalgia for an era when people worked for crumbs in unsafe conditions while rich owners raked in profits and never broke a sweat.
That work will break down your body over time, and Republicans want to take your Social Security and retirement savings. Work until you break and have to be replaced and then get discarded, just like a worn out machine part. People are expendable resources for fascists.

2025-04-10 23:12:49 UTC

Airplanes and helicopters are still falling out of the sky, meanwhile the transportation secretary is on Newsmax talking about shower head pressure and dishwashers.
Everything is going great. 👌
I’ve never had to run my dishwasher multiple times, by the way.
Duffy: Trump to Fix Dishwashers, Get More Water From Showers:
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-will-fix-dishwashers-and-get-more-water-out-of-showerheads-transportation-chief-says/

2025-04-08 22:51:54 UTC

Coal is losing because it’s not cost effective, especially when negative externalities are included, but even without considering externalities the operating costs of alternatives are just way lower.
Coal is struggling because it’s an outdated energy source that can’t compete. AI doesn’t need coal. And good luck being a miner without a union, no OSHA, and no healthcare.
Trump signs executive order to boost U.S. coal industry, in part to fuel artificial intelligence:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/trump-signs-executive-order-boost-us-coal-industry-part-fuel-artificia-rcna200269
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2025-04-07 19:27:13 UTC

I cannot stress how stupid an economic policy it is to demand that everything be made in your country while simultaneously kicking out all the immigrants we need to have an adequate labor force, not to mention kidnapping doctors and students so fewer people will even want to come here.
#MAGAnomics

2025-04-06 15:32:44 UTC

I’m going to spend my afternoon with the Rodef Shalom Congregation here in Pittsburgh at a fundraiser for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and Just Harvest.
Local artists are donating bowls and time and local chefs are creating and donating soup-based meals with breads. Volunteers will be helping with the community event.
Have a good Sunday.

2025-04-04 21:12:36 UTC

The United States could have a Supreme Court like this but some dipshits thought that "vote because the Supreme Court matters" was "blackmail.”
South Korean court upholds President Yoon's impeachment over martial law order:
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/south-korean-court-upholds-president-yoon-s-impeachment-over-martial-law-order-236491845703

2025-04-04 20:10:52 UTC

I was told the plan was more American jobs. But I guess people who see a Trump recession coming aren’t going to be buying new refrigerators.
Hidden in this article: a gem of a fact that Republicans have also cut unemployment payments for Iowans.
Anyway, this is what unhinged economic policy does. I didn’t vote for it.
Whirlpool layoffs: Amana, Iowa plant losing one-third of workforce:
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2025/04/01/whirlpool-layoffs-amana-iowa-plant-losing-one-third-of-workforce/82757127007/

2025-04-04 19:58:15 UTC

What a horrible President and human being.
Trump Has Gross Plan for Ceremony for Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/193623/donald-trump-saudi-golf-ceremony-soldiers-lithuania

2025-04-03 21:23:52 UTC

We do not have enough contempt for modern "journalism." We can never have enough.
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/114/276/127/176/498/354/original/0ebb24a4a1ed41aa.jpg

2025-04-03 16:54:01 UTC

Coming soon:
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/114/275/069/429/617/117/original/f538c03df7a125a2.jpg

2025-04-03 14:32:25 UTC

Trump wants to raise prices on regular people via tariffs, take everything that benefits us, rob us of public land, clean air, water, and our paid Social Security and Medicare. That’s how he raises money to funnel to himself and fellow billionaires. It’s Putin’s way of becoming a rich oligarch.
These people who think he’s for them or going to bail them out are delusional. Better wake up soon.
Tariffs threaten to upend markets American farmers depend on : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/03/g-s1-57918/tariffs-threaten-to-upend-markets-american-farmers-depend-on

2025-04-02 00:31:43 UTC

Good.
Martin is a right wing activist who publicly supports both Donald Trump and Elon Musk, unequivocally. He halted cases related to January 6th and has fired staff attorneys who were assigned to work these cases. Like Trump, he is a 2020 election denier.
STATEMENT: Sen. Schiff Announces Hold on D.C. U.S. Attorney Nominee Ed Martin
https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/statement-sen-schiff-announces-hold-on-d-c-u-s-attorney-nominee-ed-martin/

2025-04-02 00:27:03 UTC

I think if Cory Booker can speak for TWENTY FOUR STRAIGHT HOURS, we can get ourselves to stick together and to vote together. No excuses.

2025-03-31 23:35:40 UTC

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@nprofile…eqw3
At this point, are they just going to go in and remove the paintings from the walls so they can have them for their own homes.

2025-03-31 23:12:48 UTC

There is no version of the United States where eliminating funding for libraries and museums makes us "great again.”
There is nothing about it that will lead to the magic revolution, either.
IMLS staff put on administrative leave : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services

2025-03-31 18:00:08 UTC

Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to kill us.
Attacking one another is a losing strategy. Period.

2025-03-30 16:37:00 UTC

The thing about fascist dictators is that you need to stop them *before* they take over your country.
Trump quickly works to concentrate power and muzzle critical voices:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-quickly-works-consolidate-power-muzzle-dissenting-voices-rcna197766

2025-03-30 16:11:22 UTC

You don’t say.
Trump Wants More Trade With Russia But Less With Everyone Else:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/03/30/trump-wants-more-trade-with-russia-but-less-with-everyone-else/

2025-03-25 00:28:08 UTC

I use group chats for letting my coworkers know that there are cookies in the kitchen not for national security issues.

2025-03-23 23:55:29 UTC

Here’s a guy who wants to get reelected.
Democrats are out in front of people.
It just doesn’t get the same coverage. Somehow.
“Georgia will bow to no king.” Full speech from Jon Ossoff in Atlanta: - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEFzw21cx7Q

2025-03-19 15:30:30 UTC

Consumer confidence under Biden vs. Trump.
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/114/189/784/366/014/501/original/978e7402bb27356b.jpg
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2025-03-18 17:16:57 UTC

If you vote in #Wisconsin, today is the first day of early in-person voting for the very important Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
Electing Susan Crawford is vital.
Visit https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/ to make a plan to vote.
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2025-03-18 01:06:59 UTC

This is my Jew card, and Donald Trump can’t have it.
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/114/180/748/779/990/923/original/9cbfd45f2989cfe8.webp

2025-03-18 00:13:55 UTC

Trump claims, without evidence....the most common open-ended statement of our time.
Trump tries to void Biden's pardons, blaming autopen. Many presidents have used it:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330709/autopen-biden-pardon-void
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2025-03-16 22:09:54 UTC

Pennsylvania Democrats want to make their state the latest to provide school kids with free lunch and eliminate existing school meal debt. That’s pro-life.
I knocked on doors in several elections for Emily Kinkead, one of the state Democrats reintroducing this bill. Local elections matter and so does your involvement.
Pennsylvania lawmakers introduce bill to eliminate school meal debt, provide free lunch | ABC27
https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-eliminate-school-meal-debt-provide-free-lunch/

2025-03-16 21:57:46 UTC

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@nprofile…eqw3 An infuriating fact.

2025-03-16 21:55:02 UTC

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This is another byproduct of abortion bans by the way: women with sepsis.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis

2025-02-27 22:52:33 UTC

Hey, nobody on this platform owes anyone their personal details. A person who toots as a cat runs several large instances in the Fediverse.
I follow them, other cats, a couple of anime characters, a clock, a Bozo the Clown, a plate of spaghetti, one or two ghosts, a Doctor Who, and several other forms of not your real name accounts.
Anyone getting prissy about that is ridiculous.
The only thing anyone gets is what you want to share. Nobody in this world is entitled to anything about you.

2025-02-15 19:00:10 UTC

These are really great suggestions. Lots of people are asking what they can do.
And many of the things that we can do are collective, but there are powerful individual actions as well.
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important:
https://thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lonely-but-beautiful-actions?utm_medium=android&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1X4ZO5XOj2RwU91GDi8l_qqYCHYnkxzcEeeqLZcf9P5scZig2m0tDAFh0_aem_CBNxtfdCGqPgRyP4Q5u9sA

2025-02-14 22:53:15 UTC

Once again, everyone should’ve opposed fascism on November 5th. Yet, a majority of people refused to.
Left columnists and TV personalities and people like James Carville with absolutely no skin in the game and the people listening to them need to stop blaming Democratic leaders for why Republicans and their propaganda continue to fleece the country. This goes back decades. It’s not new.
Until this attitude changes, nothing else will.
They literally told everyone what they were going to do.

2024-08-01 12:27:58 UTC

Rachel Scott was absolutely fearless and an honor to her profession in confronting Donald Trump on his lies and racist statements at the NABJ. In other words, the exact opposite of the damaged failure sitting across from her who couldn’t string a coherent normal sentence together.
Attention to the rest of the media- this is what real journalists do. She deserves respect and attention. #RachelScott
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2024-07-30 18:57:00 UTC

Rather than worry about what Trump might say, Harris is defying Trump.
Every press release refers to him as an elderly criminal. Going after him and Vance as weird is the right approach. If you go on offense, you control the message. #Harris2024
Why Harris keeps calling Trump and Vance 'weird' |
https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-trump-vance-weird-c54d506d1f533ee7aa455f7b500322c5

2023-10-26 00:15:07 UTC

Called gay people“destructive.”
Compared gay people to pedophiles.
Helped organize anti-gay protests on college campuses.
Fought laws that provided health benefits to same-sex couples.
Perfectly A-OK with every Republican in the House of Representatives.
The GOP is not only not moderate, they’re obvious extremists.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex |
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/25/politics/mike-johnson-gay-sex-criminalization-kfile/index.html

2023-09-13 23:39:19 UTC

Biden is old, but capable, honest, ethical, and hard working.
Trump is old, but dangerous, lying, treasonous, and a fascist.
One thing is not like the other.
Please do go away, Mitt Romney. He never could bring himself to admit his party is the worst thing about this country.
Romney: Biden, Trump should both ‘stand aside’ in 2024 |
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4203104-romney-biden-trump-should-both-stand-aside-in-2024/

2023-09-03 18:32:09 UTC

A real political party would try to win by having the better message.
Since Republicans like DeSantis don't have an appealing message of any kind whatsoever, they seek to limit who can vote against them.
Good thing we have a functional judicial system to reign in these dictator wannabes for now. Pay attention to the courts.
DeSantis Florida redistricting map is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says:
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/02/1197452442/desantis-florida-redistricting-map-gerrymandering-unconstitutional

2023-08-29 19:26:49 UTC

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@npub1e7m…s3rl I’m so sorry that happened but glad to hear you have such a good outcome. I hope you both have continued great health and that we can keep and expand healthcare coverage in this country.

2023-08-29 18:27:05 UTC

Republicans must be too busy trying to distract us with other things to try and cancel Obamacare lately. Or maybe they’ve finally realized most people like it.
At any rate, this is another great idea from Governor Gretchen Whitmer. All states should do it. Probably only the Democratic-run ones will. #VoteBlue
Michigan Gov. Whitmer will call on Democrats to codify ‘Obamacare’ into state law |
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/michigan-gov-whitmer-will-call-on-democrats-to-codify-obamacare-into-state-law

2023-08-27 15:56:44 UTC

“‘He was targeting people based on their race. That is totally unacceptable,’ DeSantis said.”
Hey, Ron. It’s entirely acceptable in your party. The Republican Party in your state and every state across the US cultivates hate, fosters hate, and rewards hate based on race.
Whether it's eliminating or watering down Black history or gerrymandering to strip Black political power, the message Republicans are sending is clear. And people like this pick up on it.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mayor-number-fatalities-jacksonville-florida-shooting-media-2023-08-26/

2023-08-20 13:24:18 UTC

I have that book for my daughter. It’s fantastic. If anything, the book teaches children to be unashamedly themselves.
Telling someone they can't be who they are is wrong. The fact that we are in such shortage of teachers and she was fired for it is ridiculously short sighted.
Being open to acceptance, understanding, empathy, and inclusion benefits everyone.
A Georgia school board fires a teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity |
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-teacher-fired-reading-book-gender-identity-64f8428af86ed47bea093fba5167506a

2023-08-06 16:10:48 UTC

Republicans in #Ohio are trying squash democracy by requiring ballot initiatives have a 60% majority for passage rather than a simple 50%. And they are trying to do this through a special election on August 8, a time when many people are busy with summer plans.
Please help spread the word and get out the vote. Here’s three ways to pitch in.
https://www.mobilize.us/activateamerica/event/569758/
https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/567048/
https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/563286/

2023-08-05 13:45:36 UTC

On one hand, we have Hunter, a private citizen. On the other, a former president, indicted 3 times, and charged with over 70 felonies, and more indictments and charges to come.
Which one of these guys will leave an indelible stain on our country? Which one tried to overthrow our government? Which one attacked our constitution and our democracy? Hold them both to account, but they’re hardly the same.
The week’s diverging news realities, depending on your cable channel-
https://wapo.st/45ekkTh
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2023-08-05 00:27:11 UTC

I’m not repeating or posting a screenshot of his stupid words but the only thing Trump is “coming after” personally is donations for his legal defense.
He’s a coward and won’t do anything himself. He does mean to inspire other people to commit more crimes, though- people he couldn’t care less about. Not that they comprehend that.

2023-08-04 00:08:06 UTC

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@npub1tf4…nzuj When you put together 7 slates of fake electors and get them to file 7 sets of fake certifications in an effort to stop the counting of the authentic certified slates in an attempt to subvert the election to you, and with violence, that’s not covered by any of 1, 2, or 3. #TrumpIndictment

2023-08-03 00:26:33 UTC

Standards in our country for Republicans have sunk so low that someone with the temperament of a four-year old and a track record of fraud and sexual abuse and who is under indictment for, among other things, trying to subvert an election and still making excuses for it is not only a viable candidate, but the leading candidate.
There is no First Amendment right to overturn an election, no matter what Trump says-
https://www.vox.com/2023/8/2/23817444/trump-indictment-first-amendment-supreme-court-lies-solicitation

2023-08-02 15:56:14 UTC

At this point, it might be quicker to list the Republicans who *aren’t* credibly accused of crimes.
Matthew DePerno is charged in Michigan voting machine scheme:
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1142599350/deperno-michigan-voting-machine-breach-charges

2023-08-01 22:12:27 UTC

I'd love to see media use terminology that Trump hasn't rendered meaningless in the coming days.
They need to make sure the facts come across clearly. #TrumpIndictment

2023-08-01 15:45:05 UTC

Remember when Republicans promised a crash if Joe Biden were elected president? Remember when Republicans promised that tax cuts for the wealthy would create jobs and give us GDP growth of 6%? Yes, those were lies.
That’s not to say things are perfect for everyone. We have a long way to go on it, but Biden has engineered a soft landing from a high level crisis and GOP leadership is in full panic mode.
Without a recession to exploit, the GOP has lost economic coherence-
https://wapo.st/43KQIfj
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2023-07-03 13:14:04 UTC

On August 8, Ohio voters will vote on whether it should be harder to amend the state constitution, changing the numbers from 50% to pass to 60%
Republicans in the state legislature are sneaking this in hoping nobody shows up to vote. The amendment they’re worried about would be about saving abortion rights in Ohio.
Vote Forward has launched a letter-writing campaign to mobilize voters. You don’t have to be from Ohio to write. Letters need to go out by August 1.
https://help.votefwd.org/article/234-ohio-special-election

2023-05-07 15:58:16 UTC

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Washington adopts historic new gun safety laws | Governor Jay Inslee
https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/washington-adopts-historic-new-gun-safety-laws
Are Democrats perfect? No. Nobody is claiming that, either. But we are the ones making progress and the party overall trying and succeeding in taking this on.
By claiming otherwise dishonesty, you hurt the election efforts of the very people were trying to put into office to make more progress and the organizers doing the work. There’s nothing progressive about that. 3/3

2023-04-30 21:07:42 UTC

Only in Republican world can a man assault a reporter, get convicted, and go on to be governor yet a woman named Zooey Zephyr can be a threat to a roomful of men just by talking and end up thrown out of the legislature.
So tired of these people with mouths full of scripture but hearts full of hate.
Montana governor signs gender-affirming care ban for transgender minors-
https://montanafreepress.org/2023/04/28/montana-governor-signs-gender-affirming-care-ban-for-minors/

2023-04-29 16:40:18 UTC

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@npub1t95…0kzy
I guess he had to stand his ground by standing on the neighbor's ground as he feared for his life and shoot a bunch of unarmed people. Good guy with a gun not found.

2023-04-29 16:07:35 UTC

This is the living hell Republican politicians want us to live in. This is the Trumpian vision for America. Constant carnage and living in fear.
We must defeat this mentality and elect people willing to act to survive or drown in our apathy.
Texas: 5 people fatally shot, including 8-year-old, suspect at large, San Jacinto County Sheriff says-
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/29/us/cleveland-texas-shooting/index.html

2023-04-20 16:59:03 UTC

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Need some citations? Good, I have some. Facts are facts.
https://www.safewise.com/resources/guns-at-home/
https://time.com/6183881/gun-ownership-risks-at-home/
https://www.thetrace.org/2020/04/gun-safety-research-coronavirus-gun-sales/
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/do-guns-make-us-safer-science-suggests-no/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-02/guns-home-safety-research
https://research.northeastern.edu/does-having-a-gun-at-home-really-make-you-safer/

2023-04-20 16:54:33 UTC

The idea that you need a gun for protection, because you’re going to save yourself from something or you’re going to save someone else from something, because there’s a good guy with a gun saving lives, needs to end if our country and society are to ever make any progress.
Because this is how they get used the vast majority of the time, or by law enforcement wrongly shooting people to death or to devastating injury.
Too many people with too many guns- this is what you get.
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2023-04-19 13:57:59 UTC

Back in the Senate, John Fetterman isn’t skipping a beat-
“Lawmakers shouldn’t be able to profit off of the same companies they’re regulating.”
Tell your own Senators to support this.
John Fetterman got a round of applause from Democrats as he returned to the Senate-
He also introduced bipartisan legislation that would ban lawmakers from owning or trading stocks.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2023/04/18/john-fetterman-washington-senate-return/stories/202304180100

2023-04-13 21:52:12 UTC

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#[0] Since when does the FDA have to pass a religious review? It’s all right wing trash.

2023-03-30 21:35:12 UTC

It's Opening Day.
I hear there's baseball. too.
Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump in New York: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/30/nyregion/trump-indictment-news
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