Needed some wardrobe refreshers, so I hit up local thrift stores. Tip for my female friends: check the men’s section! 👔 I scored 3 button-ups for me (2 new!) and 1 for Ian—plus some much-needed slacks & jeans.👖No skirts with pockets this time, but I’ll keep looking. What’s your best thrift find?

If we can't officially abolish Daylight Saving Time, can we at least make the next working day a federal holiday? Please? 🙏

America must stand with its allies, stand for democracy, and stand against tyranny. 🇺🇦🕊️🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAgression #RussialnvadedUkraine

Navy-colored graphic with text that states: What Democrats Did Today Feb. 26, 2025 —Last night, every House Democrat voted against Trump’s budget that slashes Medicaid —Democrat Dan Gaiewski won the special election to Connecticut’s House District 40 —Iowa House Democrats introduced a legislative package to make child care affordable for all Iowans —Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced new medical debt relief for 170,000 more Illinoisans —Democrat Sean Faircloth won the special election for Maine’s House District 24, strengthening the Democratic legislative majority in Maine —Senator Jon Ossoff successfully pushed the White House to restore HBCU scholarships

Here’s what Democrats did today (February 26):

People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:

Two weeks ago

Q: Will Elon Musk secure new government contracts while he is working on DOGE?

Trump: No... We won’t let him

DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes (Gift Article) The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.

DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

4️⃣ It’s Corrupt – With Musk at the helm, billion-dollar conflicts of interest are in play. This is like that same electrician insisting you tear down every wall in your house to rewire it for “efficiency” while conveniently profiting from the rebuild.

These are just a few of the biggest issues. 🧵5/5

3️⃣ It’s Run by Amateurs – The people behind DOGE are making uninformed budget decisions on programs they don’t understand. Would you let an electrician tell you to stop paying your mortgage and car insurance just because they think it’s too expensive? 🧵4/5

2️⃣ It’s Reckless and Dangerous – Instead of rooting out waste, DOGE has been so sloppy and indiscriminate that its errors jeopardize national security (e.g., "accidentally" firing the people who manage our nuclear arsenal). We need precision, not chaos. 🧵3/5

1️⃣ It’s Redundant and Wasteful – DOGE duplicates the work of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan, Constitutionally grounded watchdog that has been exposing waste since 1921. Why waste taxpayer dollars reinventing the wheel? 🧵2/5

A few friends have asked why I don’t support DOGE, especially since its stated goal is to uncover waste and fraud in government.

Here’s why:
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The Three Branches of Government | Interactive Lesson | PBS LearningMedia In this interactive lesson supporting literacy skills in U.S. history and civics, students learn about the three branches of the United States government. Students explore the powers that the Constitu...

If you want to take a deeper dive, PBS provides free lessons on how the government is designed to work. pbsnc.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mid...

In case it's been a minute since your elementary school civics lessons on the three co-equal branches of the federal government, this is how the United States Constitution lays out their responsibilities and authorities.⚖️🏛️👩‍⚖️🇺🇸 #Civics #Democracy #Constitution

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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

To-do List
-Vacuum
-Walk
-Let The Darkness Envelop Me
-Cook Dinner
-Fold Laundry