Yeah, purity politics kills us every time.
The fight against fascism is now. We have who we have. Waiting for someone who pleases every purity leftist guarantees we lose; the only chance we have is for all of us to get on board and fight together.
Compare to Biden’s first June, 4.8M non-farm jobs created.
www.bls.gov/opub/ted/202....
I don’t think we fully appreciate the depths of economic harm the Republican megabill will unleash on this country, and the ways it will affect things like the housing market.
Here are a few things I’m thinking about:
Pissing billions away...
Pasadena is in the northern part of the city. Which isn’t where the protests are. There was a law enforcement training over Pasadena recently, but that was Rose Bowl related, not trump related.
No one I know is affected, everyone’s just going about their lives.
My parents are so addicted to Facebook and its algorithms that they don’t know about these issues or deny them when confronted. I asked my mother last year what she’d do if her SocSec were cut, she hit the arm of the chair and said “I don’t think he will do that.” She’s also being scammed, so…
But at the same time, after a lifetime of love and with the knowledge that they won’t live forever, how do we not? It’s painful either way.
I have moments where I wonder if I’ll be angry with myself when my parents are gone for not making the most of every minute we have left, but trying to make the most of those moments leaves me angry and/or depressed almost every time now. I feel orphaned with living parents, but with added guilt.
They chose SoCal as their centerpiece over red border states for a reason I’m sure, but that reason appears to be more personal and spiteful than logical.
This is a really good one. Every NIH dollar converts to about $3 in local economics. I don’t think people (non-nerds) appreciate this. The other thing is that there are a lot of scientists who are choosing to stay quiet for fear of being targeted. Things are bad and ppl don’t care IMO
My dad is a retired union man who was always both a solid patriot and at the same time wanted the best for each and every American. He’s also rabidly kool-aid addled these days. It’s ruining what was once a close and loving relationship. You have my deepest sympathy.
I repeat:
If immigrants are sitting around collecting hard earned taxpayer money, why are ICE raiding workplaces?
#AbolishICE #ImmigrationIsNotACrime
#Solidarity
@rachelblakemp.bsky.social
Hello, I am a constituent with an issue I would like to discuss but I’m struggling to find info on where or when you hold surgeries. Can you or your office help direct me please?
Thank you
Not sure who I’m loving more at the moment, the glitterers or the tow truck drivers!
#Solidarity
#AbolishIce
#ImmigrationIsNotACrime
Concerns about AI chatbots delivering harmful, even profoundly dangerous advice or instructions to users is growing. What legal and policy interventions are possible? Justin Hendrix asked Columbia Law School's Clare Huntington, Stanford's Robert Mahari, and Tech Justice Law Project's Meetali Jain:
“‘I just find it fascinating that this student can write an article, a series of articles that are essentially manifestoes, and that’s free speech,’ Ms. Chatman said, referring to Mr. Damsky, ‘but my class can’t be called “Race, Entrepreneurship and Inequality.”’” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...
SAY IT PLAIN: Federal “ICE officers” should not be anonymous.
And this shouldn’t be a controversial thing to say.
Our national parks belong to Americans - the public! They are NOT government property. #47 wants to open the parks to drilling and mining for profit.
Please consider supporting @protectparks.bsky.social
#NOsaleOfNationalParks!
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
"Only 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date..."
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/17/t...
The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.
I saw a similar analogy but in Renaissance faire form.
Canada stepping up.
Again.
They’ve created a number to replace the LGBTQIA+ and mental health crisis hotline.
1-877-330-6366
And made it toll-free free from the US.
Wishing our Black brothers & sisters a powerful Juneteenth.
Made a federal holiday in 2021 thanks to tireless activism & leaders like Opal Lee, today honors Black freedom, survival & excellence.
A reminder: liberation takes struggle—and justice delayed is never justice denied. We fight on✊🏾✊✊🏻
Undocumented immigrants can't vote. They don't vote for Democrats because they can't vote. Democrats don't look the other way to let them into the country for votes, because, again: they can't vote. If you are a news org and people tell you otherwise, it's a lie, and you should call it that.
GROSSLY UNFAIR!
The 988 Suicide Prevention & Crisis Lifeline specialized services for LGBTQ+ YOUTH will no longer be in operation starting JULY 17TH;
according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
(SAMHSA)🔥
Even the DoJ, with its head appointed by POTUS, is supposed to be independent of the executive branch. Again, trump felt/feels like he can act like a dictator. It’s still wrong.
Trump *was* prosecuted via the correct channels. And he’s now abusing his power and trying to prosecute the prosecutors.
Presidential administrations also don’t prosecute.
Again, that’s the role of the judicial branch.
The judicial, legislative, and executive branches are separate for a reason. Trump abused his role in his first term, that doesn’t make it right.
