Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...
Several people have asked me what makes me different from the other candidates running for U.S. Senate in Maine. There are actually a lot of differences between us, but here are four that I think speak to why I'm the best person to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmmD...
So your suggestions are…
As do you 💙
A painting of a bird beside the text "that's some real unacceptable shit"
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#mepolitics
My latest.
"These men made the choices to change their relationship status from being these women’s life partners — to being their life-takers. & our coverage should reflect that."
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Such an edgy boi
What a pathetic excuse for a human
Dems have articles of impeachment in the house and are trying to pass a bill to form the committee needed to initiate the 25th. Rs are blocking both
Articles are in the House now
Not a dime of taxpayer money or govt contracts should go to Palantir.
Senators can’t do that until the House acts
Once again, Trump is threatening war crimes against the Iranian people.
All this could be avoided if Republicans in Congress joined us in voting to end this illegal and costly war.
We will give them another chance this week. They must all be held accountable.
Digital price tags on shelves and altering prices when using an app to grocery shop at home
There is a legal difference that she needed to account for in the limited space of a title
“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.”
This is why we should fund science. 🧪
Ms Attiah provided facts, and your not so subtle attempt to downplay her work did not go unnoticed
She deftly avoided any confusion around the legality vs connotation of the word husband
I’m so glad she got the treatment she needed…but it never should have been delayed like that!
That was the purpose of the “ “ around partner in her piece
A murderer doesn’t get to claim partner or husband status
How is “who was married to her” unclear? It covers the fact you are asking about with none of the potentially positive connotations of the word “husband”
And folks don’t realize how quickly a UTI can go from an annoyance to a medical crisis in an older person…it’s not a wait a few days and see situation
grammy or gramps seem out of sorts?
ask for a urinalysis!
Tonight in the ai reading group i was reminded of something that happened in 2006 after I dropped out of college, when I was living in a run-down old house next to jb alberto's in rogers park with a bunch of dudes.
it was, as you can imagine, not clean.
And in the background teams working on:
Supreme Court Reform
Repeal Citizens United (at the state level, if necessary)
Consequences for violating Emoluments Clause
