Julie Strickland

Fabric art. Horticulture. Mom of several cats, chihuahua, & young human. |🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ ally🏳️‍⚧️| she/her

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Disabled people have been trying to warn you for years… no one is safe under fascism.

They’re starting with trans people, immigrants, the homeless and the sick.

They won’t stop there.

They will institutionalize or jail anyone who opposes them.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Please stop telling women this is toned.

[Vincent Iannelli, MD @AboutPediatrics]

The real autism crisis is the lost generation of adults who weren’t diagnosed with autism when they were kids. A crisis compounded by folks pushing the myth that vaccines recently caused autism.

[Abby D. Phillip @abbydphillip]

Here are the facts: the 7 states where 2/3 of Americans don't have a passport. All of them are red states: West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Yes, that's your home state, Scott.

Married women whose married names aren't on their birth docs would face extra hurdles. Just because you don't care, doesn't mean it isn't a real issue.

It took 17 years for Real ID (with similar citizenship requirements in some states) to actually be implemented in the US. Do YOU think that's because Americans are "too dumb" to figure it out?

Oh and BTW, according to the SAVE ACT, most Real IDs wouldn't count.

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

🤖BEEP BOOP BEEP BOOP YOUR FETUS HAS A DEVASTATING CONDITION THAT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LIFE OUTSIDE THE WOMB PLEASE ENJOY CARRYING IT TO TERM BEEP BOOP BEEP BOOP🤖

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Aliya Rahman told ICE she was disabled

She told them she was on her way to a doctor appointment

They still broke her window, cut her seatbelt & dragged her away like an animal

She was headed to the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when they grabbed her.

[Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia]

The woman in this photo was not actively protesting. She is autistic and was trying to go to the doctor's office when ICE agents dragged her out of her car and ripped off her seatbelt.

[Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia]

Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons
https://t.co/sv2rLqov9R

[Carolina Forward @ForwardCarolina]

This daycare fraud case from right here in North Carolina will blow your mind.

For years, this couple of sleazebags conspired to grift taxpayer money from the government, sometimes by endangering children entrusted in their care. Again and again, state inspectors shut down their scams - but the couple was allowed to just start a new one, often targeting a different program.

In their first, they started a daycare. State inspectors cited them repeatedly for major and deliberate hazards. For example, during one visit, inspectors found the daycare was using an OPEN HEATED OVEN as a heating source around 1 year olds, since the center's heat had been turned off (for lack of payment).

Fortunately, North Carolina inspectors shut down their daycare before anyone was hurt.

But then, the couple launched a new scam. This one targeted a federal program run by the USDA that subsidizes healthy food for kids in daycares. Basically, their scam falsified and forged documents, over-billing the federal government for some meals and even for kids who didn't exist.

They added family members to their payroll, billing the government for their salaries. The wife doubled her own salary, charging the government. This went on for years. It's still unknown exactly how much they stole - but a state audit of just 3 months of their records dug up over $130,000 in fake charges. So you do the math.

Finally, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services shut them down and took them to court, demanding repayment of over $100,000. They couldn't (or didn't) cough up with the money, and they've now been referred to a collections agency.

This couple is @markrobinsonNC and his wife Yolanda, the former second couple of North Carolina. They still haven't paid up their debt to society.

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

The best cat video of 2025 where cat tries to make its green snake toy eat from the bowl

[Andrew Lokenauth @FluentInFinance]

The median family income in the U.S. has gone from $10,000 in 1970 to $106,000 today, an increase of 10x.

However, the median cost of a house has gone from $25,000 to $445,000, an increase of 17x.

And the median cost of a car has gone from $3,600 to $50,000, an increase of 14x.

The median cost of college has gone from $2,900 a year to $45,000, an increase of 16x.

And the average cost of healthcare per person has gone from $350 to $14,600, an increase of 42x.

[Carolina Forward @ForwardCarolina]

Congress asked the Sheps Center for Health Research at UNC-Chapel Hill to evaluate the "One, Big Beautiful" budget bill passed by Congress earlier this year to determine its likely effects on the financial health of rural health facilities around the nation.

What they found was alarming: besides the 5 hospitals likely to close as a result of the bill's cuts to Medicaid, a whopping 54 other rural hospitals and clinics around North Carolina are likely to tip into severe financial distress.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

If you are over 50, schedule your shingles vaccine!

[Barrett Adair @barrettadair]

americans: we cannot afford healthcare, housing, or groceries

trump:

[MothersAgainstGregAbbottPAC/MothersforDemocracyPAC @MomsAGAbbott]

This is happening Greg Abbott’s Texas and we should be LIVID! Shame on Texas Republicans! #txlege

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

When a church reaches “cirque du soleil” status they should be taxed‼️

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

This is Maria & she was just reunited with her U.S born 15 year old Autistic son who was detained after he had walked away from her food stand.He was detained for 50 days after the Police had ICE pick him up because he’s non verbal.His mom had already reported him missing then!😡

[Carolina Forward @ForwardCarolina]

This is your regular reminder that the most violent places in North Carolina - where you, as a person, are most likely to be the victim of a violent crime - are mostly small, rural counties.

Mecklenburg isn't even in the top 10 on any of these lists.

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

This is devastating for people with disabilities.

If you have a pacemaker, an implanted device or anything inside your body helping you function… there’s no longer anyone at the FDA to let you know if it’s recalled or broken.

People will die.