@cruelbraber I probably would be harvesting rice if the United States didn't intervene in Vietnam's democratic election, causing a civil war, and ultimately driving my parents out of their country, eventually landing us in the United States, where I studied hard and subequently took your job.
Behold, the Felonious Four, masterminds of the horrifically-botched Talarico Mental Health Hoax: @nicksortor, @RheinAmacher, @KenPaxtonTX & @TickleTexts. I don't understand why such a wholesome, honest group would do something so dishonest.
My uncle noticed his monthly water and sewage bill jumped from $85 to $290 over the last six months, even though his family didn't fill a single pool or leak a gallon.
He called the municipal water board to report what he assumed was a meter error.
The clerk explained that the city sold the local water treatment facility and underground main grid to an infrastructure equity fund last year to cover municipal budget deficits.
When my uncle asked why that tripled his rate, she told him:
"The private operator added a quarterly 'grid modernization surcharge' and an 'infrastructure maintenance access fee' to every residential account."
Nothing about the pipes, pressure, or water quality improved.
Private equity isn't just buying houses and daycares anymore.
They are acquiring local utility monopolies so they can bill working families a mandatory tax on drinking water and flushing the toilet.
Whoa. Fire from Judge Ana Reyes just now
"I don't know how I could've made it clearer!"
"What has happened has cost the government all of its credibility!"
Judge says Team Trump needed to - but didn't -- alert court before toppling of 100s of trees at DC's East Potomac Park
DHS raiding a member of congress's home to search for immigration paperwork filled out decades ago by her now-deceased father really checks all the fascist police state boxes.
GOP Rep. Tom Kean disappeared for 4 months & missed dozens of votes then finally surfaced, read a 5 minute speech saying he was at a mental health facility, refused to take questions from the press, and MAGA supports his reelection. But the Talarico hoax is career ending.
Folks, the whole collusion story over three and a half years. All in 140 seconds. We watched it unfold. Remind yourself what we all saw. Watch/Retweet.
Pope Leo XIV: Someone who says 'I'm against abortion' but says 'I'm in favor of the death penalty' is not really pro-life. Someone who says that 'I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life.
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
2 nights ago, the ESPN Monday Night Football broadcast frequently cut away from the game to show us Steve Gleason - a former NFL player who has had his entire livelihood destroyed by ALS, an incurable disease that was most likely caused by playing professional football. at 49 years old, hes completely paralyzed, wheelchair-bound, he relies on a ventilator to breathe, & he can no longer speak. what him and his family have gone through is indescribable.
ESPN went out of their way to show their audience the absolutely tragic (but very real) potential long-term consequences of playing in the NFL.
2 days later, their highest paid employee mocked a future first ballot hall of famer, with a documented history of mental health issues, for deciding to walk away from the game that put Steve Gleason in his wheelchair.
you don't hate these people enough. fuck stephen a smith & fuck espn.