Mike Smith @padremiguel.b_s_k_y.social

Gay dad to Julia, dogs, cats, chickens, and a tortoise. Retired Episcopal Priest. Humor—justice—theology—quantum mechanics. Genetically predisposed to sarcasm

[Mike Smith @padremiguel.b_s_k_y.social @PastanzoGuy]

“The danger is not that there is no bread. The danger is we believe we are not hungry because of a lie.” — Simone Weil

[Damian Caraballo MD @813JAFERD]

1) United Healthcare is 8th largest company by revenue in the WORLD. It made $389B last year...$2B less than Apple. It made more money than Exon, Microsoft, Samsung, JPM

United Healthcare also denies 32% of its claims...highest among health insurer

[Matthew D. Taylor @TaylorMatthewD]

Eric Metaxas is one of the most toxic voices in American Christian politics.

Now he's labeling (w/ zero evidence or cause) the close relatives of Dietrich Bonhoeffer "Jew-hating fanatics."

This story needs more coverage (shout out, @baptist_news!). Here's some background... 1/

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Trump thinks he just invented DARE

[Britt Nessie @DemocraticDaisy]

@RonFilipkowski

[Joel Keith @MayNotBeJoking]

@RonFilipkowski Not sure which Vindman Elon Musk is referring to. But, that's fine. I hope both of them sue his ass off.

This is clearly character assassination of a man who has been an exemplary patriot.

He has also been targeted for violence by Trump's minions.

cc @AVindman

[Thoughts & Prayers 😷💙🌺🇹🇹🇺🇸 @Dianne50689540]

@patriottakes How much were the POC paid to sit there and listen to that shit. 🤔

[Trey Ferguson @PastorTrey05]

After the Civil War, the U.S. tried to build a multiracial democracy for the first time.

It mostly worked.

And many white southerners were LIVID. Never stopped plotting to roll it back.

They finally seized their opportunity in the aftermath of the election of 1876… 1/6

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Attorneys representing Amazon and SpaceX are in court today, arguing that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.

If they get their way, two of the richest people on the planet will have gutted the enforcement of labor laws designed to protect working people.

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

You may have heard that Donald Trump plans to court martial service members, including the Chairman of @thejointstaff in a military tribunal.

However, did you hear that the idea came from the Russian government?
🚨

[Pragmatic Politic 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @PrgmaticPolitic]

@allenanalysis Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.

-1984, George Orwell

[Darryn M. Briggs @darryn_briggs]

The folk you refused to nuke the filibuster for-your most loyal voting bloc- aren't writing checks or crying.

Nah, we see an America that would rather burn itself to the GROUND than cede white supremacy. So be it!

It's not just MAGA either. It's Bernie. It's Carville.

5/9

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

This is the man who will be leading America's top health agency.

[Matthew D. Taylor @TaylorMatthewD]

Yesterday Trump announced he's nominating Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense.

Hegseth's a prominent Fox News personality & veterans advocate, but he also has strong ties to the Christian far right that I've not seen fully exposed yet.

Here's a thread w/ receipts... 1/

[Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib]

These 52 Democrats voted to give Trump the power to shut down any nonprofit he wants. The NAACP, ACLU, Planned Parenthood, no organization would be safe. Shameful.

https://t.co/NXfMyG0nnL

[Hey, Dave! @davegreenidge57]

First, they executed the teachers.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Desantis and 85 of his cronies on a “trade mission” in Italy for a week. https://t.co/droJQQq9sT

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

In the rush to blame trans people for the Dem loss, @AndyBeshearKY powerfully reminds us that Dems can win by helping people thrive while also treating trans people like full human beings. The 2 aren’t mutually exclusive & we don’t have to throw trans people under the bus to win.

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

I’d like to thank Merrick Garland
for keeping our democracy safe
from Hunter Biden.