US support for Netanyahu’s war of starvation against the Palestinian people is a horror unto itself. It also sends a signal to every tyrant in the world that international law can be violated with impunity & that barbarism is acceptable.
We must stop all military aid to Israel.
I vote 4 Harris/Walz! I was born in a country created with stolen land & stolen labor, so I do not suffer or accept haters, fools or grifters easily. Living in a social construct designed to enslave me, control my body, rob me of the benefits of my labor & deny me equal rights!
🚨🚨🚨Holy shit. More information has been released about the debt ceiling deal and it looks like McCarthy was BAMBOOZLED.
First, Republicans are cheering that work requirements for SNAP benefits went from 49-54.
But here’s the thing, the White House made sure it included a FIRST-EVER exemption to SNAP time limits for homeless individuals, Veterans, and fostered youth.
But they did something pretty amazing.
The term “homeless” is defined broadly to include unstable living conditions.
Those exemptions will promise that roughly the same number of people will receive benefits after the agreements as they did before.
McCarthy also touted clawing back unspent COVID money…but none of the $316 billion that has already been disbursed and committed will be touched. His major “victory” is that money just sitting there will be reallocated.
Finally, when McCarthy sat at the negotiation table, he asked for a 22% REDUCTION in non defense discretionary spending. That would have been a significant cut of government programs.
Know how much he got?
A ZERO PERCENT REDUCTION.
That means President Biden protected against $130 billion in devastating cuts.
McCarthy also celebrated that Veteran benefits would be funded….
But in the end he agreed to the exact amount the WHITE HOUSE asked for.
The agreement also makes NO changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Let’s get this quickly passed and sent to the Senate so we can firmly cement Kevin McCarthy as the embarrassing loser he really is.
The Culture Wars didn’t just begin recently.
Here is an example from 1957. In this image a policeman is issuing a ticket to a woman for wearing a bikini. Today we laugh but in 1957 they weren’t.
Norms are abnormal until they become normal. People should be able to live unless others are actually being hurt. The problem is that one side will always claim others’ actions are hurting them.
Was this woman showing her stomach and thighs hurting anyone? In 1957 you could easily find people to make that argument.
Um. SO much to tell you. I’m a massive fan of this brilliant artist and after getting to know her I can confirm: she is THE ONE to watch. So delighted to say that Karma Featuring the incredible @icespicee_ will be out TOMORROW night at MIDNIGHT ET as a part of the new Midnights (Til Dawn Edition) deluxe album that you can pre-order now at https://t.co/CoMPJUTGvU!
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But wait there’s more… for those of you going to the East Rutherford shows - we will have a new special edition CD available ONLY on site starting at 12:30pm ET on Friday! This CD will have a never before heard Midnights vault track called “You’re Losing Me”!
Right now, the forces of hatred are winning. They’re tearing us apart. Even worse, they’re getting us to hate them, thereby doubling the hatred. The forces of love desperately need a comeback. We somehow have to bring this country back together again.
Now the poem that Amanda Gorman read at President Biden’s inauguration, entitled “The Hill We Climb,” has been banned from curriculum through 5th grade in Miami-Dade County, for not being suitable for elementary students.
For those who listened to the poem, you would know the the poem was a lecture on peace, love, unity, and freedom.
This is why laws banning critical race theory from schools are a problem. People begin categorizing anything that talks about race as falling into the realm of CRT. Or they use the law to justify removing books and curriculum that can teach real history.
This isn’t free speech. This is using the law to chill the free speech of others, in my opinion.
Overturning Roe and outlawing abortions will never make them go away.
It only makes them more dangerous, especially for the poor + marginalized.
People will die because of this decision. And we will never stop until abortion rights are restored in the United States of America.
The Court's decision to overturn Roe endangers women everywhere, by taking away their right to make their own health care choices.
This court isn't conservative – it's partisan, with a socially backward agenda.
They can't be trusted to protect our rights, so the Congress must.
So, let me get this straight; The Supreme Court’s rulings favor what only 30% of Americans want? What about the other 70%? — Whatever happened to majority rules?
Today, the Supreme Court stopped states from protecting their citizens from concealed guns.
Even though guns are the leading cause of death of children.
Once again, the Court ignored the law to favor a political agenda.
Discrediting itself, and endangering the public.
The decision by Republican-appointed justices to end a constitutional right to abortion conflicted with the views of a majority of Americans. In a recent SCOTUSPoll, 62.3% of respondents opposed overturning Roe v. Wade. https://t.co/R3G3P2Z5I5