Abigail Hall

Avid reader, fangirl of history and science, natural born doubter, cautiously optimistic 'futurist', American veteran, independent classical liberal; Hi!

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

@Swearengen1980 @nanshisweets @blanquita932 I strongly disagree- plenty of them aren't to my taste but I love how open they are to using real fruit in creative ways and spicy mango candy is incredible, plus churros & flan are delicious, then all the chocolate+chili combos are so good! 🤤🤤🤤

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

This is worth banking these chemicals for & figuring out a way to live without them. This is unacceptable https://t.co/CssYjkCajh

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Thomas Massie is sounding the alarm.

Congress is about to pass a liability shield for Bayer — a foreign corporation — that would strip Americans of the right to sue when glyphosate gives them cancer.

Massie: “This is not to grant farmers immunity. This is to grant corporations immunity. If you contract non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from this chemical — you won’t be able to sue.”

Bayer has already paid billions settling cancer lawsuits.

This bill ends future lawsuits permanently.
RFK Jr. built his brand on MAHA.

Trump is urging Republicans to pass it anyway.

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

Corporations are a bipartisan problem when they treat people like this. The govt that enables that kind of callous, ruthless, calculated maliciousness for profit is a problem for our whole society. Capitalism is meant to be an economic system, not our entire culture!

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

Went to a farmer's market today & got the child's face painted. Made small talk enough to learn that the booth is run by a couple who expected to retire next year & live out modest but happy retirement dreams but instead he was laid off without notice, pension, or severance (1)

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

His unemployment is about to run out. They're now whimsical face painters to the delight of local children, & he was blowing giant bubbles with a bubble sword- they're fantastic! But they're 62 & they were up at 4 am to get to an event early somewhere else & will work till 11 pm

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

Hopefully news! https://t.co/lThRdnc0J9

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

@LibraryJournal This book was SO GOOD- and far more sincerely romantic than I was expecting from not a romance novel ❤️

[Library Journal @LibraryJournal]

Review of the day!!! ‘Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend’ by MJ Wassmer | LJ Review of the Day https://t.co/EgQw8d0y1t

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

@LittleCongress It feels disgusting to "like" this story but I want the algorithm to share it, so here's my engagement post. This makes me so sick at heart.

[Matt Little For Congress (MN-02) @LittleCongress]

ICE agents pepper sprayed a baby girl.

The baby girl, mother and father are all US Citizens - just in case you thought your family was safe.

Rafael Veraza was spending his weekend like any other dad, on a grocery run with his wife and baby daughter at Sam’s Club. When they noticed immigration agents in the parking lot, they decided to leave without shopping.
Federal agents filled their car with pepper spray.

The video makes me sick to my stomach. His daughter screams in pain and struggles to open her eyes. When they rushed to the hospital, the doctor had to call poison control because they’d never treated such a young child for pepper spray exposure.

Now the family has to monitor for potential long-term damage to their daughter’s lungs and eyes.

Tricia McLaughlin, a DHS spokesperson, denied that agents pepper-sprayed anyone at Sam's Club. The video shows otherwise. There it is, plain as day: an agent filling a car with pepper spray while a baby screams inside.

They’re committing heinous acts of abuse, state sponsored violence, against babies. And lying about it as if we are foolish enough to take their word for it.

Rafael Veraza is a U.S. citizen. His wife is a U.S. citizen. Their baby was born here. Now he says he has hate toward the government. Who could possibly blame him?

Veraza’s wife was filming the parking lot scene on her smartphone. She wanted to show their baby the turbulent times she was born in, someday. Instead she caught the only evidence that makes them feel empowered to speak out.

Read their story via the Washington Post: https://t.co/9tS4WXLDNC

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Mayra Guzman a 22 y/o woman here with a pending asylum case & visa was detained 15 days after the birth of her daughter who was in the NICU.She had Preeclampsia & had to have a C-section also.While in Broadview she wasn’t fed,given a breast pump or seen by medical staff! 🤬

[Matt Little For Congress (MN-02) @LittleCongress]

ICE cut off her wedding ring.

Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.

She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.

Seconds later, they threw her to the ground, handcuffed her, and hauled her away. She spent five hours in leg shackles at a federal building. Agents cut off her wedding ring and threatened to pepper-spray her in the truck. Her husband spent all day trying to find where they’d taken her. Federal officials wouldn’t tell him.

Her "crime" was simply standing on a public street, watching, and asking questions.

Read that again: here in Minnesota, a U.S. citizen was arrested, restrained, and disappeared for hours, not for interfering, not for resisting, but for asking a question.
If they can arrest Sue Tincher for standing on a public sidewalk, they can arrest anyone.

Immigration attorneys said they’re seeing constitutional violations every single day now. I’m running because we need leaders who will call this what it is- un-American, unconstitutional, and unacceptable.

Sue Tincher stood up.
I’m standing up.
We must all stand up.

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[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Well done Sweden

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

It's in line with the treatment of Anarcha, Betsy, and Lucy. It's Henrietta Lacks. Those doctors had no right to do this to her or Chance.
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[🇯🇲Kim S.🇺🇸 | The Middle-Aged Minx™ | #BLM @YawehsDaughter]

Update on Adriana Smith’s baby boy Chance.
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The link for their GoFundMe: https://t.co/7I84yIPcTx. They haven’t met their goal, but they’re almost there!

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

The Atlantic should be ashamed of publishing this nightmare piece from Liz Bruenig, whose callous dismissal of Adriana Smith's dignity is one of the most shocking things I've ever read.

[Abigail Hall @ARoseDevil]

Very cool to read! I would love to learn Irish Gaelic, but it's intimidating (& not terribly practical in Texas 😂)
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[Environment Texas @EnvironmentTex]

We still have a chance to save Fairfield Lake State Park from closure

[Texas Parks & Wildlife @TPWDnews]

With heavy hearts we announce that Fairfield Lake State Park will close to the public on Feb. 28.

We received notification from Vistra that it will terminate the land lease for the park.

Details at https://t.co/tjcm8M5u53