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VOTE staying For my kids
#SavingDemocracy
one election at a time
In for the long haul
DM's
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[original Barby with a y🇺🇸✍✍ @barbarakevans]

We will move forward and fight for justice

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

When we learn to pause and value what is important, appreciate time in a new way, and reflect on their own lives while allowing ourselves to be enlightened by the Gospel, we also develop a critical perspective on a social system that does not put people first and creates situations of injustice and existential poverty at various levels. That is why restlessness is frightening, as is the discovery of one's inner self, of spirituality and, even more so, of the Gospel. #ApostolicJourney
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[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

It's absolutely unacceptable that Prime Healthcare chose to illegally fire 6 pro-union nurses in Chicago instead of working with them to improve the health and safety of patients at St. Mary of Nazareth.

I say to Prime Healthcare: End your union busting. Reinstate these nurses.

[FeelGoodTales @feelgoodtale]

My 4-month-old was crying uncontrollably because, due to some unexpected delays, I didn’t get to nurse him before we boarded the plane.
My 3-year-old, who had been excited earlier, suddenly got scared and started kicking and screaming, saying, “I want to get off the plane! I don’t want to go!” I honestly thought we might get kicked off.
With both kids losing it, I was trying everything to calm them down.
Then, this man reached out and took the baby from me while I quickly buckled Caroline in, gave her a tablet, and started a movie to calm her down. Once she was settled, he helped distract her so I could feed Alexander.
By the time we were taxiing, the screaming stopped, and the back of the plane was quiet. During the flight, he colored with Caroline, watched a movie with her, and showed her all the things outside the window.
By the end of the flight, Caroline had made him her best friend. I’m not sure if he noticed, but she gave him a kiss on the shoulder while they were looking out the window.
The amazing thing is, we had the same connection for our next flight from Charlotte to Wilmington. He frequently flies that route for work and helped us get off the plane and to the next gate with Caroline in hand.
As if that wasn’t enough, he changed his seat on the next flight to sit in our row and continue helping us.
This man, Todd, showed me kindness and compassion like I’ve never known from anyone else. He told me his wife had a similar experience when their boys were young, and a stranger showed her the same kindness.
We could’ve been seated next to anyone, but we ended up next to one of the kindest men I’ve ever met.

[original Barby with a y🇺🇸✍✍ @barbarakevans]

🙏🙏🙏

[INCOGNITO @incognito0225]

I don’t usually post about my Stage IV terminal cancer because I’m a pretty private person, but people here have been incredibly supportive, and the offered prayers are clearly working because I have been beating the odds to a really great extent.

I chose to do it today because it also serves to apprise people of how much cancer care has progressed.

Today I start a new Chemotherapy regimen, because I developed an allergic reaction to the first one that consisted of violent chills, headache, & fever.

Once that happens you’re at risk of anaphylactic shock. But it took a year before that toxic reaction, which is considered great because it usually happens much sooner.

One of the new chemos is the kind that causes alopecia and a host of other side effects.☹️

Well at least that loss of hair is going to happen as an old guy who no longer has the thick head of wavy hair I had when I was younger.

The second chemo is a monoclonal antibody biologic that suppresses specific VEGF receptor 2 to cut off blood vessel growth that starves just the cancer cells.

But that requires an injection of Udenyca, which is a long acting leukocyte (white blood cell) growth factor done 24 hours later that rapidly stimulates the bone marrow, which unfortunately also can cause throbbing bone pain.

I won’t have to return to the hospital for that, but will leave with a device attached to my arm that will inject me with Udenyca in 24 hours. That ramps up the production of neutrophils to boost the immune system.

As you can see treatment has come a long way and considering its 18 months since my diagnosis and my prognosis was quite dire with an estimated 2-4 months to live I’m doing great.

May God bless all people suffering from severe illness, especially the children who have not yet had a chance to experience the different phases of life.

Cancer is very cruel and takes over your life, and that is especially horrible for innocent kids.

And may God bless all of you for your heartfelt prayers and kindness towards someone you have never met.

You restore my faith in humanity and make me realize that in spite of those that are evil, they are in the minority, and that most people are inherently good and caring.

Have a Blessed Day!

[Sandi Bachom 📹 @sandibachom]

Isn’t this illegal? It looks shady as hell so yesterday and Madison Square Garden at the Knicks game this promo was running for the UFC fight at the White House and it turns out that it’s being streamed by Paramount and that’s the deal that Trump has to approve plus he owns stock in it. What am I missing?

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

The people who used his addiction as a weapon for six years are now uncomfortable that he survived it with enough clarity to make jokes about it. That discomfort is not your problem to manage.

Seven years of sobriety through federal prosecution and national humiliation is not a political event. It is a human one. The wit he's bringing to it — the crack pipe photoshop correction, the cocaine denial with the punchline — is the specific register of someone who has fully processed the worst thing that happened to them. You cannot fake that register. It takes years of actual work.

His account of what happened to his father is coherent and worth hearing even if you disagree with it. His criticisms of Democratic establishment figures are the kind serious people across the spectrum have been making for years. None of that becomes wrong because he's the one saying it.

The question isn't whether Hunter Biden deserves sympathy. The question is whether we're capable of giving it to someone whose name became a political symbol before it became a person again. That's a test of us, not of him.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

BREAKING:

Trump didn’t just bomb Iran.

He bombed water reservoirs in Sirik.

These are not battlefield targets.

They are critical civilian infrastructure.

As a result, water supplies to communities in Iran’s Bemani District have been cut off.

This is an act of genocide.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

If one person can own more than entire cities while people die without healthcare, the system is not broken. It is barbaric.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

If pedophile protector Todd Blanche is confirmed as Attorney General, the amount of outrage is going to be like nothing we have seen before. There are 3 million pages of the Epstein files Blanche is illegally refusing to release due to one reason: Trump raped children for fun.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: This May Be One Of The Strangest Epstein Revelations Yet.

An Epstein associate reportedly testified that her legal fees were being paid through a fund established by Jeffrey Epstein's estate.

Think about that for a second.

Epstein died years ago.

The investigations continued.

The lawsuits continued.

The witnesses remained.

And according to the testimony, the money kept flowing.

The question is how many other people are benefiting from similar arrangements.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

I had a newsletter subscriber ask the #1 reason behind why I write and post every day. I thought, for a moment, trying to think of something clever to say.
Then, I decided to just tell the stripped-down truth: Because I hate that motherfucker.
There are all kinds of other reasons...but..that one is the pinnacle.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Iran said its World Cup ticket allocation had been pulled days before the tournament begins, leaving fans in a fix, while the US denied entry to referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been set to become the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup match https://t.co/cVG5BUGqJf

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Graham Platner has won the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins. https://t.co/lqyZXMrCt3

[original Barby with a y🇺🇸✍✍ @barbarakevans]

I follow you

[Nicole Minét @mouvement33]

I've been here for the last 5 weeks because I'm stuck at home. At my last oil change they used the wrong viscosity and destroyed my engine. Since I don't have a car, I lost a little more than half of my income stream and my overall mobility in society. Groceries are astronomical even when you have money coming in and the joy I usually feel isn't there as much, but rather, little pockets of smiles before the anxiety returns. I have lost 12 pounds in 5 weeks though and I'm rather happy about that. If anyone wants to know my secret...I used stress and food rations. lol

I don't have any family for support, which is something I'm not used to yet. Over 7 years everyone in my family died and I've been alone for a couple of years now. It's a very silent existence, and if you need someone...no one is there anymore. Having a financial disaster has been my worst fear since I've been alone, and I'm still trying to find my way in the dark. But I do enjoy having more time to create content here and actually interact with everyone, so if you appreciate it, you can let me know. An rt would be equally just as awesome though.

Word of advice, call your parents and siblings to let them know you love them. I told mine all the time so I don't ever have to wonder if they knew. You'll understand how important this is later. 💗

[Nicole Minét @mouvement33]

I always say it's impossible to hate someone when you know their story. Right now @HunterBiden is learning this is true...and soon, he will know that he deserves the respect and support he is receiving. He has healed himself enough to help others. In that, the rest of him will begin to heal, too. He knows time is his friend in recovery, and he is doing exceptionally well using that time. Proud of you, Hunter.

In the great words of @awolnation, "It's not supposed to be easy. That's why it feels so fucking good."

[original Barby with a y🇺🇸✍✍ @barbarakevans]

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[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Rep Tom Kean (R-NJ) hasn’t been seen in 96 days.

In that time he’s:

- missed 122 roll call votes,
- won an uncontested primary
- introduced 3 pieces of legislation
- made 13-15 individual stock trades with insider info.

Where is @CongressmanKean?
Is Tom Kean dead?

[Fr. John Whiteford ☦️ 🇸🇴 公 公 @frjohnwhiteford]

This is the last completely Christian village in the Holy Land. This is what Israel just did to it. Are you going to do anything about it, Ambassador Huckabee? @USAmbIsrael

[MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 @MAGACult2]

I want everybody on the planet to hear this. Anthony Andrews is terrifying Melania Trump because he is talking to Amanda. Serious journalists need to be following that thread and nothing else.

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

65 Candles 🎂 today for the wonderful & inspirational MICHAEL J. FOX

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

Trump Tower rises from the center of downtown Chicago on a major north/south street called Wabash Avenue. A petition is circulating to have the city formally rename a four-block strip of Wabash after a certain famous Chicago resident.

If enacted, it would make Trump Tower’s official address 401 N. Barack Hussein Obama Avenue. I’d love that for him.🖕😁🖕