progressive_huckleberry

Ally for LGBTQ, Neurodivergence, BLM. Pro choice and believer in science. If I’m too much by all means..go find less. She/Her

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

L - GOP Rep and MI senate candidate Mike Rogers actual photo from the campaign trail.

R - Photo put out by staffer.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The Republican Party quietly deleted their own ad attacking Ken Paxton's record on crime... because Paxton is now the Republican Party's nominee to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate.

Figured if the ad is important enough to delete, it's important enough to see...

[Craft Lager Enjoyer @lost_histories]

Absolute nuke of a reply lmao

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Erin Brockovich has launched a website and has begun tracking all data centers in America and logging resident complaints

In just 1 week it’s already logged 1,690 resident complaints

For this who don’t remember

Erin Brockovich was the paralegal responsible for winning out a case against PG&E, Hinckley in California, because their wastewater runoff was seeping into rural areas and creating a lot of health issues for, for the surrounding neighborhoods

That case brought in a $333 million settlement that went to the families affected by the situation because a lot of them either had staggering medical bills due to their tap water was no longer safe

So why is this important, well residents all over America are reporting their tap water and river water is being heavily polluted by data centers

Her map of data centers is new, she just launched it

The website features an interactive US map showing operational, under-construction, and proposed AI data centers, overlaid with community-reported complaints

Residents can submit reports with details, photos, and locations. Within days of launch, it received a surge of submissions over 1,600 in the first week, and reports of 1,800+ from 47 states shortly after

Common Resident Complaints Being Logged

- Water usage
- Raising utility bills for residents
- Noise pollution: Constant 24/7 humming from fans, generators, and cooling systems disrupting sleep, daily life, and wildlife.
- E-waste from frequent hardware upgrades, pollution including PFAS concerns

[Iran In Hyderabad @IraninHyderabad]

Greenland is not a 13 year old gir.

[Wicked Updates 🧹 @wicked_updates]

Melissa Hortman was actually assassinated and Republicans did not care.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

shooting at the whcd and all these cultists INSTANTLY start talking about trumps ballroom 🧐

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

This is a confession.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Last week, I was at a friend's birthday gathering at a crowded bar in D.C. and I somehow wound up in conversation with a small group of people about the war in Iran.

One of them fully supported the war and fully supported Trump. I politely sipped my drink and waited for the convo to move on. I didn't really want to talk about this during what was meant to be a laidback evening.

But then he said this: "The death toll has been surprisingly low for our military."

I asked him: "How do you mean?"

"Well, we've had a small number of troops killed, less than ten."

"Thirteen," I said. "Thirteen troops have been killed in combat."

"Right," he said. "That's a surprisingly low number. We've had a low fatality rate."

And, you know, I just couldn't let that go. I couldn't.

"Surprisingly low?"

He said: "Yeah, it could be much worse. We could have lost a lot more soldiers at this point."

I asked him: "Can you name any of the service members who were killed?"

"What?"

"Thirteen service members have been killed. Do you know any of their names?"

There was this long, awkward pause. And then he said: "I know some of their names have been published."

I said: "All of their names have been published. The last KIA was a few weeks ago. Do you know any of their names?"

Another long pause and then finally: "No, I don't."

Let me offer some friendly advice for anyone like this gentleman who is tempted to say this was a "surprisingly low" number of service members killed.

Don't make this observation if it's just a number to you.

Every one of these service members had loved ones, friends, a life back home.

Some of them had kids. Some of them had mortgages and front lawns to mow. Some of them had grills in their backyard they would have been using for parties with people they loved this summer.

Now they're gone, and their families and friends are always going to feel that loss.

You shouldn't be saying something like "surprisingly low" in the first place but especially when you don't know any of their names.

If U.S. military fatalities are "surprisingly low," it shouldn't take you any time at all to learn their names.

Friendly advice.

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Pope Leo XIV shelved plans to visit the United States later this year.

Many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

[Abraham Mendieta @abrahamendieta]

Cuando te sientas estupido, recuerda que María Corina Machado le regaló su Premio Nobel de la Paz al tipo que hoy amenaza con destruir con bombas nucleares una civilización entera…

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.

To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

The Vice President is abroad campaigning for a dictator.

The President is threatening to wipe out an entire civilization.

Congress is on recess.

This is a total collapse of American moral leadership — at a historic scale.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

33,000 military veterans are currently homeless.

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

Here is a list of military-aged (or draft-aged) children of senators who support the war in the Middle East.

Why won’t they volunteer for the cause?

Banks, Liliana (18)
Moreno, Emily (25)
Schmitt, Steven (21)
Schmitt, Sophia (20)
Schmitt, Olivia (18)
Lee, John (23)
Lee, James (21)
Lee, Eliza (19)
Cruz, Caroline (18)
Budd, Joshua (20)
Fetterman, Karl (20)
Fetterman, Grace (18)
Curtis, Emily (35)
Curtis, Jacob (33)
Curtis, Kirsten (30)
Ernst, Libby (28)
Husted, Alex (31)
Husted, Kylie (25)
Lankford, Jordan (20)
Mullin, Jim (25)
Mullin, Andrew (22)
Mullin, Lara (20)
Mullin, Jayce (18)
McCormick, Elizabeth (24)
McCormick, Tess (22)
McCormick, Ava (20)
McCormick, Elise (18)
Sullivan, Meghan (24)
Sullivan, Isabella (22)
Sullivan, Laura (20)
Ricketts, Roscoe (23)
Ricketts, Margot (21)
Cramer, Abel (30)
Cramer, Rachel (28)
Cramer, Annie (25)
Hagerty, Tara (20)
Hyde-Smith, Anna (25)
Marshall, Lauren (35)
Marshall, Victor (32)
Marshall, Matt (28)
Marshall, Cal (25)
Cassidy, Kate (30)
Cassidy, Will (25)
Cassidy, Meg (22)
Murkowski, Nick (34)
Murkowski, Matt (30)
Lummis, Annaliese (37)
Johnson, Ben (37)
Johnson, Carey (35)
Johnson, Jenna (34)
Moran, Alex (34)
Moran, Kelsey (30)
Tuberville, Tucker (35)
Tuberville, Troy (30)
Barrasso, Peter (35)
Barrasso, Emma (32)
Barrasso, Hadley (28)

[Railsplitter Fella 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @Rail_splitter1]

“We just told Zelensky the guarantees won't kick in until he does what russia wants.”

This is the Secretary of State of the United States telling the victim of aggression that it must do what the aggressor wants. Never forget. Vote them all out.

[Mint (lapis) @mormonmommyuwu]

Hello @NintendoAmerica , I am confused and frightened. This video has made me unlikely to purchase one of your products ever again.
https://t.co/NjCPikx4Sx

[progressive_huckleberry @bellybuttonless]

@BuzzPatterson Gee yea Buzz, why don’t you ask him why he isnt?