Never forget that as Elon Musk became a trillionaire today, it is estimated that 750,000 people have died as a result of his cutting of USAID. The majority of those deaths were children.
A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN:
"We are heartbroken but also very angry.
Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.
The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.
Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by I.C.E. on January 7, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
They say she is no more,
That there her absence roars,
Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles,
Dark fury of flowers,
Pure howling of hymns.
If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief,
Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater
Of the worst of what we’ve been.
Change is only possible,
& all the greater,
When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love
& better angels of our nature.
What they call death & void,
We know is breath & voice;
In the end, gorgeously,
Endures our enormity.
You could believe departed to be the dawn
When the blank night has so long stood.
But our bright-fled angels will never be fully gone,
When they forever are so fiercely Good.
ICE soldiers and Homeland coming.
We're finally on our own.
All winter we'll hear the drummin.
More dead for Trump's ego.
#Minnesota#Noem#Trump
PS
Apologies to Neil Young
So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated , uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the “most wealthy person in the world.”
Labor Day reminder: You are not your job.
Your bosses should respect your time away from work (especially if you’re self employed.)
Don’t ever l trust a corporation to be loyal to you, but do expect fair treatment and a living wage.
Remember what/who really matters.
@st100223941@fantasysmyth No, it should be much better… good, even…their entire digital product suite (and effort) shows such blatant disregard for the user, verging on insulting
Tamir Rice would be 23 now.
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Above all, honor the people:
The friends and family who you love.
The quiet heroes of the past, and those yet to rise and carry us forward.
America is an idea—still fragile, still fierce,
Still worth believing in.
We’ve lost our way,
But the road remains.
And we’ll find it again
I despise the policies of today’s American government.
The leaders are, mostly, corrupt—
And I believe, with growing certainty,
That at best they are indifferent,
At worst, they’re laughing at us.
But, there are still reasons to celebrate today’s July 4th holiday.
Honor the restless spark—
That inventive spirit that dares to build, to dream, to do.
Honor the long arc of justice—
Interrupted now, even bent back,
But not broken.
It will rise again.