What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.”
HUMANS!
The Onion retaining InfoWars’ low trust audience but slowly shifting the ideological content of their conspiracy theories to be left wing (“Donald Trump did 9/11”) could be the key to how Democrats win back the Crank Vote lmao
RFK Jr. went to Samoa in June 2018, spreading anti-vax disinfo and boosting a local anti-vaxxer
In November 2018, Samoa had a huge measles outbreak, exacerbated by anti-vax disinfo
83 people died - mostly children
How many American children are about to die because of RFK Jr.?
The New Zealand government is pulling back on protecting Māori rights, sparking protests from indigenous lawmakers who oppose the decision with their traditional “haka” chant.
This is powerful.
I say this with every fiber of my being: Put your oxygen mask on first.
Fascists are about to throw all sorts of f*ckery at you, and if you want to help others, you need to take care of yourself first. Please 🙏🏾.
Over the next two months, put together a self-care plan that will sustain you for the next four years (and beyond—that’s the beauty of this—it’s a win-win for you no matter what happens).
Take a beat to journal out what you need to do to be ok (community, therapy, exercise, screaming, journaling, prayer, meditation, cupcakes, etc…). There are so many tools to help us get through this. We will get through this.
And if you need grounding in what’s real - remember that these folks who elevated a rapist to the highest office while claiming to be Christians are f*cking hypocrites. They will try to gaslight you into thinking that they’re right and you’re wrong. They will try to make you doubt reality. They will try to pretend that your empathy is a weakness. It’s not. Our empathy and our moral code will be what get us through this.
Hugs to all of you.
@bencsmoke Some of us got bullied in school and turned it around to spend our energy to protect others as adults… some of us (Elmo here) turned it around to spend all of our adult life paying for attention.
Matt Gaetz has at least three DUIs, his college roommate “died mysteriously,” and at one point he was on the verge of going to prison for raping children. So who better to be trump’s choice for Attorney General. We are so utterly and completely fucked.
This is Rep. Michael Guest, chair of the House Ethics Committee. His committee was scheduled to vote on releasing a damaging report on Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz prior to his resignation.
RETWEET if you think @RepMichaelGuest should release the Gaetz report!
WATCH: Moments ago... Erica Lee Carter, the daughter of the late Congresswoman, Sheila Jackson Lee, is sworn in to fill her mother's seat for the remainder of the 118th Congress
@CW39Houston
The Senate *hates* Matt Gaetz.
This is going to be an early check on whether or not they’ll be a realistic check on Trump’s power or if they’ll just roll over and do what he wants.
But the fact that a rumored coked up pedo was even nominated for AG is insane.