Milas Mom

Person in long-term recovery, fierce defender of animals and people without a voice

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

@SenBillCassidy You worked with people without insurance, yet you voted for someone who thinks the problem with Medicaid is rising premiums and limited providers. I worked for state Medicaid for 10 years and know more about the workings of HHS than RFKJ does. So much for do no harm . . .

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

@TheRichFromCali Yes

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

Thanks, Fred - we miss you!

[Matthew D. Taylor @TaylorMatthewD]

Yesterday Trump announced he's nominating Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense.

Hegseth's a prominent Fox News personality & veterans advocate, but he also has strong ties to the Christian far right that I've not seen fully exposed yet.

Here's a thread w/ receipts... 1/

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

Pass it on

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

@Boris_Sanchez Just saw your interview with the LA rep and had to say "You rock"! Thanks for telling truth to idiocy . . .

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

@BlackBearsWBB I’m with you today to the end! You can do it 🏀 🐾 #BlackBearNation

[Maine Women's Basketball @BlackBearsWBB]

Simon HIGH off the glass for ✌️

#BlackBearNation | #MarchMadness | @MarchMadnessWBB

[RFE/RL Pressroom @RFERLPress]

🧵 Russian authorities have wrongfully detained Alsu Kurmasheva, a U.S. citizen and @RFERL journalist, for over four months.

Numerous U.S. lawmakers and press freedom organizations have joined RFE/RL in urging the U.S. @StateDept to designate Alsu as "wrongfully detained."

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

This is why my “Bye Bye Susan” remains on my car until the next election …

[Collins Watch @CollinsWatch]

Susan Collins wants to distract from her refusal to back any serious gun reforms in the wake of the Lewiston shootings and Steve Mistler/@MainePublic are here to help.

Psst: There's no obligation to cover Collins PR stunts! She hasn't even written an actual bill! #mepolitics

[Joline Gutierrez Krueger 🤦🏾‍♀️🖋🗒👩🏽‍💻🇺🇦🌴 @jolinegkg]

She “went on with her day,” prosecutor says. SHE WENT ON WITH HER DAY???!!! Does he realize Brittany Watts miscarried? Does he know what it feels like to have a miscarriage? This is obscene. https://t.co/LyLJK2MJgo

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

@smerconish Why aren't the Trump children receiving the same scrutiny that Hunter Biden is? If memory serves, they have similar skeletons in the closet - they just didn't crash and burn like Hunter did. You should give them equal spotlight time. . .

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

About time!

[TexasBlue @MakeTexasBlue22]

Marjorie Taylor Greene hit with censure resolution from House Democrat https://t.co/eHsDQddSAK On Tuesday, Representative Becca Balint of Vermont introduced the resolution against her fellow congresswoman "for her racist, homophobic, transphobic, antisemitic remarks, and unhinged conspiracy theories."

"For me, censuring Rep. Taylor Greene is about the health of our democracy and faith in government," Balint explained. "Her antisemitic, racist, transphobic rhetoric has no place in the House of Representatives."

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

I was wondering the same thing :)

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

Now that Twitter has become X, is this still considered a "tweet" or something else altogether?

[Jon Stewart @jonstewart]

A message from the comptroller!!! File! File! File!! This is not a drill!!! #PACTACT ⁦@DeptVetAffairs⁩ ⁦@WhiteHouse⁩

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

@nprscottsimon @jaketapper Love these good news tweets!

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

"We went to Walmart today, and my nephew Lakken happens to see an elderly man that was having a hard time shopping and finding things due to him not being able to lift his head up and see straight.

He can see the ground and barely the sides of him, so that’s when my nephew Lakken looks at me and goes, ‘Aunt Ry can I please help him?’ I said, ‘Yes.’

My nephew went up to the man and asked him if he would like some help. His eyes lit up and said, ‘Well, yes that would be amazing young man, thank you so much.’ Lakken was running all over the place for this man and he was so happy.

The man told us he hasn’t had help in years, and he was so happy he ran into an amazing smart young man like Lakken!

I was so proud of him! Lakken went and helped him check out and bag his stuff as well and had them call the show bus. The man tried to tip Lakken and my nephew said, ‘Oh thank you but I don’t need this. I enjoyed helping you, you keep your money’. I’m beyond proud of my nephew Lakken.

You don’t see or get many people, let alone children, who do these things for people.”

Credit: Rylee Lon

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

"We went to Walmart today, and my nephew Lakken happens to see an elderly man that was having a hard time shopping and finding things due to him not being able to lift his head up and see straight.

He can see the ground and barely the sides of him, so that’s when my nephew Lakken looks at me and goes, ‘Aunt Ry can I please help him?’ I said, ‘Yes.’

My nephew went up to the man and asked him if he would like some help. His eyes lit up and said, ‘Well, yes that would be amazing young man, thank you so much.’ Lakken was running all over the place for this man and he was so happy.

The man told us he hasn’t had help in years, and he was so happy he ran into an amazing smart young man like Lakken!

I was so proud of him! Lakken went and helped him check out and bag his stuff as well and had them call the show bus. The man tried to tip Lakken and my nephew said, ‘Oh thank you but I don’t need this. I enjoyed helping you, you keep your money’. I’m beyond proud of my nephew Lakken.

You don’t see or get many people, let alone children, who do these things for people.”

Credit: Rylee Lon

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

@AC360 wher can I find today’s 360 conversation between Anderson and Sanjay with the great chart about things one can remember when one gets older? I was trying to tell my hubby about it but forgot the details (69 yo brain at 9pm) …

[Milas Mom @dfickling]

Send more coats! And socks! And boots!

[Governor Janet Mills @GovJanetMills]

I applaud the generosity of @LLBean, which has provided emergency workers in Ukraine with, as @SenAngusKing says, "a little piece of Maine to keep them warm." https://t.co/DTK9DLZiq5

[Sherrod Brown @SenSherrodBrown]

Nurses are forced to work long hours & provide care for too many patients at once. Minimum staffing saves lives and ensures that nurses have dignity in the workplace.
https://t.co/ReFUqCIbUh

[Mary Louise Kelly @NPRKelly]

For those asking, NPR’s new policy encourages individual journalists to “decide for themselves whether they want to continue a personal or professional presence on the platform.”

For now, I’m here.