kathy

❤ wife to davey, massage therapist, early childhood educator, happy & healthy open-❤ surgery survivor, kids yoga teacher, BRAVOholic, little free library ❤

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

In the state of Mississippi more than 1 in 5 children face hunger.
And their Governor Tate Reeves, has announced that he won’t participate in a federal summer food program for children.
You see, he doesn’t want the state with the highest poverty rate and the most hunger in the country to turn into a “welfare state.”
So those kids can just starve.
But do go on about how “pro-life” Republicans “protect our kids” wont you.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

A bank wouldn’t re-hire someone who robbed them just because some people thought he was funny.
A school wouldn’t re-hire a gym teacher who molested students just because some people thought he was cool.
And a nation shouldn’t put an insurrectionist on the ballot just because some people think it’ll upset some rabid racists if we don’t.
Actions have consequences.
This is what we tell our kids.
For a fucking reason.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

As I usually do during this time of year, I wanted to share my favorite books, movies, and music of 2023.

First up, here are the books I've enjoyed reading. If you’re looking for a new book over the holidays, give one of them a try. And if you can, shop at an independent bookstore or check them out at your local library.

What were some of your favorite books this year?

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

To everyone who told me to “calm down” in 2016 —
A twice impeached, quadruply indicted, business fraud rapist who stole our nuclear secrets, plotted a coup, incited an insurrection & is promising to be a dictator “on day one” who will remove the “vermin” who are “poisoning the blood” of our country if returned to the office he tried to steal, got to appoint three judges to lifetime seats on the Supreme Court and not only were they crucial in stripping us of our right to bodily autonomy, reversing protections for the LGBTQ+ community, and taking away affirmative action, they have now put their thumbs on the scale of the question as to whether or not a FORMER president has immunity from prosecution.

So, fuck you.

[Team Katie @TeamKatiePorter]

If we can track our deliveries before they arrive, we should be able to easily track our mail-in ballots too. My bipartisan bill would require tracking barcodes on ballot envelopes, increasing transparency in elections and giving Americans confidence that their vote was counted.

[kathy @kae419]

#TikTok #tacobell https://t.co/pkJKT3GScB

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

You can’t go to a BOWLING ALLEY, to a restaurant, to work, to the mall, to a grocery store, to your church, to the movies or the bank.
You can’t attend a concert, go to a dance class or go to see your doctor. You can’t ring a doorbell, use a leaf blower, hop in a car, pull down a driveway, bounce a ball, or ask the neighbor to keep it down.
You can’t check out a farmer’s market or pick up a package at the post office or go to a Fourth of July parade, and you certainly can’t send your kids to school without worrying that someone will get shot.
That someone you LOVE will get shot.
Or that YOU will get shot.
This is where we are now.
This is not normal.
This upside down reality is being imposed upon us by those who equate firearms with freedom.
This is anything BUT freedom.
And. This. Is. Not. A. Reality. We. Have. To. Accept.

[kathy @kae419]

#GraciasMiggy
#DetroitTigers

[Byte & Bit @ByteBitParrots]

How dogs can be friends with literally anything has to be studied.

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[kathy @kae419]

Not.
Even.
A.
DOG.
👇

[Hawk @hawk48025]

@CalltoActivism

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

When Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home, Donald Trump spread hateful conspiracy theories about it.

When Mitch McConnell had yet another medical episode in public, Joe Biden gave statements of kindness & support.

Our President is a good man.

Donald Trump is a piece of shit.

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

listen up, stupids:
Al Gore lost his election and fucked off and went home.
Bob Dole lost his election and fucked off and went home.
Mitt Romney lost his election and fucked off and went home.
Hillary Clinton lost her election and fucked off and went home.
Donald Trump lost his election and whined and plotted and begged and bullied and conspired with his flunkies and eventually sent a mob of armed morons to the Capitol to disrupt the certification so he could cling to power.
all because he's a big fucking baby.
and that's why your guy is in deep fucking shit right now.

[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

The only thing that can keep him from prison is the White House.

The only thing that can keep him from the White House is us.

Show up, good people.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Exactly 14 years ago today—on July 24, 2009—the minimum wage was set at $7.25 while top 1% were worth $5T. Today, billionaire wealth is $45T+, meanwhile the min wage is still $7.25.

This is what generational wage theft looks like. Pay workers. Tax billionaires. #RaiseTheWage

[Paul Gross @GrossWeather]

Happy Birthday, Detroit! On this date in 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac arrived at the foot of what is now Shelby Street, where the river narrowed. The French word for narrow is “troit.” They built a fort and called it Ponchartain du Detroit, and this is how we got our name.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

The ppl who banned Black ppl from schools, jobs, military, & public spaces, lynched Latinos, banned Asian immigration, locked up Japanese ppl, broke hundreds of treaties with Native Americans—& are now banning teaching that history—want you to stop making everything about race.😐

[Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) @RepBarbaraLee]

The United States just hit 400 mass shootings.

This year ALONE.

This is a policy failure of catastrophic proportions. Ban assault weapons, stand up to the gun lobby, and end the bloodshed.

[kathy @kae419]

💕👇

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

Why hasn’t anyone decided to merge retirement homes, children’s homes and animal shelters?

A large house where older people teach young children about life and take care of abandoned animals together.

In this arrangement, everyone would be a winner.