LilacLee

I do IT/IS/Cybersecurity/website/network/etc at a library. Love my challenging job, love doing handwork like crochet, making brandy and wine, camping.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

“They should have just complied!”

They did and they got killed anyway.

“They should have just obeyed the law.”

They were and they got killed anyway.

“They should have come here legally!”

They did and they got killed anyway.

[LilacLee @lilaclee]

@belligerent2BS @LeadingReport Not sure what poll you saw those numbers. I have seen several and the American people do not want the "Save" act to pass because it would harm so many people. Especially because it's the states that set the requirements and set what form of ID.

[LilacLee @lilaclee]

@services81144 @DemocraticWins Don't know what state you all live in but I have lived in several states and had to have an ID in each one to vote with an accurate address. Even to register to vote.

[LilacLee @lilaclee]

@sherry_kerdman It's been a few years but I went through a drive thru. Total was $6.xx. I gave her a $20. She handled me back about $34. I parked and went inside carrying the $34 and told her she gave me $20 back too. She would not take the $20, called her manager, didn't want to take it

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

@brennz Love the desperate water carrying.

But again, you’re wrong about the rarity of this.

[Pastor Ben @BenjaminPDixon]

Sorry MAGA, it's not looking good for you.

"Although MAGA figureheads have been quick to point fingers at the left for Kirk’s death, Tyler’s grandmother, Debbie Robinson, 69, insisted that they come from a family of Trump supporters."

"She spoke with Daily Mail on Friday after news of Robinson’s arrest broke. “My son, his dad, is a Republican for Trump,” Debbie told the outlet. “Most of my family members are Republican. I don’t know any single one who’s a Democrat.”"

https://t.co/EKaGfm4mGD

[LilacLee @lilaclee]

@dirtnbass2 @carlstone @Angry_Staffer They said one of the bullets mentions fascism, not anti-fascism, which is what antifa means. I think it is too early for all the speculation. Radicalized people on both sides of the aisle have done damage to other people.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

As Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.

[LilacLee @lilaclee]

@onexsp @RibelleInPA @vinny_ @NBCNews So you believe Dodger stadium is an illegal entry to the United States and not private property?

[LilacLee @lilaclee]

@jeremyknauff @WalshFreedom Did you watch the trial? What is your proof it was a kangaroo court?

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

New on @MSNBC: The Trump admin has blocked access to secure communications for hundreds of USAID employees abroad — including many who work in dangerous war zones — according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. @NBCNews

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

A foreign-born-billionaire not a single American citizen voted for now has access to our Treasury Department payment system.

$6 TRILLION is now in the hands of Elon Musk and his unelected minions.

If something happens to that money it’s game over USA.
No. One. Voted. For. This.
No one.

[Jasmine Crockett @JasmineForUS]

If you think this is ok, something is wrong with you. Explain an unelected, unvetted, unconfirmed, individual who hasn’t been subjected to the same security clearances or higher as these civil servants has the authority to do this?!

This feels as if we are being attacked from within, FULL FUCKING STOP!

In a minute, I think they are going to continuously ignore court orders that are granted against them. You see what happens, America, when you put a conman convicted felon into the White House… HE DOES NOT ABIDE BY THE LAW.

It feels like y’all literally told the robber to come on in and rob us blind. 😡

Courage is not where you stand in times of comfort, but where you stand in times of discomfort… I’m ready to see some Republicans find their spines! We have to do what’s right, TOGETHER!

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover. https://t.co/50P0sgDvv5

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Trump has taken a sledgehammer to government ethics by:

-Rescinding Biden's EO outlining ethics commitments for political appointees
-Firing 18 federal inspectors general
-Launching a self-enriching crypto coin

This will be the most corrupt administration in history.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

This is terrifying if true

[Human☮🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🌊 @4HumanUnity]

So, here’s the plan: axe the Department of Education. Rip it out at the roots and toss it in the trash, they say. It’s bold. Revolutionary. And by “revolutionary,” I mean pulling the rug out from under every kid whose parents can’t afford private school. You think this is about “freedom”? No, it’s about keeping the poor where they are: in the dirt, staring up at a ladder they’ll never get to climb.

Without the Department of Education, who’s going to pay for the Title I schools? You know, the ones that keep the lights on in neighborhoods where families are choosing between groceries and gas? That money doesn’t fall from the sky. And when it’s gone, those schools won’t just struggle; they’ll sink. No books, no teachers, no hope.

But wait, there’s more! Let’s talk about the kids with disabilities. Remember them? Apparently, they’re collateral damage. That $13 billion IDEA program? That lifeline for special education? Poof, gone. Now what? Parents are left scrambling while states bicker over whether or not to fund wheelchairs and speech therapists. It’s all on you, folks. Good luck.

And what happens when the feds step back? You get patchwork schooling. One state decides to teach algebra, another hands out bibles, and the third figures, why not both? Kids move from one town to another and end up learning that gravity’s a theory in one classroom and a sin in another. Standards go out the window, civil rights protections weaken, and suddenly, it’s 1950 all over again.

For the young dreamers, the kids who want college and ore our future? Forget Pell Grants. Forget affordable tuition. Unless Mom and Dad have cash stashed in the walls, higher education is a pipe dream. And what does that mean for the workforce? A dumber, poorer country, that’s what. You think job creators are going to hire folks who can’t read contracts or fix machines? Get real.

And don’t let them fool you with talk of “school choice.” That’s code for privatization. It’s a way to make sure the rich get shiny charter schools and the poor get what’s left, crumbs. They say it’s about competition, but the only race here is to the bottom. And when the dust settles, it’s the rich sipping lattes while the rest of us try to figure out how to spell “inequality.”

This isn’t about education. It’s about control. About keeping the same people on top and making sure the ladder gets kicked out from underneath everyone else. They say it’s freedom, but it looks a lot more like a prison cell to me.

Trump 'efficiency' co-leader suggests Dept. of Education will be 'deleted outright' https://t.co/UuRLTSozqi

[$('𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞').𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 @dope_projects]

80% of republicans favored Kamala Harris policies over Trumps in a blind polling.

So, let’s be abundantly clear…It was not about policy.