Miranda, stuck in Cali

Mother, Runner, Librarian, Autism/Animal Welfare/Earth/Mental Health Advocate. Gritty AF w/a potty mouth 🤬

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

Lenny
Leonard
Mr. Handsome
Most diligent provider of head boops
Mr. Chatty when he wants food
A dude
Master cuddler
Squiggy’s brover
Simply, he was my guy
💔 #OTRB 🌈

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

Babies!!! Incoming babies!!!
Adorbs lil’ bonded pair arriving tomorrow. Orange is a girlie, calling her TJ. The other is a boy, and he’s going to be Earl.

I can hardly wait to leave work to get home to get everything ready for them. Babies!!🥰🥰

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@shesbonky 😆😆😆👍🏻👏🏼

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@UnrealBluegrass Maybe feared isn’t the best word, Mr. Martin. The man is unique, that’s certain.

I wonder if Rockefeller Sr, Howard Hughes, the Roosevelts, the Vanderbilts, and the Pierpont Morgans acted like wealthy gangsters of their time?

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@Biblicalman This is incredibly fucked

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@timburchett Do better

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

This cartoon isn't an exaggeration—not even 1% an exaggeration.

Weeks ago it seemed this far-right Supreme Court would still block any map intentionally authored to be racist.

We just learned that that's no longer true.

We have reentered Jim Crow, and it's a national disgrace.

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

Yesterday Donald Trump tripled the size of his personal political army inside the government. Illegally. And almost no one noticed.

Here's what happened:

He signed an order converting ~8,000 of the most senior career officials in government into employees he can fire for any reason, or no reason at all.

These aren't rando's. They're the directors, chiefs of staff, and the people who write the rules or decide who gets federal money, i.e. the lieutenants right below his political appointees.

Until yesterday, they answered to the law. Now they answer to him.

A president normally gets ~4,000 political appointees. People he can bring into government and fire at will. I was one of them at DHS. You serve at his pleasure, full stop -- so if you're gonna speak truth to power, you're prepared to quit (or get fired if he doesn't like it).

The rest of the federal government is PROTECTED from firing if they tell the truth.

But Trump just stripped those protections. Adding 8,000 more people to his personal army. Overnight. Without asking Congress.

With the stroke of a pen, those people now serve at the pleasure of the president. They're "his" people, whether they like it or not.

And the chilling effect is real. An official who can be fired this afternoon for "subversion of presidential directives" (the order's own words) doesn't need to be hand-picked to know what's expected of him or her.

The threat does all the work.

By the way, this order is illegal. The law only lets Trump reclassify jobs when "necessary" in exceptional circumstances. And this blows an 8,000-person hole in the merit hiring / firing system created by Congress.

Without permission, Trump has created a whole new category of stormtroopers inside the Executive Branch.

If this doesn't get challenged in court, you're going to see the U.S. government become a very different place.

Here's the full story: https://t.co/mJzrvzhxGR

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@UnrealBluegrass Indeed. It’s called rough for a reason 😉

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@Martina Old, icky white men 🤮

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@UnrealBluegrass @ABC Frog jumping, perhaps?

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

In America today, we rank 34th out of 35 countries in childhood poverty and millions of children are food insecure.

Maybe, just maybe, my Republican colleagues would consider holding a single hearing about how we improve the lives of American kids.

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@TheRealThelmaJ1 @RandyRRQuaid Got ourselves a couple of real “winners” to choose from for governor…..ffs 🤦🏼‍♀️

I’d vote for Pratt if I lived around there, because Bass is a communist

[Dale Chu @Dale_Chu]

“The students who cannot read a 20-page article today are the voters who will not be able to read a bill, or the jurors who cannot follow a closing argument, tomorrow.”

[scha·den·freu·de  @BlisterPearl]

"Trickle down economics doesn't work, so let's try piñata economics. That's the one where we beat the billionaires until the hoarded wealth falls out."

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

I’m Kid Rock.”
“I’m Naomi Wolf.”
“I’m Kanye West.”
“I’m Matt Taibbi.”
“I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Pay attention.

Late last night the Trump-packed Supreme Court issued an UNSIGNED order to help Republicans erase Black voters and keep a congressional seat.

The Court's legitimacy is earned and they are burning it to the ground.

MAGA is rigging our democracy in real time!

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

I do this when I feel panic rising. It’s grounding to me.

[The Fourth Musketeer @IV_Musketeer]

The 7-second cold wrist rinse was tested on 3,000 soldiers after combat simulations.

Cortisol dropped 52% within 90 seconds. Heart rate fell an average of 22 beats per minute. The Navy classified the protocol in 2009 and kept it secret until 2023.

The mechanism is radial artery cooling. Your inner wrists have the thinnest skin and the largest surface-to-volume ratio for blood vessels. 7 seconds of cold water cools the blood passing to your brain, which signals your hypothalamus to downregulate stress instantly

You've splashed cold water on your face. You've taken cold showers. Both work, but they're inconvenient.

The SEAL protocol takes 7 seconds, requires no undressing, and can be done at any sink. Soldiers used it before night missions to fall asleep fast.

The military classified this because a free 7-second stress fix would reduce demand for combat stress medication ($400M annually).

The 2023 declassification came after a FOIA lawsuit filed by a veteran.

The fix: run cold tap water over your inner wrists for 7 seconds. Both wrists. Do it when you feel a stress spike.

Within 90 seconds, your heart rate will drop. No shower, no ice.

Just 7 seconds.

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@JohnCleese No sir, they do not, as they lack the capacity for comprehension of what you speak.
Sadly.

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@purbrooktony @SteveBa99880334 @Teddylegs61 @jos_ritzerfeld @Art71Rachael Look tired 🤣🤣🤣

[Miranda, stuck in Cali @mcgresshoff]

@JohnCleese Well, I’m sure he sees your silly walks around the house as well. He seems quite the smart lad. His position can’t be entirely based on the kitchen table episode.