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~ she/her
~ perpetually sleepy or studying

[Sierra the Sleepy 📚💜♠️ @sierra_a727]

@ProZD If I was a soldier and the last thing I heard was "Why am I even here?", my last thought would be, "Same."

[Mike (not a) Rothschild @rothschildmd]

It is legal to criticize the president. It is legal to criticize the president's actions. It is legal to criticize the president's advisors. It is legal and patriotic and the blood of a healthy society to hold those in power accountable, and even to mock them. Remember it.

[Talia Jane @taliaotg]

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”

The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

More people need to see this. It cannot be understated. Trump is trying to criminalize the service of Habitat for Humanity and go after nonprofits who help people when they need it most. It is political retribution. It is unjust and it is a direct threat to our democracy.

[Nubyjas Wilborn @nwilborn19]

If Dollar General is saying they’re noticing their already mostly poor customers are broker than normal that should be a sign.

[fatima bhutto 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷 @fbhutto]

If you’re revoking degrees, you better be returning tuition money. This is obscene.

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

this is actually fucking jaw-dropping. while trump cuts programs you need to live, he’s turning the white house into a car dealership to advertise his unelected shadow president’s failing company. dystopian levels of corruption

[no @zedonarrival]

this might read as an empty gesture but what it encourages is rolling back translation/interpretation access for gov’t services, benefits, and resources

[Al Roker @alroker]

Going into the severe weather and hurricane season, this cannot be good.

The Commerce Department has laid off hundreds of NOAA employees, many with specialized skills who work at one of the world's top climate science and weather forecasting agencies.
Why it matters: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible for providing weather watches and warnings, monitoring and studying Earth's climate, as well as operating weather satellites and protecting marine life.
The layoffs of probationary employees that began Thursday hit soon after cuts at the behest of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency occurred at other climate and environment agencies.
The big picture: NOAA's missions require staff to work around the clock to monitor dangerous weather, earthquakes that could cause tsunamis, and other hazards.
In recent weeks, NOAA's National Weather Service has issued warnings for deadly flooding in Kentucky, heavy snow, frigid temperatures and other hazards across the country.
While NOAA had pushed for public safety exemptions from the layoffs for NWS meteorologists, not all were granted. A congressional aide reported hearing that "some" at NWS were spared but "not many."

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

You can understand almost all of American politics with just two numbers:

71% of Republican voters oppose Medicaid cuts.

100% of House Republicans are trying to cut Medicaid right now.

[Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost @RepMaxwellFrost]

They're gutting your healthcare to fund billionaire tax cuts and then hoping you don’t notice the grift. It's a betrayal and a damn shame.

[Acyn @Acyn]

AOC: When I was 16 years old, my dad was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer. His prognosis was not good. The doctors said that with the treatments they had, their options were limited, but there was an experimental trial. For millions across this country—whose child has a rare disease, whose parent is on death’s door, or who themselves have no treatment options—clinical trials are one of the only ways to extend their lives.

My dad was admitted to that trial, and his cancer went into remission for a brief period. We got two to three more years with him before he eventually passed away. I can tell you that two more years with my dad, three more years with a child, or a lifetime for those saved by NIH’s work—these people don’t think it’s wasteful. They don’t think what’s happening now is acceptable.

[Alex Hirsch @_AlexHirsch]

“To show how much I love and value freedom, I’m censoring all dissenting opinions from the newspaper I bought.” Bezos, sincerely, get fucked. Unsubscribing from Washington Post. Pathetic

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Attention working-class Americans:

Republicans’ new budget does NOT include no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, or no tax on Social Security.

Instead it protects tax handouts for billionaires and makes way for the largest Medicaid cut in history.

[Maxwell Alejandro Frost @MaxwellFrostFL]

They took my words down and tried to silence me for telling the truth. Donald Trump is a grifter. Donald Trump has used his public office to make money. Yet they want to focus on cutting healthcare for children that live in poverty.

[Maxwell Alejandro Frost @MaxwellFrostFL]

The Unelected President of the United States.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Regardless of political affiliation, we should all be able to agree that the national suicide hotline is the bare minimum our country can do for mental health and it must be protected.

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

You’re not “Trump’s lawyers.” You are US Attorneys and your oath is to the Constitution.

Including freedom of the press.

[Elmo @elmo]

Elmo is just letting you know that Elmo might be a little grouchy today. Naptime didn't go as planned.

[Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @RepJasmine]

Never in our history has the US voted w/ Dictatorships at the expense of our Democratic allies—that is until today.  Trump has not only just ruined US credibility as a global leader, but set back the global fight for democratic values and peace.

[Mohammad @MargBarAmerica]

they don’t teach you in history class just how cringey and embarrassing every fascist movement has always been