AOC: The Republican Party’s brand is fear. And they have to constantly churn out what they want people to be afraid of—to be afraid of socialists, to be afraid of immigrants, to be afraid of women. They constantly want Americans in fear of somebody because, if you are not afraid of someone who is your neighbor, you’re going to realize who’s actually pickpocketing you.
And that is the large corporations that are engaged in profiteering and jacking up your prices for no good reason. It’s going to be this administration that is engaged in record levels of swindling, theft, tariffs, and attacks on your housing.
And so this is kind of their new thing of the day. But I think that people are feared out. I think everyone’s nerves are shot from constantly being taught and told what country, person, or community to be afraid of. And they just want a solution. They want their groceries to be more affordable. They want to figure out how we’re going to get health care. They want our housing to get under control.
And I think that we’re ready for an affirmative vision, and we’re ready for an affirmative agenda.
Trump used the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon — soldiers who escort fallen heroes and heads of state — to usher UFC fighters past Abraham Lincoln’s statue like they’re celebrities on a red carpet. I am LIVID. And everyone else should be too.
This is Iraq veteran Sergeant Aquilino Gonell. Trump's insurrectionists beat him, maced him, and struck him with an American flagpole and fire extinguishers.
His injuries required multiple surgeries.
Trump pardoned his attackers and may pay them "reparations" with our taxes.
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Gratitude literally rewires your brain — and this 2018 UC Berkeley brain scan proves it.
After just eight weeks of consistent gratitude practice, participants showed stronger brain structure in regions tied to social cognition and empathy (prefrontal cortex and related networks).
Science nugget:
fMRI research from the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley (2018) demonstrated that gratitude interventions increase gray matter density and functional connectivity in areas responsible for understanding others’ perspectives, processing emotions, and building stronger social bonds — measurable changes that appear after only 8 weeks of daily practice.
The image shows a heat-map overlay of brain activity and structure differences between grateful practitioners and controls — warmer colors indicate enhanced regions.
In a world full of stress and division, a simple daily habit can make your brain better at connection and compassion.
What’s one thing you’re grateful for right now?
Diabetes causes coronary atherosclerotic disease by reducing nitric oxide (NO) production and increasing thromboxane A2 activity which cause endothelial dysfunction.
As we age, NO levels also decrease which is associated with cardiovascular disease, loss of immune and neural function.
Control your sugar levels, eat well and exercise regularly. 🏃🏻♂️
After pulling out of WHO, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the pandemic systems of the WHO, and that we dismantled with USAID—at 3 times the cost it paid WHO. We live in the dumbest timeline.
Gift 🎁 link 🔗
https://t.co/rxYCYrNlwC