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From my kid

The fundamental choice has not been as stark since World War II: democracy and freedom, or dictatorship and tyranny. Trump and his sycophants are siding with the latter. The rest of us must loudly, proudly, and boldly proclaim our allegiance to the former.

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.

If any marginalized group has to fight for equal rights…then our systems and laws are NOT equal. Read that again. Take all the time you need.

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There's only one person who's allowed to enter someone's home without a warrant, and that is Santa.

“Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle. If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.” www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Al Gore ripped the Trump administration to shreds in a speech Monday at a climate week event in San Francisco.

Harvard's Steve Levitsky, coauthor of How Democracies Die: "We are no longer living in a democratic regime." Must-listen interview - remarkably clear about the severity of the situation we now face www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

7. Call to Action Wanna fight back against the rising tide of American authoritarianism? Start here. 🔍 Red Wine & Blue just launched a Project 2025 Tracker—with the brilliant Heather Cox Richardson’s help. Use it. Share it. Organize with it. @hcrichardson.bsky.social 👉 redwine.blue/project2025/

Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..

Donald Trump betrayed working families by enacting one of the largest tax increases in history. In the process, he destroyed the stock market, and now he’s acting like chaos was always the plan. He does not know what he’s doing.

SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit. While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall. Hello?

There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm

@lavernecox.bsky.social sums it up perfectly. #TransVisibilityDay

This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.

Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies. In Denmark: - Health care and college are free.   - The starting wage is $22/hr. - Paid parental leave is 1 year. - Paid vacation is 6 weeks.   - All workers get pensions.

“I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country...” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

March Madness is gonna be so good this year everybody’s mad af

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

My kiddo protesting today who is about to graduate college with a degree in science!

We will not normalize…

They're so mad that they couldn't pass a trans sports ban through congress y'all.

I love this for him.

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine

Every time I get on my phone to do literally anything

Thousands of people marched in DC in solidarity with Ukraine and against impunity by oligarchs like Trump and Putin. They gathered outside the Russian embassy. #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #USprotests #DCprotests #StandWithUkraine

If you want to rock this shirt, you can also support libraries at the same time! 😊✨ bonfire.com/cla-jedi-apparel/

Trump's billionaire donors already pay a lower effective tax rate than the rest of us. Now they want to take away our healthcare to fund their tax cuts? Fuck that BS! Hands off our Medicaid!

A task-force has been formed to eradicate anti-Christian bias in the USA. The most privileged group in the world is straight white Christian men. So this effort is motivated by fear that this privilege is being threatened. Once you see it, you see it everywhere.

#transrightsarehumanrights

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Once I learn how to regulate my trauma responses, effectively communicate my emotions, pay off all my debts, and finally reconcile the existential madness that is modern life, it’s over for you bitches

I can't let this day end without this: trans and genderqueer dear ones, you are sacred. You are a delight. You are beloved children of God.

Winter is like nutmeg, like after Christmas is over I really don’t need you anymore. Shoo.

Sundays are for playing on your phone and unquenchable existential dread

Here's a commission I did for a trans person. She loves it. You might have seen it around the internet already. Popular! It shows Jesus protecting a trans person from the church. I have no commissions on the go right now, so it would be a good time to reach out to me.

Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech? We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!

The health insurance industry isn’t gonna like the answer to this 🤣

Sometimes I feel like marriage is 50% deciding what to do for dinner and then 50% also here is another gross thing currently happening to my body

You matter!! #beyou #youmatter