May 30, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email to federal migrant shelters notifying them that the government would not pay for educational and recreational programs for unaccompanied minors, including English classes and legal aid.
In my lifetime > 80% of all the wild animals on Earth have vanished; >1M species are on the verge of extinction. Since 1970, N America has lost ~1/3 of all our birds. Scientists have declared an insect apocalypse: As that “bottom of our food chain” vanishes, & it’s pollinators with it, threatens...
Humans, & animals raised by humans for food, are now the dominant species on Earth; 96% of all mammals left: us & livestock...
“SNAPPED” The Biden-Harris ad that Robert De Niro made, and which is WHY he was in NYC at the Trump trial in the first place. YouTube, Google and most searches have buried it.
May 30, 2020 – Trump condemned people across the country who protested the killing of George Floyd, threatening them with “vicious dogs” and “ominous weapons.” In a tweet he wrote, “Tonight, I understand, is MAGA NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE???” He later suggested he didn’t mean to incite any violence. “I was just asking,” he said. “By the way, they love African-American people. They love black people.”
Finally, a New York Times article where the "How this is bad for Biden" sentiment really rings true. Voting third party or not voting at all may feel like the "principled" thing to do. But those choices only benefit the ChristoFascist right wing.
Cast that third-party ballot, and you just "put a quarter in your ass 'cause you played yourself."*
*Sorry, I can't remember the name of the rapper or the song that's from, but it sure is appropriate.
More than 80% of congressional members come from "non-competitive" districts where they are elected in primaries by 8% of registered voters. If you think your choices in the general elections are bad. You NEED to vote in the primaries, too. That's where the real choices are made. #Vote#VoteBlue#VoteBlue2024#BidenHarris#PBSNewsHour#RankedChoiceVoting works!
May 29, 2017 – CIA Director Mike Pompeo said top-secret daily briefings must be short and filled with “killer graphics” to hold the attention of President Trump.
What the #OhioRepublicans are demanding isn’t “compromise,” but #extortion. Again, there is a clean bill ready to go in the state house, allowing #Biden’s name to be added to the #ballot. It’s a very simple matter to pass that bill, without any additional provisions. #Republicans are simply taking advantage of the situation in order to advance their own interests to the detriment of Ohio #voters.
If you live in the UK or USA, you need to understand one thing about the coming election:
You need to vote defensively.
Neither of the main parties are appealing. But if you don't vote for the lesser evil you may end up helping a totalitarian horror get elected.
Hold your nose and goddamn vote, dammit. THEN go on protests. Because if you don't vote for the lesser evil, the victor will welcome your protests with bullets.
The prize for political purity this time round is a shallow grave.
Former Trump Voter: "He's incompetent and corrupt!" Jim-Bob is a West Virginia voter who once supported Donald Trump. Watch him explain why he will never vote for him again.
Political webcomic I quickly drew on my phone right below I step into the shower. Wild how self-deluded the "Biden and Trump are eQuAlLy BaD" self-centered privileged children are. It's easy to pretend like it doesn't matter who you (don't) vote for if you're not part of a marginalized demographic who will suffer far, far, far more at the hands of Trump (or are already suffering and somehow don't think it'll get even worse). The time to vote against Biden was in the primaries--in the general election, a third party or non-vote IS A VOTE FOR TRUMP, and no amount of smarmy foot-stomping is going to change this.
I know it's so much harder than not bothering to vote, but the way you stop the US from funding genocide is ORGANIZING, is physically showing up to protests, is continued calls and letters to your elected officials, is working AHEAD of voting day to #GetOutTheVote for your chosen progressive candidate. If not voting or wasting your vote is what will cause the "revolution" you dream of, then we would have revolted a long time ago. #voteBlue#voteBlueNoMatterWho
@toplesstopics
Nice to see someone else point this out. Even though the last election got a 66% turnout, which was the largest percentage since around 1900, we usually rarely get over 50% turnout. It's not 1/2 the country. It's, at best, 25% vs 25%. Plus add in that Biden won by 9 million votes says to me that it's not even 50/50. But, yeah, #voteBlue because better to only gain an inch than lose a yard.
It's #MemorialDay, so the Trumps are seizing the opportunity to tell the world how much they've sacrificed for America. No, seriously, that's what #EricTrump (the dumbest #Trump) decided to proclaim on this day when we honor those who have actually served their country. Of course, Trump thinks #veterans are 'losers' for serving, but he and his family never miss an opportunity to put themselves up on an unearned pedestal. This family is scum.
#Trump honored the nation's heroes by defaming #EJeanCarroll—again—and attacking the various judges who have presided over his plethora of civil and criminal trials. It's insane that he also thinks he's suited to be the president. We deserve a real president who upholds the #Constitution, and respects the #ruleOfLaw.
#Trump doesn't understand the #Constitution, and he doesn't give a shit about upholding it. The government cannot discriminate, or levy punishments against people on the basis of their beliefs, or participation in #protest. The Founders believed this to be such an important principle that they made it the #FirstAmendment to Constitution. #TrumpIsAFascist, and if given the chance he would destroy our republic in favor of a dictatorial #autocracy.
On Memorial Day, we remember those who lost their lives protecting their nation. They didn't agree with every policy or decision in Washington, yet they served and sacrificed.
This November, you also have an opportunity to protect the nation, even though you may disagree with many of its policies. You can do so simply by voting.
Read about the GOP's Project 2025. Then #voteblue to protect democracy, voting rights, the environment, women, the LGBTQ community, immigrants, and all Americans.
In which the #NYTimes comes to the astonishing conclusion that the guy who tried to ban people from entering the country based on their religion, who put children in cages, and who conspired with our enemies, may actually not be very nice.
Drawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary Hungary, Turkey, and Venezuela, to the American South during Jim Crow, Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies die—and how ours can be saved.
The number of U.S. oil refineries exceeding the EPA's action level for cancer-causing benzene in 2023 was cut in half compared to 2020.
These are the kinds of regulations Trump and his minions want to scrap. The very first executive order of Trump's presidency was to relax regulations governing dumping mine waste into rivers