Ahimsa Satya 🙏🏻💗

@do-no-harm1.bsky.social

Retired college educator/administrator 💕Collective Healing Movement💕Kindness Matters!💕 💙Team Democracy: it’s NOT a spectator sport.💙 💙The future is yet unwritten.💙 She/Her 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Ally #WeThePeople #WeAreInThisTogether #ActionAbsorbsAnxiety

Joe Lombardo’s campaign is being bankrolled by NV Energy, so it’s no surprise he supports your energy bills going up. As Governor, I’ll appoint Public Utility Commissioners who are focused on lowering costs — not raising them.

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“The League of Women Voters strongly denounces President Trump’s false, outlandish, and indefensible claims related to the security of US elections. Continuing to spread allegations that have been repeatedly debunked by experts through countless court proceedings ..." ~ LWV CEO Celina Stewart 🧵

League of Women Voters of the US@lwv.org · 3w ago

The League issued a statement from CEO Celina Stewart following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation Thursday night: https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-women-voters-strongly-denounces-president-trumps-false-claims-about

Massie: "I don't think the problem is that our elections aren't secure because we control the House, Senate, White House, and to some degree we control the Supreme Court. So I ask my Republican colleagues, why are you complaining about election fraud? We won all the damn elections!"

The imbalance between the rich and the poor has reached a breaking point. The first trillionaire has been minted. Yet 20 states still have a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Something is fundamentally broken here.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

This post is mainly for white folks to consider. I want to share something that may help you understand the reaction from Black folks who immediately looked at the Nolan Wells story and thought, “Something is foul here.” This isn’t proof that foul play occurred. It’s context. 🧵

“Because we are imperfect, said the founders, we place our trust not in any one person -- no kings, no tyrants -- but in a system of laws, checks and balances, and civic representation by voting that allows us to live in the dignified understanding that power arises from consent.” 🇺🇸 ~Tim Snyder

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · last mo.

To celebrate a rebellion is to know that, from a flawed world, we can make new things. We can hold on, we can find each other, and not just imagine but create a much better America. It is a special 250th – it is ours. Video in link: snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...

"At its heart the US has always been an experiment, an argument, and a question with countless answers, which is to say it was never and will never be one thing, even if it has one federal government that is currently a catastrophic crime scene." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

What is the United States of America now? | Rebecca Solnit

The United States of America is … so many things, horrific and magnificent, good and evil, promising and cursed

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In this race, Chuck Schumer is throwing his weight behind Haley Stevens. Of the candidates, she’s the only one who accepts corporate PAC dollars, she’s taken thousands from the company that sells tasers to ICE and from Elon Musk’s companies,

“Imagine Your Impact: America is a work in progress… To underscore that point, visitors see picket signs from labor strikes and suffragist marches. They see farmworkers and civil rights workers and organizers who fought for access and inclusion and opportunity.” ~ Michele Norris, MSNOW

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If your DACA is expiring soon, don't wait. Consider renewing early when there are 150+ days left before expiration. Some renewals are taking as long as 7 months to process right now. USCIS is failing to process applications on time — and our neighbors are paying the price. We are demanding better.

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