Lady Wildfire

@ladywildfella.bsky.social

Lover of Democracy. Freedom for all. #TaxTheRich Ignorance won this battle. Humanity will win the war.

Big Oil faces a clear choice — help ease the burden for families or exploit Trump’s war of choice to generate profits. I’m demanding answers on why Illinois families are paying huge prices, how these companies are profiteering, and what steps they’ll take to provide relief.

Chicago Sun-Times Headline: Pritzker asks oil CEOs to return Iran war windfall profits to Illinois consumers: 'You owe it to the people.'

He started by committing housing discrimination. Cheated dozens of contractors. There were the charities and Trump University people he defrauded. He assaulted E Jean Carroll. 34 financial crimes. Even now he’s running a crypto scam He’s always been a criminal and con artist MAGA chose him anyway

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Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

17+ people were killed and over 40 injured in deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv. Zelenskyy has pleaded for more air defence weapons, saying ballistic missile interceptors “could have saved the lives of those killed today.” Trump backtracked on his promise to let Ukraine manufacture missiles locally.

Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage in deadly attack on Kyiv - The Latest

At least 17 people were killed and more than 40 injured in another round of deadly Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for more air defence weapons, saying ...

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Lombardo on Trump: "When the press and media runs him down, they think about 'he's taking care of his billionaire friends.' But those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent."

"I think this process has to play out" -- Rep. Mike Flood doesn't call for Rep. Max Miller to drop out of his race or resign despite horrific abuse allegations

Join Michigan Democrats and me in Detroit this Friday, August 7th, as we kick off the general election and lay out what's at stake. We only have 90 days until Election Day - and it's going to take all of us to deliver a better future.

General Election Kickoff with the Statewide Ticket · Team Michigan

Join us in Detroit as Michigan Democrats kick off the general election! On Friday, August 7, our full statewide Democratic ticket — Jocelyn Benson for Governor and Abdul El-Sayed forU.S. Senate, alon...

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I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.

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"The Montreal shooter’s rhetoric was typical of incel culture. He treats women as subhuman objects of desire with no agency. He hates feminism because he believes it gives women power over sex and romance, and allows them to freely choose their own partners.” An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.

Treat incels as the violent extremists they are

Misogynistic incel subculture — elements of which have become disturbingly mainstream — is a serious public safety threat.

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Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.