Paula McBeth
@paulamcbeth.bsky.social
art, science, nature, cats, politics (Dem), family caregiver, She/Her my kitties: sunnyandsloppy.bsky.social
some members of congress need to immediately get on a plane and go camp out in el salvador until we get these people back
#HandsOff More than 2,000 people protested today in Norfolk VA
A lot of people like to dismiss racism as insubstantial to material realities but we’re watching a nation burn trillions of dollars in wealth to entrench a racial system of domination.
PLEASE JOIN US AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION! This is a rally (not a march). Bring posters and signs, wear your message on your shirts and hats. Make your voice heard! #thisisnotnormal #saveourdemocracy #teamdemocracy #handsoff www.mobilize.us/virginiagras...
Hands Off Coastal Virginia! Downtown Norfolk Organized by COVA Coalition & Indivisible · Virginia Grassroots
This event is part of the national Hands Off initiative. No need to sign up in both places! COVA Coalition and friends Indivisible, Red Wine and Blue, Community Circles, Network NOVA, Virginia Grass...
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When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'
The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists
Signs from Stand Up for Science 2025 protest in DC 03/07/25 🧵 #StandUpForScience2025 #USprotests #PROTEST
This is a great summary of what's going to happen with the budget and what can be done. Bottom line: CALL YOUR REPS Read the whole thread.
Bobby Kogan@bbkogan.bsky.social · last yr.House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
“You can build all the dick rockets you want to go to Mars while you try to leave the rest of us on the burning Earth. We’re gonna take control. This is our world, and it’s our government, and it’s our money.” — Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants president
I’m not sure the rest of the country fully grasps the panic and anger building in DC, MD, and VA. The entire economy of this area is about to collapse. Paychecks are stopping. Careers are ruined. Taxes are about to plummet. Yet no one seems able to stop this madness.
Elon Musk fired a disabled Veteran with 3 tours of duty from his job serving other Veterans at the VA. Elon’s companies get billions from defense contracts. He’s happy to profit off our servicemembers - but when he can no longer make money off them, he kicks them to the curb.
Noah Lanard@nlanard.bsky.social · last yr.DOGE in practice: Disabled Army veteran who has 4 kids and did 3 tours overseas is fired from his job at Bronx VA hospital
Washington, D.C. yesterday. "Shut down the Senate, Shut down the Senate." Chanted for hours. More massive #USprotests, ongoing. Sources here report, "Millions of people are getting ready as we speak to take this country back and save the USA. Their days are numbered. Stay tuned." #3E
