Stroke victims are often given leg braces to help them walk.
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#GetIntoGoodTrouble #Resist TuckFrump!! 🤬 It was the worst of times; it was the STUPIDEST of times! Mother, wife, dog mama. Pottery, gardening, movies. Love the absurd and silly. Dogs are the best of us! 💜 Namaste 😌 ✌️
A giant floral artwork made with more than 300,000 dahlias covered Centenary Square in Bradford, England. Designed by local artist Shiraz Ali, the installation marked the first British edition of the Flower Carpet, a tradition that began in Belgium in the 1970s.
Mike Johnson: "This will be a battle between whether or not we're gonna keep the republic, or we're gonna break this thing down and go down this dark, dangerous road to Marxism"
I work in substance abuse and mental/behavioral healthcare I cannot overstate how horrific these cuts to Medicaid are going to be for marginalized, impoverished, and underprivileged people You are a total monster if you think that it’s a good idea to take away people’s healthcare
By this logic, the surest way to strengthen a lifeboat is to throw passengers overboard. A program intended to aid people acquires a curious strength when its success is measured by how many people it ceases to aid.
Mike Johnson on cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid: "We did program integrity measures, took those people off the system, and you know what it did? It strengthened Medicaid. We have to do more of that work."
"I'm a mom -- an anti-drone radar. Life doesn't stop. But how can I let my child go out alone?" a Ukrainian mom says as she escorts her son to his training session during a Russian drone attack on Kyiv. @ Gerashchenko_en
This is a deeply personal issue for me. I'm asking, please donate to your local food bank. Food security is a complex problem. It was very large. Now the Republicans have made it absolutely colossal. Please help, now and throughout the year.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 5d agoNEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
You’ve likely seen the news: The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. Almost as troubling: Plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision’s importance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This week at Democracy Docket: The Supreme Court boosted Trump’s voter suppression. Legacy media shrugged
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. And plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision's importance.
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Do you know your voting deadlines? Depending on your state, you may be running out of time to register to vote in the midterm elections. Take 10 minutes today to make sure you’re ready to vote by November 3 & vote early if you’re able. #HandsOffOurVote
definitely worth reading. I think maybe the broadcast pointing tv cameras into the crowd deserves some opprobrium as well.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 7d agogreat piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
Cuteness overload - otter edition: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
Trump has made 2 Billion dollars since he assumed office- mainly thru crooked projects like crypto deals. If he works 40 hours a week- he has currently been making a million dollars an hour since he took office.
We can't trust AI companies to regulate themselves. It's time for Congress to start taking AI seriously and put safeguards in place to protect Americans.
Critically important information right here
Big Tech billionaires and CEOs who joined Trump's state dinner with Xi Jinping: —Elon Musk —Jeff Bezos —Mark Zuckerberg —Sam Altman —Jensen Huang —Michael Dell —Sundar Pichai —Greg Brockman
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW White House reporter Laura Barrón-López has been denied entry to the White House despite the court order restoring press access.
BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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🚨BREAKING: Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms
Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections.
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"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26
Jon Stewart gets to the bottom of why Trump is so gung-ho about AI
Thought this was newsworthy enough to post a Twitter screenshot
Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages.