Imagine a future where we advance and elect leaders who are healthy.
Pat Var aka Ptdev
@ptdevvar.bsky.social
Unapologetic Dem, filker, geek, retired Asst Director for DragonCon Filk, occasional writer, dilettante amateur musician & photographer, armchair philosopher, animal lover, SF&F fan. I vet & f/b but it may take me a few days.🚫DMs,🚫OF ,🚫Porn, 💙🇺🇦🖖🇨🇦
Healthcare decisions belong in the exam room not the courtroom! Kaitlyn Kash survived life threatening pregnancy complications & is speaking out so others don’t have to face the same fear! Her courage reminds us why these conversations matter! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance #ReproductiveRights
“…to defend and advance President Trump’s agenda” of starving millions of Americans. Got it.
Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
Yes!
GenXer-71@genxer-71.bsky.social · 11mo agoTY, Ray! @raykwong.bsky.social @whatifisaidit.bsky.social @sassy0210.bsky.social @neverstopthefight.bsky.social @abbarsha.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @journeyled1.bsky.social @merlinmm.bsky.social @moberzan.bsky.social @genxer-71.bsky.social
The ammo used was stamped “TRN” because it was manufactured by the bullet manufacture Turan. And a MAGAt saw the “TRN” stamp, and apparently thinks about trans people all day every day, and so that’s what they ran with for half a day. It’s literally that dumb.
So after days of Republicans blaming and vilifying Democrats and trans people for Kirk’s murder despite having no clue who the person was, we find out it’s a white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loved guns.
We give Israel 10.4 million dollars every day. They have free healthcare and college. But we don't because we can't afford it!
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
Wait! I thought Trump was supposed to be “ending homelessness.” HUD just announced a nationwide audit of Section 8 “citizen status.” Mixed-status families could lose rental assistance, even when kids are U.S. citizens. Families including children could be thrown into eviction & face homelessness.
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities
Jason Garcia@jasongarcia.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms. But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately. Remember this.
Hours after Putin spoke to Trump And a few days after the US announced it would cut supplies of Ukrainian air defense
Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · last yr.Kyiv right now ‼️
Governor Tim Walz, "The way our nation moves forward is not through hate. It is not through violence. It is through humility, and grace, and compassion.
As long as they’re hiding their faces, badges and names we should stop calling them “federal agents.” Call them masked goons or unidentified thugs or whatever, unless and until they provide proper ID.
Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social · last yr.Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Jeff Lazarus@jlazarus.bsky.social · last yr.Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Is the floor so low we’re only half-expecting an apology from a Senator who mocked the assasination of politicians he didn’t like? Or is there just no floor at all anymore? Mike Lee should resign. Today.
