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Retired college instructor currently teaching English to immigrants in the ruby red US South. Taking care of our fellow Americans, citizens and non-citizens, is patriotic 👊🏼 Stay WOQAF! 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🇲🇽 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇵🇦 🇺🇦 🚫 DMs (blocked)
As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
nytimes.com
Trump’s post just now about Canada’s economy vs. the latest jobs numbers:
Sen. Ossoff (D-GA) beat down Pete Hegseth 6 weeks ago during questioning. Nothing has changed. Hegseth is still incompetent as Secretary of Defense. He needs to resign now or be fired. youtube.com/watch?v=7Kbh...
This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word. Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality. Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too. Two giants who helped change America. Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
Any sweeping systemic change you want to make in the United States has to begin with adding seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. No major reform bill will survive the current court. No civil rights law, no anti-corruption law, no wealth tax, nothing.
Mike Collins is a known bigot under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars, surrounded by neo-Nazis and white nationalists, widely known for his poor character and low integrity, who voted for war and voted to cut your health care and is unfit for any elected office.
On this day in 1885, white citizens in Rock Springs, Wyoming, waged a brutal attack against Chinese miners hired by the Union Pacific Railroad, leaving 28 dead. No one was ever held responsible.
Sep. 2, 1885 | White Residents in Wyoming Wage Violent Attacks Against Chinese Miners
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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It's INSANE that right wingers spend so much time spewing hateful nonsense trans people, you never see them speaking to one. Those Fox jackasses need to get a life, and let trans people live their own. My friend @plasticmartyr.bsky.social debunks the myths.
FUN FACT: Donald trump is responsible for about 29% of the total national debt ($11.6 trillion added across both of his terms). Stop saying this f*cker is "good at business." He bankrupted casinos, FFS.
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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This data has helped fight workplace discrimination for 60 years. The Trump administration plans to delete it
Enforcing civil rights without these reports will be difficult for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, pushing US agency closer to Trump’s agenda, experts warn
theguardian.com
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
If Chairman Comer can subpoena a witness to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee on immigration issues, then he can certainly subpoena AG Todd Blanche to testify about the Trump Administration's cover-up of the Epstein Files.
Medicare for All is the guarantee of healthcare from cradle to grave—without premiums, copays, or deductibles. That’s it. Pass it.
Spotted outside The Penthouse Nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Chris Helgren.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just let an accused ICE agent walk free—by doing nothing at all. He sat on Minnesota’s extradition request for 3 months to let the clock run out. That’s worrisome. My write-up in the comments.
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction.
