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Maybe I get Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar because she came here on the rare Einstein Visa which is super suspicious, had an anchor baby right away, then brought her family over via chain migration, and hasn’t done any public service since she became a citizen in 2006!
Wait my bad, I’m describing Melania.
Ilhan Omar became a citizen in 2000 after 8 years of vetting and has decades of public service under her belt fighting for working people and upholding democracy.
Attention diabetics using the Freestyle Libre 3/3 Plus: Abbott has issued a recall on sensors that are reporting false low glucose readings.
I know I used faulty sensors in the past & found 2 more unopened sensors in my stash that were verified as faulty.) See image.
☑️ URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION - FreeStyle Libre 3/3 Plus | FreeStyle - Abbott
https://www.freestylecheck.com/us-en/home.html
#recall #freestyle #libre #diabetes
Want to send corrupt corporations a message they can’t ignore this holiday season? Pledge to boycott Home Depot, Target, and Amazon from November 27th through December 1st with us.
Remember that Nimarata Nikki Randhawa ran as Nikki Haley
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession
“America First” means:
•$20B to Argentina to screw American farmers
•$38B to Israel for genocide
•$??B to Qatar for new Air Force base in Idaho
Meanwhile—US Service members stand in food lines because Trump’s government shutdown has them furloughed without pay. So much winning!
Are we great yet?🤔
Seasonal reminders:
Pumpkin is squash, and not any single kind. There is no botanical definition of the term. If you think it's pumpkin, then it is.
'Pumpkin spice' is a mix of the kinds of spices typically used for seasoning pumpkin. It almost never contains any pumpkin.
The Jimmy Carter Foundation: a non-governmental organization that works to advance peace through mediation efforts worldwide.
The Bush Foundation: a non-profit organization that supports leadership and sovereignty initiatives for the 23 Native nations in and around the Dakotas.
The Clinton Foundation: a non-profit organization focused on HIV/AIDS prevention and slowing global warming.
The Obama Foundation: a non-profit organization that fosters leadership and civic engagement in Chicago.
The Biden Foundation: a non-profit organization involved in a number of initiatives including preventing violence against women, cancer research, supporting community colleges, and military families.
The Trump Foundation: a ponzi scheme dissolved by court order in 2018 due to multiple legal issues involving fraud, mishandling of funds, and various other financial crimes. Trump was ordered to pay $2,000,000 in restitution.
American politics isn't broken. MAGA is broken.
Trump tried to fire the Inspectors General who keep government accountable.
Trump successfully fired the FBI agents who prosecuted Jan 6 Nazis (then pardoned the Nazis).
And now, Trump has fired Maurene Comey, who prosecuted Sean Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell, and one Jeffery Epstein.
A man who fires Inspector Generals, pardons Nazis, and fires the people prosecuting sex criminals is a man who is telling you clearly that he is a Nazi and sex abuser who wants to avoid accountability. BELIEVE HIM.
Calling on the Bay Area to SHOW UP to resist the Trump administration's escalating attacks on Black communities, esp Black immigrants.
On July 17 we will be joining @antipoliceterrorproject at Oakland City Hall to demand an end to deadly police chases and protection for Black immigrant communities. Honor Rep. John Lewis on this national day of action that uplifts Black-led organizing!
📍 Thursday, July 17
🕓 4PM–6PM
📌 Oakland City Hall
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #CaribbeanFilmFest
Completely forgot to let the folks in the DMV know that the Caribbean Film Fest started at AFI Silver Spring, MD on Friday. Films showing through Thurs 6/12. Many good films and one on Franz Fanon is repeating on Wed. The film was excellent. It's about his time in Algeria when he was writing THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH. Check out the listing.
https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/EventsAndExperiences/EventDetails/0000000154
@hotdogsladies I’ve taught marching for 20 years. Nailed it.
Happy 160th Anniversary of the surrender of the Confederacy!
For the #mls #soccer peeps, here’s my recap of the #quakes74 start to the season!
https://www.mlsnowpodcast.com/post/stop-the-count-quakes-rumble-into-2025
#mastodonfc
Today in the US is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commemorating the legendary civil right activist and socialist who was murdered supporting a strike of sanitation workers. While lauded today, when alive he was demonised by politicians and media. https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/13339/martin-luther-king-day
"If it may be said of the slavery era that the white man took the world and gave the Negro Jesus, then it may be said of the Reconstruction era that the southern aristocracy took the world and gave the poor white man Jim Crow. He gave him Jim Crow. And when his wrinkled stomach cried out for the food that his empty pockets could not provide, he ate Jim Crow, a psychological bird that told him that no matter how bad off he was, at least he was a white man, better than the black man. And he ate Jim Crow. And when his undernourished children cried out for the necessities that his low wages could not provide, he showed them the Jim Crow signs on the buses and in the stores, on the streets and in the public buildings. And his children, too, learned to feed upon Jim Crow, their last outpost of psychological oblivion."
https://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/prestapes/mlk_speech.html
#MLKDay #MLKDay2025
This weekend, I confirmed that the first feely-feels I had was toward a cartoon fox. And yet, I turned out to be a boring hetero-cis guy. #BanGunsNotBooks #RobinHood
Happy birthday, Connecticut!
Connecticut was the fifth former colony to ratify the US Constitution, 237 years ago today.
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/january-09/#connecticut-ratifies-the-constitution
@kurtsh I’ve never been because the line is always 40+ people long! Was it better tonight?
