Just got off the phone with my mom. She's so stressed about finances. She might get survivor benefits but the ss office is shutdown right now. I don't know how to help her through this. #GoToWorkCongress #shudown
People need to swarm the streets on the 1st when people can't buy food. No scheduling. Just show up yelling enough is enough & don't go back until things change. Food is at an all time high & it's just going to get worse. Utilities are through the roof & layoffs are everywhere. #snap #CommonGood
Thank you @moochie6us.bsky.social
Please help by giving us a share. My mom takes care of my autistic brother and is unable to work. This has already been a difficult year. Her mom died earlier this year and they have nothing saved. Every dollar helps. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
My dad died unexpectedly last night. We are trying to raise funds for afterlife care and to help our mom out. If you could please share this link I'd be very grateful. He served his nation for over 9 years and loved connecting with others. www.gofundme.com/f/honor-davi...
Talarico speaking on Rogan: I'm a Christian, and I think there is no more dangerous form of government than theocracyβbecause the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks theyβre on a mission from God.
βBooks wonβt stay banned. They wonβt burn. Ideas wonβt go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.β
β A. Whitney Griswold
TENNCARE IS MEDICAID
1.6 Million Tennesseans are on it
310,000 Tennesseans will lose it because Republicans just cut $1 TRILLION from it
This is what Medicaid is called in your state:
Obsessed with this incredible @chiosse.bsky.social clip
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DLkHzBa...
50 Republican Senators + JD Vance just voted to kick millions of people off their healthcare and food assistance to give more tax breaks to billionaires.
People will die because of this vote, and Republicans are celebrating because their wealthy donors will get richer.
We got some happy mail today! Thank you so much Susan. I can't wait to read this with my students in the fall. π
Hereβs some dog content to temporarily distract you from the mess happening in the world
Thanks for the tag! I tried to message @dittie.sheshed.rocks but it's off at the moment.
Central Michigan
We thought so. She had a nice one but then her sister πΆ got to it so she needs a new one soon. π
The answer is YES. RESIST
America will no longer be America without immigrants.
A rare meteor outburst could light up the skies this week! The June BoΓΆtids are peaking β and conditions are perfect.
Skywatchers, mark your calendars β this year's June BoΓΆtids meteor shower may deliver a spectacular surprise.
Typically a quiet event with only 1β2 meteors per hour, 1/
π¨π¨π¨ Trump's extremist Supreme Court has sent shockwaves across the nation, eroding our rights and freedoms and handing power directly to Donald Trump.
The decisions by a rogue SCOTUS are not isolated incidents, but rather a part of a larger pattern of unprecedented attacks on our freedoms.
If only I could be as carefree as she is.
From Justice Jackson's dissent in Trump v. CASA: "this Courtβs complicity in the creation of a culture of disdain for lower courts, their rulings, and the law (as they interpret it) will surely hasten the downfall of our governing institutions."
Unless something dramatic happens in the interim, a birth certificate will no longer be sufficient to prove the citizenship of any child born in much of the United States after July 27.
I would love to disappear into those woods for a bit. #nature
Todayβs ruling threatens the very essence of public education. The Court, in effect, constitutionalizes a parental veto power over curricular choices long left to the democratic process and local administrators. That decision guts our free exercise precedent and strikes at the core premise of public schools: that children may come together to learn not the teachings of a particular faith, but a range of concepts and views that reflect our entire society. Exposure to new ideas has always been a vital part of that project, until now. The reverberations of the Courtβs error will be felt, I fear, for generations. Unable to condone that grave misjudgment, I dissent.
In her dissent from today's decisionβMahmoud v. TaylorβJustice Sotomayor says that the court's holding "threatens the very essence of public education," and that its "reverberations" will be felt "for generations." This is a very heartfelt and mournful dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Allergies are kicking my butt these past two days.
In awe of people with 20k+ #followers. I can barely get to 500. π #Bluesky