@justinkm
Wisconsin Old guy with lots of adult kids. Antifascist, liberal, music lover. Depressed over 2024 election results, disappointed in the country and loss of faith in humanity. Other than that, I'm fine. DM's are flattering, I will block you πππ³οΈβππΊπΈ
π πWe have your weekend reading (and listening)!
The new season of our podcast is accompanied by a series of pieces published in partnership with KCET.
Today's is by Erika Bsumek at UT Austin about the work of botanist and suffragist Ellen Powell Thompson.
www.pbssocal.org/ellen-powell...
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) speaks during a press conference. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Rep Stansbury: βThe president & his admin canβt explain a legal justification for an eminent threat that gave them the authority to use the militaryβ
They canβt provide an explanation of their war plan β they canβt explain why theyβve killed over 200 civilians β the president needs to be impeachedβ
Carmela Nieto de Herrera
3/6/1879 β b. Carmela Nieto de Herrera, Cuban journalist, author, social advocate, feminist, philanthropist. The first female journalist in Cuba; wrote political works, #kidlit + many essays, stories, articles for mags + newspapers #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky #IWD #FreePress
If your response to our country participating in the bombing of school children starts with "Yeah, but..." your political ideologies are the least of my worries.
Obama has the crowd at Jesse Jackson's eulogy hanging on his every word
Coffee, straight out of my nose.
Oil up by $12 a barrel in less than 12 hours.
Gas prices skyrocketing.
Almost 100,000 jobs lost last month.
Another war in the Middle East.
Are we great again yet?
Well⦠yea it is!
Why is Donold Trumps Big Buddy helping Iran ?? Putin ??
Donold could have stopped him by helping Ukraine .
WE NEED TO IMPEACH OR 25th TRUMP NOW ..
Unfit to lead !
The reason we have βstupid rules of engagementβ is to make sure we donβt bomb elementary schools.
Epstein was named in major drugs and prostitution probe by DOJ β until Trump shut it down
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
Oil up 13% just today.
Trump did that!
After being fired, Noem quoted a line attributed to George Orwell: βPeople sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.β Sounds like a confession to me.
By Scott Dworkin
She is not human!
Leavitt on reports that Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran to help them target US assets: "Whether or not this happened, frankly, it does not really matter"
the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year
the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter
www.statesman.com/business/art...
#luckovich
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"
Seems less than ideal.
Like clockwork.
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Friends β Please donβt ask me if Iβve retired or βstill work.β
I may be getting older, but I havenβt retired. I still work. And frankly, I resent anyone thinking otherwise. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dont-ask-me-if-ive-retired
It took me a minute to register what βitβ isβ¦ I sure hope the comments pop.
MAGA podcasters waking up to the fact that they live in an oppressive dictatorship with declining living standards...What has Trump ever done for us?
Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich donβt create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people β and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.