Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.
They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.
Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.
Watch how they vote this week.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.
We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.
JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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I’m not in them but oh fuck it was a close thing! I was recruited. I said no. Way too close for comfort!
I’m extremely happy I am not in the Epstein files. Honestly it was a pretty near thing. I was recruited but said no! Didn’t think much of it back then. Only realized how close I was when I watched a documentary and recognized what had truly been offered. Horrific!
"When that man is dead and gone"
A protest song about *checks notes* Adolf Hitler recorded eight years ago that Youtube randomly is recommending to people this week for no reason whatsoever 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis, as well as countless other victims.
We honor their lives by rejecting the evils of antisemitism, dehumanization, and authoritarian violence wherever they appear.
Never again means never again for anyone.
Northern lights of green and pink rain down on the forest of black.
I know not what to say after this day. Please accept some natural beauty.
We are but nothing,
We return to the great void,
Make the best of it.
#Photography #Auroraborealis #Haiku
You cant buy a house because our president is really mad he didn’t get a Nobel peace prize and so he is threatening Greenland.
one of many reminders you’ll get on MLK day that he was a radical. do not cherry-pick his quotes about love today, especially if you are white:
ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting "They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head." An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911
"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries. "We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
Make it viral.
A montage portrait of science fiction author N.K. Jemisin. On the left, she appears in a close-up photo with long, dark braided hair, wearing earrings, a delicate necklace with a pendant, a deep maroon sweater, and a shimmering green scarf draped around her neck. She has a calm, confident expression and gazes directly at the camera against a softly blurred dark background. To the right are three stacked book covers of her works. Top: The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth trilogy), with a dark, textured design and metallic title. Middle: The Obelisk Gate, featuring an intricate, glowing red-and-purple circular mandala-like emblem. Bottom: The Stone Sky, showing a dramatic stormy sky with a massive floating obelisk. The overall composition highlights the author alongside prominent covers from her award-winning Broken Earth series.
N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth series made her the first Black author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel. She is the first author to win in 3 consecutive years & the first to win for all 3 novels in a trilogy. Recipient MacArthur Genius Grant, 2020.
#ScienceFictionDay #ScienceFantasy #scifi #booksky
The Convicted Felon who has taken at least three cognitive exams & falls asleep during official meetings just bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its leader.
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
Happy New Year.
THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.
Finishing my masters up in spring 2027 and then will get back to playing with the community orchestra that I love. No time to practice right now due to homework and practicum hours! I miss making music, but also I need sleep!
So the President did disclose a CIA drone strike inside Venezuela.
And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Guest: Where did they play?
Interviewer: 435 and 70 highway
Guest: So where did they move to?
Interviewer: 435 and 70 highway
We’ve gone from bootlegging whiskey during prohibition to having to bootleg truth during fascism…
