Adam Kinzinger has announced he has endorsed President Biden.

"I said ‘Dana I have an idea. why don’t you set up a migrant league of fighters and have your regular league fighters, and then you have the champion of your league."- Convicted Felon

"Among the lesser-known atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II were boxing matches that forced emaciated Jewish inmates to fight each other to the death for the entertainment of the German SS officers."- Jeff Tiedrich

(Photo from the biographical film, "The Survivor".)

MAGA is complicated.

#Politics #Trump

Trump’s Second Term: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gYwqpx6lp_s

Pass it along in real life.

Individuals who received the $1,000/mo or $500/mo payments were more likely to find a stable, full-time job than before they received the basic income.

Results showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs.

"It's freedom. It's freedom from poverty..."

https://www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic-income-reduces-homelessness-food-insecurity-housing-ubi-gbi-2024-6

#Florida has a public homeowner insurance option called Citizens with far lower rates than private insurance, but #DeSantis appointees just voted to drastically increase Citizens' rates next year to force Citizens customers (I'm one of them) into the private market where we'll pay a lot more.

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/columns/nate-monroe/2024/06/20/citizens-insurance-hike-reveals-floridas-needless-cruelty-commentary/74130875007/

SCOTUS gifts? Stop calling them 'gifts'. They're bribes.

The mega-churchpastor that advised Donald and quit due to admitting he abused a 12yo girl... claimed she had a "jezzibel spirit".

Give me a gotdamn break.

Damned shame, that.

“The balls of these right-wing motherf**kers — talking about gun crimes and ‘chaos’ in our Democratic cities when they’re the ones enabling the flood of illegal weaponry into our cities.”
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jun/18/jon-stewart-late-night-recap

#Politics

Remember the old Western serials about the classic cattle baron/mega-spread owner against the settlers and the rancher-farmers?

Remember how the wealthy rancher diverted water, ran cattle over fields, bought up land, sent thugs to terrorize and kill resisters, kidnapped and raped women, and enslaved those of non-white races? Demanded loyalty and obedience from all? Until the third reel, when—

This November, there may not be a third reel.

Vote wisely.
Don't let the bad guys win.

These are not well people.

Washington State Bans Single-Use Foam That Breaks up and Pollutes Waterways for Orcas and Salmon

Made from tiny hollow beads of different plastics that are extremely friable, polystyrene is arguably the most damaging form of plastic in the environment.
Some estimates suggest polystyrene takes over 1,000 years to completely break down, all the while shedding microplastics into the soil and water.

#News #Washington #Environment

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/washington-state-bans-single-use-foam-that-breaks-up-and-pollutes-waterways-for-orcas-and-salmon/

Have another missing young lady

#mmiw

Speaker Johnson taps extremists to the intelligence committee.

You know why I think he's doing it?
These asshat traitors will leak intel to Donald.

Fuck Trump #politics

A Florida deputy who fatally shot a Black airman in his home has been fired for using unreasonable deadly force, sheriff's office says. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/31/us/roger-forston-florida-airman-shot-deputy-fired/index.html

ALL 34 counts guilty!! Fireworks, Let's partay!!! 🤣

#Politics

SCOTUS approves asymmetrical speech warfare. The government - speaking for the people - is not allowed to pressure private organizations that raise millions or billions of dollars to pressure the government to act against the interests of the people.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/politics/supreme-court-first-amendment/index.html