@cherylej0806
Mother, sister, friend. Former award winning reporter; poet, essayist. Feminist Catholic. Disabled Veteran, USN. Love reading, writing, walking in nature, travel, films, crochet and marshmallow Peeps. #Vote like your life depends on it!
Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."
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Thought I would have gotten used to it by now, but I’m still grappling with the realization of just how stupid the men running this country are.
Today the United States wasted another #1B on an illegal war in Iran, money that could have been spent on funding health care or providing SNAP benefits or cancer research or academic scholarships for minorities. I could go on and on but I think you get my point. #endtheiranwarnow
Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.
Happy International Women’s Day!
And Congress said Nah, we're not going to make him do anything he doesn't want to do.
They couldn't even pass the War Powers Resolution.
#VOTEBLUE
Russians are providing military technology to Iranian proxies
This is so unbelievably crass. Trump has no class whatsoever.
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
A budget is a moral document.
St Michael has his own prayer if you feel so inclined.
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
He “Comeyed” her.
(Remember Comey was in LA speaking to cadets and wasn’t going to be allowed to use the jet to get home?)
US Central Command (CENTCOM) is preparing for the war to last until September 2026. #Iran
Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack.
Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.
MASSIE: “Iran is not Venezuela. The Ayatollah was not a president. He was a religious leader… 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 turned him into a martyr, expended billions, 6 🇺🇸 families must now lay to rest their sons & daughters. And for what? This administration can't even give us a straight answer.”
But…but…but….
Biden did it We lost 92,000 jobs in Feb, & the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%. Stock market is no longer above 50,000 & since Feb 2025 Trump’s has added only about 200k jobs. Biden’s 1st yr=+6.7 million jobs
Politico has confirmed two things from CENTCOM.
1. Trump has no plan for how to end this war (that actually might be the plan).
2. Even if we started scaling back today, the military won't be able to withdraw from Iran until September 2026.
Note: No clear objective has been declared.
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I do remember the assault on the humanities starting in the 1990s on college campuses and in public schools. I didn’t realize its origin was rooted in eugenics. What a sad commentary that an illiterate like Epstein could get brilliant minds to believe such Nazi-inspired trash.
Read @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social on the "intellectually insecure reactionaries" around Epstein. Much here that I did not know
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
Our economy is bleeding jobs. Prices are up, especially for gas. Yet the White House prioritizes tax cuts for billionaires, while launching a reckless new Middle East war.
It doesn't have to stay this way - not if the American people make our voices heard.
Today the House votes on the War Powers Resolution. I will vote YES to limit U.S. military involvement in Iran.
My thoughts are with the families of the 6 American service members killed in Donald Trump’s war of choice.
Congress—not the President—decides when America goes to war.
He WANTS to release a nuke. That’s why he wouldn’t sign a renewed START treaty!
Say it plain: This is a terrible jobs report.
The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, nearly double the expected loss of 50,000. It’s the third payroll decline in the past five months.
📌Note: This is one of the worst monthly payroll drops since Covid.
@msnowreports.bsky.social justice covered it on @anacabrera.bsky.social ‘s program. @nytimes.com has a small story today. Basically we did it while striking a military target.
Presumably her made up job gives her a real salary.
