A Black Mom of 2 is struggling after losing her job last August. Her car is on the brink of repossession and she's struggling to pay bills, she needs the car for important things like taking her son to school, and making the little money she currently does. Let's each give $1 to reach her goal.
A Black Woman who graduated last year lost her job and is about to be evicted. She’s pleading for help, and her mental health has been falling apart, she doesn’t know what to do. Let’s each give her $1 to reach her goal and alleviate her situation. We’ve helped 247 people so far, let’s keep going.
www.miiriya.com/all-donation...
Happy International Women’s Day! What I’m wishing for women everywhere: safety, justice, enough rage to move the mountains you’ve been forced to & sisterhood to fall back on when rest calls
I, too, think tens of thousands of people should go to prison because sometimes I smell something I don't like
Staring directly at everyone still using “big back” for the same reason.
Important update: I was sent proof of another very large donation, and we are now at $38,247.98.
That is not a typo.
Today has blown me away and reaffirmed my faith in humanity. Can we make it into an even $40,000?
Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!
One of the more depressing aspects of the GLP-1 stuff right now is how utterly inescapable it is. Whatever you're doing, wherever you are, there are people shrinking at alarming rates, and endless discussion of said shrinking. There's seemingly no place to just *rest.*
A development such as this has been a goal for HIV researchers for decades. It is important because people who are faced with difficult treatment regimens are less likely to be compliant.
Single Daily Tablet Shows Powerful Results for People With Drug-Resistant HIV share.google/RjULDFVtCYI9...
Emmanuel Damas, another individual killed in ICE custody.
He had a toothache. They ignored it. He died of spesis. Read that again.
Why do we need to fund this murderous agency?
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
🚨BREAKING: A day before early voting begins in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, Barack Obama called on Virginians to vote in favor of a state constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to redraw its congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
So if Kamala Harris had been elected do you think the United States would be in a war with Iran? Just asking...
There are so many bad bills to be focused on in this last week of Utah’s legislative session. Shoutout to ACLU of Utah who has created an easy summary of some of the most important bills to watch + scripts to write your legislators!
www.acluutah.org/campaigns-in...
Daisy’s father, a father of three, has lived in the U.S. for 35 years, attending his annual immigration check-ins and working long hours to provide for his family. He was recently taken into ICE custody and is now awaiting deportation.
gofund.me/bfaee6f6e
RIP to hundreds of Iranians and one American vacation
Great 😃
Today was an important day for the opposition movement. The law firms that stood up against Donald Trump threats won.
Those that capitulated and collaborated with Trump will need to explain to their families, clients and future generations why when democracy was at stake they were such cowards.
all I do these days is contact my reps, post a little infographic on my Instagram story asking my friends to contact their reps too, and cry
NEW: We filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to ban police from using geofence warrants, which forces tech companies to hand over location data for everyone in a certain area during a certain time.
These invasive searches ensnare innocent people and violate our Fourth Amendment rights.
THREAD:
In AZ, a cancer patient was told to treat his symptoms with an energy drink.
A MS inmate broke his arm and later needed to have his broken arm amputated.
In CO, a 22-year-old died from treatable infections after he was ignored by prison staff for a month.
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
This is a horrible bill, and we have to kill it. Please write your legislators, Utah!
secure.everyaction.com/1SsPvANgA0-T...
NEW: Georgia removed nearly 471,000 voters from its rolls last summer — roughly 6% of all the state’s registered voters.
Now voting rights groups are suing, arguing the state is illegally hiding records about how the purge was carried out.
the consolidation of major media institutions by the president’s oligarch friends is obviously bad, but i do wonder about the ultimate impact. it is clear that trump and his allies believe that you can buy up media and pull an orban or a putin. but…
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.
Off the top of my head:
www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email
Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
People are always like what’s something you miss from the past and one of mine is antitrust laws
Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
Blockbuster has the chance to do the funniest thing to Netflix….
Screenshot of Threads interaction: @_heybri said “Hey @mayorbmscott there's a sinkhole forming that can fit a car in it on Patterson across from the plaza. Somebody already lost a piece of their car.” @mayorbmscott responded, “Handled”
this is the only online presence our elected officials need to have
within a day of coming home from a trip my luggage was unpacked, laundry done, house cleaned, meals prepped. Hard pill to swallow that this is what being properly medicated for my ADHD could have done for me all along 😭
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court three-judge panel DENIES republican motion for a preliminary injunction to block Utah's new congressional map from going in to effect. The new map will stand for the 2026 midterms. Democrats will likely gain 1 seat! www.democracydocket.com/cases/utah-c...
