@hellyrsinnie
I’m a Gen X, blue dot in a red state, a mother, wife, and concerned citizen. I love to read (esp banned books), love flowers, hiking, nature, and I love being around intelligent, witty people. And people who believe in science are my jam!! 🚫DMs
Pete Hegseth spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab, $7 million on lobster tail, and $15.1 million on ribeye steak in just one month. — But please, tell me again how the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security are bleeding this country dry.
America and Israel are in essence waging chemical war in Iran, filling the air above its metropolis with toxic smoke after lighting its oil storage depots on fire.
How is anyone supposed to "rise up" when they can't breathe?
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Okay, obviously I, Helly R’s Innie, am a big Severance fan & I’ve gotten a lot of people hooked on the show. I also freaking adore Shrinking. BUT-I would love to know if anyone else is enjoying Drops of God as much as I am? 🍷 And now I just want to travel & drink wine & learn multiple languages
NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”
Some judicial opinions have to be read in full, like the one I parse for you to night, from Judge Tunheim in Minneapolis.
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This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
Breaking: The Olympic gold-winning U.S. women's hockey team DECLINES Trump's invitation to his State of the Union address after he was caught on video mocking them.
🏈🏈🏈🏈
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
A balm to the soul now is to read Theo of Golden. It’s not a book that I just couldn’t put down or HAD to read - but I always looked forward to spending time with the characters. It made me smile, cry, and reflect.
Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
“This wine is AW-FUL -pour me another glass!” -Moira Rose. RIP and cheers to you, Catherine O’Hara. Thanks for all the laughs
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
I feel this guy’s pain and agony and frustration deep in my soul. NO MORE!! GTFO, ICE!!!
Happy birthday 🎉 Love the Daily Beans. Appreciate all you and Dana do! Hope you had some time to relax and maybe read some of your Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins books while snuggling with the cats
What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
Oh my god this lady rules. I love this.
Just make fun of these poseurs.
Protest poster stating Stop Othering and Thuggering with a drawing of a masked ICE agent and blood spatters over statement of ICE Get Out
Attended a peaceful protest yesterday. Got flipped off quite a bit and coal rolled (red state) but more supportive honks than all that — and we’re not going away as long as this shit keeps happening.
Billie Eilish asked the right question:
If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?
These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
This from @govpritzker.illinois.gov on @cnn.com
Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today
“Severance" actor Tramell Tillman has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. He is the first Black man ever to win the award #Emmys
