News outlets are already saying that Colin Allred "faces headwinds" in challenging Ted Cruz for Senate next year. Cruz is a coward who encouraged insurrectionists on January 6th. Allred is a patriot who knows when it's time to fight (against a mob of insurrectionists) and when it's time for calm (in the House chamber, certifying the votes). We need Democrats willing to challenge every seat. Allred will fight hard for Texas and democracy.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat warns that Republicans may be trying to crash the US economy in order to usher in authoritarian rule:
"The Republicans' endgame is to convert America into an autocracy, building on the momentum created by Donald Trump's Jan. 6 coup attempt and state-level assaults on democracy. To this end, party elites and their media allies have orchestrated a campaign to delegitimize a sitting president that has no domestic precedent in its intensity."
https://lucid.substack.com/p/republicans-have-crashed-a-national
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Many Black people struggle with internalized racism. Almost all white people have internalized racism, they're just not struggling with it. They don't even know it's in them.
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@coffeepine My father was a violent antifascist. He landed on the beach at Normandy in 1944, at age 21.
May 5th is #RedDressDay in remembrance of our stolen sisters...
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I have admΓred and voted for Senator Dianne Feinstein several times. Weβve had no health updates from her for over a month. 40 million Californians need a Senator. The Country needs an aggressive Senate Juduciary Committee. She has every reason to feel proud of her illustrious career, in retirement.
Knowing didnβt change who I was or how I felt about myself.
My only reaction was,
βWell that explains a lot.β
@chai @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics @autisticadvocacy oh⦠one big thing that helped me was recognizing what I call "trauma echoes"
sometimes I'll come back to some bs in my head β an old argument/an old fight brought into the now. I used to act on those thoughts; now I know it's a hybrid of my autism and trauma from childhoodβ¦ and now I catch it in seconds if not milliseconds and immediately ask myself β what do I need? and it's almost always rest or food.
So, every week or so, instead of making my own lunch, I grab a pocket sandwich from G.P.S. (https://goo.gl/maps/e5ubtzfDfDw9FWdb9), and always really enjoyed their food, and the lovely couple that ran it.
Normally I go there, as it's right across the street, but I ordered in like 3 times when I felt incapable of leaving my place.
Today I went by there after groceries, and I forgot them there. Not wanting my food to get cold, I quickly ate, and at that moment, the owner rang my bell with my groceries in hand
RT @Cbritinha
Morning fellas. I have a proposal. Reply to this tweet with your favourite #NAFO memes and I will try and animate the top 3 voted ones, like I did with this one.
PS: I reserve the right to choose the next voted one if the task seems impossible
RT @frontlinekit
Thank you to everyone who fought to #FreeTheKitchen last night, I think a lot of Vatniks got bonked.
We back baby! πͺπͺπͺ
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.