Every time a shooting happens Republicans immediately want to deflect from guns and start talking about how the real issue is "mental health"

Ok great!

Let's talk about what Republicans have done to solve the mental health crisis for the last 40 years. Four decades of Republican policy have dismantled America’s mental health system.

From Reagan’s 1981 cuts to Trump’s $11B grant clawbacks, the pattern is clear: defund, block, and sabotage. 🧵

I’m seeing this conversation between Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates framed as a liberal versus leftist debate and I don’t agree with this framing.

here’s why. For lack of a more nuanced and elegant way of putting it, I would generally describe the difference between a liberal and a leftist as -

someone who sees pragmatic incremental change as an acceptable political strategy versus someone who sees radical change that requires the dismantling of current systems and institutions as their immediate goal.

“Both parties are the same”

Oh! Ooh! Tag me in, coach! I assume you’re not old enough to recall life before the ACA. The reason you’re able to be 23 and still on Mommy’s health insurance. 🙃

Let’s recap: 1. Pre-existing conditions

Before ACA: Apply for insurance, disclose you once had asthma, acne, or depression → DENIED. No health insurance for you. 🥴

After ACA: Guaranteed coverage at the same price as anyone else.

If you’re confused about what’s happening with Jimmy Kimmel, here’s the deal:

Most people don’t realize this, but in the U.S. there are ownership caps on how many local TV stations one company can control. It’s meant to stop one giant corporation from monopolizing the airwaves. Nexstar Media Group is already the biggest TV station owner in America. They don’t run a national network like ABC or NBC — they scoop up local affiliates across the country. By law, no company is supposed to control more than ~39% of U.S. households.

Practical tips that have helped me as a person with Inattentive ADHD: Phase dimming: I set my bedroom lights to turn on very dim ~30 minutes before wake time, then steadily brighten. This helps avoid the “snooze and roll over” trap.

I’ve seen a lot of people say that it doesn’t matter if Trump dies because JD Vance will be worse.

There was a time I thought that during his first term but now I’m completely convinced that take is wrong. Here’s why. Trump’s judicial picks weren’t his personal choices - they came straight from the Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society’s pre-vetted lists. Any Republican president would’ve drawn from the same pool of extreme right-wing candidates. Either Mike Pence or JD Vance or anyone else.

I'm about to tell you the most ridiculous story of petty revenge you've ever heard. It starts with a 911 call, involves planted drugs, a lot of white nonsense, and ends with two suburbanites in prison. Buckle up. February 16, 2011. Irvine Police get a frantic call. A man reports an erratic driver at Plaza Vista Elementary School. "I'm very concerned," he says. "She might be under the influence."

She lied and said he chased her and her kids. Didn’t believe he lived in his own house (affluent neighborhood). Went running down the street screaming for help. She could’ve gotten him killed. Now she’s over on Facebook with her crocodile tears saying there’s an “agenda” against her - she doesn’t owe anyone an apology and she’s “the furthest thing from a racist”

A private security firm warned New Orleans officials in 2019 that the bollards designed to block vehicles from entering the French Quarter did not appear to work. They were told to replace them IMMEDIATELY:

They ONLY just began to fix them this past November in preparation for the Super Bowl, and they were still in the process of being returned to Bourbon Street when a vehicle rammed through the crowd on New Year’s.

(via @nytimes) New Orleans first installed its metal security barriers along Bourbon Street in 2017, after the Bastille Day parade attack in Nice, France.

But those bollards, which are designed to block vehicles from crashing into buildings and pedestrians, were quickly jammed with Mardi Gras beads and stopped working.

Let me be very clear about something. A lot of you white liberals are just as responsible for the state of our country as Trump supporters. You make excuses for them because they are your friends and family. You equate “political disagreements” to a a mere difference of opinion on pizza toppings when the subject is basic human rights.

It’s here! @KamalaHarris has released her agenda specifically for Black men and begins a media tour this week to tout the plans. Follow along 🧵 : 1 million forgivable loans up to $20k for entrepreneurs to start businesses and build wealth. #EconomicOpportunity

Eric Adams is accused of:

1. Accepting illegal travel benefits (2015-2021):
- Multiple instances of free or heavily discounted business class flights on Turkish Airlines
- Free or discounted luxury hotel stays in Turkey and other countries
- Free meals, transportation, and entertainment in Turkey 2. Soliciting and accepting illegal campaign contributions (2018-2023):
- Accepting straw donations from Turkish businesspeople and their employees
- Soliciting and accepting contributions from foreign nationals
- Orchestrating schemes to funnel foreign money through U.S.-based straw donors

BREAKING: GOP candidate Mark Robinson, who’s spent his political career spewing hate against the LGBT community, has been exposed by a bombshell report from CNN in which he said he enjoyed watching transgender porn. “It takes the man out while leaving the man in”, he said Robinson also stated on this online forum how aroused he gets recalling the memory of peeping on teenage girls

JD Vance lied today when he claimed the Trump administration didn't try to destroy the ACA.

Here are the receipts: Repealing the Individual Mandate
2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Elimination of the ACA’s individual mandate penalty in 2017, which required people to have health insurance or face a financial penalty. While the mandate itself wasn't repealed, the penalty was reduced to $0, effectively removing its enforcement. The individual mandate was a cornerstone of the ACA to ensure broad participation in the insurance markets.

Let's talk about Breonna Taylor's MURDER. Okay, so this crusty dusty ass mayo demon Joshua Jaynes LIED in the application for the warrant to get into Breonna's home by claiming her ex-boyfriend got his mail there. He said he verified this with the USPS but instead he was told this by another fellow officer who also LIED

Molly, A woman in West Virginia, laid in bed with her two sons Delmer (3) and Justin (5). She read them a bedtime story, they fell asleep, then decided to take their dog for a walk. While out she visited her parents who happen to live directly across the street. Her husband was asleep in their bedroom when the room filling up with smoke woke him up. Their house was on fire, and he couldn’t get to the boys’ room because he couldn’t see. Then he tried to get out of the house but couldn’t. The door wouldn’t open.

A white couple from rural West Virginia adopted Black children and kept them in their barn to live as slaves. Police conducted a wellness check at the home and were shocked to discover two of the couple’s five adopted children living in deplorable conditions, padlocked inside a ramshackle storage shed on the back of the property, which had no working lights or running water.

JUST NOW: Marjorie Taylor Greene made a derogatory comment about Rep. Jasmine Crockett and "false eyelashes" during a House committee hearing.

Personal attacks against other members isn't allowed, so AOC requested a motion and asked for an apology which was blocked.

Rep. Crockett responded with:

“I’m just curious, just to better understand your ruling: If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleach blonde bad built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?”

🧵 Things the Donald Trump administration did to destroy the environment: Executive Order 13783 (2017): This order, signed by President Trump, directed federal agencies to review and rescind or revise regulations that may "burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources." It specifically targeted Obama-era climate policies.

Black Americans are while voting overwhelmingly Democrat since the southern strategy, have always been ideologically more conservatives. But right now we are dealing with younger Black Americans, millennials and zoomers, being “red pilled” due to social media. There is evidence that younger Black Americans tend to hold more conservative views on certain social issues compared to their elders. For example, surveys have found that Black Millennials are more likely to oppose abortion and same-sex marriage than older Black generations.

Ten industries that are desperate for workers, a thread: 1. Healthcare: Nurses, physicians, medical assistants, and home health aides are expected to remain in high demand due to an aging population and increased healthcare needs.