Happy 250th America. Time to face our shit, now that an Epstein tornado has basically smothered and covered everything in an unavoidable layer of it.

Correction of the 2017 wording: “[Trump] hadn’t wreck the world *YET.*”

Sally Hemmings brother James’ story is pretty sad too. He worked in the kitchen, and Jefferson sent him to France to study to become a chef. However Jefferson kept James enslaved and would not grant him freedom until he trained his replacement. He did gain freedom, but eventually died by suicide. 😔

Good morning Sheila. Just a reminder today we are traveling a difficult road but the end result will be worth it. Hope your day is great too. ☕😀

We keep hoping, but the undoing isn’t doing fast enough

They will outlast him, surely. That said, he’s also made it extremely clear that any sexual harassment or assault charges won’t really be prosecuted so, talk about a hostile workplace. 😔

This whole letter is remarkable, and I encourage you to read it. I would quote longer passages if I could on Bluesky ☺️ but they really take terfs to task and dust the floor with them.

I feel bad for the women in arms who have to listen to his Ferenghi bullshit.

Fox News is citing qualifications from woke elitist universities now?

We’ve already got fascism by default.

Early December? You mean the week after open enrollment ends?

The “feelings,” Senator, are that Democrats capitulated over $200 worth of Snap benefits and your average voter will now spend $800 more a month on health insurance. That’s a real battle, and we don’t need you to manage our feelings about it. We need you to fight it.

My dad was the first in his family to finish high school, let alone go to college. Working class Irish, it was expected you’d go to work to support the family at 14 unless you were some kind of prodigy.