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I don’t think I can say it better or more succinctly than Mr. Lawrence Ware. I’ll add that the carefully coded hate speech from #TFG and his #KKK sycophants on TV every day from the Whitest House has been adding nuclear fuel to the fire. Criminals. #FuckRacism #uspol theroot.com/why-things-have-on

The Root · Why Things Have Only Gotten Worse For Black Folks in the 5 Years Since George Floyd Was MurderedBy Lawrence Ware

#TFG #BigBadForUsBill

Please feel free to use this example of a real person, my sister who is 67 and works at her own business and part time as a caregiver---she is on Medicare and Medicaid.

She is exactly one of the people this Big Beautiful Bill will hit hard if her lifeline to Medicare/caid is cut.

I just spent two of the last three nights with her in the ER due to an extremely powerful Trigeminal Neuralgia flare...she lives with this most days, the pain averages several seconds, a few times a day---for the last 17 years.

But this was very bad. Like "a lightening bolt" behind her nose up to the top of her head. I held her hand as a she cried, screamed and moaned in pain, each episode lasting 10 to 15 min.

Neither she nor I can afford to pay for these visits.

The chaos is the point. The distractions are the point. The arguments over taking the gift of a 747 from a known supporter of terrorism is the point. Elon Musk stepping back while DOGE now operates in the shadows is the point. #TFG's implanted diseases destroying our institutions from the inside is the point. If I make more points, you'll need to set aside the afternoon... Suffice it to say, there are countless more things going on.

If it's dumb and pointless and a talking point then it's a distraction from something far more distructive they don't want you to notice. mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114535

Mastodon 🐘Laffy (@GottaLaff@mstdn.social)Via Sherrilyn Ifill: This is HUGE. For those wondering why due process is essential for EVERYONE. This is why! ‪David Bier‬: Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.