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So with Trump saying they’ll “no longer allow the sexual mutulation of youth”, and “children are made exactly as god made them…”

Circumcision is now banned…right? 🙃
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Much like everything else with this administration, the cruelty is the point. Cutting $880B from Medicare & Medicaid won’t lower costs—it just leaves seniors & low-income Americans without care. People paid into these programs. They deserve better.
#GOPTaxScam #StopTheCuts #SaveMedicare
Republican budget blueprint to fund Trump’s agenda narrowly passes House
Vote passes 217-215 in win for president as Democrats assail proposal over planned cuts to social safety-net programs
www.theguardian.com
A distress signal. But also, a statement. Park rangers are on the front lines of protecting our lands—and now, our democracy. When those who safeguard our national parks raise the alarm, we must listen. Stand with our parks. Stand with those resisting. #ElCapitan #ParksResist #DemocracyInDistress
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
The Trump admin is blocking the CDC from sharing critical health info, keeping the public in the dark as measles spreads. The largest outbreak is in West Texas and has now reached New Mexico. Why are they hiding this? Public health isn’t political. #MeaslesOutbreak #TrustScience
The measles outbreak in Texas is growing. #viral #outbreak #doctor
YouTube video by Dr. Zachary Rubin
youtube.com
No child in this country should go hungry. We feed prisoners without question, yet free school meals for kids are constantly debated. Why is feeding incarcerated adults a given, but feeding children a political fight? No one should go hungry - especially kids. #NoHungryKids #FundSchoolMeals
Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Was Blocked. But Confusion Among Schools Remains
The order sent school districts and others scrambling to determine which federal funds for schools could be stopped.
www.edweek.org
RFK Jr. thinking a farm staffed by unmedicated depressed & ADHD folks would be productive is peak delusion. Imagine the half-finished tasks, forgotten crops, and executive dysfunction. It’s not a labor camp, it’s a sad commune where nothing gets done. #RFKJr #MentalHealth #ADHD #Depression #Ableism
RFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressants
The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.
www.motherjones.com
Update: AP is now banned indefinitely from the White House and Air Force One for refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America.’ Silencing journalists for not parroting propaganda is authoritarian—plain and simple. A free press must be defended. #FirstAmendment #MediaSuppression
4/ Because the Trump admin is strong-arming institutions into submission.

And it gets worse:

🚨 The White House banned an AP reporter from the Oval Office for refusing to say “Gulf of America.”

Let that sink in. The executive branch is punishing journalists for using factual, historical language.
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
5/ Sorry, Mitch, but history won’t forget.

You had the power to stop this. You chose not to. And now, all your hand-wringing and weak opposition doesn’t matter-because the authoritarian you protected is undoing democracy in real time.

Too little, too late.

#TooLittleTooLate #McConnell
4/ McConnell didn’t just fail to stop Trump—he enabled him at every step when it benefited him politically.

✔️ He blocked impeachment.
✔️ He packed the courts for Trump.
✔️ He looked the other way while democracy was being dismantled.

And now he expects credit for resistance?
3/ Now, McConnell is playing the hero, positioning himself as the lone Republican voice of reason against Trump’s agenda.

He’s voting against Trump’s extreme policies. He’s warning about the dangers. He’s sounding the alarm.

But where was this courage when it actually mattered?
2/ Instead, McConnell let Trump off the hook, claiming the courts and elections would deal with him.

Well, here we are. Trump is back in power, gutting democracy, banning reporters, forcing propaganda, and purging gov’t agencies. This is on you, Mitch.
1/ Let’s be clear: Mitch McConnell is directly responsible for Trump’s return to power.

After the January 6 insurrection, McConnell admitted that Trump was guilty of inciting it. He could have voted to convict him in the Senate trial—ensuring Trump could never run again.

But he didn’t.
Mitch McConnell had one chance to bar Trump from ever holding office again after Jan. 6. Instead, he let him walk—and now, Trump is back, dismantling democracy in real time.

McConnell acting like the lone Republican standing up to Trump’s agenda now? Too little, too late. 🧵⬇️
8/ This isn’t just about a name.

This is about control. This is about coercion. This is about the erasure of fundamental freedoms.

We have to fight back. Call this out for what it is: authoritarianism in real time.

#GulfOfMexico #FreePress #FascismInRealTime #Resist
7/ The worst part? This is a test.

If they can rewrite history, force compliance, and punish journalists over a geographic name, what’s stopping them from doing the same with elections, laws, citizenship, or human rights?

What happens when the press is too afraid to resist?