Ruth
@ruthdavis.bsky.social
Greed is poison. Scarcity is a capitalized myth. Creation is beautiful. We are our own worst enemy and greatest advocate. Information wants to be free. Gender, sexuality, race, and religion do not supersede humanity.
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Senate primary list 😡
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Senate primary list 😡
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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Not seeing any ICE goons at a rugby game at Soldier Field where there are sure to be white undocumented Irish people. 🤔
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Not seeing any ICE goons at a rugby game at Soldier Field where there are sure to be white undocumented Irish people. 🤔
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I'm looking forward to that time when I can remove "transition period" from my description of life. This past week has been the final wind down of my time as a contractor and significant contributor in my open-source community of practice, a hella lotta teaching responsibilities... 1/
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm looking forward to that time when I can remove "transition period" from my description of life. This past week has been the final wind down of my time as a contractor and significant contributor in my open-source community of practice, a hella lotta teaching responsibilities... 1/
Sometimes, your performance improvement plan gets lit. It will be interesting for him to "not see" the point and "not see" himself as a major leader of problems.
"The judge then ordered Mr. Bovino to appear at the federal courthouse at the end of every weekday to personally provide her with a report on the day’s arrests and incidents..."
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sometimes, your performance improvement plan gets lit. It will be interesting for him to "not see" the point and "not see" himself as a major leader of problems.
This is "he spelled potato wrong" level shit.
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is "he spelled potato wrong" level shit.
If RFK Jr. and the HHS don't get sued by Johnson and Johnson, I'll begin to question the moral arc of the universe.
I am preemptively filled with gratitude to the generations upon generations who will invoke RFK Jr.'s name with loathing and disdain until he is forgotten outright.
I am preemptively filled with gratitude to the generations upon generations who will invoke RFK Jr.'s name with loathing and disdain until he is forgotten outright.
Texas suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant because of an unproven link to autism. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/...
Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims
This lawsuit comes a month after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism.
www.texastribune.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If RFK Jr. and the HHS don't get sued by Johnson and Johnson, I'll begin to question the moral arc of the universe.
I am preemptively filled with gratitude to the generations upon generations who will invoke RFK Jr.'s name with loathing and disdain until he is forgotten outright.
I am preemptively filled with gratitude to the generations upon generations who will invoke RFK Jr.'s name with loathing and disdain until he is forgotten outright.
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Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Just throwing this unoriginal but very important idea out there - ICE needs to be completely disbanded. Not defunded (well, yes - that too). It needs to be obliterated. Those who chose to take jobs with that agency need to answer for that for the rest of their careers. They are fascist enforcers.
October 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Just throwing this unoriginal but very important idea out there - ICE needs to be completely disbanded. Not defunded (well, yes - that too). It needs to be obliterated. Those who chose to take jobs with that agency need to answer for that for the rest of their careers. They are fascist enforcers.
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This appears to be a great resource for mutual aid.
www.mutualaidhub.org?utm_source=c...
www.mutualaidhub.org?utm_source=c...
Mutual Aid Hub
Find Mutual Aid Networks and other community self-support projects near you. Join these important efforts, offer resources, or submit needs requests.
www.mutualaidhub.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This appears to be a great resource for mutual aid.
www.mutualaidhub.org?utm_source=c...
www.mutualaidhub.org?utm_source=c...
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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In Gary, Indiana this morning—
Community members have gathered in protest of ongoing ICE flights.
This small, sleepy airport is where many captives from the Chicago area detention center are transported (frequently in the middle of the night) as the next step in the deportation pipeline.
Community members have gathered in protest of ongoing ICE flights.
This small, sleepy airport is where many captives from the Chicago area detention center are transported (frequently in the middle of the night) as the next step in the deportation pipeline.
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In Gary, Indiana this morning—
Community members have gathered in protest of ongoing ICE flights.
This small, sleepy airport is where many captives from the Chicago area detention center are transported (frequently in the middle of the night) as the next step in the deportation pipeline.
Community members have gathered in protest of ongoing ICE flights.
This small, sleepy airport is where many captives from the Chicago area detention center are transported (frequently in the middle of the night) as the next step in the deportation pipeline.
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A friend recently told me that they didn’t think ICE would deploy tear gas in well to do neighborhoods with a high density of white people. I understood their thinking, but disagreed. Today, they gassed Lakeview. Nothing is off limits to these people.
October 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A friend recently told me that they didn’t think ICE would deploy tear gas in well to do neighborhoods with a high density of white people. I understood their thinking, but disagreed. Today, they gassed Lakeview. Nothing is off limits to these people.
Get rid of Mike Johnson. Now. Get Congress working again. Now. Begin impeachment proceedings against Trump and his entire cabinet right now. Otherwise, the next step is going to be a military coup, and then we will have civil war. That's what's next.
October 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Get rid of Mike Johnson. Now. Get Congress working again. Now. Begin impeachment proceedings against Trump and his entire cabinet right now. Otherwise, the next step is going to be a military coup, and then we will have civil war. That's what's next.
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For the record, $130 million is almost literally a tiny drop in the bucket. The U.S. military payroll biweekly is some $23 billion (the latest budget request is $600 billion). This ostensible gift amounts to a bit more than 0.5% of the biweekly payroll.
Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
October 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For the record, $130 million is almost literally a tiny drop in the bucket. The U.S. military payroll biweekly is some $23 billion (the latest budget request is $600 billion). This ostensible gift amounts to a bit more than 0.5% of the biweekly payroll.
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With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
I mean, the president could also play "dress up and act like a human being with care for other human beings" along with "how to be a leader with integrity and not a smash and grab wannabe mafioso cum pedophile nepobaby." These are fun games. I've heard. If we're playing games.
MORNING JOE: Are you comfortable with Trump's bailout of Argentina?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: The president here is playing chess and not checkers. This is an opportunity to make a friend, to help an ally out.
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: The president here is playing chess and not checkers. This is an opportunity to make a friend, to help an ally out.
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I mean, the president could also play "dress up and act like a human being with care for other human beings" along with "how to be a leader with integrity and not a smash and grab wannabe mafioso cum pedophile nepobaby." These are fun games. I've heard. If we're playing games.
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Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay. n.pr/4ngKyx3
It's supposed to be payday for many federal workers. Instead, they're getting nothing
Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.
n.pr
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay. n.pr/4ngKyx3
Ugh. And the PoS “not my man Mitch” gets some kind of redemption arc now? No.
Ex-Gov Mitch Daniels is the only high-profile Republican I’ve seen, thus far, who is publicly offering support to Republican members of the state Senate who don’t want to participate in Trump’s efforts to rig the midterms by redrawing congressional boundaries in a way that predetermines the results:
Trump and Vance Hit Unexpected Snag in Indiana
This is your TPM evening briefing.
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Ugh. And the PoS “not my man Mitch” gets some kind of redemption arc now? No.
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With Universal Healthcare and Universal Basic Income, small businesses and the arts would flourish in this country as never before. People could choose meaningful work over drudgery. We would protect the nation from the coming AI storm.
It would be a Renaissance.
It would be a Renaissance.
October 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
With Universal Healthcare and Universal Basic Income, small businesses and the arts would flourish in this country as never before. People could choose meaningful work over drudgery. We would protect the nation from the coming AI storm.
It would be a Renaissance.
It would be a Renaissance.
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Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!
This morning I was completely filled with rage. I’m still so angry about my friend being laid off. I’m beyond describing my emotions as they relate to the events in this country and this world. And so I laser etched this image by Cupcake Alchemist onto watercolor paper and inked it with ink pencils.
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This morning I was completely filled with rage. I’m still so angry about my friend being laid off. I’m beyond describing my emotions as they relate to the events in this country and this world. And so I laser etched this image by Cupcake Alchemist onto watercolor paper and inked it with ink pencils.
Just a reminder that the House Republicans, lead by Speaker Johnson of Louisiana, are choosing to starve people of the United States to prove their loyalty to the President of the United States who is demolishing the People's House and adding a ballroom that will cost $230M. 1/
October 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Just a reminder that the House Republicans, lead by Speaker Johnson of Louisiana, are choosing to starve people of the United States to prove their loyalty to the President of the United States who is demolishing the People's House and adding a ballroom that will cost $230M. 1/