Reposted by Waiting For My RideCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025When someone is shown to be abusive? They should be shown the door. Right then and there. There are too many talented people in this world. Why waste time on damage control for someone who will not stop damaging others? Invest in someone new. 1566 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/07/2025This is how you know insurance companies are evil. The ROI on every single vaccine is orders of magnitude more than up front cost (think prevented cirrhosis, cancer, surgeries, hospitalizations, etc). The only reason they wouldn’t cover vaccines is if they don’t plan to cover the consequences either 22929288 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025So much horrific news today, but don't sleep on this. @delauro.house.gov is right: "By illegally withholding nearly $7 billion promised to public schools, the Trump administration is furthering Republicans’ goal of eliminating public education." democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...democrats-appropriations.house.govPresident Trump Illegally Steals from Public Schools Across the CountryHouse Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on President Trump’s unlawful withholding of funds promised to K-12 schools across the United Stat... 4404192 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideEvan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 02/07/2025The CFPB ordered Navy Federal Credit Union to repay over $80 million to customers hit with allegedly illegal overdraft fees. Yesterday, the CFPB terminated the requirement they repay customers. If the money isn't already out the door, Navy Fed isn't paying. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...news.bloomberglaw.comNavy Federal Exits CFPB Overdraft Settlement as Trump Axes DealsNavy Federal Credit Union potentially avoided having to pay as much as $80 million in redress to harmed consumers and escaped monitoring mandated under a 2024 overdraft settlement as the Consumer Fina... 23528 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 02/07/2025Might I suggest what you want to remember you were doing the day after an American concentration camp opened in your lifetime is not arguing online about the camp’s name, but directly asking one person you trust what you could do together to help close the camp. 31972490 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideAlex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Trump and Noem got rid of Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at DHS, which was supposed to investigate abuses in detention settings, has been gutted. The Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman — created by Congress as an independent watchdog — has been defunded and sidelined. 12813 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/07/2025HORRIBLE JOBS REPORT: The private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 jobs increase, ADP says. Can anyone spell RECESSION? 😡cnbc.comThe private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, ADP saysEconomists polled by Dow Jones forecasted an increase of 100,000 for the month. 41750362079 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 02/07/2025the president just opened a concentration camp 10678292301 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideNBC News @nbcnews.com · 02/07/2025Defense Sec. Hegseth has ordered a pause in sending a shipment of missiles and ammunition to Ukraine amid concern about the U.S. military’s stockpiles, according to defense officials, congressional officials and two sources with knowledge of the decision. nbcnews.toPentagon halts weapons shipment to Ukraine amid concerns over U.S. stockpileThe move "was made to put America’s interests first," a White House spokeswoman said, as U.S. munitions have been depleted in recent years. 372818 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/07/2025BREAKING: Here is the opinion: www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/D... 272476488 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideBruce Brews @bruce-brews.bsky.social · 02/07/202550+ civilian instructors have left AF Academy, more cuts feared. "I love the poorly educated!!!" - El Taco Pequeño @olevetusaf.bsky.social @jaybird54.bsky.social @bluedotin.bsky.social @airforcegirl05.bsky.social @vspouse.bsky.social @taoshadow.bsky.social #veterans #usaf #education #usafakoaa.comSources: Over 50 civilian instructors have already left Air Force Academy with no replacementsAccording to sources inside and outside the Air Force Academy, over 50 civilian faculty have already left the institution through the voluntary Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) offered in 2025. 1174 0
Reposted by Waiting For My Ridelauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/07/2025most important thing you can be doing right now is arguing in the mentions of a concentration camp scholar whether what's being built in florida is a concentration camp or a death camp. once we've settled on the right word to use we can move on to less important problems like what to do about them 544086549 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/07/2025People aren’t “voting against their own interests.” They decide what their own interests are, not you. And they keep telling you which interests they value, you just won’t listen. 2520035 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025www.military.com/daily-news/2...military.comGuardsmen Pulled off LA Mission as State Warns Troops Are 'Stretched Thin' Amid Wildfire SeasonU.S. Northern Command said in a statement that approximately 150 members of the California National Guard were released from their federal mission protecting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents... 517456 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/07/2025🚨Want to know where all the immigration enforcement money is going to? We've got you covered! - $51.6 billion for border wall ($46.6 billion for wall, $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities). - $45 billion for ICE detention - $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement Grand total: $170.7 billion. 1081530882 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideL.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 01/07/2025In a month in which too many prominent voices have chosen silence in the face of federally mandated mass deportations that target families, friends, and workers, we applaud and are endlessly grateful for Longoria’s generosity and actions. Thank you for seeing our work. lataco.com/longoria-don... 301365306 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideDan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Because that’s what it is. Burning down everything and restructuring from near scratch with support only for rich white people and prisons/slavery. No aid, no research, no education, no food, no housing, no medicine… Prisons, deportation, money for the 0.01% 184 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/07/2025BTW this is why we wanted to stop cop city assholes 2944210 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 01/07/2025"The Big, Beautiful Bill assigns each American a billionaire who will live the American dream for you. You can check in on your billionaire at intervals and see how he is using your money. Maybe he’s building a 19th pool. Maybe he’s buying himself some formerly public land!" Billionaire Tamagotchi!theatlantic.comWith the Big, Beautiful Bill, You Can Now Sponsor a Billionaire of Your Choosing"My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?" @petridishes writes: 516449 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/07/2025The official X account for the White House just posted a photo of Trump with the alligators wearing ICE hats. This is concentration camp propaganda being promoted on the same day he announced he will start targeting citizens for removal. Fascism will never stop coming for you unless you stop it 3425131 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideCharles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 01/07/2025I really don’t care about the Sean Combs trial, and I don’t need to know the verdict in real time. The Senate just passed a bill that expands ICE into a no-shit unprecedented secret police force with more funding than the US Marines, and ALL OF THE CABLE NETWORKS are fixated on Sean Combs. 22876259 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 01/07/2025A diseased and impoverished nation is easier to control. 571761634 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie. One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears. They will all live forever with the horror of this bill. 25793453710834 0
Reposted by Waiting For My Rideeg @maxemilysm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Sad to hear of the passing of #DisabilityJustice activist and visionary Patty Berne. #SinsInvalid reminds us: “As we grieve, please care for each other in the ways Patty taught us: Check in on a friend. Cook a meal. Support someone at the edge. Practice Disability Justice in real time.” 16934 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/07/2025If you're reading this, whoever you are & whatever you're doing to try to make this world better, whether it's calling, protesting, providing mutual aid, making art, raising awareness, training & teaching people new concepts & skills, journalism, surviving through it all, or whatever else: thank you 292264706 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/07/2025🚨 New: Trump’s taking his streaming platform global—just months after he gutted Voice of America, the US’s biggest international news outlet. Trump the president cuts global news. Trump the businessman fills the void. #synergy My full story for @forbes.com 👇 1/forbes.comTrump Media Takes Truth+ Streaming Global After President Slashes Voice Of AmericaTrump’s media company is testing an international launch of its Truth+ streaming platform, raising questions over conflicts of interest as the administration cuts funding to America’s biggest global b... 42342230 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 01/07/2025If you’re not fucked by this bill, someone you know is. This is the type of totalitarianism not many are meant to escape. The vulnerable, the poor & disabled will be culled. The secret police who don’t need due process will abduct more, many will be incarcerated. It would be a final dark age. 4414119 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 01/07/2025BREAKING The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations. This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions. 3951418577 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideInner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Judge: We have received a note at 4:05 pm today, it reads, we have reached a verdict on Counts 2, 3, 4 and 5. We are unable to reach a verdict on Count 1 as we have jurors on each side. How should be respond? 2116 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/07/2025NEW: A federal court in NYC just ruled that Secretary Noem's decision to "partially vacate" Secretary Mayorkas' decision to extend TPS for Haiti was unlawful. This would restore the original expiration date of February 3, 2026, and potentially overrule Noem's recent decision to terminate it. 533223974 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideL.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Abandoned ice cream carts, fruit, and taco stands. Trucks with broken windows left in the middle of the streets. It’s the new reality ICE has brought to our beautiful city. This taco stand appears to have been hit last night, 6/27 in South LA by Florence and Gramercy. 761675855 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/06/2025“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.thebetter.newsFinland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.meIn Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness. 8963202410 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/06/2025A lot of people wanted to handwave away the fact that food pantries across the country were reporting record usage, and now we’re not seeing this very relevant point being raised, as people are going to be made even less secure. 38113 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 29/06/2025This woman has been kidnapped There was no due process. No legal procedure followed. They simply grabbed & disappeared a mother of three The LAPD have said it’ll be 1-2 weeks before they ASSIGN a detective to look into it This is why filming & shouting when bounty hunters show up is so important 116673 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideMindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Graduation wisdom for every freedom-loving student in America from The Handmaids Tale and an Idaho shero who schooled her district superintendent in the fundamentals of democracy and creative resistance: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” 🎓 🗽 @margaretatwood.bsky.social 714655 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025I have no idea if this can or will work, but I think it's absolutely the thing to try.theguardian.comDenmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own featuresAmendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says 211103226 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 27/06/2025Gonna go out on a limb and say this might be a controversial move. (via @politico.com) 413252 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025WATCH: “Are they not seeing what we’re seeing? This moonscape? Thousands killed? Children starved?” Clarissa Ward tells Colbert 🇮🇱 actions in Gaza with 🇺🇸 support has eroded trust in international law in the Middle East, and in any notion we’re a “guiding light” for human rights 20497154 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideMarcelius Braxton @marceliusb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Just because folks (or their children) are experiencing poverty doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have access to a treat like anyone else. Rather than showing disdain or exerting control over people who are poor, focus on ending poverty, providing guaranteed income, and taxing the wealthy who evade taxes. 3386 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideAnodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 26/06/2025"Until we live in a society where the life of an unhoused person is valued as much as someone in uniform, we cannot claim to stand for justice—we're merely reinforcing a hierarchy of human worth based on status."queenseagle.comOpinion: Let the transformed judge transformation — Queens Daily Eagle“Those most impacted by incarceration must help shape the system that determines freedom.” 16216 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideWIRED @wired.com · 27/06/2025Five months into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, his executive orders against DEI and LGBT rights have influenced an increasing number of corporate brands to abandon marketing and programming that could be considered too progressive. Let's get into it:wired.comThe Era of ‘Woke’ Brand Activism Is OverIn the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks on DEI and trans Americans, major corporations have pulled out of Pride and Juneteenth. Some are pushing ultra nationalist messages instead. 3431685 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideShelli @shelliblu.bsky.social · 27/06/2025But let's talk about the "brutal dictators" in other countries to distract us from the crimes against humanity that occur in the USA daily 143 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 26/06/2025We launched our new Basic Income Factsheet, which our supporters across Canada are already mailing to their MPs We already know the huge benefits of cutting poverty. What's less known are the economic and AI cases for basic income. It's all in here. 12415 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 27/06/2025We really do need to be studying Maroon ways for now! These were African methods of survival in community & militancy against oppression in society. It’s Black anarchism. @161bklyn.bsky.social 33916 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 26/06/2025This Is Why Many Of Us Support UBI…. 14718 0
Reposted by Waiting For My Ride💜TheeAfroLesbian💜 @zisshit.com · 27/06/2025🚨 Please donate so I can have emergency tooth removal..😭😭‼️‼️😭😭 I’ve been in and out of dentists offices trying to find a price that makes sense!!! (Nothing does)!! Please donate! I’m in a lot of pain and this is now very urgent!!! 🚨 gofund.me/8623a0a2 02023 0
Reposted by Waiting For My RideThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025UPDATE: 2 more impersonators in Houston alone. (One was shot by a man’s wife) How long are we going to let this madness go on? We should be requiring agents to ID themselves, not legislating to protect masked vigilantes. @MarshaBlackburn 41088433833 0