Heidi Li Feldman18h ago

Exhausted by a day that began w/ oral argument in a case that should have never have made it to the Supreme Court, ended with an incoherent ramble from Trump about his war of choice in Iran.

Other tiring moments: Trump’s drop-in at oral argument; his obnoxious remarks re leaving NATO; gutting of U.S. Forest Service.

Deeply fatigued by the ongoing capitulation of the Republican Fascists who control Congress. Their utter dereliction of duty leaves all of us captive to Trump and his coterie. 1/

Show threadf*cking b*tch club8h ago

@heidilifeldman The news yesterday about the end of the Forest Service hit me harder than I expected it to.

I chalk it up to being born and raised in the West—a lot of folks in today’s Congress have never seen the land protected by the Forest Service.

What a shame.

When I was a kid, some guy a generation older than my dad (who recently died at 96), mentioned that it was a good thing that so much of the West was protected land. “otherwise it’d just be ruined”

#prophetic

MrEdgarBass6h ago
Show threadnotthatkindofdoctor
@grammasaurus @heidilifeldman
My parents are super conservative so I generally avoid discussing politics with them, but when I told my mom about the forestry destruction yesterday she ranted about it for an hour. Then ranted about cuts to research in general. Her very poor and rural (Trump loving) home town in the boreal forest zone relies on that forestry research and maintenance activity and has no local money to replace it.
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Show threadDarwin Woodka6h ago

@notthatkindofdoctor @grammasaurus @heidilifeldman

Opportunities here for paying people in rural areas to preserve forest and open space though ala Kim Stanley Robinson's novels, if someone gets around to it...

Show threadHeath Borders1h ago
@notthatkindofdoctor @grammasaurus @heidilifeldman do you think this leads to your parents voting against the GOP in the future?
Show threadnotthatkindofdoctor1h ago
@heathborders @grammasaurus @heidilifeldman
Dad, no. He's full blown racist, xenophobic, homophobic, misogynist and doesn't care that his votes harm his own children's livelihoods and his own retirement money. Mom will deny reality and justify voting for local conservatives because they 'seem nice' and blame the bad stuff on DC politicians.
Show threadHeath Borders50m ago
@notthatkindofdoctor @grammasaurus @heidilifeldman welp
Show threadf*cking b*tch club1h ago

@notthatkindofdoctor @heidilifeldman Aww…that’s sad! So many places didn’t think donny’s cruelties would affect them, and now the chickens come home to roost.

they didn’t think that overturning Roe would lead to rural hospital closures, they didn’t think that getting kids off SNAP benefits would hurt local farmers….the list is long.