BWheatNYC

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Enjoying Mastodon/Fediverse. It’s not perfect but much better than the former bird site. Lived in Bangkok for nearly 20 yrs, NYC for 12 yrs. Now in the US SE trying to find friends who aren’t Trumpers. Supporter of equal rights & marginalized and underrepresented communities.
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@QasimRashid

oh, boo hoo you pile of shit.

ANYONE who voted for trump deserves horrific things to happen to them and I hope everyone around them doesn’t let them forget it

Bradley Bartell voted for Trump. Now ICE arrested his wife Camila Muñoz.

"I knew they were cracking down, but I didn't think they'd go after my wife," said Bartell.

Life imitates art

"I never thought the leopards would eat MY face," cried the woman who voted for the leopards eating faces party.

a friend invited my wife and me to visit them… and we were invited to an event i’ve wanted to do since childhood

had to turn both down because they’re in states where i can’t use the bathroom, and if i had to go to the hospital they’d forcibly detransition me by stopping my HRT

do you get it yet?

ACLU Protest Advice #protests #law
All 550 of VOA’s contract status reporters, editors, videographers, engineers and techs just notified they’re terminated effective end of this month. We don’t distinguish internally between them and regular staff — all are highly skilled and absolutely critical to the operation.
America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.

In other words, POTUS doesn't get to decide what is or isn't a fact. I'm not sure this is a First Amendment violation though. I'll be curious to read his next piece. #ReasonMagazine #GulfOfMexico

https://reason.com/volokh/2025/02/15/it-is-a-fact-that-the-body-of-water-is-called-the-gulf-of-america/

"It Is a Fact That the Body of Water ... Is Called the Gulf of America"?

I hope to blog soon about the First Amendment questions raised by President Trump's excluding the AP from the Oval Office and Air Force One because of the

Reason.com
Damn, this committing crimes, running for president, accidentally becoming president, being the shittiest president, committing crimes, running again, losing, attempting a coup, committing crimes, getting convicted of dozens of crimes, and getting elected prez again is quite the lucrative racket.
Gov. Phil Murphy patted himself on the back for raising NJ's minimum wage to $15.49. But the living wage for an adult with no children is $24.76, according to MIT. And this minimum doesn't even apply to waitresses or seasonal workers. https://newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/minimum-wage-for-most-new-jersey-workers-rises-to-15-49/
Minimum wage for most New Jersey workers rises to $15.49 • New Jersey Monitor

New Jersey's minimum wage rose by roughly 2% to $15.49 under the first indexing adjustment to the state's wage floor.

New Jersey Monitor
I NEED this. On a hoodie, preferably. 😁
#Dumbasses