Reasons we fly a pride flag:

Leaving the house this morning, there was a kid, maybe grade 5, no rain gear, sitting on our front step.

I was obviously a little startled

Me: uhm...hi? Can I help you?

Kid: oh! No, I'm just taking a break my mom told me that if I ever need to ask an adult for help I should look for a house with a rainbow flag because that means it's safe. I don't need help, just a dry spot for calling my friend to bring my rain coat.

And then his friend rocked up with his coat and off they went.

Most politicians spend an election year doing popular things. Trump is doing the opposite because he’s not trying to win voters back. His goal is to weaken institutions and our resolve so he can sabotage the midterms.

now that's a fucking Space X IPO headline

The world’s first trillionaire...

Obviously.

Immigrants & asylum seekers are not our enemies. They are not responsible for the austerity, privatisation, erosion of civic life, thinning of democracy and concentration of power we suffer. But they're being punished for these things. Punished at the behest of the very people who *are* responsible.

Expert flags 'huge warning signs for Republicans' as new economic numbers worsen odds #RawStory https://twp.ai/E5CvvF

We could’ve had our country’s 250’s anniversary celebrated by our nation’s first woman President but instead we get shit-stain Cheeto McPedo. What’s worse is we did it to ourselves. We’re the reason we can’t have nice things.