This holiday season remember that the cancelled child tax credit—which slashed childhood poverty by 30%—would've cost only $1.7T over the next decade, while the ever expanding Defense Budget will cost around $9T over the next decade.
Children are suffering and starving now because corporate bought politicians would rather buy bombs than bread.
Thank GOP & Manchin/Sinema for this cruelty & grotesquely misplaced priorities. A reminder that our standard must be justice above all—or we all suffer.
Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/dec/08/iranian-forces-shooting-at-faces-and-genitals-of-female-protesters-medics-say?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
These Shiite fundamentalist in Iran who show such hatred of women are Satan incarnate! I have NOTHING against anyone’s faith UNTIL it exerts itself upon others & these sick MFs are the worst of their faith!
Iran protests: Ex-president Khatami says rulers must heed protesters' demands https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63871863
“It should not be allowed that freedom and security are placed in opposition to one another, and that as a result freedom is trampled under the pretext of maintaining security, or that security... is ignored in the name of freedom," he said
The Respect for Marriage Act was passed by the Senate today. It is, in so many ways, an imperfect bill. It is also going to protect millions of LGBTQ families, and I’m grateful to Senator Tammy Baldwin for leading on it.
I wrote about the bill here: https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/i-hate-the-senate-bill-and-we-need#details
Listen now (13 min) | It sucks. And it's our only real option. We have to pass it.
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
Charlotte Clymer