Mckatt

Mckatt

@mckatt.bsky.social

Long Covid ME/CFS/PEM - Severe - Living in a dystopian world is strange. Humans are crazy. Slava Ukraini.

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I am but a single bit of rice or corn puffed cereal trying my best to stay afloat and to stay crunchy in the milk amongst the other bits of rice or corn puffed cereal for as long as possible... until the end. #StayCrunchy

The Long Covid recovery clinic at NCU where I live has been defunded. The 2 studies I was in that were funded by the NIH and Scripps Howard for Long Covid and PEM have been defunded. I have no support from family doctors or specialists. It feels like there is a culling underway.

That 170 bill for ICE could have gone to help so many Americans in so many important ways. The 450 mill they used to build the concentration camp in FL could have helped many more with real need. How long will this current administration continue to waste our money? Why aren't more ppl speaking out?

"Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule, to make in order, an amendment at the desk that protects against making any cuts to Medicaid & SNAP" Every Democrat in the House now making this request one after another to the Republicans regarding this dangerous bill.

Every GOP Senator that I've been watching at today's session re: The one big, beautiful bill has stood up and twisted & ignored the truth in a way that is horrific. The GOP has weaponized the ability to rationalize & justify (IE: The lies we tell ourselves) in a way never before seen.

Watching Lindsey Graham speaking on the floor for the discussion on the big, beautiful bill. Everything & I mean EVERYTHING that he has been speaking on are utter & complete lies. How this man & all his colleagues can stand there & lie without issue is beyond comprehension. How did it come to this.

Mikayla Raines the founder of the amazing Save a Fox rescue based out of Minnesota & Florida took her life due to cyber bullying. This woman was an inspiration. I have so much respect for her & her husband & their team who have done so much for so many animals. Why are Humans so horrible.

Trump & the far right are going to take the gift that is Elon Musk & offer him up to the masses. They will destroy him & create a grand spectacle. They will use Elon as a massive distraction while Trump & Co. continue to disassemble the government. They are in progress of throwing him under the bus.

The house just passed the bill 215-214 with 2 Republicans voting against & another voting present. If Gerry Connoly hadn't passed away yesterday... if Sylvester Turner & Raúl Grijalva hadn't passed away this past March, the bill likely would have stalled.

Speaker of the house Mike Johnson now stretching the very fabric of reality right now. The absolutely herculean amount of mental gymnastics, rationalizing & outright lies on display by Johnson & all the Republicans I've watched is wretched & evil. Johnson is beyond arrogant & so terrifyingly smug.

Watching Rep Steve Scalise(R Louisiana) right now spewing lies & glossing Trump as he presses to get the big beautiful garbage bill passed is nauseating. I've been watching this horror show the past 2 days. It's like there's a national psychosis ongoing. This bill will hurt so many.

A few weeks back Tesla stock had been pushed to around $225. Now it's over $340. This despite the record sales losses in Europe and across the globe over the past year.

"The Jobs are coming in; the money is pouring in" - Trump today at a Saudi Investment conference describing the US economy today and taking the credit for why it's happening.

I've a few more months until the end. It's terrifying watching the Fall of the United States occurring at warp speed in real time. So many are going to suffer & what's truly scary is watching the level of DENIAL still in effect. With everything ongoing, there's still COVID/LONG COVID. #PerfectStorm

I'm sick, bedbound. #MeCFS #PEM. It really is horrible. Regardless, I've been watching YouTube, Twitch, streams from anywhere I can view them. So much good energy. The people, the chants, the solidarity & the DRUMS. I really like the drums. The American Ideal is so powerful & worth fighting for.

NYC right now. This is powerful. Americans from all walks of life standing together, marching and giving voice in support of all its people and the soul of America. One of 1000+ protests ongoing today across the US. Justice Now. #Resist #Protest #NoKings #HandsOff www.fiftyfifty.one

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It’s hard to speak of 50501 like a normal activist organization. That’s because it’s more like a meme that morphed into a movement. And while 50501 may be the upstart on the block, its first steps resemble those of a juggernaut. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com

“The idea of 50501 simply gave people permission to empower themselves at a time when everyone seemed to be struggling and asking, ‘What can we do?’” Read more from @timdickinson.bsky.social ⤵️

Trump is naming a new head of the IRS which makes this the 5th head of the IRS since he took office a few months ago. Every day brings so much madness.

I'm tired of schadenfreude. I don't want to laugh at anyone to belittle/dehumanize them publicly even if they are horrible people. I'm even more tired of seeing others do the same to farm engagement. I wish people would just bear down & undertake the actions necessary for change.

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The Trump regime's ICE forces attacked a couple and smashed their window to abduct 29-year-old Juan Francisco Méndez, who hadn't committed a crime, while he waited for his lawyer. Regime forces can be seen attacking the civilians with a sledge hammer. #3E

I have a personal interest in Ukraine & I remember the weeks & days leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022. I remember watching the Russian forces gathering on the borders with nearly 200k Russian forces leading up to the assault. Trump is a monster & a traitor. Period.

Just because these monsters keep being rewarded as they continue to successfully fail upwards does not negate the fact that they are, indeed, monsters.

Trump at this meeting with the El Salvador President. Every claim out of his mouth is fabricated. He continues to twist reality blaming Ukraine for "starting" the war with Russia & blaming everything on Biden for the border crisis (an issue for the past 50 years) & our trade deficits. #GeneralStrike

Informative & important thread.

Bobby Kogan@bbkogan.bsky.social

The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich. THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no. Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.

Watching so many speaking out across the US at all of these protests taking place today. So many powerful words, So many people of all walks of life. I am so grateful so see Americans trying. The Ideal of what the USA represents resonates at a fundamental level with so many. #Handsoff

I'm so ill. I've been bedbound for most of the past few years due to #Longcovid #ME #PEM, but I'm still terrified of what's happening in the US & the world. I can't participate in the #Handsoff Protests across the country but I'm watching from bed on my phone. All I can do is cry & hope.

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Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.

If everyone continuing to use & rationalize their use of Twitter, FB, Instagram, Threads & TikTok (all malicious & evil platforms) simply stopped using those platforms, they would all be CRIPPLED. Stop, just stop. You can still share your thoughts & ideas, just stop doing it there.

Trump pulls the rug out from the US & and now flying into South Florida to attend a LIV golf tournament at his Trump National Doral golf club. How is any of this normal.

The only thing that these "Reciprocal Tariffs" will create is higher prices for US citizens across the board & the rest of the world shunning our business, which they've already started to do the past month. The economic bloodshed to come for so many is unfathomable.

None of this would be necessary if billionaires, multi-millionaires and corporations would just pay their fair share of taxes. This is insanity.

Trump now speaking in grievance, low energy lilt & absolutism (without any basis in reality) going through the tariffs to be imposed is madness incarnate. The Mad Orange King Puppet & his enablers are destroying us.

Well over 200K people watching Cory Booker right now across his & other YouTube Channels, well over 200 MILLION likes on TikTok. Other metrics that are impressive across other platforms as well. It's clear there are people who recognize the enormity of what is happening & want to see change.

The FDA is gone, The CDC has been gutted, NIH has been gutted, tens of thousands of people in DHHS have been laid off, hundreds (or more) of immigrants have been disappeared without due process, & other atrocities occurring, & that's just TODAY. How many Jenga pieces are left before it's too late?