Desert Flower
@crystal159
Retired, advocate for positive change in the world. Political news and policy are my focus. Pro-choice, women’s rights, LGBTQ+, save Social Security & Medicare for all. 🚫 Kings 🚫 MAGAts 🚫 dating/sex, porn 🚫 crypto 🚫 gofundme 🚫Sales🚫 DMs
Tomorrow, watch MS NOW for special coverage of "Todd Blanche’s" Senate confirmation hearing as President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General. Tune in tomorrow at 9am ET on MS NOW.
The filibuster, SAVE Act, voter suppression come to mind. This was a post on "threads" by a Trump supporter done on July 4. 👇
IN-R #JimBanks MAGA-Meter FUN Facts: Ratings: - Turning Point USA: 100% - #Project2025: 96% - #CPAC Score: 96% Supported: - Passage of the OBBB - Approved Trumps war in Iran - Co-Sponsored the SAVE Act Far-Right: - #CPAC speaker 2021 2022 2025 - #NATCON speaker 2025 - 2020 election/census denier
While #Trump and his family are using the White House to make billions, we are tracking every cent. As of January 2026, our Committee’s analysis shows that these schemes have contributed to an estimated $2.25Bn in realized profits for Trump from... oversightdemocrats.house.gov/trump-family...
Facing increasingly dire polls, #Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the US House in the 2026 #midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states to give the GOP an unfair edge by #gerrymandering their congressional maps. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/liv...
Everyone who spoke "to" McConnell said it was for 20 minutes. The question I have is did he "say" anything back. Was there an actual "conversation", silence - the sound of breathing?
A 55 page report was recently released by a "bi-partisan" commission that had been est in 1966 for the purpose of celebrating American's 250th. "Trump" didn't like the plan, deciding instead to make the celebration all about him: "Freedom 250". Report link: www.washingtonpost.com/documents/2c...
A GRAND DISPLAY OF NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: Observers in Europe & Canada are reporting a significant outbreak of noctilucent clouds #NLCs. "It is most extensive and brightest display so far in the 2026 season," says Alan Dyer from southern Alberta. NLCs are made of frosted meteor smoke. spaceweather.com
A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SUNSPOT: New sunspot (AR4482) is turning toward Earth. A MILLION KM OF HOT PLASMA: Sunspot 4482 is performing as expected. On July 7th (1419 UTC), it exploded and hurled a million-kilometer loop of plasma into space. The sky looked almost alien 👇 spaceweather.com
Public office is built on trust. When a candidate for governor faces a credible sexual assault allegation that is serious enough to dominate the campaign, the issue is no longer just about the candidate. It becomes about the party, the election... by Nick Anderson open.substack.com/pub/nickande...
“Simply put, the only threat here is the one DHS and ICE officials pose to Streever’s First Amendment freedoms — and those of his fellow Americans.” 👇
The referee’s whistle is supposed to mean something. That’s true whether you’re watching a youth soccer game on a Saturday morning or the #FIFA World Cup before billions of people around the globe. We expect officials to make mistakes. by Nick Anderson open.substack.com/pub/nickande...
In early "2024" #CleoFields teamed up with R-LA Governor #JeffLandry to create an atrociously #gerrymandered US Congressional map that "benefitted Cleo Fields". Just 1 day after Governor Landry signed the new Congressional map into law. There are a lot of questions about Cleo Fields & stock buys.👇
#BrendanCarr wrote a chapter in the rightwing think tank the "Heritage Foundation: The Conservative Promise: Project 2025" Chapter 5: Section 28: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION by Brendan Carr, Page 845
WEEKEND AURORA WATCH: Last night's geomagnetic storm is over, but another storm could be in the offing. MIDSUMMER GEOMAGNETIC STORM: Midsummer auroras are rare, but last night (July 3/4) they blanketed the USA during a strong G3-class geomagnetic storm. 👇 This is an AI Free Zone: spaceweather.com
What is clear is that the Trump Admin/Republicans strategy for the "2026 midterm #elections" is to use scare tactics. Wanting voters to believe that democrats are a threat to them: this is just one of the many ways they are trying to "undermine #voter confidence". #SAVEact #Filibuster #Communism
Trump's 2nd administration: Concerns are being raised about "increasing political pressure on the #military - #intelligence agencies". Critics expressed concerns that the Trump "mobilizing the military against domestic citizens". #Voting Kelly said military "can refuse illegal orders." #democracy
U.S. urban population surged from 5 percent in 1790 to 80 percent in 2020, this growth shifted heavily toward suburban and outlying areas after 1950, leaving central cities with less than half of the total urban population. 👇
#DemocraticSocialism, 212 countries: including Sweden, France, UK.. (US is not included) #Communist: China, N Korea, Viet Nam, Laos & Cuba #Fascism: A dictator led political system that emphasizes strong-centralized control, extreme nationalism-suppression of opposition. Hitler/Mussolini/Trump
250 years after declaring that all people are created equal, #America remains an unfinished project. We are living through another season of growing pains. One marked by division, uncertainty, and fierce arguments over who we are and where we’re headed. #WeThePeople" by Nick Anderson
America is struggling. Our politics are angry, our institutions are under strain, and too often we treat our fellow citizens as enemies instead of neighbors. But this country has survived darker chapters than this one, and its greatest ... by Nick Anderson 👇 open.substack.com/pub/nickande...
Over 250 years, the country has absorbed more than 100 million people. We can trace the pressures that pushed and pulled them here — and the policies that welcomed certain groups while keeping others out — through the patterns in where their descendants live today. Below is the #Houston TX metro.