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Gov. Greg Abbott signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ bill banning most abortions in Texas

✨Dear Greg Abbott, you are a misogynistic jerk.✨

WHAT HAPPENED:

This is not surprising as Trump holds stock in Energy Transfer Partners, the same company that is building the Dakota Access Pipeline according to Fortune. 

WHAT THIS MEANS:

• The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s water supply may be heavily compromised if the pipeline would ever leak. 
  

As environmentalist Bill McKibben noted in the New Yorker, the pipeline was originally slated to cross the Missouri River not far from North Dakota’s capital city of Bismarck, but the route was changed partly due to concerns about the potential contamination of the capitol’s drinking water in the event of a leak or spill. The pipeline is now set to run half a mile from the Sioux reservation near its water supply, Lake Oahe. (x)

• The construction of the pipeline is expected to disrupt the tribe’s sacred burial grounds and other historically significant sites.
  
• In a broader perspective, the environment would suffer extreme consequences as it will fuel climate change. 
  

Not only is it infringing on Native American rights but this pipeline will quicken the demise of Planet Earth. This is bigger than politics.

#WaterIsLife #NoDAPL

Trumpsigned an executive order to proclaim a National Day of Patriotism.   

It was not immediately clear when that day would occur. There was also no immediate detail on whether this would be a presidential proclamation or a call for a federal holiday.

How revolutionary! Groundbreaking! I never imagined we would have a special day that would celebrate our country and its accomplishments! The 4th of July is NOTHING compared to this new holiday!

People were led to believe that Trump wrote his eerily nationalistic Inaugural speech after posting this photo on Twitter a few days before the Inauguration:

Butaccording to The Wall Street Journal, Trump’s speech was written by his two aids: Steve Bannon (executive chairman of the extremely right-wing “news” page Breitbart) and Stephen Miller (infamously worked for racist Jeff Sessions who may be appointed for Attorney General).

We can’t trust a word Trump (or his wife) says to the public.

There are sister rallies being held all across the country (and even across the world). Please click on this website and click on the state you currently reside in to check out any events near you.  

#LoveTrumpsHate

I strongly suggest, my dearest friends, that if you have anything to spare that you consider making care packages for your elderly friends and neighbors.
Be safe, of course. Be considerate and courteous. There’s still an illness rampant in the streets. But consider how difficult it is for them to get out to stores and if they are able, how naked and bare they are. 

If you have a roll of TP you can afford to part with (you can, unless you’re a twat who’s wiping your ass with half a roll of TP every time you drop a deuce), add that to the pack. If you have a couple cans of protein – tuna, pork and beans, chicken, salmon, etc – put that in there.  Sanitary pads can be used by anyone who has incontinence, add two or three (especially if they’re overnights or heavys). Any sort of sanitizing products, portion it into a ziploc or a small bottle and share. A couple bottles of water. Napkins you might be hoarding in your glove compartment, if you have a car. 

People are afraid. The elderly are often alone, with very few people to rely on.  We shouldn’t have to be.  Remember kindness.

Stay safe out there.