Ryan O'Toole

Yesterday I got to marry the love of my life. All weekend, I've been overwhelmed by the immense… instagram.com/p/BGklkKAiQeP/

utterly unsustainably rabidly insane. makes the Reagan years look like the New Deal era.

This Pope happened because the Cardinals knew that at this particular horrible moment in history, the world desperately needed to see an American person like him, specifically, in a position of great power and authority.

The Republican lies about what's going on in Virginia are getting insane. Here is what Virginia Democrats have *actually* done so far: - Passed paid family and sick leave - Set the minimum wage to increase incrementally to 15 dollars an hour - Legalized manufactured housing statewide - Cracked down on PBMs ripping off consumers - Enhanced school's ability to prevent mass shootings - Invested in new energy technology, including nuclear fusio - Made permitting easier for new transmission lines - Supported the creation of new electric vehicle charging stations - Made state tax filing free for all Virginians - Cut fees for veterans

We have a crisis where 300,000 people want to stay in Virginia but can’t because there are no homes they can afford Solutions like this get more affordable homes built to make our state a better place to live

Yoda is the Boomer stuck in his ways. Windu/Qui Gon are opposing types of Gen Xers. Obi Wan is the Millennial who followed the rules and did everything he was taught was right only to end up homeless, broke, and single anyway. And Anakin is the fatherless radicalized GenZ.

Any church that spends money on elaborate drone shows instead of feeding the poor is no church of Christ

In the 5 weeks since the Iran war started, Virginia's average at-the-pump fuel prices are up 44%. Diesel prices are up 57% (+$2.098 per gallon). These increases have cost Virginians, our transit agencies, school districts, and small businesses over $409.9 million.

Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion defense budget — a 40% increase, the largest since WWII. In exchange for more war he wants to: -Cut the EPA budget by half -Cut $10.7 billion for housing -Cut $8.5 billion for K-12 programs -Cancel $15 billion for clean energy -Cut $2.5 billion for clean drinking water -Eliminate $1.6 billion for youth job training -Cut $3.5 billion from the Labor Department -Eliminate $395 million for senior employment -Eliminate $775 million in food assistance grants -Eliminate the National Endowment for Democracy -Cut $5 billion from the National Institutes of Health -Eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) In all, cuts to domestic programs would account for a 10% reduction in discretionary spending.

BREAKING: For the first time in history, the average pound of ground beef is higher than Federal Minimum Wage. Everything is not fine.

Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following: $510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research $82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated) $61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated) $240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated) $659 million - Community building grants $47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated) $449 million - Economic development grants for communities $1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA) $993 million - Scientific research and technology standards $150 million - Support for American exports and trade $2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs $8.5 billion - Funding for public schools $1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated) $2.7 billion - College access and higher education support $15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects $1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated) $1.1 billion - Scientific research funding $386 million - Environmental cleanup programs $150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research $4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated) $768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance $819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children $775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated) $5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention $5 billion - Medical research (NIH) $129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research $356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response $1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants $707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure $52 million - Airport and transportation security $40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats $53 million - Funding for homeland security operations $3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated) $1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated) $393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness $529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated) $489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities $50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated) $60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws $58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated) $45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated) $1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety $20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated) $1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated) $395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated) $234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs $101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws $46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad $2 billion - International humanitarian aid $1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated) $4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs $2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships $642 million - International economic and treasury programs $315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad $486 million - Grants for public transit projects $4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure $372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities $145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure $204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities $1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement $100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated) $1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection $2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds $90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated) $3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research $297 million - NASA technology innovation programs $1.1 billion - International Space Station operations $143 million - STEM education programs $309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs $170 million - Small Business Administration operations $158 million - Loans for small businesses

Really damaging when high-ranking Democratic officials flee to these types of corporations after "fighting for working class Americans." This is the political class that has caused so many voters to turn their backs on the Democratic Party as inauthentic and elite.

Pope Leo on an all-time heater: - Jesus ignores warmongers' prayers - ICE is an affront to God - Imperialist occupation is a sin

Jewish troops will be looking for Muslims hidden in the attics of Christians. Let that sink in.

the stats here are why the airlines have lobbied against this both in canada and america for ages

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We now have an answer to the question of "is NYC just doing good social media posts about service delivery, or is service delivery actually changing?"

we’re here because corpo centrist pro israel dems believe that trumps unpopularity will be enough to give them marginal electoral victories w/o having to push for material changes that address the working class needs. people want real fighters. they want real change!!!

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) on Americans struggling with rising prices: "Maybe get yet another job"

First Lady Melania Trump suggested that AI robots could replace teachers. As a former educator, I know students need encouragement & learn best when they feel seen & supported. AI robots cannot replace that. In Virginia, we value our teachers & we invest in our students.

If you don't cut off Israel completely at this point when they're openly demonstrating the crimes against humanity they're about to perform then you'll never be able to pretend you didn't know