Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

It's Monday.

If you have a pet, spend a few minutes with it today. It might help you get through the rest of the week.

The people stringing up razor wire and drowning kids in rivers would like you to know that they’re only defending themselves, and they’re eager to wage war against their own country if they imagine anyone might suggest preventing them from the killing that makes them feel safe.

The bipartisan agreement in the Senate is tough, fair, and takes meaningful steps to address the challenges our country faces after decades of Congressional inaction.

Included in it: Bipartisan border deal key test vote: Wednesday when 60 will be needed.

The deal addresses challenges head-on:

Vital national security investments
Equips Ukraine
Helps Israel defend from forces wishing to wipe a Jewish state off the map
Aid to civilians in Gaza
Humanitarian aid around the world
Bolsters Taiwan & other Indo-Pacific allies against CCP.

American people want lawmakers vote on the bill for #Ukraine aid.

#Ukraine #SupportUkraine #StandWithUkraine #CONGRESS #Allies #potus #vote

BREAKING: House Republicans just announced they will NOT bring the bipartisan Senate border deal to a vote in the House. Republicans are traitors.

Contact Scalise.
(202) 225-3015 , and contact YOUR Representative to let them know what you think of them not voting to secure our borders and provide aid to allies.

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

#Ukraine #vote

Let's hope somebody is on the ballot against Speaker #magaMike #election #fruadster Johnson so he can taste the bitterness that follows choosing a degenerate false prophet over his nation's interest. History will remember him as pathetically weak and heretical.

#TrumpStooge #PutinStooge traitor to America. Call this fraudster and tell him to bring a #Ukraine aid to a vote.

Tell #fascist #magaMIke this is not russia.

https://mikejohnson.house.gov/about/our-district.htm

#Louisiana #4th #district #traitor ##TheBigLie #fraudster

@EugeneMcParland Nothing the Democrats do will be enough for the GOP to release funds to Ukraine. The GOP is in Putin's pocket, as they see it as the only way back into power. They will betray Ukraine and America in their quest to rule America. The Democrats need to take both houses in the next elections.

There is a whole genre of video that consists of model railroad hobbyists with realistic set ups doing video from the front of the train (making the world seem to scale) and their cats terrorizing the trains like the cutest, fuzziest kaiju.

https://youtu.be/Xos-FwYVK0c?si=RpKfpjtEwRUHTdKh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKsE2VJ1CM8
https://youtu.be/STpn3e1Zkb0?si=Hi5v9YttAbN0uubK

I have been -- and always shall be -- your frenemy
#Catstodon
#PetsOfDeSoto
#SpockBox

Zelenskyi's evening speech

In the morning - Robotyne, one of the toughest parts of the front, the Zaporozhia direction. He personally thanked the soldiers, awarded five of the best directly on the front line - those who distinguished themselves in battles these weeks.

Day - Eastern Air Command. A report and a detailed discussion on the protection of the sky over the Dnipro region. The danger is constant, high, Russia considers the region as one of the main targets for terrorist attacks

Party of personal freedom strikes again!

The Florida Republican House passed HB1 which bans kids from social media
…though it’s intent is to make everyone register in order to track dissent

Don’t want kids posting about having to work a double shift while pregnant?

What’s more: The CDC reports 12 million people had suicidal ideation last year
3,351 Floridians ended their lives in 2021
LGBTQIA+? Higher risk
This bill removes their support network

Fascism

🇺🇸

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1/BillText/e1/PDF

4 February 1925 | A French Jewish woman, Ginette Kolinka (née Cherkasky), was born in Paris.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Drancy in April 1944. She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and then to Theresienstadt. She survived.

Today she turns 99.

#Auschwitz #survivor #birthday

This is honestly not an unreasonable standard

@futurebird oh I knowwwwww some who thought trump was a lunatic and now all in following “their man” 😡 Byron Donald - I can’t reason w/ 1 in particular- complete 360 & conspiracies🤪- I can’t even—hv a friend who’s pastor in black church & he’s encountering same bullshit. —blacks switching to Trump claiming the HBCU thing which they don’t understand Obama put in place but didn’t come to fruition until it was under Trump —it’s hopefully contained to a small few- but it’s very worrying.

The Cone Nebula from Hubble https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240204.html #APOD

My buddy Pax and a little coffee make for a pleasant morning.

Good morning/afternoon/evening to all our Mastodon friends! Hoping your day is pleasant as well. 🤗☕

#CatsOfMastodon #Pax #Tabby #Cats #Cat #CatsOfFediverse #FediCats #Pets #MastoCats #Animals #Feline #Catstodon #Kat #Katze #Katzen #Purr #Meow #Chat #Gata #Neko #CatContent #FormerlyFeral #Kitty #ILoveCats

Trigger alert: eye contact

@xvf17 Works for me. “Block early, block often” is my mantra.