FINALLY: WA state health and safety inspectors can no longer be blocked from carrying out inspections at the Tacoma private immigration jail run by corporation GEO group. Hopefully this is the first step towards full accountability & forcing GEO to follow stricter standards #WALeg passed in 2023!
Washington state staff will be able to enter and inspect conditions at the controversial Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.
"Swamp Thing" Watercolor on paper from maybe 2019? I've been looking everywhere for the scan for this one to no avail, so here's a phone pic
I will also open for one illustration commission to cover hurricane prep. Please email portaltohades@gmail.com for a slot.I will also open for one illustration commission to cover hurricane prep. Please email portaltohades@gmail.com for a slot.
Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of Florida
An aide to the Florida governor said that Harris' call "seemed political" and that she "was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer."
🌟 QRP with your art that has stars 🌟 #mixedmedia#art
If you’re looking to get a copy of the new Ta-Nehisi Coates book and you’d like to support a Black-owned bookstore when you do, consider purchasing from Comma Books! Comma is the ONLY Black-owned bookstore in Flint, and they really need help staying open right now.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities. “[Coate...
Voters who think that you can achieve the government you want with a single vote every four years are like parents who think you can produce a well-adjusted person so long as you show up for birthdays and graduations. At some point you have to recognize neither one is gonna raise itself.
This really needs to be highlighted - FEMA is often the most visible face of federal bureaucracy. Politicians must be pushed to declare disasters sooner and at lower thresholds, and to devote WAY MORE of the budget to streamlining aid processes and getting aid to survivors.
When Vermont had flooding last year there was initially a lot of good will toward FEMA. But then claims being routinely rejected the first time, a confusing system; and then with this summer’s floods the disaster declaration took forever so FEMA did too. They are a pretty brutal bureaucracy.
Interviews with flood survivors, state and local officials and current and former FEMA employees reveals a pattern of administrative bloat at a federal agency that, to many Vermonters, seemed less int...
Slept a bit shit last night, but today's gotta be yardwork day because 1. I forgot all week and 2. The county watershed steward comes tomorrow to give me advice on plants and stuff for our yard that will help the nearby lake be healthier!