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He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

If my taxes don’t pave my roads or fix my bridges or keep my schools open 5 days a week or pay local teachers a living wage or help keep my hospital open or help my neighbor’s kid eat lunch or fund public television or my healthcare… Why the f’ck should I pay taxes?

Remember folks: They wouldn’t need a list if they just believed the victims. ✌️ #selectiveoutrage

I appreciate the optimism of this parking validation machine

One of the stupidest, most ridiculous, yet incredibly impactful things about this era is how many people’s politics is little more than “I don’t like some replies I see on social media.”

Missouri passed a law in 2023 that prohibited healthcare providers from performing pelvic exams on unconscious or anesthetized patients without their informed consent because IT WAS LEGAL TO PERFORM A PELVIC EXAM ON AN ANESTHESIZED PATIENT WITHOUT CONSENT UNTIL 2023…

You don’t have to love America right now. Not the one under assault from a vengeful despot. But I do hope you care enough to reflect on the commitment of our founders to form a union & free the new nation from a mad king and the yoke of oppression—care enough to be willing to fight for America now.

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

I like to write a little something sometimes, so today I launched a little series of lyric memoirs called fragments. This is the first piece about my baby sister:

Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.

I’ve said it before, but given his starting point, Trump could have played golf for four years, done nothing of consequence, and probably retired relatively popular. He decided economic suicide and a multipronged campaign of human rights abuses would be more fun.

In 80 seconds, AOC has completely dismantled the #BigUglyBill. Dems should turn this into a prime time campaign ad NOW. “This Bill is a deal with the devil”💥 @aoc.bsky.social

The Democratic Doctors Caucus gathered outside Speaker Johnson’s Office to tell the American people the truth that House Republicans don’t want you to know: Medicaid cuts will kill Americans.

I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.

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lmao

It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...

This sentence, typed in her dissent, should scare the living fuck out of everyone in this country. "This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law." – Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

There are only three political positions in America today 1) I like the fascism 2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc) 3) I oppose the fascism The rest is details

Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.

As someone who mostly reads horror, I'll never understand the vitriol towards "cozy" books. People say they are escapist, unserious, allowing readers to avoid big issues. And I'm like, girl, WHEN did your dark romance book fix society? Did I BLINK and miss your detective thriller solving crime?

BREAKING: The Republican-led U.S. Senate has just canceled the vote on the Big Beautiful Bill. Keep fighting!

Bill Clinton please endorse my enemies

Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.

Have you ever met a MAGA artist? MAGA poet? MAGA comedian? They create nothing. They find nothing poetic. They possess no humor. They are miserable people who try to impose their misery on others.

ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...

Do yourself a favor and follow the BBC’s coverage of Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran. Unlike corporate media in the U.S., which are swallowing Trump & Co.’s lies whole, the BBC are assessing just how reckless and potentially catastrophic Trump’s call was.

No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries. Always money for war.

This is what Jupiter looks like in infrared. -Credits: NASA/JWST

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

Anyway watching the cultists tie themselves in knots to support this is going to make me puke.

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

Jesus Christ they swallowed the whole shaft and the balls

What Eisenhower said over 70 years ago is even more true today.

“THE CONGRESS SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water.”

This aged like fine milk…