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This morning Donald Trump announced breaking news about prosecutions related to the 2020 election. The legacy media ignored it, but I did not.
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You're paying for this.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
ICE just murdered a U.S. citizen.
This violence is the direct result of racist rhetoric coming from Donald Trump and his allies.
This is dangerous state-sanctioned violence. We will not stay silent while unqualified masked federal agents terrorize our communities.
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The heroes in Ukraine, didn't ask themselves if they were born near or far, left or right, young or old, employed or not, rich or poor, man or woman, military or civilian, they saw danger ahead and ran towards it to defend. #3E#StandWithUkraine
"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
7 MILLION Americans in 2,700+ cities showed the world: The power belongs to the people. The largest, most peaceful, day of protest in US history. This is just the beginning.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social hey could you do a piece on the on the shooting in Montgomery last light. Hate for it to go to the wayside and this become the
norm of everyday.
Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”
The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
The 16-year-old who shot two students in a Colorado high school on the same day Charlie Kirk was killed was a virulent white supremacist and antisemite www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
Protestors in Nepal overthrew the government in less than 48 hours due to corruption. They refused a curfew, spread protests across all cities, fought police in roaming street battles, burnt down politicians' houses, stole military weapons, stormed the parliament & burnt it, forced the PM to resign.
1/ If you are feeling overwhelmed by the fast paced of legal news, remember that it’s deliberate. It’s a strategy Trump uses, flooding the zone in hopes that people will tune out. Read what you need to know here to get ready for the week: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
Massive protests have broken out in Israel calling for Neyanyahu to step down, a deal to return the hostages, and to end the Gaza genocide.
300,000 protested in Tel Aviv, 2.5 million gathered around the country. #3E#FreePalestine
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country... We're going to put everything on the damn line... People haven't given up yet. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."
No it's not just Putin and Netanyahu, if they both drop dead tomorrow, their regime still continues, they didn't achieve power all by their lonesome, just how Trump dying isn't the end of MAGA or the GOP.
Let's take the night too, "Candles for Democracy.."...every Saturday evening about sundown..in cities/towns across the nation..all holding a candle..last about an hour..peaceful...visualize..organize in your area!
No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss