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Dear Democrats, if you want to stand out in Texas, do what the state is not doing and help individuals in Kerrville www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

Republican state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, a lead author of Texas' abortion ban, has admitted to having a decades-long affair with former exotic dancer Alex Grace starting when she was 18—and Grace is claiming that he even paid for "several" abortions.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u... This ITR ruling has made it official that churches are really political organizations. It is now legal for churches to endorse candidates. This breaks down the wall of the church state division. We are moving closer to autocracy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u... NEVER has the USA had such an EVIL freak at its forefront. Trump whose incompetence is undeniable has no moral compass and such low self esteem he must lash out at ANYONE who dare disagree with him. Adding DEMENTIA makes him completely unfit for anything. Remove him.

Consumer prices were up 2.7% from a year ago — a larger annual increase than the month before.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/t... Will Beso say anything to his bestie Trump to make ICE back off from taking his workers? What’s more important to Beso? Money, yes. Human life and trafficking, no, not his concern.

GOP tax bill includes a $6,000 senior deduction. Here’s who qualifies. Senior Citizens are getting excited about this aspect of Trump’s BBB but it will only impact middle income seniors. Low incomers make too little to qualify. Of course, no Republican is going to be honest about these particulars.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/t... Are we seeing what was behind the curtain all along or is monstrous wealth warping the mindset/hearts of today’s ultra rich? Chan/Zuck have gone full on Trump closing charitable initiatives that were liberal based, scrubbing DEI from their programs. Wealth corrupts.

Trump says key Iranian nuclear facilities ‘totally obliterated’ in U.S. strikes NO. 7 on Trump’s Bucket List: Bomb the shit out of a third tier nation just for the hell of it. Hide behind US military force while he plays the “big man, macho role”. US taxpayers paid for his parade, now his war.

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

👇👇👇👇👇👇 If you want better reporting, go to the BBC station. 👏👏

For journalists following me, the House came in at $3.798 trillion in cost, and the Senate came in at “only” $441 billion of cost. But the Senate told JCT to pretend that $3.760 trillion was free. On an apples-to-apples basis, the Senate costs $4.201 trillion, $403 billion more.

NEW: Some lawmakers in both parties question the legality of Trump's Iran strikes Multiple Republicans and Democrats raised constitutional concerns about Trump acting without approval by Congress. But GOP leaders offered support for his move. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06... No surprise. Trump and his incompetent trio felt that the bombing of Iran would be a great deflection move for his disastrous budget bill. Nothing says we can’t afford to give Medicaid to millions of Americans by spending hundreds of millions on war. Bebe is loving T.

Remember the wonderful Biden economy. Last January, the expected US economic growth was 2.5-3%. But now we have the Trump economy. Yesterday, the US Fed cut its US growth forecast from 1.7% to 1.4%, but it is likely to fall further. Trump & his supporters are to blame.

Democrats and clean energy advocates are ratcheting up pressure on a handful of Republican senators to salvage billions of dollars in projects.

After scapegoating the LGBTQ+ community, Trump & RFK Jr. are now cutting off a lifeline that’s helped nearly 1.3 million LGBTQ+ young people get the mental health support they need. That’s dangerous.

Congressional Cowards: The same GOP that claims to love the Constitution is cheering as Trump uses the military to silence peaceful protests. It was never about freedom. It was about power. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

He also said, again, that ICE is prioritizing criminals and arrest other undocumented people if they happen to come across them. But he also confirmed that they want to deport 3K people a day, which is impossible if you're just seeking out violent criminals. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/p...

In an interview on The Daily podcast today, border czar Tom Homan said all he wants is for people to come here by following the rules.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06... This is a first! Trump gives a valid assessment of his actions, “I may do it. I may not do it. Nobody knows what I’m gonna do.” You know he thinks he’s coming off cagey. I see as further proof of his unstability.

Trump says immigrants are “robbing” jobs. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Pictured is the DOGE team minus Musk now in the Social Security dept. These people had no previous skill set to understand the SS databases or the legacy coding. They have made assumptions and created chaos for MILLIONS. Age 65 US workers are now retiring and taking SS fearing it will be destroyed.

NPR speaks with a student from Myanmar who fears his plans to attend graduate school in the U.S. could be derailed by the administration's newest travel ban.

Utah voters: Are these really your values? Mike Lee is the best you can do?

Tell him, Madam Secretary 👏🏼

Trump is openly declaring war on cities now? Good thing @owillis.bsky.social has the perfect must-read explainer on that.

Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ideas — are now more permanently embedded in the federal government. https://n.pr/3SSCUfD

Tariff stacking adds another headache for U.S. importers - Reuters Tariff stacking is our word lesson for today. Media says Trump settled with a 30% tariff increase. But that 30% was stacked onto the old tariff rate. So be prepared for huge price increases because companies can’t suck that up.

We are out in the thousands in St. Louis County today on No Kings Day. The support is overwhelming! Cars and trucks are honking and waving. This is what Democracy looks like!

Statistically, peaceful protests are twice as effective at creating change as violence: www.bbc.com/future/artic...

@onthemedia.bsky.social - excellent, as always.

3/ This does not help their case: "Images showed Marines apprehending a civilian...then handing him over to civilians from" DHS. NORTHCOM: "Any temporary detention ends immediately when the individual(s) can be safely transferred to the custody of appropriate civilian law enforcement personnel."

As an obsessive watcher of hearings: Republicans routinely talk to Democratic officials this way. Democrats never do the same to GOP officials, esp. once in office. They often condemn, but more in sorrow than in anger. Not here.

I find it troubling that those who often shout the loudest about behavior they deem sinful turn out themselves to be the vile sinners. Will the South Carolina legislators expel Rep. May or will they turn a blind eye which seems to be a Republican method of dealing with men with unsavory character.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u... Thank you, Governor Newsom, for having the courage to speak the truth. This is not grandstanding or politicizing the LA protest, this is telling Americans that Trump has overstepped. Newsom correctly called the Trump diabolical an authoritarian regime.

Instead of using this money to fund, say, the National Weather Service right before hurricane season, they're using it to send Marines to Los Angeles. THIS is waste and abuse.

I'm mad but I want everyone to know that L.A is not on fire and don't believe the lies of the Trump admin. Peaceful protests are happening.

BREAKING: We're asking a court to stop the Trump administration's fast-track deportation policy. ICE should not be able to arrest people at their immigration appointments and deport them without any due process.

Hillary is absolutely right.

Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock on Trump deploying troops to Los Angeles: “He is using the symbolism and the uniforms of our service members in a campaign to do what he's been doing for 10 years, and that is to convince us that we are at war with one another.”

#BigBullShitBill

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

It's been really demoralizng how much the press mindlessly repeats the lie that the National Guard was sent to quell violence. It was sent to start violence. People know this, so just say it.

If you live in LA, please post videos and photos of reality as much as you can because the Fox News Cinematic Universe is working hard to sell this dystopian fiction.

We are in the midst of turning the world’s powerful military away from its focus on Russia and China towards a new enemy - the American people themselves. Trump keeps working as hard as he can to make Russia and China again.

This White House claims it’s the most transparent in history, yet for months I've asked the VA to share its list of the 585 contracts it claims to have canceled. But the best I've gotten is an incomplete list riddled with errors. It's unacceptable and an insult to our veterans.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u... I can barely breathe. The chaos and madness that Trump has put our nation through has created some form of stress in most of our lives this year. Now when a moment of peace is needed the Christians have decided what better time to drive a knife through our hearts.

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