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Our healthcare should not be dependent upon our jobs. Employers should not be able to choose our coverage nor limitations on it. Switching jobs should not mean having to switch medical care. PT vs FT should not mean no medical coverage.

He cried, “Why are you doing this? I was just eating crabs!” as ICE & DC cops smashed his head into pavement, blood streaming down his face. FIVE armed agencies to gang up on one unarmed man. It’s cowardice, it’s thuggery, it’s fascism flaunted in the heart of our capitol. Contact your reps.

I know the bigger issue here is the president of the United States talking like Paul Sorvino's character in GoodFellas, but I'm struck by the president of the United States *looking* like Paul Sorvino's corpse, which was buried three years ago.

This decision willfully ignores the Trump Administration's unprecedented and lawless attempt to destroy an agency *created by Congress* that has helped millions of families across the country. We'll keep fighting back. www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...

Why would someone keep a list of pedophiles secret? 1) They’re on the list 2) They’re protecting people on the list 3) They’re following an order Am I wrong, GOP? Then prove it. #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

And finally, after a quick word search, nothing was mentioned in the transcripts about a prison transfer. No mention of FPC Bryan, or a minimum security facility. So if these are the complete transcripts, where is that discussion? END/

I was playing goalie in a rec league hockey game and some guy winds up from outside of the blue line and the puck was over my shoulder before I could blink. My teammates were laughing and informed me he retired from the NHL two weeks earlier. Staggering difference from us mere mortals.

Trump would concede at the table what Russia could not take on the battlefield. Americans should not accept this from this weak ass president.

Holy shit.

1/3 Only unvarnished journalism will save us from wannabe misogynistic types. No more congressionally provided booster seats to Mark. Elect more women. Men can’t handle power. @bluesterb.bsky.social @bluewavefusion.bsky.social @littlemissemmet.bsky.social @olepal.bsky.social @robbin.bsky.social

Important www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

This would explain a lot.

I know rural America because I live here. I know rural inside and out and I speak on it often because almost no one else does. I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think it’s worth cornering. But it is. jesspiper.substack.com/p/they-cant-...

Grab a sandwich and read about what to expect in The Week Ahead. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

KAMALA HAD SMARTS AND PLAN KEY THING SHE LACKED: BEING OLD WHITE MAN ~ BURMA-GRAM

As we approach the 20th Anniversary of the Roberts Court, here is my list of the Top Ten Worst Con Law Cases of his Court. Boy was that a hard list to whittle down and no doubt people will disagree with some omissions but the harm to America is truly awful. www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

Worth remembering…

Life comes at you fast

ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They don’t want you to know how they’re treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVS…

Putin's declaration of "brotherly love" for #Ukraine and what it looks like in reality. Putin is a maniac and a sadist. We know who we're dealing with. Peace through force and ironclad security guarantees for Ukraine are needed. Putin's promises are worthless.

I keep hearing that Putin won't agree to Ukraine joining NATO, but I don't remember Russia being a member of NATO. They don't get a vote.

Like a well oiled machine www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

i’ll never get over how blatantly and proveably lying is one of the best political strategies of the modern age

Bad @jvl.bsky.social is back @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/bonfire-of...

No disrespect to Smash Mouth, but ‘somebody’ is one word.

"This is the most interventionist White House of my lifetime."

The FDA last week issued a warning about unapproved thyroid medications made from animal tissue, only to appear to ease its stance days later and promise that they would remain accessible to patients.

A Hell Gate data analysis found the Parks Department cancels tree plantings near NYPD precincts due to cops parking on the sidewalk.

Please read this but don’t call me a fearless reporter compared to those risking this lives in Gaza or getting clubbed on the head in LA. I’m just lucky to work at a place that doesn’t censor my opinions

This man and his cabinet behave like the Perons and the Marcoses. It reflects their dim view of the federal government as a vehicle for their corrupt shakedown cartel and the cabinet and foreign service as an extended network of Lordships to be doled out by Dear Leader.

A crisis for our veterans' health, there is a legal and moral obligation to provide care to them, but the current regime doesn't care about veterans.

Not if it isn’t upheld by the very people sworn to uphold it.

I don't dispute this, generally. But I also think that certain beats are really easy to play. For example, it's really easy to get someone to parrot a fascist claim if you present it as a process story.

He gives me so much hope. Every representative needs to look at what Mamdani is doing, what @katmabu.bsky.social is going. It’s about community work- COMMUNITY! We can all come from every corner of the world and still care for each other. Open hearts and open minds is what we all need to commit to

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This anti-vaxxer emailed me four more times late last night. You know, like a normal person would.

JUST IN: Blistering ruling by Judge Ho on ICE arrests in immigration court. He says the Trump administration has turned attendance at immigration court proceedings into a game of "detention roulette" that violates due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Rep. Gabe Amo: "The only people who have demonstrated that they are soft on crime are Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump. I remember January 6 ... I also have seen this administration slash hundreds of millions of dollars from efforts to combat crime at the local level."

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said plans to build more than 3,000 homes in a new settlement project in the West Bank that will "bury the idea of a Palestinian state." This is religious supremacy. He views Christians and Muslims as inherently inferior. Equal rights must be demanded!

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

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