An amendment is necessary. But I think it's difficult to make it happen. "If you've been indicted for fraud, money laundering, or paid fines for..., you cannot serve in any office," would be a good start. Rick Scott, Trump etc. It shouldn't be so hard to ask for our reps to have a clean record.
Two thoughts:
This false, despicable ad is proof that Vivek Ramaswamy knows he is about to lose to Amy Acton.
No mother who loves her daughter would do this. Her complicity reveals her.
The fact that Amy Acton was removed from her mother’s care and went on to obtain an MD and flourish in public health makes her even more of a hero in my eyes.
This type of trauma never really goes away. Yet when there was a fork in the road, she chose the one where she helps others.
Hero.
Ohio Republican governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is so desperate for power that he's willing to exploit a family tragedy in which his opponent was raped as a child.
Two thoughts:
This false, despicable ad is proof that Vivek Ramaswamy knows he is about to lose to Amy Acton.
No mother who loves her daughter would do this. Her complicity reveals her.
Amy Acton on Vivek Ramaswamy's abhorrent campaign ad:
"I won't normalize somebody who has said that my childhood is 'something I'm just complaining about,' who today, just released an ad using my birth mother, who I was removed from at the age of 12 for severe abuse and neglect and sexual abuse."
We stand with our partners in the No Kings coalition to demand for public transparency from meta-by October 21. Read the full letter and demands at nokings.org/metacensorship.
My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas.
My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries.
My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent.
My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor.
Their policies are the reason.
Donald Trump told Ukraine to get a new president. With 22 days before the midterms, I break down how Trump sold out Ukraine and why it won’t stop his reckoning.
youtu.be/JHUW7Q8sFws
New working paper w/ @hannafolsz.bsky.social
In 2025, Trump targeted US law firms for their political opposition
Some firms resisted by suing Trump. Others folded by agreeing to support the administration w/ pro bono work
Resisting firms took a short term financial hit but improved reputations
This is kind of funny... I pulled up the Wikipedia page to see what kind of things were going on in Bavaria in 1875 when Frederick Trump peaced out for a better life in the US, and well, lol. "King went insane and bankrupted himself building vanity projects."
They’re FLARPing:
Fatal Live Action Role Play
We are NPCs in a video game to these fail sons. Not human beings.
You know they call immigrants “bodies”, right?
Not to nitpick because I agree he's a liar, but Vance wrote the book while at Yale, with the encouragement of the greatly overrated Amy Chua. So thanks very much Yale for helping to launch the career of this moronic fraud.
These are innocent babies-- the last thing they need is RFK Jr. doing his pet project experiments on them in pursuit of "evidence" to support his dangerous anti-vax beliefs.
Our previous investigation into this study got it stopped. We explore every option available to get this shelved for good.
The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective.
This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Grateful to The Lyric Cinema for hosting so many artists & eclectic voices in our Fort Collins community — and for giving us the opportunity to host a “Congress on YOUR Corner” and visit with constituents across Larimer County!
Your vote is not small to the people spending millions to make sure you never cast it. They know what happens when working people, young people, women, and every fed-up voter show up together. We flip Congress. They lose control. That’s the whole assignment. #BlueWaveIn30Days
TONIGHT: Mark Ruffalo, Robert De Niro, @ezralevin.bsky.social, LaTosha Brown, and more artists and movement leaders will give you an action plan for defending our democracy this election season.
Join us in New York City: mobilize.us/s/wrkBn2
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We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
Since Donald Trump has taken office, ICE has shot and murdered: Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Joan Sebastián Guerrero, and Lorenzo Salgado Arajuo, and others. Now, in September 2026, they shot and attempted to murder Wilber Garcés Pérez. Call it what it is.
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez should be home with his family today. There is no justification for ICE’s decision to shoot him. ICE has lost all credibility as an agency and must be held accountable for terrorizing our communities with violence and incompetence.
Not enough people are talking about this. Renditioning immigrants is immensely cruel and that is the point: ICE wants immigrants suffering and dead and they want it done by proxy in other country so they can avoid justice. And they know this threat terrifies immigrants. Your tax $$ funds it.
As Trump tries to ban CNN from the White House, it would be a massive mistake to cave on the Paramount merger.
The last thing we need is another Trump-controlled media conglomerate abusing its power to stomp out competition.
This is a dangerous merger.
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I'll be on MS NOW at 6pm Eastern tonight/Saturday as Peter Alexander helms a special report on the president's decision to try to ban our network, CNN, and Politico from White House grounds.
(Emphasis on "try"...)
See you at 6.
Trump is directly responsible for this and honestly, it is beyond impeachable. There should be seriously criminal repercussions for fucking up this badly.
US diesel prices hit record highs as executives warned that the monthslong crunch in oil markets was entering its most acute phase.
www.semafor.com/article/09/1...
On September 11th, 2001 and January 6th, 2021, America was forever changed by two terrorist attacks. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I break down the impact of both tragedies on American freedom, and why Donald Trump's assault on democracy must be stopped.
youtu.be/iizBSZzAIj8