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Retired economist. Continuing environmental activist. Everything Democratic
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ICE is terrorizing children even many who are US citizens.
Since the start of Trump’s second term, federal agents have detained at least 70 American children. In one instance, a 15-year-old with disabilities was handcuffed outside a school in Los Angeles when agents mistook him for an alleged gang member.
Democrats tried to amend DHS and ICE funding to state US citizens may not be detained or arrested (or of course may not be shot) but Republicans voted that down.
For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
Jury found Blue Cross owed hospital $241 million for underpayment and denied payments. It's being appealed of course but maybe it will stick.
The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)
Voters need to understand your county elections office verifies your registration info. If you give them your DL # they verify with Texas DPS your name, dob, address match that # else they will mail a letter asking you to explain. Same with last 4 of SSN only is just name &. 1/
With 11 days until voter registration ends in Texas, election officials in counties across the state are scrambling to update voter rolls, a burdensome task during their busiest time of year. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump is desecrating the Lincoln Memorial, turning it into a filming venue for the UFC.
NEW: Another flurry of court filings in 11th hour suit to halt UFC event at White House Natl Park Service, which appears to be taking its instruction from the UFC, says there'll be filming of participants INSIDE the Lincoln Memorial And they will closing access to Memorial
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Trumpsters lie and cheat. Penalties for thee but not for me
You gotta love the self-professed party of personal responsibility Jeanine Pirro wants to misapply the law to prosecute parents for the wrongdoing of their teenage children But when she was District Attorney her husband was convicted of tax fraud based on tax returns that she also signed
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Why did Trump pardon drug trafficker and Honduran president Juan Hernández? According to leaked audio tapes, it was an initial payment in part of a agreement between Trump, Bibi, and others to take down Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum. english.elpais.com/internationa...
I grew up in a family with one income that mother worked hard for us to live on and save some too. A few years we had no car but could walk anywhere in town. Company savings plan, scholarships & low state tuition let brother & me get degrees. Reagan killed middle class union families.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Thomas claims that “The century of progressivism did not go well.” Baloney. It helped America create the largest middle class the world had ever seen. The tragedy is America turned its back on progressivism in part because of SCOTUS and Justice Clarence Thomas. 🤬🤬🤬
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All Texans deserve water. Wall Street and Big Tech are coming for our water across Texas. They want to monopolize it for their own greed. Sign our petition if you agree Texas water should be for Texans, not Wall Street vultures >> www.claytontuckertx.com/water #Texas #water #watercrisis
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We must use US taxpayer dollars to backstop the UAE Which is facing economic problems caused by the war Trump started and doesn't know how to win A war encouraged by leaders of the UAE Who have given hundreds of millions in bribes to Trump, his family, and associates
Hassett on a bailout for the UAE: "The UAE has been an incredibly valuable ally throughout this effort, and I'm sure the Treasury Secretary will make every effort to help them out should that be necessary"
Thank our farmworkers for our food and make sure ALL of them get union representation.
"Jose" shares, "I get up at 4am make lunch, and then walk 35 minutes from my house to the worksite. I start harvesting strawberries at 7am. The mud in the rows tires me out. I earn CA min wage. I do my job in rain, wind, fire & excessive heat. I don't have a option." #WeFeedYou
Airport ongoing tragedy with ICE
I can confirm that people who are already exhausted and scared of going through TSA and flying right now, people who have just been told to wait in a line for 4+ hours, are absolutely furious to see ICE agents—a stark reminder of who exactly is to blame for this situation
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NAFTA & so-called "free trade" sent much of our ag abroad. The monopolies like it this way as they make the most money, & my opponent also likes it as he made his fortune as an importer. I would rather see our farms fully returned. Sign our petition if you agree >> www.claytontuckertx.com/trade
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Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.
Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies." No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.
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“My little girl was completely burned,” he said. “There was nothing left of her. We could only identify her from her school bag, which she was still holding. She was completely burned.”
The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.
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How long before Trump administration starts using this to find Democratic voters or women with advanced education to prevent fair elections?
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today. Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
How long can we allow this torture and criminality to go on? Trump is responsible.
“LET US OUT!” women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc. In our name🇺🇸
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It is time. When Republicans know we need to cut for profit insurers out of the system to save money, we are halfway to finally achieving universal healthcare like the rest of the developed world.
Billionaire Tom Steyer: “Bernie was right. Boy was I wrong. We don’t have a choice. We need single-payer.” #MedicareForAllNOW
What farm workers do for us.
"Olga" picks lemons in Orange Cove, CA. "I earn $48 per 900lb crate and makes 2-3 crates a 6hr day. Lemon picking is dangerous. I must move and go up and down a 12-foot ladder, while avoiding the thorns on the tree. The weather is cold & the ground is often muddy." #WeFeedYou