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Elizabeth Powel asked, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" Franklin replied, "A republic, if you can keep it." Yeah, well. Keep it we have and keep it we will. #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica

In all seriousness, my question is this: is there anyone in this circle who is reasonably posessed of sanity, judgement, responsibility, or good character?

A friend posted: "Some metaphors speak for themselves." Pretty sure this one is screeching!"

Just what "We, the People" need ... another deal with the devil. No good will come off this.

Speaks for itself.

Another real example of elected Democrats' commitment to We, the people ... wanna make this bill a law? #voteblue

Nobody needs this.

Finally enough to raise any international eyebrows? Will the world talk this over, or simply wait and see?

None of the 2,000-kilowatt natural-gas-powered generators had the required permits to be installed or to operate at the site, The Times reported. New Jersey fined the data center’s operator, DataOne, $1.07 million for violating the state’s Air Pollution Control Act. #DataCenters #UnlawfulOperation

Hallelujah! A judge with integrity. Apparently, Trump appointed a few good ones. We'll never know how. Let me hear an Amen.

Just another version of All the President's Men. Ya gotta read this set up to believe it.

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Now that you mention it ...

And so it continues ... no more freedom of the press. Another hit on democracy.

Capricious Collins is at it again. #FlippyFloppy says it all. Maine deserves better.

#Midterms

The kind of win you want to have as a first-term incumbent. Makes it harder to envision somebody taking a crack at you as a second term incumbent. Most of all, it speaks to Mara's quality as a governor's councillor and the hard work she did on the campaign trail to earn every vote. #Vote

Brilliant summation of a failed and generally insincere pol.

"Trump tends to approach the world map much like the Greek mythical figure of Narcissus viewed a body of water: as an opportunity to admire the reflection of his own self-image."

Update!

Gatling gun, AK 47 ... no problem. Arrested for carrying a dangerous weapon. CARRYING?

Nathan Nascimento, executive director at the conservative group AFP Action, told The Washington Post that one in five base GOP voters are at risk of staying home in November. "This is a scary number," he said, Axios noted. Democratic voters can't stay home. We take nothing for granted. #VoteBlue

Whether a liberal or progressive wins a primary, Democrats are united in pivoting to take on the rising cost of everything under GOP policies; endless Trump corruption; and complicity among Republicans who support and enable Trump's edicts and malicious misdeeds. #Costs #Corruption #Complicity

Pay us back? Be careful what you wish for.

It's not like they do these "deals" in the light of day. Even Republicans are sick of it. Question remains about what's next. How much more can our beloved democracy take? “The dysfunction is getting worse,” said Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, who has been in Congress for 14 years.

The games people play.

A must read and share.

Donald Trump has filed four major corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcies, but journalists and researchers have tracked 20 to 60 distinct branded products, ventures, and subsidiary companies that failed. And here we are.

Having to fight for the pursuit of happiness is one of the great but necessary ironies of our lifetimes, but having people who will fight for our pursuit of happiness is one of its great blessings. #Resist #Organize #StayStrong

Trump and the GOP are busting our household budgets, as we see at the grocery checkout counter. Democrats want to crack down on monopolies and restore oversight of corrupt producers and profiteers. We must repair and rebuild the American Food Supply Chain before we go broke: tinyurl.com/y4euf8cf

Democrats are proposing permanent middle class tax cuts for Americans that Republicans stiffed when they passed their big beautiful ripoff bill. A permanent middle class tax cut would be a springboard to restoring middle class prosperity. It's all in a new campaign memo: tinyurl.com/y4euf8cf

Got his head handed to him.

We have seen the GOP's incompetence, ignorance and recreational cruelty. We know the disease, let's discuss the cure and what must be done to restore and rebuild a path to prosperity for America's middle class. It's in our new campaign memo: Restoring Middle Class Prosperity tinyurl.com/y4euf8cf

Susan Collins “relying on a web of deep-pocketed outside groups, funded largely by billionaires megadonors”. That’s all she’s got. #TroyJackson #darkmoney www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...

As my much missed mom, a lifelong loyal Democrat used to say, we the people were being screwed, blued, and tattooed. And this is gonna be a helpful speech how???

And the Epstein class profits, including the current crooked POTUS, by the trillions. It's not hopeless ... yet. This is a fight worth waging. Read the memo, there is a way home for our nation.

Democrats are proposing permanent middle class tax cuts for Americans that Republicans stiffed when they passed their big beautiful ripoff bill. A permanent middle class tax cut would be a springboard to restoring middle class prosperity. It's all in a new campaign memo: tinyurl.com/y4euf8cf

America's strong suit has been that we are people of goodwill ... Mr. Trump is not of that ilk.

We have seen the GOP's incompetence, ignorance and recreational cruelty. We know the disease, let's discuss the cure and what must be done to restore and rebuild a path to prosperity for America's middle class. It's in our new campaign memo: Restoring Middle Class Prosperity tinyurl.com/y4euf8cf

How'd we miss this particular one?

Last September, Collins accepted a $10,000 donation from Epstein associate Casey Wasserman, including $7,000 to her campaign committee and $3,000 to Dirigo PAC sponsored by Collins. Wasserman also hosted a Hollywood fundraiser for Collins, MTN reported. #EpsteinCoverUp #SusieTheEnabler

And I'm damned sure he doesn't mean just him. #unity

Wreaks or reeks? Both.

Democrats are champions for affordability. Breaking up monopolies is consumer protection.

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This is not okay 👇👇👇.

Putting 2020 to bed. The end.

Shut our mouths and lose our patriotism to murderers and mayhem on our streets paid for by American tax dollars? The solution isn't for Democrats to compromise our Constitution or our nation's longheld American values, it's for Republicans to elevate theirs.