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Firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is not a good look. Trump fires and libels people who do their jobs and say the truth, which is not a firing offense. DJT undermines confidence in the government, again. That isn’t what the leader of 🇺🇸 should.

Kelly: And there are a lot of people in D.C. who’ve forgotten what this symbol truly means. So I promise you—we will remind you every day. You say you stand with veterans—then how can you justify the cuts you’ve made at the VA?

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Trump: I wish Ghislaine Maxwell well. Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker. Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.

Trump is wasting huge amounts of taxpayer money based on his whims. The man is a prolific spender. An extra $100B per year on defense; $127B on ICE and deportations. Insane money, being spent to send tax-paying workers out of 🇺🇸, leaving their families in dire straits.

“I find it unconscionable that someone could step up to serve, voluntarily, in our military and be willing to sacrifice their life for our country only to have their families torn apart.” This article first appeared @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social

This is disgusting. If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?

The assault on LA County by gangs of masked thugs - terrorizing people at their places of work - examplifies the Trump Regime, which is institutionalizing illegality, as I discussed here.

Disregard for human life, exercise of total power, and distain for human rights and freedom describes Putin correctly. Ukraine must win so that Ukrainians in Crimea and Donbas are not subject to this destructive, totalitarian system.

Make no mistake: Ukraine is leading the fight for democracy. A just and lasting peace requires Ukraine to be at the negotiating table, and its victory will make all of us safer. Ukraine must win. Putin must lose. Slava Ukraini.

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Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years. Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.

This is a bigger scandal than people realize. It really makes it look as though this entire meeting was a setup by Trump that was planned in advance. If you watch the video it is clear that they are deliberately and almost derangedly blindsiding Zelenskyy. Now we know who the audience was. Putin.

More should speak out like this!!

Utterly disgraceful. Trump and Vance disgraced 🇺🇸 today, and every time they refuse to utterly condemn Vladimir Putin and the war crimes Russia is committing.

NEW: RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy. A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... Worth the watch. Links to support Ukraine are included. Also, Vance is clearly jealous of Zelensky's beard.

Call your Senators, Representatives, and the White House. Then write them letters. Then emails. The White House only takes comment calls between 11-3:00, Tuesday-Thursday. That’s right, The White House wants to hear from 200 million registered voters during only 12 hours a week… comment on THAT too.

About 50 years ago, I was reading political thrillers, including several by Fletcher Knebel. His 1966 novel, NIGHT OF CAMP DAVID, centers on a U.S. president who has gone insane. Signs of insanity include: desire for (a) an alliance with the USSR, and (b) annexation of Canada.

"In America, THE LAW IS KING." Thomas Paine, 1776. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...

Trump asked for $500 billion from Ukraine. The US economy is about 142X the size of Ukraine’s economy. For 🇺🇦 to pay 🇺🇸 $500 billion is equivalent to 🇺🇸 paying $77 quadrillion! It’s a ridiculous ask, especially since $500B is about 5X what 🇺🇸 has spent on 🇺🇦, and 83-87% of that money was spent in 🇺🇸.

Yes, it’s time to be alarmed and to act. Call your representatives! All of them. Get vocal and “show up” for democracy here and abroad.

@kkjetelina.bsky.social nicely illustrates the returns to public health investments, with sources linked in her article. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...

This has all the vibes of Nazi Germany… like encouraging citizens to report people who may have had an abortion, and to make it illegal to help a woman who wants, or needs to have, an abortion.

As a follower of Jesus, and Bible reader, please don’t refer to these people as Christians, even if they claim to be. They aren’t practicing Christ’s teachings.

Good news for Russian billionaires at this time is bad news for the democratic world.

God help us

This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance. Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.

That’s censorship, isn’t it?

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are

Preaching truth to power

We have government by, for, of, and purchased by billionaires. We re-elected perhaps the most corrupt and least competent President in history, because millions of people are hypnotized by his words and want a “strong man” to solve their problems. Lies & corruption are the problem, not the answer.

Every day now is an important day to stand strong with Ukraine against russian agression 🇺🇦 Share this for everybody not to forget that their support is very important for Ukraine🇺🇦🇺🇦

Good morning! Happy MLK Day. "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." ~MLK Be that stone.🙂

Wishing everyone everywhere peace and inspiration. Come what may, let us stand strong for all that is right and just. Let us defend those who are being mistreated, and live with kindness and respect as Martin Luther King hoped we would . Our task is clear. ❤️