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Are you smarter than a 5th grader

Truer words were never spoken.

Pritzker: The question I ask is: if you’re willing to hand the keys to Europe over to Putin, what’s next? How does the US retain its leadership in the world when he’s essentially retreating to our own borders? He’s even made enemies of the Canadians—I can’t imagine anything more telling than that.

The President is threatening to send anyone who burns a Tesla to the scary prison in El Salvador. Luckily, I've never burned a Tesla car and have no plans to. Clearly it's not a good idea! I do, however, plan to never ever buy one. Is that terrorism too?

The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right. The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy. We must end that international embarrassment. Yes. We need Medicare for All.

so, see how bernie is passing the torch to the younger generation? see how he's creating space for AOC by using his name, then allowing her to lead? see how SOME older people act like caring elders, and others act like half-dead, out-of-touch narcissistic control freaks? be more like bernie.

Hello? Is this thing on?! 🎙️ A French scientist flew to the USA. Border Patrol seized his phone, read his social media comments, denied him entry, sent him back to France They did not like his THOUGHTS and WORDS. They refused him entry to the USA. Because of his thoughts. Orwellian Thought Police

Sanders: Mr. President, turn off Fox and take a few moments to read the constitution to of the United States

In the past four weeks, Costco, which has embraced DEI initiatives, GAINED 7 million shoppers… Target, which got rid of DEI, LOST 5 million shoppers! That’s the power we have as consumers. Remember that.

the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed

Be like Tina.

2022: "The Supreme Court would NEVER overturn Roe v. Wade!" 2025: "The administration would NEVER take away Social Security!"

It's always wrong to vandalize personal property and that certainly includes Teslas, and also: your government is actively disappearing innocent people without due process, so, you know, that second one is taking up my empathetic bandwidth at the moment.

BREAKING: 34,000 people have showed up in Denver, Colorado this evening to see Bernie Sanders and AOC fight oligarchy and authoritarianism.

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

I wrote this in July 2016 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

JUST IN: Judge Hollander has issued a *second* letter today warning Social Security acting commissioner Dudek not to shut down all operations over her order barring DOGE's access to sensitive systems. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Needed this so much right now. I just called out the fact that Kendrick Lamar carried that red, white, and blue theme through. He owned it! My fam knew what that meant. THEY don’t want us here, but they do not own the flag. “Not Like Us”

this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

Someone let DOGE know about this wasteful government spending

We could have had this guy 🫤

Incredible to see a president tanking the world’s economy simply because he doesn’t understand it and is too dedicated to belligerent posturing to learn

These are the clowns Congress refuses to stop.

In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵

Jesuit Priest 👇🏽

America has been taken hostage by a convicted criminal who is supposed to be sitting behind bars.

The last time someone was trying to get my social security info they wanted to steal my identify. This time it’s my own government.

Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”

This is so perfectly stated.

Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.

Imagine saying this about an agency that has helped millions of people around the world avoid malaria, obtain clean water, and gain access to food & health care. Especially when you’re the world’s richest man & your net worth is something like 20 times this agency’s annual budget. What a foul soul.

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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#ACTUALNEWS Former President Jimmy Carter posthumously won the Grammy for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for his book "Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration." Jason Carter, the late president's grandson, accepted the award on his grandfather's behalf.

For the love of all that is good in this world do NOT buy books from Amazon. Cancel your Amazon accounts. Go to the Library (in person or online ebooks!) and support local bookstores instead. Please #BookSky don’t be ambivalent

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

Canadians are some of the nicest, most welcoming people on the planet Now they are booing the US National Anthem Trump³⁴ did that. He claims he's going to bring back respect for America Bring it back? He's destroying it

This poem needs to be posted every day. We’re now living it and it should make every American sick about where we are.