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I'm attending No Kings's event, “Know Your Rights: Protest Rights and Safety Practices (for all No Kings Attendees)” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
March 28 will be the largest nonviolent protest in American history. Find your local No Kings event to stand up for our communities and reject Trump's fear and violence. app.sosha.ai/s/IPI2gNFI
Democrats Plan to Counter Trump’s Speech to Congress With Rally www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
Gun Part Maker Agrees to Pay $1.75 Million in Buffalo Massacre Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/n...
“It turns out sovereign nations, not unlike people, don’t like to be bullied. Kick enough sand in their faces…. punitive tariffs, gratuitous insults and outright threats of military conquest, and even close allies….look elsewhere for geopolitical partners….” www.thepresidency.org/the-dispatch...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u... GRACE UNDER PRESSURE. Watch Ahmed Hassan’s (a Somalian ride-share driver) video and description of being stopped by ICE. His sensibilities and composure are incredible.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov Mr. Governor, If the lunatic President truly wanted to help make our great cities safer, he WOULD NOT BE REVERSING HARD WON GUN CONTROLS. To the contrary. WHY AREN’T DEMS FIGHTING BACK BY POINTING OUT THIS HYPOCRISY?
Spineless billionaire. Bezos would have been cowering to the British 250 years ago. Or maybe even been another Benedict Arnold. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...
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Timely reminder of universals that once served as the foundation of America the beautiful. Pls read: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
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Thank you Governor @tinakotek.bsky.social , we appreciate that you stand up for all of us!
The stark conceit of Paul Dan and entire Heritage Fdn is on full display in Michael Hirsh’s brilliant interview. Likening the fruition of Project 2025 to Constitution Convention reveals their megalomaniacal beliefs; like‘slamming the door on the progressive era’ is moral apple.news/A3hE9Nj2GSmu...
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Republicans, Democrats, Independents - Trump expects us all to lay down while he steamrolls over our lives and liberties. Fuck that, and fuck him.
m.economictimes.com/news/interna... DEMS NEED TO DEMAND DOJ ALSO GO AFTER THE FRAUDSTERS WHO TRUMP/DOGE CLAIM HAVE BILKED AMERICANS OUT OF BILLIONS.
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Just making sure everyone sees what the former Social Security chief told CNBC on Saturday: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
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“The demise of independent journalism in the United States will be less spectacular than the notorious examples of other times and places—as much voluntary as coerced, less like a murder than a death of despair,” writes George Packer.
Attention Democratic Party Leadership ***Take a Lesson*** Pick any SPECIFIC cut or EO and tour to educate Americans about the impact it will have on them, their families, neighbors. www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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Taking dibs on whether or not BEZOS meets with Washington Post employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/b...
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Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 charges but won't face any punishment — and will be back in the White House this month. Nearly 800 prisoners are now helping to battle Los Angeles fires, making as little as $5.80 per day. A tale of two justice systems.
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“Trump’s criminal trials have demonstrated that there is not equal justice for all, but there is some justice,” @dgraham.bsky.social writes:
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Once again it’s worth noting about the white male party: “Notably, there are fewer women in the 119th Congress than in the previous one, and there will be no women chairing committees in the Republican-dominated House.” - @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-2-...
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Congress gives PBMs another escape hatch, as fundamental reforms to the way we pay for medicines and the incentives that often work against drug affordability yet again get swallowed into the abyss of DC politics. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/12/19/a...
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Between 2014-2018, Elon Musk's wealth grew by $13.9 billion but tax records obtained by @propublica.org show that during those same years he repeatedly paid relatively little (or nothing) in federal income tax: 2015: $68,000 in federal income tax paid 2017: $65,000 2018: $0 (published June 2021)
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