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The people of Serbia celebrating the defeat of the dictator who held full authoritarian control of their country for nearly 14 years. This is what democracy looks like.
WE DID IT. I CANT FUCKING BELIEVED WE DEFEATED USA WE DEFEATED A COUP WE DEFEATED META WE DEFEATED EVERYONE WHO TRIED TO SILENCE BRAZILIA PEOPLE
LULA WON GUYS. THE PEOPLE WON.
“Toxic Empathy” author Allie Beth Stuckey is now asking for folks to understand that ICE has separated a good man from his family over a paperwork issue.
Pro-ICE conservative blogger Samuel Sey, a prominent figure on the evangelical right, has himself been arrested and held for potential ICE deportation.
Hearing from many that early voting lines were very long yesterday-Travis county
Our city was about 50/50 dem v R- since TX redrew districts we now live in a 60 R/40 D district
It’ll be interesting to see how this goes
Travis cty votes in historically high #s
Hoping we can overcome gerrymander
Georgia: 40% increase in first-day turnout compared with the 2022 midterms, and more than double the first-day participation seen during the 2018 midterms.
"Early ballots in North Carolina and Maine are up 38% from the last midterms, while Iowa has seen a 61% increase"
www.kark.com/news/early-v...
Cod
$51.91
2.25 lbs needed for a recipe- cod with roasted egg plant and sweet potatoes
When Biden was president it cost me about $32 (buy quality- your body will thank you so much)
This is just crazy
It’s amazing how expensive groceries are already. Wow wow - another increase coming of 12%
And if you are trying to eat real food you’re going to get hit
Hard- fresh fruits and vegetables etc are already soy high
Incredible.
B of A: A combination of a) rising diesel prices, b) rising commodity prices and c) higher wage trends could send food-at-home CPI surging to 10% over the next six months.
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social#FAH
Today is the first day of the Supreme Court's term. My yearly print preview of all the things the Republicans will take away from us this time, is now avaialble on Al Gore's Internet in @thenation.comwww.thenation.com/article/soci...
As Marco Rubio entered the room for Trump's signing ceremony with Denmark and Greenland, the Danish delegation had "Send in the Clowns" playing.
Well played.
Mercado Media
⛽️ MAGA TRUCKERS: “There’s no reason for this… My truck’s gonna sit there and rot until this idiot is out of office… I never thought I’d say this but I miss Biden… we’re dying out here and they don’t give a shit…”
cc: @MarshaBlackburn
footage is making the rounds on Facebook of a canvasser wearing a Stronger Maine shirt (a super PAC that supports Susan Collins) stealing a package yesterday
1. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine.
Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
The list of books can be found here. It is a collection of personal challenges & complaints, and a homemade rating system from Bonnie Wallace & her censorship activist friends in FL & UT. The list isn’t made by any professional org or state gov’t. /3
recoveramerica.com/inappropriat...
Sometimes ya need to take a step back to see where you are ATM. The onslaught of corruption+ law breaking the trump’s hv commit- whether we like it or not- has given them cover for accountability
This shouldn’t be+says so much abt the state of our dem
I challenge you to list top 10 crimes
Even if we just focus on 2016 on- staggering amount of criminal behavior
Watching him (+his fam) escape almost all accountability is demoralizing for us a country. We don’t own it. Our country does. We would choose to see them held to account. Our country on the other hand has decided meh
Do u hv trouble falling asleep? I do
“Boring history for Sleep”
POD’s been so helpful!
Super interesting but very beta so allows you to drift off
Only prob it’s so interesting I’d to listen to it in car but I don’t think that’s a great idea 💤
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Another bright spot on the TL
Mayor Mamdani’s fab projects that actually benefit PEOPLE
Imagine-in a democracy a Mayor is improving the lives of his constituents
Brava!
Librarian Mychael and Mayor Mamdani- lighting it up
Broken swing sets? Missing basketball nets? Have no fear, Renew Crew is here.
Neighborhood parks are meant for recreation — not frustration. If it’s broken, this crew will fix it. If it’s run-down, they’ll renew it.
Renew Crew: Coming soon to a park near you.
SCOOP: Republican House candidate Ralph Alvarado is pivoting his message, editing his website to remove Trump mentions and delete a photo of them together.
From “America First Fighter” to “Independent Leadership.”
Trump won KY06 by 15 pts.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
BEFORE/AFTER
Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund: “Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves
They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule.
Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it.”
This y'all TRACKAIPAC Queen?!?
She worked for the Cheney Group
Halliburton
War machine
Well that's convenient attacking Dem candidates
A war profiteer right wing Marxist in Germany.
Y'all ain't never beating the allegations.
Just this year, China banned the import of Argentinian beef because it contained a dangerous antibiotic banned in beef intended for human consumption since 1995.
Trump is still importing Argentinian beef to make beef prices go down.
He doesn’t care about *your* health, only *his* poll numbers.
FLIP IN FLORIDA: The Democratic-backed slate has flipped the school board of Sarasota County.
This is a county of 400K that went for Trump by 18%. It's also where Bridget Ziegler has been on the school board.
Dem-backed candidates just flipped 2 seats, adding to the 2 they already had (out of 5).
Tuesday’s elections for the Florida State Legislature saw progressive Democrat Anthony Nieves from Kissimmee win a seat in House District 47, which covers parts of Orange and Osceola counties. The seat was previously held by a Republican.
Hell yes, Democrats have flipped Chandler, AZ to blue for the first time in 36 years after electing Matt Orlando as the city’s next Mayor. More of this please! 💙👊
While Texans celebrated July 4, Senate candidate Ken Paxton was seen walking the streets of London with his alleged mistress.
Just like Graham Platner, he should never become a U.S. senator.