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The four Democrats on the Gang of Eight are demanding Pete Hegseth release the full, unedited tape of the controversial September 2nd double-tap boat strike before Congress leaves town for the year at the end of this coming week. tinyurl.com/4h8nb8ea
December 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The four Democrats on the Gang of Eight are demanding Pete Hegseth release the full, unedited tape of the controversial September 2nd double-tap boat strike before Congress leaves town for the year at the end of this coming week. tinyurl.com/4h8nb8ea
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Reminder…you have a sexual predator in the WH. in this page from the House Oversight Committee, you’ll see that Diddy Rump is specifically named.
He, & all other predators & enablers deserve consequences.
Survivors deserve justice.
We the people deserve the truth. #ReleaseTheFiles
He, & all other predators & enablers deserve consequences.
Survivors deserve justice.
We the people deserve the truth. #ReleaseTheFiles
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reminder…you have a sexual predator in the WH. in this page from the House Oversight Committee, you’ll see that Diddy Rump is specifically named.
He, & all other predators & enablers deserve consequences.
Survivors deserve justice.
We the people deserve the truth. #ReleaseTheFiles
He, & all other predators & enablers deserve consequences.
Survivors deserve justice.
We the people deserve the truth. #ReleaseTheFiles
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REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
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As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
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After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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Imagine your precious child, a high schooler, goes out to walk the dog & never comes back.
The reason: he gets abducted by #ICE who just release the dog.
Neighbors rescue the dog & return it with the news of #ICELawless.
Your son's detained for months in brutal conditions.
youtu.be/NumOmTjZHoY?...
The reason: he gets abducted by #ICE who just release the dog.
Neighbors rescue the dog & return it with the news of #ICELawless.
Your son's detained for months in brutal conditions.
youtu.be/NumOmTjZHoY?...
Reseda student returns home after ICE detention
YouTube video by NBCLA
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Imagine your precious child, a high schooler, goes out to walk the dog & never comes back.
The reason: he gets abducted by #ICE who just release the dog.
Neighbors rescue the dog & return it with the news of #ICELawless.
Your son's detained for months in brutal conditions.
youtu.be/NumOmTjZHoY?...
The reason: he gets abducted by #ICE who just release the dog.
Neighbors rescue the dog & return it with the news of #ICELawless.
Your son's detained for months in brutal conditions.
youtu.be/NumOmTjZHoY?...
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Veterans from Louisiana remind service members to not follow unlawful orders.
Thank you all for your service, for placing your love of country over your own welfare, and for helping others uphold their oaths to the U.S. Constitution.
Thank you all for your service, for placing your love of country over your own welfare, and for helping others uphold their oaths to the U.S. Constitution.
December 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Veterans from Louisiana remind service members to not follow unlawful orders.
Thank you all for your service, for placing your love of country over your own welfare, and for helping others uphold their oaths to the U.S. Constitution.
Thank you all for your service, for placing your love of country over your own welfare, and for helping others uphold their oaths to the U.S. Constitution.
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I can't afford steak and my kids have been home all week after they closed the school because of a measles outbreak. But at least now there's nobody kneeling at the beginning of the football games that I don't watch.
December 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I can't afford steak and my kids have been home all week after they closed the school because of a measles outbreak. But at least now there's nobody kneeling at the beginning of the football games that I don't watch.
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I arrived at a favorite little cafe (my Sunday morning go-to spot) after work, and found this beautiful notice posted on the door.
New Orleans stands with our immigrant population, despite our MAGA governor.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory #NoIceNOLA
New Orleans stands with our immigrant population, despite our MAGA governor.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory #NoIceNOLA
December 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I arrived at a favorite little cafe (my Sunday morning go-to spot) after work, and found this beautiful notice posted on the door.
New Orleans stands with our immigrant population, despite our MAGA governor.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory #NoIceNOLA
New Orleans stands with our immigrant population, despite our MAGA governor.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory #NoIceNOLA
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Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
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“ICE or migra watch is a practice that grew out of the community defense strategies developed by the Black Panthers in the late 1960s, which inspired cop-watching across the country. It is most visible on the streets, where pairs or teams document law enforcement in their own neighborhoods.”
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference.
newrepublic.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“ICE or migra watch is a practice that grew out of the community defense strategies developed by the Black Panthers in the late 1960s, which inspired cop-watching across the country. It is most visible on the streets, where pairs or teams document law enforcement in their own neighborhoods.”
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Warnock: "Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair."
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Warnock: "Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair."
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State-sponsored dehumanization, wrapped in a Christmas bow.
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
State-sponsored dehumanization, wrapped in a Christmas bow.
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Warnock: "If you live in Claxton, Georgia, if you live in rural America, even if you have wealth and resources and you're having a stroke and there's no ICU within a reasonable distance because of these draconian cuts, your life is in peril. We can do better than this."
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Warnock: "If you live in Claxton, Georgia, if you live in rural America, even if you have wealth and resources and you're having a stroke and there's no ICU within a reasonable distance because of these draconian cuts, your life is in peril. We can do better than this."
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December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Rand Paul: "The president also said, 'Be careful Colombia, you could be next.' I mean, if we're gonna go and topple regime after regime in South America, there's no amount of money that could be printed to pay for that and I don't think lives should be lost without a vote by Congress."
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Rand Paul: "The president also said, 'Be careful Colombia, you could be next.' I mean, if we're gonna go and topple regime after regime in South America, there's no amount of money that could be printed to pay for that and I don't think lives should be lost without a vote by Congress."
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Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
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So much easier to just use the U.S. military to steal from other countries than to actually earn it or make deals, amirite? Thanks, John Roberts, for unleashing this lifelong criminal.
Q: What happens to the oil on the tanker you seized?
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
So much easier to just use the U.S. military to steal from other countries than to actually earn it or make deals, amirite? Thanks, John Roberts, for unleashing this lifelong criminal.
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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This new Politico poll should stop us all in our tracks!
50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it.
I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, “Does the president care about people like me?”
50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it.
I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, “Does the president care about people like me?”
December 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This new Politico poll should stop us all in our tracks!
50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it.
I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, “Does the president care about people like me?”
50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it.
I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, “Does the president care about people like me?”