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The Democratic Town Committee for North Andover, Massachusetts.
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Guns don't kill people. Green cards do.
Trump suspends US green card lottery in wake of Brown University and MIT shootings
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem pauses high-profile visa program, saying shooting suspect Claudio Neves Valente gained green card in 2017
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Guns don't kill people. Green cards do.
What we learned this week: Susie Wiles babysits the president while Vought and Miller run the exec branch and implement their extremist agendas.
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What we learned this week: Susie Wiles babysits the president while Vought and Miller run the exec branch and implement their extremist agendas.
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texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges
In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
"The moves came at the same time that the administration cut similar programs for deafblind children across seven other states — all of which lean Democratic. In each case, the federal officials cited language in the programs’ grant applications related to goals for diversity, equity and inclusion."
Born Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"The moves came at the same time that the administration cut similar programs for deafblind children across seven other states — all of which lean Democratic. In each case, the federal officials cited language in the programs’ grant applications related to goals for diversity, equity and inclusion."
Focusing on the issues that matter most to Americans.
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Focusing on the issues that matter most to Americans.
"National security specialist Anne Applebaum wrote: “The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly.”
December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"National security specialist Anne Applebaum wrote: “The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly.”
Because fascists always make their tax returns public?
Can someone tell these people that being anti-fascist is a belief, not a business plan?
Can someone tell these people that being anti-fascist is a belief, not a business plan?
Pam Bondi tells law enforcement agencies to investigate antifa groups for ‘tax crimes’
Move is part of Trump’s broader crackdown on leftwing groups, including designation of antifa as ‘domestic terrorism’ group
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Because fascists always make their tax returns public?
Can someone tell these people that being anti-fascist is a belief, not a business plan?
Can someone tell these people that being anti-fascist is a belief, not a business plan?
"Delaying the shot from birth to two months would lead to at least 1,400 infections, 300 cases of liver cancer, and 480 deaths every year, according to a recent model. Liver cancer has an 18% five-year survival rate in the United States."
CDC advisory panel votes to limit hepatitis B vaccines for newborns
Move from RFK Jr’s advisers mirrors Trump team’s regressive approach to longstanding vaccine guidance
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Delaying the shot from birth to two months would lead to at least 1,400 infections, 300 cases of liver cancer, and 480 deaths every year, according to a recent model. Liver cancer has an 18% five-year survival rate in the United States."
"Losses were concentrated among small businesses, which cut 120,000 jobs even as larger firms added employees."
Small businesses are the biggest losers in Trump's economy. Dem leadership needs to be picking up on these signals and hitting them hard. @kenmartin.bsky.social
Small businesses are the biggest losers in Trump's economy. Dem leadership needs to be picking up on these signals and hitting them hard. @kenmartin.bsky.social
Private Employers Cut Jobs in November, the Latest Sign of a Slowdown
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Losses were concentrated among small businesses, which cut 120,000 jobs even as larger firms added employees."
Small businesses are the biggest losers in Trump's economy. Dem leadership needs to be picking up on these signals and hitting them hard. @kenmartin.bsky.social
Small businesses are the biggest losers in Trump's economy. Dem leadership needs to be picking up on these signals and hitting them hard. @kenmartin.bsky.social
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Ain’t nobody fighting wokeness like sleepy Don…😂
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ain’t nobody fighting wokeness like sleepy Don…😂
Rest assured: North Andover Democrats won't be satisfied until we make the list, too!
White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories
Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Rest assured: North Andover Democrats won't be satisfied until we make the list, too!
Today's stream of cruelty and stupidity...
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Today's stream of cruelty and stupidity...
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The federal government has released about $3.6 billion in delayed funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.
Long-awaited $3.6B in heating assistance released to states and tribes
The federal government has released about $3.6 billion in delayed funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The federal government has released about $3.6 billion in delayed funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
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This is who we're deporting while we're importing sex traffickers like the Tate brothers and white supremacists who are nostalgic for Apartheid.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is who we're deporting while we're importing sex traffickers like the Tate brothers and white supremacists who are nostalgic for Apartheid.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Weekend at Bernie's ...
Remember when he mocked everyone else for being “low energy”? Look at him now.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Weekend at Bernie's ...
Let no man put asunder.
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Let no man put asunder.
One has to ask, "Why?"
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions. n.pr/49F5HOn
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
One has to ask, "Why?"
Is anyone surprised?
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war
US president demands that Kyiv accepts plan that would mean giving up territory to Russia
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Is anyone surprised?
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We repeat: Trump and the GOP's appointment of RFK Jr. demonstrates their utter contempt for the American people.
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We repeat: Trump and the GOP's appointment of RFK Jr. demonstrates their utter contempt for the American people.
Putin's puppet, Donald Trump, sells out Ukraine.
Manafort Destiny.
Manafort Destiny.
Ukraine Faces ‘Difficult Choice’ Over U.S. Plan to End War, Zelensky Says
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Putin's puppet, Donald Trump, sells out Ukraine.
Manafort Destiny.
Manafort Destiny.