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Why a bunch of Senators who are retiring are leading the negotiations is something to really think on
I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Why a bunch of Senators who are retiring are leading the negotiations is something to really think on
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Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
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Almost 75% of Americans oppose the sale or closure of any kind of public land. And, across the board, they demonstrate consistent support for their local parks.
Despite proposed selloff of federal land, survey shows support for parks unifies people from all walks
Future of national public lands is precarious, but Americans across demographic and ideological lines value parks: ‘people champion their parks.’
www.chicagotribune.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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In LA, we have the right to film law enforcement in public spaces, as long as we do not interfere.
Arturo Hermosillo says he was arrested for doing exactly that.
He was in his van when he saw an older woman, a local tamale vendor, lying on the ground during an immigration raid & started recording.
Arturo Hermosillo says he was arrested for doing exactly that.
He was in his van when he saw an older woman, a local tamale vendor, lying on the ground during an immigration raid & started recording.
June 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In LA, we have the right to film law enforcement in public spaces, as long as we do not interfere.
Arturo Hermosillo says he was arrested for doing exactly that.
He was in his van when he saw an older woman, a local tamale vendor, lying on the ground during an immigration raid & started recording.
Arturo Hermosillo says he was arrested for doing exactly that.
He was in his van when he saw an older woman, a local tamale vendor, lying on the ground during an immigration raid & started recording.
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Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
How to Advocate for Trans Rights in Your Community
Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
www.wired.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
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Everyone's on edge—fighting Trump, Congress, Elon Musk, even each other.
Meanwhile, millions are hitting the streets, standing up for rights under threat. In our latest package, we’ve put together guides to help you stay safe and fight back—wherever you are.
Meanwhile, millions are hitting the streets, standing up for rights under threat. In our latest package, we’ve put together guides to help you stay safe and fight back—wherever you are.
How to Win a Fight
These days it feels like the next fight is always just around the corner. What matters is picking your battles—and knowing how to win.
www.wired.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Everyone's on edge—fighting Trump, Congress, Elon Musk, even each other.
Meanwhile, millions are hitting the streets, standing up for rights under threat. In our latest package, we’ve put together guides to help you stay safe and fight back—wherever you are.
Meanwhile, millions are hitting the streets, standing up for rights under threat. In our latest package, we’ve put together guides to help you stay safe and fight back—wherever you are.
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Happy #Juneteenth! This year at @ebertvoices.bsky.social we're celebrating the holiday with a number of reviews and pieces, all from Black writers and creatives.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy #Juneteenth! This year at @ebertvoices.bsky.social we're celebrating the holiday with a number of reviews and pieces, all from Black writers and creatives.
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Today we remember the 49 lives taken at Pulse — taken by hate, remembered with love. We say their names, carry their memories, and keep fighting for a world where all can live and love freely. 🕊️
June 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Today we remember the 49 lives taken at Pulse — taken by hate, remembered with love. We say their names, carry their memories, and keep fighting for a world where all can live and love freely. 🕊️
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SB 8 is the 6-week ban that Texas implemented 9 months before Roe was overturned. It was unconstitutional when implemented and SCOTUS did nothing about it.
It allows ordinary citizens to sue a person they think has aided or abetted an abortion and if they win, they get a minimum of 10K in damages.
It allows ordinary citizens to sue a person they think has aided or abetted an abortion and if they win, they get a minimum of 10K in damages.
For Black Women in Texas, Juneteenth’s Promise of Freedom Remains Unrealized
State control over reproduction in Texas didn't end with slavery in 1865. Today’s draconian abortion laws and bounty hunts keep Black women in reproductive enslavement.
rewirenewsgroup.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
SB 8 is the 6-week ban that Texas implemented 9 months before Roe was overturned. It was unconstitutional when implemented and SCOTUS did nothing about it.
It allows ordinary citizens to sue a person they think has aided or abetted an abortion and if they win, they get a minimum of 10K in damages.
It allows ordinary citizens to sue a person they think has aided or abetted an abortion and if they win, they get a minimum of 10K in damages.
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MY NEW COLUMN:
For centuries, the Texas government has weaponized different laws to control and exploit Black women’s bodies—first through slavery, then through Jim Crow segregation, and now through abortion restrictions that disproportionately harm and control the lives of Black women.
For centuries, the Texas government has weaponized different laws to control and exploit Black women’s bodies—first through slavery, then through Jim Crow segregation, and now through abortion restrictions that disproportionately harm and control the lives of Black women.
For Black Women in Texas, Juneteenth’s Promise of Freedom Remains Unrealized
State control over reproduction in Texas didn't end with slavery in 1865. Today’s draconian abortion laws and bounty hunts keep Black women in reproductive enslavement.
rewirenewsgroup.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
MY NEW COLUMN:
For centuries, the Texas government has weaponized different laws to control and exploit Black women’s bodies—first through slavery, then through Jim Crow segregation, and now through abortion restrictions that disproportionately harm and control the lives of Black women.
For centuries, the Texas government has weaponized different laws to control and exploit Black women’s bodies—first through slavery, then through Jim Crow segregation, and now through abortion restrictions that disproportionately harm and control the lives of Black women.
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On the heels of a political assassination, a Montana Republican legislator says it's "time to go after the head of the snake."
It's this type of rhetoric that emboldens the worst actors to commit violence. This type of rhetoric is always deplorable, but from a sitting legislator, it's inexcusable.
It's this type of rhetoric that emboldens the worst actors to commit violence. This type of rhetoric is always deplorable, but from a sitting legislator, it's inexcusable.
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
On the heels of a political assassination, a Montana Republican legislator says it's "time to go after the head of the snake."
It's this type of rhetoric that emboldens the worst actors to commit violence. This type of rhetoric is always deplorable, but from a sitting legislator, it's inexcusable.
It's this type of rhetoric that emboldens the worst actors to commit violence. This type of rhetoric is always deplorable, but from a sitting legislator, it's inexcusable.
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NYT found the “big beautiful bill” would be the largest transfer from the poor to the rich in a single law since at least 1990.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
June 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NYT found the “big beautiful bill” would be the largest transfer from the poor to the rich in a single law since at least 1990.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
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14 million people could lose their Medicaid coverage.
22 million people could see their health insurance skyrocket.
And they're doing all of it so they can give millionaires and billionaires and their mega-corporations more tax breaks.
Everyone is seeing this, right?
22 million people could see their health insurance skyrocket.
And they're doing all of it so they can give millionaires and billionaires and their mega-corporations more tax breaks.
Everyone is seeing this, right?
May 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
14 million people could lose their Medicaid coverage.
22 million people could see their health insurance skyrocket.
And they're doing all of it so they can give millionaires and billionaires and their mega-corporations more tax breaks.
Everyone is seeing this, right?
22 million people could see their health insurance skyrocket.
And they're doing all of it so they can give millionaires and billionaires and their mega-corporations more tax breaks.
Everyone is seeing this, right?
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There is a genocide in Gaza that our government is funding.
The time to speak up was in 2023.
And in 2024.
And now in 2025.
It is not a war. It’s ethnic cleansing and genocide and two administrations have handed Israel’s government everything it wants to carry it out.
The time to speak up was in 2023.
And in 2024.
And now in 2025.
It is not a war. It’s ethnic cleansing and genocide and two administrations have handed Israel’s government everything it wants to carry it out.
May 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
There is a genocide in Gaza that our government is funding.
The time to speak up was in 2023.
And in 2024.
And now in 2025.
It is not a war. It’s ethnic cleansing and genocide and two administrations have handed Israel’s government everything it wants to carry it out.
The time to speak up was in 2023.
And in 2024.
And now in 2025.
It is not a war. It’s ethnic cleansing and genocide and two administrations have handed Israel’s government everything it wants to carry it out.
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This is how for-profit healthcare works:
You pay a private company to help cover your healthcare expenses.
Your doctor has to ask this company before treating you.
The private company then decides if they will cover it. If they say “no,” they make more money.
It’s immoral.
You pay a private company to help cover your healthcare expenses.
Your doctor has to ask this company before treating you.
The private company then decides if they will cover it. If they say “no,” they make more money.
It’s immoral.
May 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is how for-profit healthcare works:
You pay a private company to help cover your healthcare expenses.
Your doctor has to ask this company before treating you.
The private company then decides if they will cover it. If they say “no,” they make more money.
It’s immoral.
You pay a private company to help cover your healthcare expenses.
Your doctor has to ask this company before treating you.
The private company then decides if they will cover it. If they say “no,” they make more money.
It’s immoral.
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Haven’t seen a single report about this yet linking it to the history of terrorism against reproductive rights clinics or the growing right wing expansion of so-called ‘pro-life’ efforts to limit reproductive choice writ large. I know I am not the only one absolutely begging journos to do context…
One dead in bombing at an IVF clinic in Palm Springs. thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-aft...
One dead after explosion outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs; police say it appears to be an ‘intentional act of violence’ ⋆ The Palm Springs Post
Police confirm one person is dead after an explosion. Other injuries have also been reported.
thepalmspringspost.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Haven’t seen a single report about this yet linking it to the history of terrorism against reproductive rights clinics or the growing right wing expansion of so-called ‘pro-life’ efforts to limit reproductive choice writ large. I know I am not the only one absolutely begging journos to do context…
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fire Department says authorities are responding to injuries after ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge. (Video: thewillienelson/x)
May 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fire Department says authorities are responding to injuries after ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge. (Video: thewillienelson/x)
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40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
MOVE bombing 40 years later: A day of reflection and remembrance
Forty years ago today, city officials made the unconscionable decision to bomb its own people.
www.phillytrib.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
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Cal-Maine, the biggest egg producer, has been accused of using bird flu as cover to jack up prices and triple its profits from a year ago.
It also received $22M in federal aid.
While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.
It also received $22M in federal aid.
While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Cal-Maine, the biggest egg producer, has been accused of using bird flu as cover to jack up prices and triple its profits from a year ago.
It also received $22M in federal aid.
While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.
It also received $22M in federal aid.
While you're getting gouged at the grocery store, your tax dollars are subsidizing corporate greed.
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The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."
Canadian writer Canisia Lubrin wins $150K Carol Shields literary prize
The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The judges of the annual prize for female and nonbinary writers praised Lubrin's debut short story collection, Code Noir, for breaking "new ground in short fiction."
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they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
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The people of TX-30 elected me to speak up and speak out for them — and that’s exactly what I’ll continue to do.
May 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The people of TX-30 elected me to speak up and speak out for them — and that’s exactly what I’ll continue to do.
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In declarations to federal court, CFPB employees describe a hasty process to eliminate most of the agency's staff. "[A]ll that matters is the numbers," one employee said they were told by leaders.
Judge blocks mass layoffs at CFPB in the latest twist over the fate of the agency
In declarations to federal court, CFPB employees describe a hasty process to eliminate most of the agency's staff. "[A]ll that matters is the numbers," one employee said they were told by leaders.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In declarations to federal court, CFPB employees describe a hasty process to eliminate most of the agency's staff. "[A]ll that matters is the numbers," one employee said they were told by leaders.