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Sign of the day…Chicago
April 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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🚨The SAVE Act would create BURDENS FOR MILITARY VOTERS, low-income voters, elderly voters, rural voters, tribal voters, survivors of natural disasters, and tens of millions of married women who have changed their names.

#HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/vfhATRb2
Contact Your MOC
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April 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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“We’ve never had a president willingly send the market down, erasing 11 trillion value .”
-CNBC
April 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Americans pay into Social Security for their entire careers.

Social Security belongs to the people—not an unelected billionaire who is recklessly breaking the program to its very core and jeopardizing YOUR benefits.

Elon needs to get his hands off Social Security!
Retirees and disabled people are facing chronic website outages and other access problems as they attempt to log in to their online Social Security accounts, even as they are being directed to do more of their business with the agency online.
Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff
The worsening problems come as Elon Musk’s DOGE team pushes for more cuts at the agency, including in the department that oversees the website.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Who benefits from an economic crisis? Trump does. He declares an economic emergency—then manufactures one—which allows him to expand his power. Under the National Emergencies Act (NEA), the president can unlock more than 120 special statutory powers. No wonder he was just out golfing—crisis pays.
April 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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In theory this nightmare could end today:
April 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Veterans getting fired, social security is at risk, and Elon is telling you what you don’t need in govt, all while he just got a $6billion space x contract today!

He makes money on you!
April 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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So they DO understand the importance of using a preferred name over a given name when it comes to identity?
February 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.
January 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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"This is who we are. This is what we've become as a nation."
Ex-officer speaks out after Trump pardons men who beat him | CNN Politics
Michael Fanone, a police officer who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, speaks to CNN’s Anderson Cooper after President Donald Trump pardoned the men who beat him.
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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For the, “they’re taking our jobs” crowd.

Here’s your chance—$16.50 an hour, no benefits, and no time off. Let’s see how fast the patriotic job-seekers line up for the grind they’ve been so mad about losing.
January 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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JUST IN: Another team of Mexican firefighters has landed in LA to help combat the wildfires.

Thank you, Mexico 🇲🇽🇺🇸
January 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Hey everyone! The discussion I had with Officers Fanone and Dunn about their thoughts and feelings on the fourth anniversary of Jan 6 attack was so important, that I lifted the paywall. Please take a look, it’s very powerful

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/special-ja...
January 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM