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“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ― Jane Goodall
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ― Jane Goodall
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“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
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Well, this we can agree on, even Senator Thom Tillis is calling out his own colleagues: “Too many elected officials are motivated by pure raw politics who don’t really give a damn about the people they promised to represent on the campaign trail,” the North Carolina Republican wrote.
June 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Well, this we can agree on, even Senator Thom Tillis is calling out his own colleagues: “Too many elected officials are motivated by pure raw politics who don’t really give a damn about the people they promised to represent on the campaign trail,” the North Carolina Republican wrote.
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How can they do this?
Republicans are using accounting gimmicks, like artificial phaseouts and unrealistic revenue projections, to make their $3.3 trillion tax cut package appear deficit-neutral on paper, even though the real long-term cost would balloon the deficit.
Republicans are using accounting gimmicks, like artificial phaseouts and unrealistic revenue projections, to make their $3.3 trillion tax cut package appear deficit-neutral on paper, even though the real long-term cost would balloon the deficit.
June 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
How can they do this?
Republicans are using accounting gimmicks, like artificial phaseouts and unrealistic revenue projections, to make their $3.3 trillion tax cut package appear deficit-neutral on paper, even though the real long-term cost would balloon the deficit.
Republicans are using accounting gimmicks, like artificial phaseouts and unrealistic revenue projections, to make their $3.3 trillion tax cut package appear deficit-neutral on paper, even though the real long-term cost would balloon the deficit.
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Nothing like a little “creative accounting” to push a $3.3 trillion tax cut for the rich. Republicans are using an accounting gimmick to make it look like their tax plan doesn’t add to the deficit. Can’t pass it honestly? Just cook the books.
June 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Nothing like a little “creative accounting” to push a $3.3 trillion tax cut for the rich. Republicans are using an accounting gimmick to make it look like their tax plan doesn’t add to the deficit. Can’t pass it honestly? Just cook the books.
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A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.
June 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.
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Don't be distracted by Trump's Iran rhetoric; the real threat is his plan to dismantle Medicaid, and use the funds to pay for tax breaks for billionaires #DontBombMedicaid
June 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Don't be distracted by Trump's Iran rhetoric; the real threat is his plan to dismantle Medicaid, and use the funds to pay for tax breaks for billionaires #DontBombMedicaid
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Huuuummmmm we'll see about that now won't we.
When rural hospitals close and dementia patients cannot afford nursing care I assure you Mr. McConnell, the people will NOT “get over it.”
kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/24/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/24/t...
'They'll get over it,' McConnell reportedly assures GOP colleagues about Medicaid cuts • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky Hospital Association urges U.S. senators to reject cuts to Medicaid payments to hospitals supported by provider taxes.
kentuckylantern.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Huuuummmmm we'll see about that now won't we.
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Update: Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.
June 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Update: Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.
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The news isn’t being clear about this but to people hearing about these Minnesota shootings: Melissa Hortman is the Dem leader in the Minnesota House and was Speaker of the House 2019-2025. She’s probably the most influential state-level Democrat barring the governor.
June 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The news isn’t being clear about this but to people hearing about these Minnesota shootings: Melissa Hortman is the Dem leader in the Minnesota House and was Speaker of the House 2019-2025. She’s probably the most influential state-level Democrat barring the governor.
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Noem’s Goons crossed the reddest of red lines by attacking and handcuffing a U.S. Senator. In times past Senators of both parties would have rallied behind their fellow Senator and called Noem and her henchmen into the Senate to demand their resignations. MAGA Senators will do nothing.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Noem’s Goons crossed the reddest of red lines by attacking and handcuffing a U.S. Senator. In times past Senators of both parties would have rallied behind their fellow Senator and called Noem and her henchmen into the Senate to demand their resignations. MAGA Senators will do nothing.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
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Watching Republicans try not to talk about a US Senator being manhandled, pushed to the floor, subdued and then forced out of a press conference--after wanting to ask questions of a US government official, might be the most chilling moment of the last 5 months.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Watching Republicans try not to talk about a US Senator being manhandled, pushed to the floor, subdued and then forced out of a press conference--after wanting to ask questions of a US government official, might be the most chilling moment of the last 5 months.
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Thank you to everyone who’s reached out after our last post. We’ve received even more footage of police and ICE brutality. Tonight, the LAPD opened a formal investigation.
June 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Thank you to everyone who’s reached out after our last post. We’ve received even more footage of police and ICE brutality. Tonight, the LAPD opened a formal investigation.
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What they aren’t showing on Fox News
June 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What they aren’t showing on Fox News
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The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects.
We the People.
We the People.
June 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects.
We the People.
We the People.
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If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable.
We will hold this administration accountable.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable.
We will hold this administration accountable.
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My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.
June 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.
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I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
June 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
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It should be a priority for these guys to be informed somehow that ICE gets hotel rooms.
Where are the Marines going to bunk?
Where are the Marines going to bunk?
EXCLUSIVE:
CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging.
Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight”
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging.
Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight”
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
‘Wildly underprepared’: National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos
State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.
www.sfchronicle.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It should be a priority for these guys to be informed somehow that ICE gets hotel rooms.
Where are the Marines going to bunk?
Where are the Marines going to bunk?
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Trump doesn’t need to send in the Marines.
I think just one cop would work. And maybe a construction worker. Plus a leather biker guy. And
I think just one cop would work. And maybe a construction worker. Plus a leather biker guy. And
This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Trump doesn’t need to send in the Marines.
I think just one cop would work. And maybe a construction worker. Plus a leather biker guy. And
I think just one cop would work. And maybe a construction worker. Plus a leather biker guy. And
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This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Seriously! Doesn’t know there’s a hurricane season!Duh.
The acting head of FEMA, a Trump appointee, told staff today he didn’t know the U.S. has a hurricane season. FEMA is dangerously unprepared this year.
June 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Seriously! Doesn’t know there’s a hurricane season!Duh.
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